Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-10


That is all there is to 1t. He will not
get 1t. He may prevent Mr.. TAFT from
getting it again. But Mr.. Roosevelt,
with all his inexhaustible discharge OF
his gall and all the patter of his para
sites, cannot prevent the sober part Of
the American people. republicans or
democrats, from acknowledging that
Howard Taft Is fit to be presi-
dent; and If Mr. Taft loses the presi-
dency he cannot lose the respect of
his countrymen. He is a man Of truth.
Of rectitude, of honor.
MARRIED SCHOOL TEACHERS.
Omaha World Herald: The Amer.
lean common school system Is the best
in TIE world, but there are still
in it which are out OF
touch with the rapid advance OF the
human race, although such things re-
main only in sections of the country
where the people still cling to old
Such a place Is Pitts
burgh, where married women and
widows are barred from teaching in
the schools. The married women and
widows Of that city must be pretty
bad lot If their presence is dangerous
to the we'll being of the children OF
that city. In Chicago, where the peo-
pie put woman at the head OF the
public schools. teacher Is selected
because she has ability to be and IS
an efficient teacher, not because she
is young or beautiful, married, single
or widow.
In some sections Of the country
there is an arbitrary rule that no mar
ried woman be employed as teacher.
There was an example Of the enforc-
Ing Of that rule recently reported In the
papers. A young woman who was grad
uate Of a university and of normal
school, had been teaching with eminent
success in quite large town for three
years. She married and was instantly
dismissed and another teacher with
little experience and without a uni
, rsity education was given her place.
The remark that displaced teacher
made was: Twas just beginning to
understand children and was far more
than when first entered the
profession. Since that time she has
been employed In keeping books In
her husbands small mercantile estab-
lishment.
The suffragists say there is no Jus
lice in such rule. Men teachers are
not asked whether they are married,
single or widowers. The question should
be that Of efficiency, and not OF the
married state. OF course woman with
small children could not be an efficient
teacher If she paid due attention to
them, but the decision should be made
ON the question of efficiency and not
on whether the woman was married
and had children.
THE GREATNESS OF LINCOLN
Sioux City Journal: President LIN.
coin was real progressive. bu. he
was not boastful of his own powers.
He was not present In Chicago when
'the delegated representatives Of the
republican electors Of the United
States, in convention assembled"
him in May. 1860 for the office
he sc greatly adored, and in which he
rendered such incalculable service to
his constituents and to our country.
Where was he on that eventful day?
fIe was not at the end of telephone
wire directing the flight" Messages
by telegraph apparently concerned
him no more than they concerned his
neighbors. The day was much as other
lays with him at Springfield. On
election night. when the decisive
news Of his election came, he excused
himself to the friends who gathered,
saying II must 20 home and tell
Mary" Lincoln was net elated. He was
rather depressed by the weight Of
that had been placed
upon him. He did not say Bully" or
We've got EN-" or anything Of that
kind. His humility did not leave him
during his days Of trial, In victory or
defeat, in the midst OF praise or Of bit
tor denunciation he sought al: the
time to know what was right and %
10 what was right. and he was all the
time strong. The country will never
cease to honor his name.
II another great emergency should
arise it may well be the hope Of all
patriotic people that man In leader
ship may appear, tit for the time az
Lincoln was for his. But the day Is
iOL YET, hui EdiI pieLoASS ouppiy LIE
place of what IS real.
II Lincoln had been boasteul, ar
rc CANT, self oijn,onated man, ne would
have tailed. II lie had been carried
away with his own Importance md de-
voted to the email things of p.rsoaal
ambition he would have failed. He was
the servant OF his people. and events
have established lin in the hearts OF
all his count:yMen.
The life, simplicity and works OF
Line DIN ado:n 'ht pages Of our history
and the time con never be when emu.
alton Of HIS high example shall be
otherwise than Helpful to all who in
,ny measure may fix both mind and
heart upon It.
The regret is that in the talk o! Lin.
,oln there should be such measure of
difference between him and those I'M
modest enough to make parade OF his
virtues as heritage divinely fallen
10 their keeping and for their exempt
'ication. The character OF Lincoln is
deserted at tie threshold
No man, however highly endowed
with intellectual power, can 60 far In