The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1923-09-01
action of the citizens as q rebuke,
| and resigned in q piuue.

action of the citizens as rebuke,
and resigned in pique.
Speaking for myself, and I think
I voice the sentiment or many 9TH
ers, the action of the voters was
not personal affair, either. SO far
as a majority" or minority" was
concerned.
The vote clearly indicated that 1t
did not favor the acts Of the ma
jority, however. It is unfortunate
they did not discover this to the
extent that they would have re-
Trained from taking certain ina
jority'' action previous to their
resignation, which they must
have known was directly against
the will of the people. Flaunting
their will against that of the people
unfortunately places them in an
uncertain light, and makes the work
of the present board more diff
cult.
I have always maintained that
the citizen must be more alert to
his rights, duties and privileges.
When he places any one in office
he Is placed there as a servant,
not as a master, and any misrule
we may have is the. result Of the
citizen neglecting his duty. He
should watch and see that the one
to whom he confides a public office
conforms to his majority wishes.
There is q class OF people that
persists in considering their fellow
men as subjects. There Is another
class that supinely submits to this
condition Of servitude.
This Is a criminal condition and
needs to be eradicated. Both Of
these conditions must submit to a
higher power IL we are to have a
better world to live in. Had this
been the case there would have
been no dissension.
In discussing matters of public
import with O. man claiming to be
a good citizen, he made this state
ment: Whatever the public wants
I am against It." Rejecting my
own position in the matter, made
this statement. Whatever the
public wants, am for It."
8 II the public makes a mistake,
It has either been misinformed, or
it has not considered the subject
from the right angle. In any event
the public suffers from its own mis-
takes, as well as that Of It's servants. |
Unfortunately this day (and let j
us hope this day will be shortened) |
confronts us with lying propaganda
through conflicting interests con-
tanning part truths, and people are
losing confidence. in the avenues
through which 1t reaches them. The
conviction Is growing that news |
papers and magazines must be
purged of all falsity, II intelligent
and correct conclusions are to be
reached on all, matters pertaining |
to the welfare of our country, or 1
the individual VIII - forced to |
develop azper-p lefty, to
search out and know the truth |
about any subjeek' The World today |
is being sorely tried: evil elements |
are endeayoring to gain the ascend
ency.
It is quite evident that such in
sidious efforts have been directed
against our school board, causing |
division and strife.
Evil thrives on ignorance. II the
work of our school board can be
paralyzed IL will have accomplished
It's purpose. While have no wish
TO belittle the good intention of
hose who resigned from the board
mo doubt they did what they
Thought best bespeak for our
present board the prayerfui CO.
operative efforts on the part Of the
oyal citizenry OF Duluth. that they
will not allow themselves to be
nislead by false issues raised by L
Of our school system. as
he efforts Of recent importation
% our city would indicate; fungus
growth which has attached itself
% one Of our civic bodies, using
{ as blind for its nefarioas pur-
,oses. / sincerely hope that while i
Mr.. Moore may be laboring under
he impression that his friends have
lot received the consideration due
hem, the greatest good to the
greatest number will now claim
lis attention, and lend his co-opera-
i've effort as above indicated.