Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-13

as 70 my making ian application to increase
my salary the coming year 500, In conse.
quence Of the labor attending the management
of the book business"
end did not say that my salary had not
been increased the past year 500.
Mr. Justice, put on your spectacles, and see
just what did say, aud don't garble state
ments in that way.
said, "Your correspondent says, Il under
stand the Board increased the Supernten.
dents salary 800 the past year, and that he
has applied for another increase Of 500 this
year, in consequence of the extra labor ex-
pended in attending to the book department.
"Your correspondent Is misniormed, and
the first part of the above statement is wholly
false"
Iadmt that one proctced in twisting
things, and in "ways that are dark" might
make the first part of this last sentence refer
to the latter part of the above charge, but no
ole, wishing to state the truth, could torture
the latter part into denial that my salary
was increased last year $780," for / state i'm
mediately afterward that it was increased and
show why. made no reply at all to the state
ment that | had "applied tor another increase
of 800 for this year" | was particular TO
state that the first part Of the charge was
false, and the inference would be that the
second part was true, which inference is cor
rect.
My meaning was simply this: "Justice" was
misinformed as TO my salary being increased
500 the past year as compensation for this
book business and that therefore, the first part
of the charge was false.
SO far as my part of the contract was con-
cerned, my salary was not increased on that
account, nor was the business mentioned by
me as an argument why should have the ad-
ditional $780, What was said by the members
of the Board, after l Withdrew from their
meeting, know not l do know, however,
that up TO the appearance of my first article,
it had not been intimated TO me by any mem
Der of the Board that ever word had been
said about the matter, much less that the extra
500 had been voted, as charged
Four members ofthc Board, who were pres
enl when that vote was taken, were present
when my report was read They heard the
statement, which Justice" criticiscs, read, and
ordered the report to be published. If these
four mcmbcrs knew that my salary was in
creased MS pay for the book business, they
must either have forgotten it or voted to pub
lish what they knew to be false. Is Justice"
rea iy to call in question either the memory or
truthiulncss of these four members?
Since writing the above, l have received
from the President of the Board. the following
statement, endorsed by the Clerk, which l Of
fer in evidence of the "candor" OF my state
ments which "Justce" thinks is only "appar.
ents"
at was understood when you were employ
ed the first year. that If you filled the position
Of Superintendent TO our satisfaction, we
would after that be willing to make your sala
nv $500. This was on the idea that we were
willing, and expected to pay that sum to a
thoroughly competent Superintendent The
book business was not thought of at that
time. AT the close of your first year, the
Board gave you TO understand they were thus
satisfied. The book business was introduced
during your first year, though not us much
was done in it as during this year. Then the
Board acted on your application for $1,000 for
the current year. This matter was talked
over, as to the saving it would be to parents,
and the convenience ii would be to the pupils
You were not present, neither did we mention
the subject To you. You were under no obli-
CATION To do what you had done; we supposed
you would continue II, as we had heard moth
ing to the contrary. We voted your salary CT
$500, and should have voted il il your agcn-
cy in that business had ceased. So your agen-
cy in the book business, has on your part,
been gratuiiy for which no compensation
has been offered to you by the Beard"
In regard to the application / made for an
increase of 500 the coming year in conse-
quence of the book business, Justice" says
he found" from zone of the members of the
School Board-that the application was back
ed up by the assurance that unless the salary
was raised, the gentleman would withdraw
from the school," Does Justice" mean to
say that I backed up my application by that
assurances II so, / say there is nota word of
truth in the assertion. The member who pre-
sented my application, says he made no such
assurance. What other members said do
not know, as I was not present l know,
however, no one was authorized by me to
make any such assertion.
Justice" thinks it "curious" that | should
italicise that part of my report relating TO
compensation, when no one to has knowledge,
had charged me with making money ont of
the book business. To my knowledge certain
parties had charged me with being paid for
this work, hence the italics. do not say
Justice" is writing in the interest Of these
parties, but l do say the whole tenor of his
articles, would lead one acquainted with the
circumstances of the case to believe that to be
the fact. Indeed he says he writes ''in the IT,
terests of those who be.ieye that every trade
should be allowed to prosper, leaving the
question of price TO honorable competition"
Moreover, if "Justice" practices what he
breaches, he either has got or is TO get "full
compensation for writing these articles
against the Superintendent and the book bust
ness.
1t seems to me, Mr.. EDITOR, Justice" has
iabored very hard to make case against me,
and what he could not do by the presentation
of facts, he has endeavored to do by garbling,
by making assertions that have no foundation
in fact, by ridicule, and by an unjust cOmpari-
son of my salary with the earnings of day la
borers. Why lug Barnum's big Show" into
this controversy but to ridiculef Why allude