Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-20
KEPPEL ACCEPTS LEAGUE
ENDORSEMENT FOR OFFICE
Present County School Superin-
tendent Seeks Reelection on
LincoIn-RooSeveIt Ticket

Mark Keppel, county superintendent
of schools, whose candidacy for re-
election has been inaorsed by the Lin
coin Roosevelt Republican league,
has sent a letter of acceptance to
the league, thanking its members for
their Endorsement and expressing his
sympathy with the principles of the
league. Mr. KeppePs letter is as fol-
lows:
To the executive committee of the
Lincoln Roosevelt Republican league
of Los Angeles county, California:
Gentlemen-I thank you sincerely
for your Endorsement of my candidacy
for the Republican nomination for
county superintendent of schools.
Under our form of primary nomina-
ting every candidate must have a party
affiliation and must seek a nomination
as a party candidate. 1 believe, how
ever, such requirement is not intended
to bind a candidate for county super
intendent of schools to give partisan
administration, nor even to serve as an
excuse for shading his policies in the
direction of partisanship.
During the period of time in which
L have had the very high honor of
serving the people of Los Angeles
county as superintendent of schools, [
have studiously ignored partisanship
and have ever recognized and obeyed
the truth that as public official L
was the servant of the whole people
and not the servant of any party or
faction.
1 have appointed more than 500
school trustees and have never made
an appointment because of the ap-
pointee's political affiliations
The public schools are the great
citadel of national strength and ma
tional greatness. If we permit per-
nicious partisanship to lay unclean
hands upon our schools we shall Grip
pie their efficiency and menace our ma
tional life.
SCHOOL SYSTEM BEST
1t is emphatically true that our pub
lie school system approaches the high
est degree of efficiency only as 1t be-
come more and more nearly free from
partisan political control, and much
less should the conduct of the school
be affected, even in the remotest de-
gree, by any private or special interest.
To promote good government our
schools provide for and foster the
study of history, of civics and of the
lives of the great national heroes who
served our country in war and In
peace.
Teaching by precept or by example
are the two great methods of teach
kIlONU 10 Iiidu. vi luS bWOJ tCeSI-
ing by example is by far the more eff
fective. This truth intensifies the re-
sponsibility of those who would direct
the schools, and demands that they
give the highest possible type of pri-
vate life and of public service.
1 feel an intense sense of personal
satisfaction because my administration
as county superintendent of schools has
been such in your opinion as to merit
and to receive your approval.
1 thank you again for the honor
conferred upon me by your indorse-
ment of my candidacy.
1 believe in the principles so ably
advocated by the Lincoln Roosevelt
Republican league, and I assure you
that it will be my steadfast endeavor
as a man, a citizen and an official to
so order my personal duties that your
committee and all other friends of good
government will never have any cause
to regret the Endorsement of my can
didacy by the executive committee Of
the Lincoln Roosevelt Republican
league of Los Angeles county, Yours
truly, MARK KEPPEL.