The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-17

Then the question was taken az
4 AS to who should have the piece d,
4 resistance, aud here the funniest
scene of the proceedings was en-.
acted, showing that the best laid
I schemes Of men and mice gang aft
aglee " The four applicants fol
Superintendent who were present
had like the other applicants been
! permitted to appear before the
. board and set forth their claims for
, prefermeut and the political inhu-
ence back OF them. The Hon.
, Benson b. Cahoon appeared to be
chief iuquisitor. Now, Mr.. Ca.
hOOu, besides being q partisan of
the most approved Republican
stamp, is very dull of hearing but
be was prepared to overcome this
unfortunate defect of the physical
senses with long slnuOus tube
that reached to all parts of the
board table. and appeared to be the
director general of everything for
the Republican side; the other side
didu count. With one end of the
tube placed to his ear, the other,
at which was sound receiver, was
handed to the applicants, and Mr..
CahOon began his inquisitlon. He
seemed TO infer that none Of the
applicants for Superintendent was
qualified under the law for the re .
sponsible position to which he as
PRED, for he asked each one if he
were willing to become an under
study Of Superintendent Harrison
for two or three months until be
could take hold without doing too
much violence to the requirements
OF the letter of the law Each one |
readily and cheerfully answered |
IN the affirmative, for whatever
may have been his own estimate of |
his qualifications, it was no time
to argue the question with the rec.
ognlzed moving spirit OF the board,
and everything appeared to work |
satisfactorily.
There was one gentleman, how
ever, who had not been sounded on
this apparently well-laid scheme,
but of course there was no doubt
that he would fall all over himself
at the prospect of $3.50 a month
for several more months. So DR..
Harrison was called before the
board, and the all peryading Mr..
Cahoon put his inquisitorial sppa.
ratus in motion. lie asked Super
intendent Harrison il he would
assume the role for several months
of tutor Of the embryonic Repabli-
can Superintendent whom it might
please the board to designate as
the next head of the institution.
DIR. Harrison politely informed him
that under pending conditions he
could not think of taking upon
himself the responsibility that it
might impose; that he had other
arrangements in view. This was "A
masked battery of which the di.
rector general Of the board had not
taken into account, ami to use u
popular phrase, he was up in the
air, " so he ordered prompt ad-
jOurnment of the board until the
next morning to see where he
was at. "
On Tuesday morning DR.. Harri.
son consented to remain until Au-
gust on condition that the other
officers and his trained attendants
should remain to cooperate with
him, and it was so arranged, and
the work Of the board for that SEES
sion was soon finished up. The
new officials, as far as we can
speak from our own knowledge,
are good and capable men, and we
have no doubt that the institution
will be well taken care of under
their supervision.
Stomach Troubles.