The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-09

that! Perhaps, however, Georgia's
Governor likes convenience rather than
consistency So anxious was he to APP
point the son of a friend and the
brother of a friend that he forgot all
the rhetoric of the past as tc carpet
baggers. This surely smacks of the
carpetbag appointment.
He also ignores the whole teaching
force of a great section of the state
The First Congressional district bris-
ties with brilliant teachers. but our
Governor did not know any of Them
their fathers or their brothers.
Not to mention the many excellent
men of the other counties, just read
the list of eligibles from Dothan, the
county alleged to Prof. Britain. Rule
out Mr.. Ashmore, able and successful
as disqualified from the fact of being
a superintendent still what a fine
class had the Governor to select his
man from. There is Sims, cultured, eX-
perienced possessed of excellent eXecu-
tive ability; Lucas, gifted and trained
in every feature of school work;
Brown, to the manor born and tried in
all classes of the teachers art; Gallo
way, cultured, dignifed, of wide in
formation in all things educational;
Close, a normal graduate, who has
lived in more than one county of the
district; Thompson, promoted from the
grade work to which Britain is elected
on account of demonstrated fitness and
manifest proficiency; Orr, the son of
the founder of our school system and
worthy of the honored sire; Cannon, a
former superintendent. brainy and
learned; Gignilliatt. well connected and
a native of the district; and what more
shall / say of O'Hara and O'Brien,
whose work has told in years of eff
cheney in the First Congressional dis
trict. Why should not the nestor of
educators in this district, Prof. H. T..
Train have been honored with such an
appointment?
Had the Governor felt it desirable to
study the teachers in Chatham, no law
would have been violated if some of
the private teachers had been named.
Mr.. Strong has indicated his ability in
his success, Prof. Taliaferro has done
his work for years TO the satisfaction
of many residents of the First Con-
gressional district, and Prof. Morton is
man of no mean ability. There are
others. public and private, but my list
of eligibles is already too long.
The Governor says none of these
gentlemen applied. Time is the fair
lexicon Of the Politician; there is no
such word as modesty. The Governor
has been on the run for office so many
years of his life that he looks with
contempt Oh lut man WIN waits luI
the Office to seek him. The Governors
philosophy is: Better appoint a man
outside the district who seeks the
place, even though his citizenship be
challenged. than the modest gentle
man Of clear titles, whose sense OF
propriety causes him TO wait to be
called 10 his states service.
Does not the Governors action in
troduce Prof Britain unfortunately
10 his new home? Are we TO under
stand that Prof Britain did apply for
the trusteeship? That is rather an
uufavorahle attitude 10 place him IN
as he enters on his new work Up
10 this time Chatham county has not
been afhlatod with a political teach
err With much patriotism our school
system has been built up 60 point
unequalled, by IT'S being kept free
from suspicion of completely with pol
itics. GOV Terrelrs haste and the
reasons for 10 viii cause many 81 us
10 watch the advent Of school politics
into our community TIN wo under
stand better we arc lcft by me Cow
ernOr'e explanation 10 think that Prof
Britain sought an honor from "a dis
trict ~ which he was only boz anticipa-
tlon citizen nnd thar Dee had some
hldden pom On tho Governor ION the
place That surely introduces Afr
Britain i1 an uneuYlahle hEhf 49, our
community
The appointment smokes ~ peanut
r0aHfnr n4hflra c0Whiuafiorn for 49,
eenHfo. fiafe school commissioner "a
sDh0ol ha0k COMPS nIfH saErfaf them.
selves te che MIND in aHch an un.