The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-04
is LONG A FIT MAN TO LEAD
FOR EDUCATION?

The long wall of the Fusionists and of
the Republicans for mon partisan judi
ciary' is matter of fresh history in
the State, as we'll as the expressed desire
of those aggregations for a mon poll
teal school supervision"
Like all the other claims of the chat
tells of Boss Pritchard such desires are
only uttered in order to make talk and
to give a semblance of a wise and liberal
party policy, but when the matter is
investigated it is seen to amount to moth
ing but words.
This is especially plain in one of the
nominations made by the Republican
State convention, when it named as its
choice for State Superintendent of Public
Instruction D. A. Long, Of Alamance. 1t
is true the Republicans have no idea of
electing him, and it was a sop to the
crowd given by Pritchard when he heard
their murmurs against only having DR..
Abbott as an original Republican on
the ticket but nevertheless it shows the
Republican position.
Prof. J. Y. Joyner, the present State
superintendent. appointed by Governor
Aycock after the death of the lamcnted
Toon, is no politician. He is a teacher
of rare ability, an educator whose heart
is in his work, a gentlemn of culture
and of many noble qualities. He has
taken up the great work laid down when
General Toon was called to the realms
of the beyond, and has most ably shown
that he is the man for the position. He
is doing an immense amount of good for
the public schools of the State, and in
doing this he labors for the good of the
children, and has absolutely no concern
about the political phase of the matter
il such could be found.
And yet despite his known fitness for
the position, and the fact that he has
practically the endorsement of every edu-
Gator in North Carolina, despite the fact
that he is doing an immense amount of
good the Republicans present d. A.
Long as suitable man to fill the posi-
ton he so we'll fills.
1t has been said time and again that
the Constitutional Amendment regarding
the franchise is the greatest step forward
for education ever taken by North Caro-
lima This is true, for it will make an
education a necessity to all who after
h,
voters of the State. Yet d. A. Long, the
Republican nominee, was an opponent OF
the amendment and worked against it.
In one breath the Pritchard coterie say
the amendment is tout of the realm of
politics" and yet in another they ask
support for man who has fought this
greatest of all educational incentives, and
proclaim at the same time that they are
the friends of educators.
Yet again here is another thing about
D. a. Long, who seeks to be put at the
head of TIE State schools. For some
three years he was out of the State, and
it has never been denied, that we have
seen, that during those years he was al
tho head of a mixed school in Ohio. In
plain English, he taught negro children
and white children in the same school
in Ohio, and doubtless therefore looks
with complacency upon state of affairs
not to be dreamed of in North Carolina.
This teacher of mixed schools is the
choice of the Republicans to succeed
Joyneri The trail of the negro is all
around the slippery crowd who met in
Greensboro, and one day the deluded men
who were led to affiliate with that party,
will find the negro is not out of the Re
publican party but is its most valued
asset end they will be expected to stand
shoulder to shoulder with him.