Show WHAT BON the NEWS is still lor for a nonpartisan non partisan school board for this oily city just juet as it was two or three years ago when it hoisted at the head of its ita columns a bickston tick ticket ston oo 00 wyica appeared the dame ol of a gentleman gent lemau who at the time lime was recognized as AN hmood the th most moat prominent and most uncompromising lib rale 01 0 1 we believed him to be a thoroughly useful and competent man tor torso school bool trustee and made no DO question further as aa to bi his political rellia tous lous or any other so u we w did our test beat to help elect him and be went into office without opposition the same motives prompt Us ua now DOW to renew the appeal for noo non hartiman ship in the school electia oear ear at hand band we care an little what the color of the politics of the outgoing gollia trustees teea to Is as aa what the form ot of their religion rell Klon le if the only question que ailon the NEWS wants to consider la is are they tillable suitable men med for the place if so ao aud and it they have bava some advantage over equally good now new men by reason reabon of familiarity with the business busi nesa and the duties why not reelect re fe elect them why have another campaign with its ita rivalries rl valrie excitement aou and expense right on the neele neela of the severe experience we have just bat pawed passed through brough why above all things drag our schools into the political arena areas at all to be made the toy and toward reward of designing assigning or ambitious men but we care far less for the ro reeled aleo lion ion of the present members than for the principle of non nonpartisanship itself by the latter we do not mean that it a republican goes out he must be succeeded by a republican or vice verse or that the membership of the boara of trustees must be divided with hairsplitting hair bair splitting nicety between the two parties that is not partisanship nonpartisanship non at t a all it is bl bi W which blob as a principle to is fully as bad it if not worse than the single variety As to the political belief of the incumbents of these positions or aspirants we would prefer that no question should ever be asked or thought of the sole matter to be considered should be the fitness and integrity of the mat mao what one party can do in this or that district or what another party may have bave lost in voting strength here or there is ii an unworthy element of debate in the case leva lela have none of it and if we do not want the present school trustees to continue their excellent work tor for another term and if we think a change is necessary let us get together by committees or representative citizens somehow and baito on a man for baeb precinct regardless of creed or party and regardless regard lega also aleo of the creed or party of the one whom he la Is to sue coed and elect cleot mini him by the solid ballot of every voter that Is in the klod kind of a nonpartisan non partisan the NEWS aws to ie in school sections elect ione |