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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1913. til t 7 f t. It m I I THE OMAHA DAILY BEE Whtnped nv KbwA n d hosbwatkk" VICTOn ROSRWATBlt, KD1TOH IjflK BUILDING, FAT1NAM AND lTTH. Kntered at Omaha nostofflce as second- Class matter. Sunday He, one rear IJally Bee, without Sunday, one year.. 4.m yaiiy nee, ana wunoM . nnr i DELIVERS!) BY CAKlUBrt. Bvenlnir and Sunday Bee. per month. .ne Evenlwr. without Sunday, per month.. 38c Dally Bee, Including Sunday, per tno-- Datlv Bee. without Sunday, per month.ttc Address all complaint of Irreirularltlcs In deliveries to city Circulation Dept. rtemlt by draft, express or poital order, payable- to The Bee PubllnhlnB company. Only :-eent stamps received In payment of small aecounti rersonal checks, ex cept on Omaha, and eastern exchange, not accepted. nvmr.v.s. Omaha-The Bee buildlnir. Fouth Omaha-ffll8 N eet. Council Bluffs-H North Main street. Uncoln-W Little bulMlnc. Chtcairo SOI Hearst bulldlnif. New York-Boom avenue. St. Louls-3 New Bank of Commerce. Washlnston-TS Fourteenth BU N. V. COnnESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addrcsed Omaha Bee, Editorial department. OCTOBEn CIRCULATION. 51,725 Bute of Nebraska, County of 0"'"' Dulght Williams, circulation manager of Th Bee Publishing; company, beine duly sworn, says that the averase dally circulation for the month of October, inTwaV UWIOHT WILLIAMS. 1 H Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before m. this jSSSS Notary Public snbscrlbera lenTlnir the cltr temporarily afaonld have The Bee mailed to them. Address will be chanced as often as requested. Still, the problem play will subsist Its well as any other on patronage. The grim reaper with hip sickle seoms tp bo working ovextlmo among us. The weather nan is making good on heavy dowB what ho has held back on rain. Sua Yat Sen makes a mighty fine job of keeping out of tho way of his friend, Yuan Shi Kal. Credit our Polish colony with real municipal patriotism; as their viaduct celebration amply proves. Thanksgiving day has como to be a timo of rejoicing over tho boys who survived the foot ball season. Tho bar inquisitors give it up and pass it over to tho grand Jury; Nona o blind as those who will not see. All the gunboats on the Missouri will take notice of. the presence of the secretary of the navy and salute. That Bres4au man who got two weeks in jail for staring at a police nan must have given him tho evil eye. More eggs thaa vw produced and coasuiued, but prlcos stllL roosting high. What's the answer, cold stor age? Any a who can tell Huerta to his face he ought to rvlgn and only loee his Job for his rashness, has no kick coming. "The Influence of Jctfferson on the Devetopment of tho West" Is a nice, peaceful subject for a secretary of jiavy ts discuss. Eve the most plausible explana tion fer fatllag to pay the bill on tlmo eelaeea stake a kit with the mam to whom the nosey Is coming. Weula It sot be preferable, for Ostaaa to save the Auditorium and let the tatefurfeaa railway build its teralnal ea sown other site? Folks who wast the city to do this, r te.de that, hut balk oa providing the nosey te foot the bills, cannot &ecupy a very cossletest position. It haypeswd Is Chicago, as H hap pened ta Omaha, that when a fear lees newspaper got after the medical suacks they preferred fleeing to fighting. It there are any democratic news papers la Nebraska besides his own backing up our democratic senator, they aro not making much ot a noisu about t. What a catsastrophe If, after those three years and more, Japan should fall to recelvo any official thanks from llexlco for Its part in tho cen tcnnlal festival. You cannot beat those theatrical press agents. They have her accom panied now by a Leghorn ben, so as to be assured of fresh eggs. If Gaby knows how to make a hen lay she knows enough to quit the stagu. The ghosts' ot Madero and Suaret are said to be causing a certain great man In the Mexican palace to have that squeamish feeling, but the fall ure of the ghost to walk Is playing the m,Uchlef with the boys In the field. Senator Korrls' declaration that ho fe'kot married to any party name doe sot seem to ule&so his crocrea : air party soul-matos who thought they bad a monopoly ot his affec Uoa. The senator, however, re fcMeaVrB that he threw his hat in the rise as a republican and was noml "Atad aatd elected ai a. republican. nomc jkuic uvcr ruonc utilities. Tho Toronto convention of tho Na tional Municipal league endorsus the Kinclplo of home rulo government for cities In opposing state regula tion of Ras, electric light, telephone and street railway corporations, de claring that as they arc urban In character they should come under municipal Instead of state control. Undoubtedly, as a general proposi tion, better results are obtained by such control, for It brfngs the regu lating power and tho people, as well as the utility, Into closer contact and should promote better co-operation than through gtato regula tion. Where the utility Is purely local it presents only local problems and Is better handled, therefore, by local authorities whoso Interests aro Immediately tied up with those of tho utility. Of course, such corpora tions as Interurban street railways and long dlstanco telephone or power plantB present other than strictly local aspects as well, but even such cases leave tho soundness of tho principle of local self-government or home rulo potont and unimpaired. Diplomatic Amenities. "The return of William F. Mc Combs from Paris with the rejected French ambassadorship on his hands brings once more to tho front the practical exclusion of high class Americans from Important diplo matic posts unless they are rich men," flays tho New York Journal. Mr. McCombB declined tho office on the ground that ho could not afford to hold it for the salary of $17,000 a year. It is true we havo drawn exten sively upon our rich men to represent us in ambassadorial positions and with few exceptions the nation has been creditably roprosentod. Dut we havo also, oven during the pres ent administration, drawn upon meu of limited means for such service. It surely will not bo argued that soma of tho distinguished scholars recently sent abroad were selected because of their financial circum stances. If our nation's dignity and pres tige can survlvo the notorious lack of embassy houses abroad common surato with bur position among tho powora, Burely It can endure the ef fects of an ambassadorship exclu sively maintained 'on tho official sal- 'ary attaching. Perhaps If a few Americans had not set some nptablo examples of tho lavish display of their wealth In foreign capitals this question of income and oxpenso might not be obtruding. Wo never stop to rate financially a foreign rep resentative coming to AVaahlnKton It ho has substantial attainments back of him. Of course, our officials abroad should be comfortably main talned, but not necessarily to the ox tent of toadying to tho Croesuses of Europe. William Sears -Poimleton. The- sad and untimely on diner nt William Sears Poppleton is to bo ro- grottod for many reasons. Whllo the only official position held by Mr, Popploton was that of membor ot the School board -somo tlmo ago, ho achieved much promtnonce br head lnfc" the domocratlo city ticket an candldato for mayor, and It was th strength of his opponent rather than his own weakness, that prevented his oloctloh. With the education. Innate ability, acquaintance snrune from lifelong identity with, tho community and tho resources of distinguished ploneor family. Mr. Ponnintnn omrht w - -"-MM WtS(HV yet to havo glvon us many servlcehbl years. War Averted. It Is gratifying to feel that hostlll ties have been averted betwoon Oov orsor Morehead, backed by his offi cial staff ot colonels and the state mllltla, on which the governor's Nor folk speech seemed to reflect. Tho governor fired what sounded like u heavy artillery gun in expressing the opinion that the mllltla was a good thing for a youth to let alone. As It appeared In tho papers It had all tho earmarks ot well-directed volley, but now the governor, repulsed by the enemy, capitulates to the extent of declaring that that was not what ho nuant, at all: that, on the contrary. what ho really Intended to say, and thought he was saying, was that tho state mllltla was about the finest thing going for a robust lad looking for a chance to let off some of his surplus energy. It was all the fault of an extomnor- aneous spetch, the governor expjalns. in otner words, the thing went off half-cocked. I(o did not even know It was loaded. No doubt the gov ernor will be more cautious how he fingers th0 hair-trigger of one ot those automatic speeches again. Dut what gets us Is, why Governor More head did not resort to the usual ex pedient of those caught In similar predicaments and blame thB reporter who chronicled his speech, hldlng be hind the assertion that he garbled or deliberately misstated what he said. After achieving the distinction of serving continuously as a member of the cabinet longer than anyone else, ex-SecreAary of Agriculture James Wilson is going to write out his ex periences and observations In the na ture of an autobiography. Assuming that he saw things through clear western glasses, his contribution to our political history ought to be noteworthy. , Thkjjay in Omaha roMeitrn rsox tit nut - q p NOVKMUEIt 18. Thirty Years Ago The death of John B. Detwlller at his residence, 2m California street, elicited expressions of regret from the- business community In which he had ben a pioneer merchant as a dealer In carpel and upholstery. The funeral arrange ments awaited the arrival of FrtnV Kim. mer. brother of Mrs. Detwlller, from Wheeling, W. Va, Two of Europe's most noted divines, Pierre Hyacinths and Mons. Capoll, will uu omaha this winter. Despite Sunday thn work of srallnr Jackson street between Seventeenth and ElgVitenth street, was nrnrnti1 nriih great effect today. ork has been commenced limn tho tower of the now English Lutheran church, corner Harney and Sixteenth streets. The Union Pacific lxi hull nark nn St. Mary's avenue has henn rnnv.rl. Into a katlnjr rink by covering the ground with cement Treasurer Whltmore of Boyd's opera louse SunBayed In Lincoln, his old home. Mrs. If. K. Burket haa arrlvrri in Inln her husband who has located here. Fred Nye, editor of the Ttnuh1lrn. I. ft for Wisconsin to attend the wedding of nis Drotner. The Misses McCnsrue dressmnklnir nir. ltrs, cloaks esnecJaltr. northern of Douglas and Slsteenth. Mr. Lawton. for twelva vmm nit.l clerk on the Union Pacific has been no. pointed chief clerk ot the Omaha post- oince, ana has commenced his new duties. Twenty Years Ago The Commercial club held a big meeting at which the council's action In nm.lnir the ordinance giving the Omaha 3as com pany .a rifty-year franchise waa thrashed out. but not to conclusive results. W, F, Welter aCtArt A ehfdrmnn In that .haaHO. ot President Gibson. Most of tho talking was done by attorneys. W. fl. Poppleton. the first speaker, opposed the ordinance. O. W. Furnas favored nntllntr tt un in Mayor Bemls to voto. W. V. Morse fa- vorea it. w. n. Naon thought the pub lic spirit of the men Investing their money it tun jjimii ougni to ue consiaerea. tr. A. Brogan thought the Commercial club should not express Itself one way or tho Other, lest It nrovnk a. rlanh nt nmmr. clal Interests. C. a Montgomery thought me ciuo snoum either take the bull by the hprns or drop It entirety but he, was not sufficiently conversant with thn Inmi to decide which was best. A lot more talking went op. but no definite action. Mrs. T. K. Sudborough, chairman, pre sided at the meeting of the educational department of the Omaha Woman's club, wnere the question "How Is the develop ment of a child's mind affected by the usual conditions and ordinary discipline of the primary school?" was discussed. Beside Mrs. Sudborough, those present were: Mesdames Newton. M. (Imril An. drews, A. C. Powell, Kean, Charles Koff man, Bryeon. Towne. t.TL Notson, Misses McKoon, Cooper, Illckok, Fair, Smith, MUKir, Campbell, Hamilton Letimer, Da vis, Nevlns, Evans, Burnett. John M. Thurston, general solicitor for the Union Pacific, went to Denver to argue a case for his comoinv and nn. eral Manager Ed Dickinson left for a tour oi me XMeorasica division of the road. Ten Years Ago Tho ninth scion of the dynasty of Ak-Sar-Ben was reminded by Julius Caesar's calendar ot the termination of his cycle and he began forthwith in Ai coifnts that ha might sea how the books siooa. iney showed 10.000 cesterces In the. stronsr box and n. ntf nr mu - .. . w. 4,WI ftVUU r knights and ture. Having transacted all the king's business, th Mv.r.iirn .- his knlghtJi trekked over to Mr. Boyd's theater to see Charley Hoyt's Texas nicer ao a Uttle royal bucking. About ICO applications for ininnn. ... letter carriers In Omaha and South Omaha were filed with the proper parties at the Omaha federal htilMln -.i examinations wero being conducted, The Beginning salary was 1720, and the age limit down to ao. Tho weather man promised relief from the qold wave that had beat back on the ahnrrH nf OmBh.' .. . ,., ,r Buln(l uByn. -rne mercury prevailed around the 14 above mark. City Attorney Wright said he looked for an early decision from the state au preme court In th new revemiH tan- If It did not c,ome before the Board of jwview adjourned errors In assessments migni wi corrected by the Board of Kqualltatlon. An Iowa farmer was causing a good deal of nernloxltv Omaha by Investing Indiscriminately In """ UKinc ror. He bought a number of lots, alvlnir Case, and the funny thing about It was mai me cnecks proved good. He began his buying crusade In a bmm .i,... he saw a gentleman with an overcoat iw ms roncy. uts approached the stranger with the remark ih.t k. h,.j - . - ...... ..a imm his overcoat and "how much for It?- ne stranger was offended, but calmed down and took tV) tor ft. rnat !. ably cost MO. People Talked About "General" Rosalia hiker of the cause, plans to operate on Itinerant school for training- suffragists how in talk. Wouldn't that Jar you? Mrs. Dan Staffler of Pan Pr.nu cently eloped and was marri.t rv,- k. second time In two years. Her first mar- nse was soon annulled and she waa later a gutet at-the wedding of her ex husband. William Moeller. who Joined the Denver police force recently, stanria at seven Inches and weighs 204 pounds. He has been successful In many different lorms or athletics, from foot ball to swimming, and when be! the police force received a mark of 100. William Hayne Leavell, who will be the next minister tn ntitr..l. i. . r v... terlan clergyman. His home Is at Car- ronton. Mitt., wnere he has been success ful In the DUlplt. He has taken rnn.M.i-. able Interest In public affairs and Is well Known in his state. Judge Kenesaw Mountain ijin.n. r Chicago, having to deal with a vendor of lave medicine, offered leniency condi tioned on the culprit demonstrating the efficacy of his hair tonic on two bald headed lawyers. "No use. Judge.' whis pered tho faker, "heads addicted to hair splitting nver respond to modem treat ment'' Having- mode his spiel, the UVer got all that was coming to him, 8eeause of its Interesting recital, an exception la made for the following commnalcatlon despite the fact that it far exoeeds our usual space limit. Inside of the Teachers' Contest. STEnLINO. Neb., Nov. 15.-TO the Edi tor of The Bee: I cannot rend you the famous message, "We have met the enemy and they are ours." that Oliver Perry sent to Oenerat Harrison after his great battle on Lake Eric because when we met "the enemy" they would not keep their promise long enough to stage a square fight. I refer to the late contest at the State Teachers' association. I want to go Into the reason why the "Insurgent" resolution was Introduced, and, while dblng so, throw a little light upon the workings of the "Invisible power," or the controlling spirit in our school affairs. There was a misunder standing, and there Is yet In regard to this matter, Those who fought for a principle have been labeled Thomas men. This fact does not worry me, as I would rather be classed with Thomas than with some ot those who are fighting him. The act of dubbing the Insurgents Thomas men makes good haltooa for the "ring men," and withal rery pleasing to them; but, regardless ot their claims, I want to show the public that the movement which hsd Its climax, for the present, at Omaha last Friday, began to formally shape It self Just after the announcement of the stuffing of the enrolling list by the Lin coln Commercial club a year ago, when the executive committee returned over 11,000 to the club, and not, the spontan eous combustion of the Thomas affair, as they would have you believe, The Thomas affair has been an unfortunate one for these !;pedagoglcal sluggers," as. It haa uncovered and has lighted up the pathway the Insurgents have been traveling the last year, and we do not deny taking advantage of this Incident to bring about that which we havo been working for. The fact is wo struck our landing sooner than we ex pected, and I am perfectly happy over it How did It happen that the resolution was Introduced In the form that It was? To be concise and to the point, tho reso lution was the product of State Superin tendent James E. Delsell'a pencil to sat isfy the Insurgent forces, which were bearing down upon him at this time with a force, probably equal to the force which wns brought to bear upon him when he betrayed a friend by voting to oust him without a hearing. NowT let me go back to one year ago when the association was In session and seo what happened when Mr Delzell was elected president and recall what may be considered the first step of the reason why the resolution was Introduced, that Is, ono of the many acta of the ruling force. The convention of the First district had been called to elect, delegates for the purpose of making nominations for the offices, and the teachers had begun to assemnie at the high school building to attend the convention. Superintendent Clark of Pawnee City, and I were visit ing on the first floor, when one ot our superintendent friend from the First dis trict came up and' said, "Como on, boys. lot's go up and beat the 'ring' out of the delegation." We went to the convention room, where we found our present deputy state superintendent with a 'handful ot written ballots and busily engaged In distributing them to the teachers, and, aa a matter ot course, I received one ot the ballots. I waa Informed that It waa a battle royal between the nbrmal schools. with A. O. Thomas on one side, and W. N. Delzell on the other, and never knew any better until the nominations were announced and found that It was brother "Jim" Instead of brother Will that was nominated. Our surprise came In the convention when we found our friend a few minutes after entering, with his sleeves rolled up working for the "gang." I have been Informed that his reward was a member, ship In the Schoolmasters' club. I am not able to vouch for the truthfulness of this statement, but merely repeat rumored re ports. Nevertheless, we found that con vention of Intelligent men and women using political methods which tho worst ward "heelers" have discarded lonr nco. The counting showed pretty much the ring" sldedness of the vote, and when the count was about half over I moved that the "high five" be the delegates to the convention, and the farce stopped, and for this movo I apologised to our worthy superintendent, as I did not know I had inade n move against him. The second step! Ever' time a superin tendent or teacher dares to raise a hand against this ruling power he Is taken In hand by some one and honeyed enough to make him feel better or Is taken over entirely If his position Justifies It, ami my case was no exception to the rule. The following general session, in the evening, gave them the opportunity. While sitting In the auditorium with others teachers waiting for th exercises to begin. Superintendent Graham came and asked tne, "Are you one of the boys?" I replied, a far aa I know I J was one of the boys. Then he Informed ! me that he would need me later on. The announcement was made that the follow ing were appointed tellers and asked to come to the platform: Bodwell of flea trice, Maya of Lincoln, two other men of the same professional standing whose namea I have forgotten, and Stewart of Sterling. Now, it waa quite an honor, I'll admit, for one of my caliber to be lined up besides the prominent men of the state. I Have studied Mr. Graham's question time and again and I e no other Interpretation of It than that the 'Invisible government" were trying to sweeten me for what I said In the after noon at the First district meeting. On returning to the hotel after the general session, I was Informed by a friend that i inn oeen noonouDing with the wrong gang during tho day. Yes, I had met A O. Thorns. Frank Plfgex and a few o'h ers. Waa there anything unusual In thts particular action of my friend? VThe in surgent part of the Nebraska teashers term him th paid lackey ot the "ring." Do I need to add two and two to get the result? The next step In the move came on' the announcement of the stuffing of the en rolling list. The boys' conference waa In session at Beatrice, and several superin tendents ot southeastern Nebrtska talked the matter over and held an experience meeting, giving several actions of this most famous invisible government, and agreed to stand and fight for principle, ,"tters were Issued, asking those vhom we though to be all right to atttnd a meeting at Lincoln. Superintendent Kuster of Johnson county, and I, sent out these letters. Kus ter writing the county superintendents. At the Beatrice conference we thought best not to connect the state superinten dent (every man considered himself a personal friend of Deliell and worked for his recent election), with the move until It had been formulated, eo we could ns'l , his support A slight mistake was made when the letter waa sent to County Superintendent Jackson, who carried It to the state superintendent's office. Knowing that the atate department had cognizance of the meeting, and. In the way they did, the gathering superinten dents expected and were on the lookout for representatives of the ring. We were not disappointed, for two gentlemen, on from Fremont and the other from Bea trice, came to the Llndell hotel. These two gentlemen being attaches of the state superintendent' office, had a right to be In Lincoln. They were, aa they an nounced, attending to public business. The conduct of these gentlemen gave them away. One. especially, made a de mand on me to know what I was doing In Lincoln. The first demand not being an wered to his satisfaction, he came to m the second time In this way: "Stewart, what are you doing In Lincoln, anyway?" On this request I Informed the sentljman that I was In Lincoln to attend a meet ing. The next morning Superintendent Clark of Pawnee City, and I met the two gentlemen as they were leaving the din ing room. They seemed to lie badly worked up over the fact that there had been a meeting of Nebraska teachers and that they had not been Invltod. They made the plea that they had been teach ers of Nebraska for a number of years and could not see any legitimate reason why they should be slighted In a meeting jik tnis one. superintendent Clark In formed the gentlemen In a few well chosen words that their color did not look good and they were not of the class or men wanted to advance our cause. The meeting of the superintendents (twenty In number) that night at the i.inaeu notei terminated dirrerently than most of the superintendent ex pected. It resulted In a plan to bolter our condition, to condemn any action that tended toward "ring rule," to make a fight for no one or aealnst anv one. The keynoto of the meeting was, "That proiessionai efficiency should be the sole Standard for employment, asals-nment promotion, demotion, dismissal and re lease ot teachers. That the right ot every teacher from the humblest to the highest hould be equally recognized." It was heralded from one end of the state to the other that this waa an or ganization ODDOSed to tha Rial. Tu)ian' association, a Thomas organization, an organization ror the benefit of Lincoln, or an organization for the benefit of Omaha Just a the case might help their cause. The report came out from the state superintendent' office that It waa a Thomas organization for the reason that Kuster of Johnson county did not havo enough brains to get ur such a letter as the one giving the Invitation to attend the meeting. Superintendent Dalzell op posed the organization at thl time, but since then changed his mind. The or ganization knowing Just what It was doing Invited the state superintendent's office for the second meeting and n. C, King attonded. Why should we consult the state department If we felt It our duty to organize for mutual benefit? From history we get It that the School master' club did not. During the session of the last legists ture some of the county superintendents asked that a law be passed for the re-Issuing- of county certificates. The hear ing before the legislative committee waa held In' the state superintendent's office with our present superintendent at one end of the table, and hack of him a unmber of educators, whose name do not epell "Insurgehcy" In any senso ot the word, opposing a law written in plain simple English saying Just how a county certificate should be Issued. Even' teacher could understand this law. Under this law a county superintendent would not have to write In to the state superintendent to find out If the cer tificate was relssuable. In passing we will state that this law originated tn Johnson county and that If the state superintendent's office will come down with their fine comb they may find more brains In Johnson county teachers than they are aware of. At the hearing before the legislative committee fact were brought that a city certificate had been Issued to get support for tho city certificate measure; that emergency certificates had run for a period of two year. (These thing do not happen during the present adminis tration with due credit to our alinrln. tendent). The fate of thl bill had been decided before the hearing, but we went through ao it though it had not and met Indefinite postponement before the com mittee, but was placed on the general file the next day In the house, only to loee out In the final rush of business at the close of the session. This bring us to the late session ot the Teachers' association. The Thomas dismissal had started a burnt nir flr nil oyer the state against the normal board " me tew wno had fought silently dur Ing the year for our orlnelDle rnt hnav in order to accomnllsh and brine- hsu the moral effect desired and succeeded. The president of the association, was asked to give U feDreaentatlon nrf ,h resolution .committee after being Informed of our Intentions, and after having had the matter under advisement for almost an hour handed Superintendent Moritz the resolution In order that the insur gents might consider tt and know if it were to their llklnr. Klrhi. ...i- tendents met at the Paxton hotel to con sider the resolution submitted by Mr, Dalzell. Thl waa not a cloaarf rt- meeting to the teachers ot th. ai.i. .. the speaker for the "ring" said from the platform Friday morning. We have the recall and Invoke Its hlMufnr. it sary. The resolution came to the as sociation just a Superintendent Delzell had written It. with the exception of three minor words. This rnn,fnn .. not directed at Mr. Delzell. There waa no personal reflection In It at all. It waa directed at the Invisible caused him to voto against Mr. Thomar He Informed me that he had written Thomas a week before the action came that he had stood between Thomas and trouble for the last two years. Who was It that demanded Thomas' resignation or dismissal? I am positively certain that ala not- am just a certain that the people of Kearney, those wh ar- mn.. interested Jo the school, did not. for they have spoken. I am more positively cer tain that the student body did not, for men ana women composing that student body shed tear on account of It. Then who In the name of heaven aa h . . It? I demand that he atate to the public wnere mi trouble came from. The people of the atate have a right to know. it me resolution will be right a year from now it was rlcht at iha iu. r Its Introduction by Superintendent xrnM,r Its postponement got to show the peo ple of Nerbaka that those in control of tne machine have not the power of con sciousness to do rlcht whan it la nh The committee made an agreement and brought It before the association, the president, as well as every member pres ent agreed to It. and the armn h. came the paxUmentary rules of the meeting. Did they stand firm for the asieement? Yes, the president ruled one man out or order, saying he wa going to live up to the agreement, but put the question of the next mover to lay nn the tabic. The president knew that he did not dare to give the teachers an affirmative Vote on the resolution. livery member preeent felt the pulse of that hndy beat when It was read. There waa not an insurgent present but what felt that a great victory hsd been won for principles and the moral side of educa tion. In oloslng. I. as one ot the Insurgents, wish to thank the press for the assist ance given In this victory., OWEN P. STEWART, Superintendent ot Schools. Editorial Pen Points Chicago Tribune: Nor is nny one sur prised to leant that It may be several years before n decision In reached In the Thaw case, which, Indeed, Is one to de light the lawyer's heart Washington Post: An Investigative highbrow arises to state that America Is lione other than King Solomon's lost land ot Ophlr: we only wish he had kept his women's suffrago and left tho gold. Springfield Republican: In Iowa motion pictures are to be used to show .the public vhat highways should be like. It Is a good Idea; tho Impression can bo greatly strengthened by showing what progress vehicles make. Boston Transcript: The Washington correspondents are becoming so flustered over the approaching nuptials that w-e expect to read any day that the new currency bill Is cut on the' bias with 'lace Insertions and fur trimmings. Indianapolis News: New York spe culators sold 140,000 cases of cold storairo eggs to a grocer at a profit of $75,09). But the grocer didn't mind a little thing Uko that because he made a profit ot J2SO.00O on them. All of which tends to show still more definitely why tho ultimate consumer has to do so much economizing. New York -World: Postofflce account ants estimated that the first year of the parcel post system would yield a revenue of $16,000,000; the amount will be upward ot $30,000,000. Some anxjety Is felt about the burden that will be put upon It by the holiday season. Notices have been Issued from Washington urging the people to mall Christmas parcels early. The people, who own the service, should heed the fequcct. 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