Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-16

In-IaW, my vile Is his own child aunt
my son is her own grandfather. An,
after trying to explain the relation
ship in our family some seven times
day to our calling friends for q fort
night, / was brought here-no came o
my own own will.n-Eg.
Well, the question of the teacher
for the Ironton schools for the e%nsuin,
year is settled-so far as the schoo
board ear settle it. But certain of it
r~amiications, it is to be feared, will
not die with the boards action las
Monday night. All the teachers, ex
cept MIR. Wilkinson, were re-employed
in his place was chosen a stranger Il
the town and its people. May ht
prove the right man In the right place
Mr.. Wilkinson, so soon as the result
became known, closed a contract with
a military school in Mexico, Mo-, &
position whose emoluments greatly ex'
coed the salary of the principal here,
Mr.. Hawkins will probably be re-em'
ployed at Pilot Knob, and the REGISTER
hopes he may be; for he Ia a good
teacher and an excellent In the
"AO1l} vain dl0 unnecessary COnESSl
now concluded, he has, in our opinion,
been the victim par excellence, if We
except the patrons of the school. Our
readers will remember a few years
ago a similar contest-except that
there was politics then in the question
disrupted the district and for two
years destroyed the schools usefulness.
1t is to be hoped that no such penal
ty will be exacted this time; but to
many persons the memory of that forty
days in the wilderness in still an un-
pleasant recollection.
Prof. Jesse M. Hawkins has a letter
in this paper, written evidently in
haste and ill-humor-a weakness pecu-
liar and common to immature years,
and therefore not to be too seriously
considered. We shall endeavor to an
swer at leisure and in perfect good
nature. If the facts hit a little hard
it shall not be because they come from
an envenomed pen. To start with, the
REGISTERS part in the contest has
been absolutely impersonal. Its edi-
tor has had no friend to aid or enemy
to defeat. The good of the school, re-
gardless of applicants for place, was
the sole consideration in view. This
may 10Y seem improbable and unac-
to our young friend and
Professor, yet in the burning bloom of
early life, when action or feeling is
more often dictated by desire or a
price than sober, cold-blooded reason;
when the eager stream of bounding
ambition would tear away all barriers
in its onward rush; but we can afford
to await his coming s'vidth and Wis
dom" to do US justice. No. dear Jesse.
however we may stand amazed at the
incongruities of human nature; how
we may wonder as to the secret
moving springs of men-and especially
school directors-we have no personal
quarrel with any one. But we do
certain ~old-fashioned notions to
it may be, we attach too great
weight. For instance, if it was the
will of the people of the Ironton school
district that the old corps Of teachers
be re-employed, and their retention
best serve the public, the REGIS
TER insists that it was the boards plain
duty to make no change. Personal
or personal interest had no law
fuI place in it. Then the whole ques-
ton properly considered resolved it.
self into one of facts. While the REG
IsTER verify believes that fully nine
tenths of the patrons of the school
desired the retention of all the teach
ers, it hears with pleasure that Prof.
~ n wxinS foEna a nnfporU uJnW for
that exonerates and explains fully his
change of base in putting in his ap-
.lication after having told his friend
Mr.. Wilkinson that he would not be
IN applicant if his (Mr. VS. name
before the board. OF course, the
Professors concern is wholly for the
public good; if he gauges public
inaccurately, it is a fault
of the head and not of the heart.
As to the issue at the school election
last April: the writer kn01Cs that it was
whether the present teachers should be
unemployed, and the affirmative was
overwhelmingly sustained at the polls.
It was only because that question was
preached that Mr.. Wemp consented to
become a candidate. And it was the
question. On the morning of the
DIR. Marshall-one of Mr..
supporters-told Mann Ringo
hat that was the issue to be decided,
Ind urged Mr.. Ringo to ''get a hustle
himself" So the editor is not alone
IN error if the superior judgment and
facilities for knowledge of fact possess
ed by his young friend, the Professor,
EAST him down. He, the editor, has
company and lots of it. But o, the ar
Tor of youth! Unselfsh, if incense
luential; generous, if ill-considerate;
md lovable, if too-too! See how our
Sir Galahad rushes to the rescue OF the
of the directors cruelty as
sailed by a request for reasons! Rea-
sonsi Though reasons were plenty as
in August, the public has
no title to one of them, and he is an
enemy who begs it, even on Bonded
knee. OFF, off from my friends! They
immune so long as the haft of my
good lance parts not from its head.
And now, Prof. Hawkins, two words in
You have Extensively in
where you may not rightfully
come. No one had assaulted you, or
called in question your integrity, your
or your fitness for the position
you desired. Your personality, SO far
as the REGISTER was concerned, had
absolutely no place in the contest. If
were made a cat's-paw II was none