New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-30
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Of Representatives.
Mr. Egan: Mr.. President: ] can onlv
reiterate what Mr.. Lynch has said as :,
he reasons which actuated the majority OF
tae committee in proposing to s1riKe ont
INES four anu five of this secllon. The DlVt-
sion superintendent to be charged with he
execution of this act, should be entirely in
pendent of the Superintendent of Public
Education. Ifyou give him the nominal ne
pOwer-if you trammei these men IN their
| actions. | have no doubt that the Gov
ernOr will be very much Influenced by the
suggestions Of the Superintendent in the
Games which he may present to the Senate
| for confirmation, but while ] expect him TO
| be so, do not wish those superintendent
| Of the various districts TO feel themselves
under any obligation to carry out the
peculiar views of Nr. Con way in the execu'
| ton of this act. If we are TO have an eff
| cient State education, we must make those
| division suDerntendents independent of the
| State Superintendent as fer as possible.
Mr. O'Hara: Will the Senator allow me to
ask him a question? How are you to &C.
| complish THAI, when You say the State SUI
perinteudrnt Of Education shall have the
| supe inter dence of the educ a.ional Cepart
| ment, and yet do not give him control of il;
| Mr.. Egan: expect him to have control OF
| it, These gentlemen are al subject to him.
| They constitute portion of TIE board.
| Mr.. Hara: Then you accomplish moth
| ing by striking out those words.
Mr. Pinchback: hope The majority re-
| port will be adopted. 1t is evident that
| uuIess the Superintendent of Public Educa-
| ZION has control Of all his officers, that he
| can not be held to an accounta billty for the
| genera! management of these schools. Tne
! constitution says he shall have the gen.
eral control Of all the schools in
the State, and an satisfied that his
| constituents to-day are holding him to
q strict accountability for the discharge
| of his duties. l have heard, not one, but
| many, assert that we have been under q
Republican Superintendent of Public Edn-
C iLlon and Republican Legislature for
4 several years, and we have had no steps
| taken 10 furnish Us with public schools. l
| have asked the Superintendent myself how
is it that you have established no public
| schools in the State? How is it that your
| school eystem IS complained of all over the
| 5 ate? He says the reason ls that he has
no control of lit; h has not the general
| control intended III the spirit Of the organ
| ic law Of the State. Now, sir, | do not
| think that the objections of the gentleman
are good against comforting the power OF
! nominating these officers upon the Super
| inteLdent, because, as was said by the Sen
at9r from Terrebonne, if it is q
| one man power. it will be none
| the ISsS u OlIc lluE II 1Ou put IL III ~ tllC
| hands OF the Governor entirey, and Ger
| tainly the Governor has not the time at his
| disposal that the Superintendent has, be-
| cause the entire duty of the latter Is 10 look
after the schools; it is his duty to see that
| we have an efficient system OF education; ii
| is his duty to see that the officers under the
control Of the board and the Superintendent
do their duty. TIE peoT ewho v0te cd for him
| for Superintendent of Public Education in
this State, hold him responsible for any
drehcti0n of Guty in that direction. Now,
as to the objection that it is giving one man
! too much power, ii seems TO me that Il
| divides the power instead of concentrating
AS l understand it, the proposition is simply
| that he shall nominate TO the Governor
that the Governor shall appoint by and
| with the advice and consent of the
Senate, and that the Superintendent shall
nominate to him. l do not see that that
| can be considered a one-man power. Ii
| gives three persons or parties a right to de-
| tprmine upon an officer before he is con-
| frmed. As one of the Republicans Of the
| State desiring TO hold some one officer &C
cOuntsble for any negligence in the admin.
| istratiou Of the affairs Of pub ic education,
am in favor of putting that power il the Su-
| DerinteHdent. aud holding him responsible.
| We know that knowledge is power; that il
| we can institute in this State a system that
| will educate the youth Of the State we Will
| have better citizens. and, so far as / am con
| cerned. no little bubble as regards the
| placing Of certain powers II the hands o.
any one man, CT twenty men. will
| deter NE from voting for measure
that, in my Judgment, will give Us
| good Dubic schools, l hope the
Senate Il grant this much 20 that ofic r,
| if no more. / am told that he ASKS for
more than that, and that much which he
axis is not in the bill as amended by the
Senate committee. l think it Is as little as
we can do to grant him what he asks for in
| regard to the nomination Of these Superln'
| tpndents. Therefore | hope the Senate will
| concur in the minority report.
Mr.. Campbell: | rise 20 question OF
privilege. and also TO rectify neglect by
me as chairman OF the committee on this
occasion. In the report of the committee,
| which was CoDCurred in by every member
present, they have asked for the adoption OF
the majority report. As you are aware, the
session was drawing rapidly TO 8
tain features which were not in the majority
report. Although Senator PinchbaCk
was present and agreed to the amendments,
! his name does not appear in the report by
some mistake, and it should be added
thereto. l therefore wish to make this
statement, and to ask, that the report be
spread upon the journal, and that the name
| of the Senator be added TO it.
| The President: The question before the
Senate is on the adoption of the minority
report. The Senator has a right to rise to
a question of privilege, but not to intro
duce motion until this is disposed Of,
| Mr. Bacon: 1t strikes me, on hearing the
provision read, that it is very singular one;
| that the Governor should be turned into the
mere clerk or moutbpiece of the Superin-
tendent of Public Education.
Mr.. Todd: Are you the defender Of the
Governor?
Mr.. Bacon: Yes, sir, am defender Of
| the Governors position in this State. 1t is
| strange that the Governor should be called
| upon to submit the Superintendent's nom
| nations to the Senate.
| Mr.. Pinch back: If I remember right, the
| heads of the departments at Washington
nominate to the President the persons who
shall be in their employ. 1t does not follow
because they nominate to him, that he
| necessarily appoints the persons they nom.
mate; but il is presumed that the heads Of
the departments know better than the Ex-
ecutive what parties are best suited for their
work.
Mr. Bacon: The Senator is correct, and
this should be done precisely as the heads of
the departments at Washington do make
nominations to the President of the United
States, not because it is his duty to appoint
those whom they nominate, but because he