Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-23

Ing adjourned.
The Proposed school q OnsOlidatton
Yesterday forenoon the Senate Committee
on the District OF Columbia had a session TO
hear arguments In favor OF and against the
Subs fI s.SSE. tSF @ Ss SSS%
trustees J. Il. Clarke, A. X. Browne, JuJ,
| son s. brown, W. X. woodward and ElwOod
ChsmpIiu, and z. Richards, superintendent OF
public schools, were present.
/ Senator Patterson, who had charge OF the
St presented YIN iSn ~ .n sTtres
zeal nature.
Senators Hamiin and sumusr were present
| during most Of the hearing.
Senator Hsmiin said he Understood that the
bill excluded colored persons from the pro-
posed new school organization, and perpet.
uated In ONCE the old board year after their
| Senator Patterson noted several points 10
The bill that he did not approve, and which,
i he said, he would not like TO father.
Mt. j. W. CLARK, OF the Third school dis
trict, Addrcs siDg the committee, stated that
what the members OF the board wanted was
an Improved finance system, permanent fund
from which the treasurer OF the board could
| draw when necessary, aud II was their desire
that the doyernment should supply portion
| Of this money, and incorporate the board so Aa
| TO make II responsible.
great number OF the children now under
in.tIuotlon In the public schools were the
whose only interest In the District was their
salaries, and from whom no tsXes were de-
Mr.. CLARK desired that the question Of mix.
ing Of the schools should be left with the
| Board Of Trustees, as they best knew where
such schools would operate hArmopiouily, 10
places whore there was sufileient number OF
both white and oolored children to make up
| this class OF schools. II was deemed necessary
to have a school system free from the political
| mAnmuvering Of city ofnolals. One third Of
| the Board OF Trustees to retire At the close Of
each year after the fitst year.
II was desired that the present Board temAin
| intact Tor one year, because there are some
| members who have served ever since 1904, and
the oiheta have seen considerable service and
had useful experience. II vas such men that
the board. lie believed the board would, how.
ever consent to an amendment providing that
oue'third ofthe membership be changed At the
VISIBLE, the new Mayor to Ill their places.
Mr.. Hamlln Understood that It was desired
to have the board unchanged the hrst year, 80
TO prevent the appointment Of colored ttua'
tees.
Mr. CLARK replied that there were now two
eolored members Of the board.
Me. Hamlin said that he was not aware OF
that.
Mr.. CLARK continued, saying II was the In.
members with them. The members had De.
eided, further, that each school district should
be represented by six instead Of three mem.
berp.
Senator Patterson proposed that the mem.
hers Of the board present withdraw the bill and
rewrlte It, after which u should he presented,
Mr.. CLARK reiterated that one great object
| was To have the board made corporate or
gAnizAtion, so that II would DO free to act, un.
trammelled BY city politics.
MT. Y, Richards, Superintendent OF schools,
was pleased with the remarks Of senator Pat.
tefson, and BE- thought that u the bill was car.
RED out according to'hls 1.-THE SenAtor,s) ideas,
the bill would be a good one. lie objected TO
the perpetu alton OF the board Of trustees, and
regarded the proposition to reduce the beard
one third at the beginnlnE OF the nTst year =
good one.
Mr.. A X. browne thought that, personally,
| the members Of the board would prefer that
| the Depreciation" clause be stricken out,
since they were not remunerAted for their la
7 bors. As to putting all the schools under the
control Of one board Of trustees, all were agreed
J In reference to the question Of mixed schools,
that 10 the admission Of children without re-
gard to color, he had not given out any tickets
OF admission to the schools 10 oOlofed chill
dren, because the present laws Of Congress Ap
ptoPriAiinE money for the two classes sepA.
tsg,siy prohibited hl@ from doihg so, Other.
tickets to coloTed children, aud theJ nov had
. mixed school 10 the First district.
senator Patterson asked N that school lad
not been pctitiunCd for by white and colOred
persons.
az. Wm R. woodward, or tho Second dls-
trict, replied that II was not; that such a petit.
ton emenated from hts own district.
senator HAmln said In regard to the "per.
petuationm OF the board, he doubted whether
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