The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-24
OPENS HIS CAMPAIGN
Nos. ]. n. Aderdi(e OsthaeS Ms Views
"a ftutAiieASl Matters.

Hon j. NJ. Atderdlce opened MS
campaign for the office OF state su-
persntendent OF public instruction IN /,
an address delivered in the district
court room at the courthou Mon
day night The attendance was not
very large but all present manifest
ed an enthusiastic appreciation o.
Mr. Aidertiices address The speaker
was introduced by W Singleton.
He spoke for about one hour and 1
gave In detail his views on the ques-
tion OF public education He spoke !
OF his work in the public schools OF /
Ellis county, of his service as county /
superintendent and OF the work ac- /
complished as a member of the legis-
lature for the educational affairs OF |
the state In outlining his views he |
said in part.
There is no cause which more vi |
tally concerns the great American |
people than that of popular eduea- !
ton. and there is no demand 10 /
which the great heart of the masses |
responds more readily than the cause /
of education when properly present. |
ed
The spirit of our institutions is In /
accord with enlightenment and their !
perpetuity depends upon the intelli- !
gence and patriotism Of the sovereign
citizen
The doctrine of an educated soyer-
eighty is as old as civilization. The !
h Fh al
ars as many of them were and
knowing the value of education, had
scarcely provided for their physical (
necessities before they began to ar
range for the education of their chill
dren. Conscious that liberty for
which they had sacrificed everything
save honor, was impossible without
learning. within few years, while
their number was yet small and their
homes without comfort, and their
lives exposed to the scalpinS knife
of the savage. many of these settle
ments had in force school systems
far in advance of those of the most
enligh tened countries of Europe
| want to say in this connection
lDdt lHf pttDlt VI ltAdN OWE Il utbl
of gratitude 10 the memory of that
grand old commoner. Richard Coke
for his bold stand and successful
fight against federal interference
with state rights when il was propos-
ed TO appropriate out of the federal
treasury. s77,000.000 for the aid of
public education in the states Wash
ington commended the promotion OF
science and literature to the patron
age OF congress and jefferson said
] look TO the diffusion OF light and
learning as the resources most 10 bc
relied on for ameliorating the coudi-
uon, promoting The virtue. and nd
yduciug the happiness of man
On down the years OF our history
the most patriotic aud learned OF our
statesmen. regardless of political
alignment, have been earnest adyo- /
Gates OF public education
The history OF our own state ou .
the subject o' education is both uni /,
que ANA interesting Declaring miI- /
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