The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-20
WAR ON WOMEN.

dence to elect To the responsible posi- !
tion OF Superintendent Of schools, will
So forget the dignity of the Osltlon
he is elected TO uphold, as to become
the seryie tool of a lot OF political
shysters and drag the schools to the
level of ward politics, for the purpose
of furthering the political ends OF his
poliL Cal coheits. We had right. we
| say, to expect better things Of Mr.
Jones but we have been disappointed
and ne has demonstrated 10y his antics
that he is but gumshoe politician.
He irst became the victim of nis
associates and then their
| level and became another rascal
when he made war upon women and
made the schools SubServient to poll
tics. The trouble began co brew just
| befnfe spring election at which time
JuneS and his political crunies were
so ing oriously defeaJed at the school
election Prior to this election Mr..
Jones aud his associates IN the school
board brought all possible pressure to
bear On Jlle school teachers To com
pele Lntnl tn support the so called
Boxer board WIN were candidates for
re-elecLlOn. Those who refused tn dc
So nave been the victims of >yste
matte persecution ever since 10y the
superintendent of schools, while
those who became subServient TO the
have been the recipients of specia.
favOrS.
For purely trumped up reasons, he
anuulled the certificates of Miss
Anna kerns and Miss Prunty. Miss
Kerns was forced, ut great expense
To herself, to go to Pierre and ap-
pear before the state uperinlendcnt
who re-instated her. holding THAI the
charges We're frivolous. Upon Miss
Prunty's return from the bedside of
her mother the state perutendent
issued her Il erliticate, but as this
required the endorsement OF the
county superintendent. Miss Prunty
gave him the statutory fee of 81 90
ior signing the same. Jones retained
he dollar, but wiltully refused to
sign the certificate and by reason or
this the said certificate was claimed
by him to have been lnvalldateu.
Nh. Jones then served notice upon
NJ iss PruuLy. citing her To appear be-
fore INN Wednesday to show cause
why said certificate should not be
cancelled on the ground, among other
things, that she did not have Il wal
I'd certiticate," and preferring a lot of
trnmped up charges of blanket ma
: ture: .Johes constituting himself COM
planning witness, judge. jury and
prosecuting attorney.
He charges, among other things.
"Nlulat,on OF the state INV" What
state law, pay?
/, Anothe: charge is .'Cruelty.' CRU
: city to whom? TRe children. the
old folks at home, cruelty to animals
or to little jones? Lastly, be charges
Miss Prunty with "endeavorlng t.
, hamper the county superintendent IN
\ the enforcement of the law" Poor
little man.
1t is curious, ISN'T it, that sftel
teaching three years in the City
G schools, two of winch were laugh
und tins same Jones, then principa
: of the schools and clerk of the S3hoo
: board that hired her, it is curious
/ we say. that ne should suddenly dis
u cover that she was incompetent
e when in the past he has expressed
!. himself as satisfied with her service
t and methods.
4 MISS Prunty appeared at the hear
t ing by her COUNSEL, Howard BabcoclS
e and demanded that the charges b
: made more specific, and the case wa
,, continued to Saturday.
o Insinuation ard innuendoes ar
II mighty poor argument and it woui
e seem that common honesty and
J. sense of fairness to the accused woul
5 dictate that charges redeGtlng upo
. her acts as teacher should be explicit
q indefinite charges are apt to prov
D. something Of a boomerang.
! Mr.. Jones may jbe an awful goo
&c man but he needs q newly dated ce
tifcate Of character.