The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-03
is MR.. CAYwO0D COMPETENTe
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liberty to quote, is grammatically in
correct. Now look at this sentence
Il will not knowingly say anythins
Of any candidates chance of success
who are running in any of tn,
other races of this primary nor utter
an untruth about opponents in thi.
race"
This error of using ARE" instead
OF Is is too glazing to need com
ment.. In the revised edition" he
corrected this but not until he
had given out great many OF
these leaflets containing the
error. This leaflet was printed ex.
actly as he wrote it.
In the same paragraph with the
above occurs the following:
'* / believe and always have be-
lieved, that primary is the fairest
manner of expressing the voters will
as to whom" should be the stand
ard bearers of the party"
Here he makes the objectionable
error of using whom instead of
who" with the belief, no doubt,
that the pronoun in this sentence
must be the object of the proposition
to-" thus leaving the verb ''should
be- without subject. The pronoun
must be in the nominative case to
govern the verb should be-" and
the object of the proposition "to" is
the objective or proportional clause
which follows the pronoun.
The next quotation embodies no
grammatical error, but only lack of
information as to the meaning of a
word which a candidate for School
Superintendent should not show:
Il believe that democracy is the
greatest word in the English Ian
guage when its meaning Is taken lit
orally equal rights to all and special
privileges to none.)"
The word democracy is a Greek
derivative, compounded of the two
Greek words demos" (people) and
kratein Ito rule,) when taken lit
orally" it means 1.-THE rule Of the peo-
pie" The use of the parenthesis in
dicates that Mr.. Caywood thinks the
literal meaning of the word is Equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none" that this parenthetical phrase
and the word democracy" are syn
onymous just as the word people" in
the parenthsis above means the
same thing as the word demos" or
the word ''kratein" the same thing
as the words "to rule" If he did not
mean that the words in the paranthe-
sis express the literal meaning of
the word democracy he does not
understand the use of the paren-
thesis in such a connection.
On the outside of all his leaflets
he has this sentences
"I have an abiding and perfect
confidence in the integrity, fairness
and patriotism of our people and 1
place my candidacy without fear in
your hands"
Of course he means their" Hands.
but in all the corrected and revised
editions of this leaflet he has retain
ed this error, which no educated man
would ever have written, much less
retained after revising.
All the errors mentioned except
the two which were corrected in the
revised edition" have been retained
as originally written and may be seen
in any of the folders he has distrib-
uted during his candidacy. 1t is in
conceivable that person who would
make so many and such glazing err
lors in so small a space could Ser1-
ously be thought of as a proper per-
son to be placed at the head of the
schools of Bourbon County. True,
his pitiful crippled condition must
move the compassion of every gener-
Gus soul. 1t is unbelievable that any
one is so heartless as to look at him
and not pity him, and the writer
deeply regrets the necessity which
compels him to oppose his nomination
to this office But there is public
duty which transcends any mans pri-
yate feelings. The education of the
children of the county is almost the
very highest interest in the county.
In fact know of none l would place
above it. We must guard that in
terest carefully. 1t is too great and
important to be trified with, and we
would be traitors to our children If
we turned over the supervision of
their instruction to one who is not
qualified to discharge that important
duty. We have superintendent
whose efficiency and competency no
one ever has questioned.
Would it not be the acme of folly to
exchange her for one whose incom-
potency, judged by his own written
words, is so conspicuous?
A FRIEND OF THE SCHOOLS.