The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1910-11-03
uNJUSTlFlED ATTACK

Soihe newspapers to write. or have
some more capable persons write
anonymous communications for them
publish the same without signature
ana follow it with comments contain
ing covert insinuations verging so
nearly ON the absolute lie as To an.
tltle them to be classified as such.
mat is the attitude assumed by the /
local democratic organ last week in
It's scuprilous articles against Comfy /
superintendent p NJ. Granville and !
County Treasurer Frank S. Rice. and
II hopes thereby to draw support to |
its candidates.
AS no the sex qualification or dis
qualification for the superintendent
CT public instruction Of this county
that is for the voters to decide. But
II Us well known fact that
four years ago the democratic party
OF Idaho county made that feature
the issue i'm the contest for that
office, and upon that ground defeated
Miss Margaret Sweet, one of the most
! competent teachers Idaho county has
ever produced, and who is now hold
ing position in the Academy OF Ida
ho at Pocatello.
Does 1t not look somewhat inconsis-
tent, to say the least, for the demo
Gratis to make a red-hot campaign
against woman for the office of
superintendent one year, just because
she is woman" and the next cam
paign go before the voters of the
county and ask them to elect a wo-
! man to that office solely on the
3 ground that she is a woman," and
l. that the office of superintendent 'ds
A lady's job?"
u The statement that Mr. Glanville
: realizes that the office rightly be.
y longs to the gentler SEX" or that
}, he ever so stated to the writer oi
S that article, on that 1t required the
l. strong persuasion of his friends to
: keep him ON the ticket" is an abso
J. lutte falsehood, told for mean pur
# pose, and the man who wrote it kney
it at the time he penned it, Sucl
v newspaper work is contemplate be
y yond expression, and should and will
r recoil upon the man or party whicl
5, indulges in it.
Is The Globe has nothing but til
Ie kindest feelings for the democrati
x candidate and has mo adverse crit
ID cisms to offer The better her quail
le ficatioms to fill the office the great
lg er credit it reflects upon Mr. Glanvill'
le whose pupil she was until she qui
n the high school at this place and CT
as gagged i'm teaching in the country.
ie AS to it's being a ladys job I
n superintemd educational matters
to Idaho county, the largest and mos
n, rugged county in the entire stat
ar that Is a debatable question. and on
lie which the voters themselves wi
p- have to decide. In view OF which,
ID is well enough TO state for their Il
.nr formation that during his presel
he term of office Prof. Glanville hs
&c. travelled over 1900 miles by sadd
OF horse. and $500 miles by team. Ol
is school. on the South Fork of the Sd
ne, mon river is 125 miles from Grang
gy VILE. two others are IS miles an
he thi, ty-four are over 30 miles dista'
op- from the county seat The people
of the county are we'll aware OF u
ar weather and road conditions in I
for mote districts of the county in q
in winter and spring months.
in Resides his experience as teach
M. IN the rural and city schools, Pr
for Granville was for six years super
ian tendent of the Grangeville schoo
al during which period he organized I
an high school department and laAd I
her foundation for the school system ia
in vogue. There is no question raf
In the learned article as to the qua
fications of Mr.. Glanville for the
EST flee sought, but he is simply UNI
ork inmate. according to the views oil U
ain writer. i'm the fact that he was
A d horm woman. If the people OF Il
of no county can be convinced that
in gentleman's contention that the IN
of fer of sex is the paramount lssu
lille to the election of his candidate
r a great logician will have succeed
for IN reversing the democratic claims
has four wears ago, and can go before
ter, people as a most renowned lugsiei
,ag- focts and can prove to an admir-
rev. rubuc that black is white
Gel =-,cEp AND