St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-01-05

DaSeO upon TIC ueiC tucoIy VI uoi"iO
and cents dollars and cents seemed
with them to be the only question in
volved they did not stop to enquire
what advantage would the Office of
Secretary be to our great educational
system. He would not be bound
down to the mere theory of dollars
and cents. Ii the travelling duties Of
The Secretary are to be taken away
from that officer, he should favor re-
ducing the salary to a less sum and
placing lower grade of talent in the
of1ice-thought some of the village
lawyers might be found, who would
he competent to sit in the Office and
answer questions, upon law points. as
that seemed to be the only duty which
several gentlemen of the Board deemed
to belong to the Secretary.
Mr.. Connolly remarked that he be.
lieved that the Secttary Of the Board
could perform all the duties which
would be required of him for the
amount named in the amendment. dc
should favor restricting the duties OF
the Office and also the salary.
Mr. Mitchell thought there had been
considerable spread eagle" in the
discussion of this question. He should
favor the amendment for the reason
that he did not believe the travelling
services Of the Secretary were of any
practical value. He knew that it was
necessary, in order to make the wheels
move smoothly to grease them well
but he thought that $500 was ample
lubricating influence for the office in
question, and hence he favored the
amendment. 1t was useless for gen.
tlemen to attempt to ignore the inf1u-
ence of dollars and cents. Who will
take an office if it "don't pay 2" Will
not the first question be will it pay"
before You can get any one to take an
Office? No one can be found who will
ill this Office simply for the glory.
He thought that $500 pould pay the
the Secretary for the duties lie would
be required to perform.
Mr.. Lowe inquired whether Mr..
Mitchell was for or against the amend
ment :?
Mr.. Mitchell hardly knew himself
be favored doing away with the du-
ties provided for the Secretary in the
sections, and for restricting the salary
of that officer he was against the
amendment.
Mr.. Lowe agreed with Mr.. Hildrcth.
If he understood it Alright, this motion,
it it does not carry, has the effect of
striking out Sections IA and Is Of the
law. If it prevails it retains those
Sections. He was anxious they should
be retained. He thought thus far
there had not been fair test whether
they could be carried out or not. He
thought if theAwere carried out they
would be productive Of great good.
He had some conta rsation with the
Secretary as to the matter, and he
thinks there has hardly been a fair
trial of it. He thought the Secretary
could carry out the duties at the sala-
ry now given him. The gentleman
from Poweshcik thinks the Secretary
cannot carry out the duties at the
present salary, and therefore he favors
striking out the sections. The qucs-
ton is, are they salutary provisions :?
Do they tend to commend the law to
tlNi acceptance of the people That
is theoquestion. If they will, let us
adopt them, and then get the duties
performed as cheapIy as we can. He
thought the salary provided for this is
reasonable and fair. Tue Secretary
was of the apiuiunz enat tne-uisS. can
be performed for that sum. rhev 49,
50 important that we oY1k bt nst ' I,
stop and banlk on accoX sef.,,. ,',;n,
We "axs eo give him. He thought il
would have the tendency OF making
the people better acquainted with the
law. He therefore wanted them re-
tanned.
Mr.. Cooper said the gentleman from
Floyd asked "wbat is to become o.
tmes$l50O Salary? He asked, what il
Ito become of the Secretary's family
while he is on duty? We are making
a cake, and wasting the sugar. TIT
thing has been tried for two years
land has been found wanting. and h
thought it would still be found want
ing again. We are told proposition
is to be made to give the County Su
perintendents: pay for going to these
meetings. Our legislation overshoots
the mark. He favored giving the
money to the Teachers Institutes that
would take the place of these visits
of the Secretary. Employ able lectur
ers from abroad, and they will d.
more good in one year than the visits
of the Secretary will in three. LIE
the Teachers take the money ant
spend it in that way, and the thing
can be done. If we give it to officials
high in power, they shoot above thu
people. The people do not see them
and can not see them but if you give
it to the Teachers they can use it ad
vantageously.
Mr.. Garfield wanted to know if tn
Secretary would not do more good il
attending these meetings than any
other sperson to be brought from
abroad. while.this foreign agent mns
be paid probably $40 or $50 per " eel
Ava oOtu6 viz osuIC oCANhNSs
Mr. Cooper said the Secretary coult
not attend 80 or 80 Institutes
throughout the, State. He can onl,
attend in counties he happens to be in
and they get all the benefits. 1t is i'm
possible for him to attend them all
And certainly he cannot do it at this
salary and pay his clerk hire and ex.
penses. 1t il as plain as "twice two
il four" that he cannot do it.
Mr.. RoszelleMoved that the bill be
put upon its final passage.
Mr.. Hildreth moved to strike out
that portion of said section relating II
contingent expenses, SO as to leave
the salary Of the Secretary at On,
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars.
Mr.. Garfield moved to amend MI
Hildreth's motion, by substituting
Twelve hundred instead of FifteeI
hundred. On motion the yeas ant
nays were demanded.
Those voting in the affirmative OF
Mr.. Canfeld's motion were Messrs