The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-11
Taa PRoPos.b SCHOOL Law.

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/ We publi,a, to day, I copy Of bill pre-
bsnted il our state Legislature, by Senator
Webster, for an act Ia relation to schools in
s,his city, and we ask the people to consider
y carsfaily. The bill worse, in some re-
poets, than has been represented. Il gives
bower TO borrow money psrpesually, and re-
.. ,,sw the two per cent. tax psrpetuaiiy The
Board Of Edacasion can, If this bill 10 enacted
! oso . law, tax the people 81 per esnt. anna-
lily, forever "a power which the people
,,ughs not to permit by. supinely allowing
his bill to psss. II. aa...s
IS Ia our opinion, il would be the BEST way
or the people generally to have . great mass
/ aseting, in the court house, and remonstrats
. gaint the passage Of the bin. in any shape.
f they don't do thai, then the next best
hing to do 10 to insist that the power TO levy
axes shall be restricted TO an increase of on.
y ons-half Of one per cent. for iquidating
!. Indebtedness for building school hoRses. Let
/ ne money be borrowed on long time, and
I bis tax DO applied, yearly. to the liquidation
1f the debt, until it is paid.
i. The board should also be Increased to sew
a or nine members, and appointed by the
+, .ty council. Some people think the board
pould be composed of two members from
. aoh ward, and eleosed at tho annual city
lsction. This would do very we'll. and, in
!. ,me respects, would be very desirable, as it
..ould give each locality its proper voice in
le board. But We should prefer board of
: or 9 members, to bs appointed by the city
/. ,uncil, rs il done in the city of Chicago
tsn could then be appointed with special
i ,fersnce to their fitness for the position and
lot with reference to their ability to get
|, otes. IL.
/, The squeamishness which the school clique
khibit in regard to fixing the election day
our CITY election, or having the board ap-
iinssd by the city council, because it would
i IN tho matter into politics, is perfectly RI
oulous, for that little clique make it politi-
81 now, and always have, since the organiza-
i on Of the distrios-excspt in one instance,
I. id that was whom they could not help them
l, Ives, via: the election of the late Mr..
hsrlss Buford. He did not belong TO their
Il fque, and could not be controlled by them
! and it was public calamity, not only to
!. 20 school district but to the city, when he
:, Is taken away.
! In every oshsr instance this little close
= operation have dictated who should and
I no should not be elected.
i IL 10 time that this a. we'll as other Impro-
b ieties Of the clique was exploded, and time
|. at the people took the management of their
= Fn business into their own hands.
b By having the election at time when
! sre is nothing but school masters to call the
q opls out. ii is very easy thing for the
i que to control it, and this they know, and
q is is why they want to keep it so. Some
y aes not more than 40 or DO vvs1s arc pull-
I and rarely over hundred. Is it not alb
u I'd to suppose that this ia the voice of TO-
: to Is, 900 people-or of 1000 to 1000
u tsrsl Let Us have the election at time
., len the people will come out and take some
4, crest IN breaking up cliquss, and. manag-
y their own affairs--or else let the board
= appointed by the city council, as is done,
= III success, in other cisIes.
But, these are matters for the people to
hnsidsr. We have discharged our duty by
living them full information of the situation.
!. now, they don's meet and express their
isws to our members of the legislature, they
Y serve to be ruled by clique and taxed un-
Al they can's stand alone.
4 1T is quite probable, II the city council
hstemps to put into operation bridge bureaus
4 d schemes to deprive the city of its rights
the ferry matter, that public meeting
d Ill pass upon those matters also. The pco'
o should keep their bridges under their
~ IN control |; and they can realize from So
= 10 to $4,000 year out of the ferry, if they
i ,ist on their rights, instesd of trading them
al TO the old ferry monopoly.