| Show THE THE SCHOOL QUESTION AGAIN THE chicago papers contain exhaustive particulars relating to the school question in illinois illinoia and wisconsin it will be rem remembered that the bennett law in the latter state entered largely into politics about three years ago this was a sort of compulsory education measure embracing a provision lor for the teaching of english in all schools public private or parochial the german catholics an i lutherans Luth erans took umbrage at the new law and at once commenced to agitate mr peck a baptist was then at the head of a funny paper in milwaukee known as peeks peaks sun he took up we the side of the Ger germans mars and was immediately elected mayor of milwaukee the democratic Democrat le party denounced the bennett law and this brought to it the ge german vote which hitherto had been mainly republican mayor peck was elected governor of wisconsin on the democratic ticket and the state legislature also alsol became Damo democratic cratic the bennett ben nett law was erased from the statute bo books u ka ithe the helping to indu it as largel yB the Demo democrat drat it was supposed that the germans would return to their old love and in the last spring elect elections ione the results showed that to a certain extent they did so there is in in illinois the same kind of law as the bet measure of wisconsin for two years the lutherans Luth Luthe erans have been trying to get this bill repealed the democrats favored its repeal but the republicans tried to parry the issue recently the drift of sentiment in the republican party favored the retention of the illinois law the german lutherans Luth erans held a conference last week in chicago and their wisconsin brethren assured them of support in any action taken to do away with the obnoxious law The Illinoia Illinois luther sino ans resolved to support the democratic arty this means also aho wisconsin E airty uth uthera erans oB in democratic ranks with this change it is conceded even by republicans public ans that illinois and wisconsin are now democrat c unless mr blaine be made the nominee with him it is thought the german defection can be offset by recruits from other nationalities and from A merican american democrats should this language race and school issue enter into the pending national campaign it will tend to complicate matters in these two great states the germans are a contro trolling force in both places and as they are very much attached to their own language there seems a pro probability bablity that germans of all denominations will tike take one side in the struggle |
