The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-11-02
UNJUST ATTACK
IN MR.. sIIgR.
.By.a Democrat Through the
]. Expo le1t IS Ar efuted "a
2 E.1eI aTacnlaT.
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clean and high
lfiisd iouneed by the
~ I1xi NJ in It's inaugur-
ali address some time ago. the re-
cent Vicious attacks on Republican
candidates, found IN the columns OF
that paper. are very surprising. It
Is now quite evident that. those
, promises OF hIgh-class journalism
were inslncere 1t is also evident
that the spirit Of bitterness which
has ever characterized the Demo
Fcratic party. when engaged In q los
ing tight. Is stiil alive and Vigorous
The communicated article con
corning Ira Z. swiger, Republican
candidate for. county superintendent
Of schools. which appeared In the
Exponent october %, was unjust.
unfair and designed to deceive the
puIie. author Of that article
declares That his statements con-
tain the germsot truth, and then
preeesds to stuitify the entire article
by regelfing In unfaIrness and mis-
Representation. Verify his 1ftt2e
germ Of truth died before it had a
chance to grow.
The qualifications which a county
superintendent of schools must have
are established by law and not by
the envlous pen OF omce-hungry
Democrats Any man who has the
legal qualifications may go before
the voters and solicit theiF, suffrage.
The laws of the state and nation rec
ognize and foster party government.
tendent, in common with all candf-
dates for all other offices. must
promote his candidacy through some
political party. Until our present
laws are changed, politics will neces-
sarily control the selection of school
ofhcers in both parties. Mr. SwEger|
being a Republican, naturally seeks
the Office through that party, and in
so doing, merely exercises a right of
citizenship, which no fair-minded
man would dare TO crlttcise. Mr.
swiger has all the qualifications de-
.manded by law. and more. He. has
not Claimed to be a graduate or any
institution OF learning. Neverthe-
less it is only fair to say that he has
had at different times practically thei
same courses of study as his oppo-
nent While it Is true that fine
scholarship is no doubt an essential
qualification. for the Office. it Is also,
true that college men are not always
good school men. nor are good
school men always college men.
Ono of the best. city superintendent
in West Virginia is not college
col,oJ,-.J,g uyffho,,+ S,,ncoss-
ful experience and special fitness, is
of little value to any man who as
pIres to do credftable school work.
Mr.. Swlger has scholarship coupled
with experience. He could not only
teach the first year OF high school
successfully-the Exponent's state;
ment to the contrary notwfthstand[
ing-but could probably teach the
Exponent's correspondent some val
liable lessons, truthfuiness and fair
ness for instance. Mr.. Morrison is
scholarly and handsome, man in
every sense OF the word! and no
the office But Mr.. Morrison does
not know the needs of the country
schools. and the country schools
are county superintendent most.
serious problem. While Mr.. Nor
rison was adding to his alleged re-
markable store OF knowledge, Mr..
swiger was learning by actual ex-
perience and hard work in the
country and village schools first as
teacher, and later as district super
lntendent. what those schools need
ed. and no man knows better than
he.
The statement that Mr.. Morrison
has done over four years of college
work is untrue. His diploma is
from the West virginia Conference
Seminary, not the West Virginia
wesleyan College Ask him or ask
ogden-the same Ogden who was
publicly named by ex-stste superih-
tendent Thofnas C. Miller as one OF
the ave best county superintehdents
in West Virginia.
Mr.. Morrison IS q Democrat; Mr.,
swlger is a Republican But for any
man TO say that Mr.. Morrison is less
liable 10 .dictation from party leaders,
than Mr. swtEer. is to show an,
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