The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-07-12
HOWTHE BROOKLYN hoard EDU-
CATION Is RULED BY A WOHiN

nov TIE BROOKLYN hoard EDU-
CATION Is RULED BY A WOHIN
The Boayd 90 be Made n Political Machine
Wtre-Puiitng Extra rdinary-Thc Boss"
Resorts to Thrcats-A Lady Member OF
the Ring.
Boss Mclaughlin and the members Of his Ring
are sti1 after moro political power. Not satisfied
wish controlling the boards and commissions now
under their management, the members Of the clique
have determined to gain control OF the Board Of
Education, and run II in the interest OF tho Ring
now IT IS TO he DONE
In order to obtain this result, the more recent ap
pointmcnts to the Board have all borne more or
less OF political significance and the older members
have for some time regarded the appointments with
anxious forcbodings. The real position Of matters
Is now, however, manifest. The Ring have de.
ermined that In order to carry out their plans the
President (who is 70 he elected next week. shah be
chosen from among their friends 1t Is said that
secret caucus OF the members favorable To the scheme
has been held, aad that Mr. Thomas Kinsella was
unanimously nominated as their choice for the Pre-
sidenual chair.
THREATS
That this selection the dictation OF the Boss"
il quite evident, and IL is equally certain that II was
but the carrying out OF programme which he had
made out II any proof were necessary, (; would
be found In the act that Mclaughlin has requested
several gentlemen to support bis candidate. Not
satisfied, however, with requests, he has descended
10 use OF threats. having told several gentlemen
that unless they vote for Kinsells. he will go to
Albany next winter, and nut a bill through the
legislature smashing up the Board altogether"
These threats alone are sufficient to show the drec.
ton In which the board must drif IL McLlu ghlln's
will Is to be its law
LADY MEMBER.
The efforts Of the Ring are ably assisted and abet.
ted by one OF its lady members in the person Of
Mrs. Jane Dunkley, Principal Of Pnbiic school No.
2. This lady wieids grea, power In the Board and
has been the cause OF repeated discussions at its
meetings. She was formerly a teacher In School
No. IL, but by the favorttsm OF some OF the mem
bers Of the Board she was created Principal OF No.
2. new school opened only about two years ago
shortly after her appointment an application was
made BY one OF her trends to have her salary
raised Considerable discussion arose about the
matter and great opposition was manifested against
the advauce, but by the MANAGEMENT OF her friends
It was agreed to grant the asked for-increase. SO
much Is she hand In hand with Mr. kinseua, that
rumor has 1t that II I've il elected President Mrs
Dunkley will be appointed Assistant superintend-
ent Of Schools In the District.
AN INCIDENT.
The following incident win illustrate the {. rar-
" or Mrs Donkey with members OF the ring. A
young lady applied to one OF the members OF the
COMMITTEE o. pSes ssnGSi No; asEns for an
man informed her that endorsement from him
would only insure her a refusal. as he was not a
to see NJ. Knseia or Hugh Mclaughlin, either OF
whom could gain an appointment for her. Tie ap-
phclnt, who il a relative OF the Hon William Pow.
Ter, went TO that gentleman and by him was in tro
duced to Ar. knsela, who gave her a note to Mrs.
Dunkley Armed with tins introduction, the young
lady visited the school At the OF Butler
and Vanderbilt avenue and inquired for Mrs Dunk
ley. She sent her name up to the lady three several
times, but Mrs. Dunkley refused to see her. On
making the fourth application the Young ladJ seat
woId 10 the principal that she had letter from Mr.
lcted like magic the doors asw open, ssd the lady
found herself face TO face with the schoolnadaui-
Mrs. DqnkleY, It Is said, was diseovsrod in a very
confused condition in fact she wAsiunAble 70 sneak
cOunectedly She however remarked "B.DY Fow.
Ter don't IKE me much, but he aud Tom Kinselia
are bou good fellows. Billy and Tom would both
do anything for me-"
WHIPPING.
Some time since child was severely whipped by
castigaIion taken with commissions, and died,
whether the whipping accustomed It's death IL not
Buckley Zone OF the Ring Justicesl with assault and
battery, but strangely enough, acquitted by
him An attempt was made in the Board to have
uogging&r b~hsdzor are TO-DAY noO,osH-Xss~
the books OF the Board OF any charge OF cruelty
ever having been made against the lady
ANOTHER WHITING.
About year ago Mrs. Dunkley causei a little
0oy. eight years OF age named Smith, TO be
whipped on three consecutive DAYS, the cane
Of the same Rand The little leow's hand
so frghtfully lacersted that. in the opinion OF
some VINO saw ii, amputation seemed inevitable
Surgical skill, however saved the loss OF tue mem.
Der, but a deep abscess was formed upon the palm,
nom which the boy suffered great agony Although
an investigation was again demanded, some iniu-
ence was brought to bear which prevented the cir
cumstanee from coming TO hight Curiously enough,
Clark, the Prncipll OF School No. IL was charged
with the same offence, and the Board took the mat
ter mp with such determination that the gentleman
had NJ once 10 resign. Clark didn't know Billy
and " Tom"
SMART.
Mrs Dunkley las not yet gained control OF all the
members Of the Board as some OF them anxious to
do their duty, have incurred the ladys disclosure.
friends and at once proceeds 10 have them placed
where they cannot annoy or trouble ner. One gem
tleman who was some time since member o. the
Al Hhnn ftal al.a
made hmself obnoxious To her by the strnigltfor.
ward manner In which he performed his duties. She
appears TO have mado up her mind nj once TO lay
some plot to have him put OF the committee One
morning the gentleman visited the school, when a
lady teacher informed him that she wanted to see
him. lie asked her TO proceed with her business,
but she said she could not In the school, as she was
watched. An arrangement was made for the lady
to visit the gentleman at his house. When the
teacher met the committeeman, she at once asked
him he had been writing to her. The gentleman
replied In tie negative add she informed him that
she had received three letters signed with his name.
The gentleman at once pronounced the letters
ToRGERIEs,
and became puzzled to know whore the missves
could have come nom, or what could be the motive
for sending them, Aner investigation lei to the
discovery that although the young lady had never
s s Sns S RIf Sen OF
her whether she dhe teacher) had not received let
ters from ihe Chairman Of the Committee. The
thinking she had discovered a plot, reported It TO
a committeeman.
~ the next mccuug OF the BOARD tne gentleman,
smartlng under the wrong intended 20 have been
done him, asked the Board to appoint special CON.
mlttee to inquire INTO the management Of School
No. 81 The Board refused to entertain the motion,
and before toe close Of tho meeting ana during
his absence from the room the gentleman was
transferred to another committee.
uER TEACHERS.
Mrs. Dunkley has had many good teachers from
time to time appointed 10 her school, but many Of
these she has frightened away by her oyerbeaTing
manner and the preparation OF continued annoy.
ances Not long since she sent some OF the young
LADIES out into the streets 10 hunt up their scholars
and bring them Into their classes. The teachers she
herself appoints are not always Of the best kind A
short time since she took young lady who Lad not
flushed her studies from tho class she was in, and
gave ner charge OF a number OF children. The lady
was related to contractor who does work under
the charge OF the Ring. II Is runorei that Mr.
Buckley, the Superintendent OF Schools, "a at her
beck and call and that he IS much ia fear Of tie
lady as to consult her about tue appointment Of
teac nsrs
VINO RULEss
The question wa. asked no! long since by mem.
Der during The session OF tho Board ana while some
request from Mrs Dunkley vas being considered,
10 Mrs. Dunkley sery.nt of this Board or is this
Board servant OF .,rs Dunkley'sr The question
has been askei by the public thousand times, and