Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02

sue in that election, gentlemen of the
boardi The writer knows whereof he
speaks, because he took a hand in it
and conferred with citizens from all
parts of the district, and their voice
was as nearly unanimous as is possible
upon any public qnestion-more SO
than happens in any u u of five
school elections. Last week we called
attention to the charge that the Dem
ocrats had broken faith with tho Re-
publlcans in that election and by a
trick had elected two Democrats as
directors. We denied the charge be-
cause we had never heard of such an
agreement. Mr.. Gay informs us that
q few days before the election DR..
Marshall came to him and made the
proposal that as a Democrat and a
Republican would be retired it would
be right and proper for the people to
elect a Democrat and a Republican to
succeed them. To this proposition
Mr.. Gay says he agreed, and in conse-
Quence of the agreement DR.. Prince
consented to be a candidate. 1t is sim
gular that, so far as we can find out,
DR.. Marshall never mentioned this
agreement to his Democratic cOnfreres;
certainly never tt the writer. The
fact of the agreement being unknown
to Democrats, and Its being unauthor-
lied, refutes the charge Of double
dealing on their part. No, gentlemen!
There was no trick in it. 1t was a
plain question submitted to the SOW
ereign voters and they passed upon 1t
most emphatically. The board can
now, if it sees fit to take the bit in its
teeth, and reverse that decision. The
REGISTER hopes, however, for the good
of the school, the directors will not do
that. 1t is not commended that there
are not as good teachers as those we
have-as able and as faithful-but we
do insist that as the late ~iucumhents
are fitted by experience to their work,
as only experience a fit them through
the labor of years intelligently direct
ed, so a change will involve a new
period of necessary experience and
adaptation-and during that time the
school is bound to suffer more or less
in Its effectiveness. No sensible man
would run his private business so; he
would not willingly exchange faithful.
w~ell-trained servants for an untried
corps of helpers, be they never so trust
worthy and intelligent. Good and suf-
6cient cause only would induce the
change, and we insist in this case the
directors, while they have the legal
right to do just as they please. they
have no moral right to make a change
or changes unless by SO doing they
may better serve the interests OF the
school. Those interests are paramount
to every other consideration-in fact,
they comprise all that rightfully be-
longs to this question. Personality
ought not be allowed to enter into it. Z
at is with a good deal of pleasure
and satisfaction that l recommend
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edy, which helped him. | repeated
the dose and in fifteen minutes he left
my store smilingly informing me that
he felt as well as ever" Sold by all
druggists.