New-York tribune., 1869-03-19
CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.

srItruR TO TRANSFER TIE SCHOOL FUND TO THE
sUrpoRT or PARISH sCHoOLS-rnE MEAS
URE, AND TAMMANY's INTEREST IN T.
few lines in this journal yesterday morning
conveyed the startling intelligence OF Aconspray IN th"
Legislature 90 destroy the Board OF Education III lh'
city II the Intrigue which has been planned by ram
many HALL and is intended TO work in the interest OF the
chiefs OF that organization should prove successful IL
wonld be drefn calamity 20 the people OF this metropo
lis and would end In tho subversion OF our Common
School system aud the destruction OF popular education
This conspiracy was foreshadowcd In The Leader news
paper recognized the Of the City Government
early in January and, slnglarly enough, tho Mayor
ia TO have IA large increase OF patronage, and OF conse
ouent power by terms OF the measure, which has
been matured by scheming politicians, who dosro TO use
oven fund for partisan aud personal adyant'
age The public schools Of this city would not only DO
credtabie 20 any community but are an honor to tho
metropolis itself OF oil the elective offices none can
compare with this In the honesty and ability with which
the officials have exercised their functions; and what
makes this particularly crcdtabc to NcwYork Is tho fact
that Of tho membersof the Board only three arc Kepup
cans neither politics religion should enter as nm
clement into popular oduratiop. and IL Ia truism, known
of all men, that In NewYork they havo, n this Is
the ofense TO Tammany Hall and Mayor Hall Tho edu-
cation youth is not too important nor tho cause OF TO
son too be made 10 enter into the nlserabe
rickery OF political organizltlonn which the same mon
are alternately tho tools and autocrats OF each other
spracy is to be consummatcd, and tho school fund,
amountinR TO &OOOOOO per annum handed over TO tho
Ping TO be used by members for party purposes Instead
| Of legitimate objects, as follows;
SECTION The term, q oae' ofshs pre's1I on m %
days from the passage Of t. 'eL 4, ,ns s n schools
c New York shall Ss 'I.1 o. .Pon separate % s gsnsr
tefet having thereon T.Is than seyen hm' for Commissioner
Common ,sss SssV SamSer Of votes a Be declared elected b.
Hoard Of County Canvan who ,ba canvass Tue votes nd ~ '
the
are hereby applied election Of said comm.osr 0s ~ Soo1s %
.s ., gs ST bs .Spoa, Of Common schools
orer. @ Common schools. neI 20 the votes I,ee'ta 2 S '
Commissioners having the return % elected al such election
TSaG F. ,Ppud p'ra.a this .so9 iA1 hal
& aSs. for the terra and shall possess the pSEsr'
e, esS PSSs% Ss%r6 a' asis q .s;T' %
ssr twelve con%oers 81 JCi0l % me I. term Of o powers
u 49,. hs ds Ss Ss a"d dS S.f G ss Si p,sr % tbs aPp
Common schools re- :'Gmss m the 9'sS .sou
sa decide who s duties Of Their her ON os & a. 's II ",
oD Of 1a gs VI ss duties Of Coon Common sehoo
Of Si'1s u .a s r. d Si Who .b. RO s S
M bs q Gentlemen at present composing the Board OF
ducaton can be displaced by I2 men appointed Dy 'ht
A,vor Il Is fair to conclude that bis FRIENDS can o'
elected at the next charter election uhder tno
lions Of Tammany. Democrats as these gehtehon aio
80 nava rever swerved from the path OF duty al the
'oy n"'v pno and as the corrupt politicians cannot
c Of the school fund IN any other Ta sy
get Ped 10 accomplish II by comp sat IN ,it
nave Not only have the members OF me Boar1 o.
O SS%E toI has eaHed the
By OF Ta%man because he wGad o he not yeS
tray ms trust 4, engineering this Objectionable
@ Assembly wanted Soie. ss for s Poo"
noso whom caa nshsT every sSI
Win dse 5ais which TamnanY eodAh0' Fes''