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Show INJURED INNOCENCE. For the welfare of Bingham and solely sole-ly with the interests of the school children at heart we demanded the abolition abo-lition of a eysloin which cout-amiuates tho schools and tho minds of the little onos every now and then with 6uch ioandals as the Inlow and Willurd' murder mur-der casea. We bolieve that editorial won tho sympathy and approval of the (lecont citiwns of Bingham who gave it careful consideration and who were not misled by tho polities and the politicians politi-cians of the moment. To those politicians who sought to misrepresent onr purpose and perhaps to gain some campaign advantage we wish to say that thoy are playing with a i'iro that may come close to thoir own homes some day. Thoughtli'ssly mayhap t.hey urged the adoption of resolutions denouncing the editorial which had for its piiTposo the protection ofTthe. boys and girls of Bingham. We would be very sorry if they should live to rue the day when they upheld a system which may prove ruinous to the younger generation. The children of Bingham are committed com-mitted to the care of the very men who took part in tho mass meeting. Those who engineered the meeting have a (loop responsibility to the children of Bingham which they must not shirk by arousing unfounded and unjust prejudice preju-dice against a critic who feels moro profoundly pro-foundly than they do the need for a system which will shiold the little ones against the moral debasement of such u teacher as Inlow and against the scan-oalous scan-oalous associations involved in the Wil-lard-Holmes case. It will not do to as-firaie as-firaie the attitude of injured innocence and cry out that newspapers are spitefully spite-fully attacking the town. It will not do to cover up a cesspool and proclaim from the street corner that the cesspool does not exist. There was nothing in the editorial which should have aroused the ire of anv decent man or woman. There was not the slightest hint of any attack upon the good peoplo of Bingham or upon tho present teachers. At the mass meeting some one suggested that the editorial be read. That was ex-.tremely ex-.tremely thoughtful and we feel sure that the disinterested people present at the meeting must have been surprised that anyone could have imagined that the editorial was a criticism of the people peo-ple of Bingham. Those who voiced such a view- either were misled or were dominated dom-inated by unwoTthy motives. Official Bingham owes it to the people, to the teachers and especially to the children to keep the schools clean. They will do moro good for the Bingham of to-lav to-lav and for the next generation of citizens by setting their schools in order or-der than by adopting resolutions of protest pro-test against honest and just criticism. |