The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-02-12
COZ NCIL PROCEEDINGS.


Board of Common Council.
The Board met at the usual hour; all the mem
Il fhs Prssiden. laid before the Board message
from the Mayor, announcing his approval Of an
act for tho relief Of y. A. Adamsi an act for the
lief 81 George Schncii'
:. hills, nTc., IsrnopueEp.,
Wasiinrton ssisntSS Hr G and "a Norman
school, Referred, and subsequently reported
back and ordered TO be printed.
lThe BIZ, was published IN the REPUBLICAN,
MIR. D1iin introduced bill to set the curb.
stones and pave the footwnys and cutters on the
and Seventh streets east. Referred.
Mr.: slower presented resolutions Of the First
Ward hePSSSlicsn Club requesting their dele
any change IN the boundsries Of that ward. Re.
Mr.. Arrison prcscnted . communication from
Yardley Taylor, of Lincoln, Loudoun county,
Va, In relation to railroad communication be-
Ordered TO printed In the Jodfnai, 80
Syphe5d, asking pormission % erect an iron rail-
Mir. Croker, from the Committee on olsims,
reported adversely on the bills for the relief Of
Also, ISiii fcf The relief Of Patrick ponneily.
Also, reported Bills for the relief of Anthony
Bel, George Green, Charles Klotz, and q. W.
The bill TO relieve James A. TAFT and Others
an ~ On The south west
debated at great length, and then recommitted to
the Committee on Gleims. .FaII.s
S. 5 as q
the poor Of the First, Second, Third, Fifth, and
), I wards, for the quarter ending December
Sir. Slowcn, also, reported bill to pay Jenkin
Thomas for medicines furnished the poor Of the
Second whrd. Recommitted with instructions to
N IN II Fp Tn ha lnxsa fx sNl Mr.
The bill appropriating slT.so to purchase fuel
for the poor WIS returned from the Board Of
sst the option and 2ndcr the dlreStion Of the
The amendment was non-concurred in.
MT. Croker submitted the following rssolu
Resolred, That the effort now being made by
a certain elass Of our fellow-citizens to ineuce
Congress to withhold renewal Of our city char
ter, and provide for governing the city by COM
misssoncrs, to he appointed for such purpose,
ihns hs sSps % m TO h sne
election principles on which our Government Ii
based; and Is such an attempt to deprive the
prefogatives Of ifeemen, and TO govern them by
means OF q moneyd arlstocracy as has 10 parallel
In t the history q the country: ,, ,,
large majority Of the people Of this city Are OPP
posed to the anti-rcpubpcan scheme OF being
ruled By s n Those selection they
ocally In favor of an extension Of our present
charter, we, their representatives, do most re-
an yss o Ky TsPSs
amendments as may be deemed advisable, but in
no particular to infringe upon the rights Of fran
Refoiped, That the secretary of this board be,
and hereby 70, instructed TO transmit copy Of
these resolutions to the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States.
Mr.. Arrison suggested that the words "anti.
republican" be stricken out.
MI. Pau desired TO- state that he, as well as
other gentleman. had been sufDriael tho
name OF 5. J, Bowen signed to the memorial in
isvo, Of taking away the charter, presented in
making inquiry he found that 1t should have been
printed IS: T.: brown
d, IN ensiI,, adnn, va anu
n ~ nIi2ins IN ~ .I,a n"i'' D"'''"
VI !" ''''ie'' anu n ~ y as,,.,,.
Mr. n paGnr rpa m.,u ~ s,,,.,nr ,o,,
unn,..,,on S,nn, Mt tme soioWnpg ron
Of ireedmens schools, which was reierred to the
So'A"''''ss ~ uoiio '."oo,s'
of''t wv syIs or oSL9 1sn y scb igI'
o. S. Bdkey, esq, Councilman Firsi Ward:
eoro AZ III ou sk ny opnt0n Of pa dhe pi. pc
M anc,ens ~ ~. t ni,a NV neres ~
ai,riss of tcacrrs nT IN srsnH ny nr.ds 'st
rom ssstx ~ I'M III, NM rn,
isn ~ nv a'.nua oi tn n vhi INV eIn r.
SsSsT si,ie.. II should lSass that, sssspt q
prone, Ia and
dacidaiIy nf onIninn that tho host IN, NJ
tHe nnhiio " r.opire The nayment N sunh comneUi
satipS 10 instruetors 81 youth as viii form an
indu induce 70 ooapsisp psrsops TO make teach.
or R ibo he'll ahS 'p ~
y. ~ "a with mnny. a tcmnornry resort mill
as a,htr~ hetpnr ynrns np M srsst narc
spnenihnb ,oInn 70 sacuraP the hes3 tes,Sars
wniun tnese nj ,nc,s,s,na tIa nav 81 inssror
eonsi"u,h ssr,.Isa thnrc VIII ho M ineraasa o1
omnt.ncn There ia one feature Of the nil how.
ever. which appears TO me liable to serious OBJ.
| rcanrdnnce with the GRADES OF schools. 40 that
The eompeasatiop TO Teachers in the primary
schools II made much less than to teachers In Tie
| schoois NJ higher gr.de VII"
IT. ~, % ,,,s -, IN "a ,o,,oo at o,,.,
ihe ehees " , nnn v,aoST t a. ~
Pilsng, tPp esnr ~" ths n,imarv M sannnS. 70
seek pIomoon, rom ,he pnn ~ Hna 20 aaa
sehoois 70 P os a..,, IN sce"n st,n 81
otner AIe niotG aim. vi III nans AN -
| mus 10 irase wy pr,S nS 10 s.hanHn.iy
IN me ehhrgc " a ~ ,i.' H"'h'o'P'ishs'
| ana poorly 'quai'h.a ihs'uo't
| Now, the conviction Is forcing ITSELF believe,
| upon the minds OF practical educators through
out our land, that this course 10 not only miser-
| able economy, but gricvous wrong to our child
rem at the tenderest age OF their lives. The CON-
1 mon Idea that almost anybody who has learned
| to read passably will do to teach q. primary
| school has been exploded. Other qualifications
than those Of merely literary or scientific char
acter are required for the surefssfpl man agement
| Of school, and especially OF school OF begin
| nersAof young children just commencing the I'M
foldment OF their montal and moral powers.