Show 1 I m I SCHOOLS S IN IX POLITICS Gentlemen of or tho the American party aro mire alleged allege to pr prefer er the municipal system stem o Chicago St. St Louis and New NewYork NewYork York to the Improved methods of civic government s o that have ha been adopted by bythe bythe bythe the better boter cities cites of oC the country rhe fhe They might tb do better in Iii Ii their effort to put the time schools In politics than cl cite the instances of oC these three cities cites nam named d' d Chicago of course has poll poll- tics Ics in the schools and the schools in politics There has never b been en a time lime limen In n the past forty years when politics did not dominate the school system of Chicago And there is not a 3 worse school s system tem from to San Sn Diego than is that of or Chicago There Theres Is s the cl city where they change chango the books every year ear where there Is Is graft In n er c every cry department and where every everyone everyone everyone one is expected to get something out of it it There is the city where nine thousand children In one ward ward the the stockyards count country never no er go to school The They have all al the politics the they want In the Chicago schools school and the they haven't school houses enough for the housing of their pupils and fifteen thousand were last year and year and for many years e unable rs-unable unable to get Into school though they were clamoring for In In- In There Then is the place where there Is plenty Ilent of o politics in In in the schools and where the superintendents corre corresponding to our supervisors supervisor hero publish hero publish school chool books and have them adopted b by the board cutting up the profits with wih board members who who vote yott for them If I there thero Is la a city In the country countr which should not be held up as amodel u a mo model el of successful schools and poll poli pol tics mixed that cl city Is Chicago St. St Louis has politics in the schools the chief chic employment ment of the governor governo of or Missouri has been een for the past pat four fou years to hear henr petitions for the pardon of men inca who have been sent to the penitentiary for grafting in and out o ol of school New lew York Is 18 not wisely chosen Until Un til within the I past t few fow years ears that cit cl city c- c J. J J a was vas almost t as had 3 as Chicago Tt It I lacked inched equality of wickedness enly bt because bl be- cause cau the Chicago men were sharper than wore were the New York men But the they had hall politics In the schools and nd I the schools chool In politics And they had i about th time the worst Olst public school system to be found Cound this side of or Lal Lake e In darkest Africa A few fow years ago New ew York made some sonic changes changos A number of men were wore shaken loose the people took the schools out of politics anti and the advance atI ance of their work has been the tho surprise and nd the delight of ever every citizen of or the nation who doesn't want the public naton system entirely prostituted d to tho lie bae c uses of the tho gang Salt Sal Lake Lako has wisely concluded to keep politics out of th the schools and the time schools out of politics and the re result 1 re- re suit sult sui Is a record tom for foJ good work that lint is not often equalled J Ten n years ago ago this city was something like Ik fifteen I Ithen then In the country countr In point of or o I lence of school work worl Today It 1 stands third Taking raking the schools out of or politics I did tild it I it and putting them hack bock in politics politics poli poli- 11 tics as the American wants to do would undo In a Ct n month every bit bi of or orthe the good work that has been accomplished In the past |