Evening star., 1909-06-16
the schools. teachers and school manage

the schools. teachers and school manage
ment of Washington.
In 1900 Editor Butler assailed Wash
ingtonans. Congress and the local press
because of the dismissal of Superintendent
of Schools Powell. his friend; and from
that date he has consistently vilihed the
city. its institutions and its people.
Later he was instrumental in causing
most searching and exhaustive investiga-
tion by the District Commissioners INTO
insinuations against the morals OF certain
persons connected with the sfhools
Sweeping findings of acquittal in TINS case
were made public in 1904.
Again in 1907 the Educational Review
became the medium of renewed yenomous
assaults upon Washington, it's schools ana
its people Editor Butler and DIR. chan-
cellor, the local superintendent of schools
cooperating. Commenting upon Review
article The Star of February s, 1907, said
edtorially:
1T is time to protest against what ap-
pears to he systematic attempt to
prejudice the country against TINS city pS
the spread of such defamatory state
ments as those that are contained in the
Reyiew article The publication
of this article brings once more to notice
the persistent efforts of certain back
biters to blacken the reputation of Wash
ingtonians and of Washington.
DR. Butler is an old offender in this re-
spect. Nearly seven years ago he poured
the yialS of his wrath upon the defense
less capital because 1t fit to take is
sue with the educational methods of the
then superintendent of schools, his per
sonal friend" "
Again in commenting upon another ar
ticle in the Educational Review The Star
of April 13, 1907, said editorially:
This publication slurs discontinued
teachers and officials as incompetent and
f1agrantly immoral =" This defama ton
of discontinued teachers and officials is pc
culiarly cOwardly and malignant because
the school authorities here in Washing
ton (incuding Dr. ChancelloD disclaim
any action on their part In relation TO
these teachers and officials which is in
tended to reflect or which reflects upon
their morality No one of them has been
thus accused and tried before dismissal
1t would simplify matters if some Cham
cellorite would in a responsible way make
the specific accusation OF lmmoralltH
against some teacher or official, to the
end that through the courts the accused
may have indirectly the trial which Dr.
Chancellor has denied, and to the end that
some one may be convicted and punished
either of immortality or of slander. The
Star does not believe that any one of
standing in Washington would seek to
appoint or retain a teacher in our
schools a person f1agrantly immoral or
proven to be immoral. But it also be-
lieves that the community demands fair
play and a square deal for all teachers
whenever accused. and that it detests
the spiteful lying slanderer the assassin
of reputation. The cancer of immora ity
if it is found to exist, and the cancer OF
malignant slander of the innocent. If 1t
is found to exist, must both be cut out
relentlessly from the school system
1t will be clear to any one who reads
these previous publications of the Edu-
cational Review that Editor Butler is
now taking base advantage of dis
tressng and humilating occurrence in
the local school history to crafty in a
cowardly and peculiarly contemplate
fashion an ancient personal grudge.