New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-07-23

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The war is over. The worm has
turned. The disloyalty bugaboo has
Host it's charm The people, having
.Iloyally supporter the government in the
j fight against autocracy abroad, are going
] to down autocracy here.
This was abundantly proved by the
result of the school election held Saturday
afternoon and evening, when w. 7.
Eckstein and DR.. j. H. Vcgel were elected
i en- stickers by /. vote of five to one over
III. L. Beecher and Herman Held, who
were up for reelection as member, of
the School Board, and whose names
were the only ones that appeared en- the
ticket. The awful drubbing administered
lis no reflection on the Ionor or the
personal popularity Of the defeated
gentlemen. The issue was made en- re-
tanning Supt. H. G. Hess, and the result
shows that an overwhelming majority
/ of the people Of New Ulm do net want
IMr. Hess as the head of their public
school system.
Acted As Autocrat.
Both Mr.. Beecher and Mr.. Held are
men Of integrity and good business sense.
But IS members of the Board of Educa-
ton they have allowed MIR. Hess to act
/ the a..tocrat and 70 lord it over them
selves as we'll as over the people Of the
city. A year ago this list April, the
Board, probably sensing the rising tide
of public indignation against Mr.. Hess,
and no doubt at the. solicitation Of the
Superintendent in a desire to make his
/ berth secure II spite of the wishes of the
people, passed resolution engaging
Mr.. Hess for 'wo years ins.ead of only
! for one, as is the almost universal custom.
4 If it hsd not been for the vigorous protest
of DR.. Weiser, a member of the Board,
] it would have been done for three years
instead of two. For his objection TIC
such high-handed methods, DR.. Weiser
; was rewarded last year by reelection
j to the Rcere:. The people have now
4 spoken, and spoken in no uncertain
terms. They have served notice on the
members OF the Boerd whose terms ex-
expire next year thst if they continue
in the future IS in the past to accept the
dictation of Supt. Hess, they will be
turned out Of office at the next election
ss two good men were this YER for not
/ listening to the voice of the people who
elected them.
Opposed To Hess.
4 The education Of TIE yolth Of the land
is one of the things that lies nearest to
the hearts of the citizens, and they de
mand that their representatives reflect
their own desir,;s in hiring and controlling
those who are placed as teachers over
/ their children. Both Mr.. Eckstein and
\ DIR. Vogel were openly opposed to r.
tanning Supt. Hess, and the immense vote
!, piled up for them shows that he is no
longer wanted in NV Ulm, in fact it
may be safely said that the great majority
4 of people would welcome his resignation.
Besides being unpopular as superin-
4 tendent Of the chools, Mr.. Hess aroused
much bitter feeling samong the citizens
# tn. city by his policy as director of
Public Safety of the county. When the
Getting to petition the government WIS
l|held here two years ago, he was asked
/ before the meeting was advertised
whether there was any objection to it,
and stated to Mr.. Retzlaf that he could
Isee no objection to it, that the right to
petition Congress was guaranteed by
! the Constitution. After the meeting he
stated that he could find nothing wrong
in the talks that were made. Neverthe-
less chen the Great Public Disturbance
Commission, legally dsnominated the
! Public Salty Commission, began its
persecution Of those Who had spoken
lat the me- ting, instead Of defending the
name of the city he changed front and
Condemned the n-eeting which he had
heretofore approved, and Liter on
joined in the persecution of those taking
part in the naeeting. When Mayor
Fritschs and City Attorney Pfaender
resigned their positions in the honest
belief that the storm of criticism against
New Ulm might thereby be. abated,