Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1872-02-28
NEW SERIES--VOL.I3, NO. 8

The principle Of this bill correcls the
difficulty that he speaks oi 10 Came
ROT county; under the principle Of
this bill, the salary Of the snpeiintend I.
eni of Cameron county would bc only
eight hundred dollars. INA t
Mr.. BROOKE unders.and It.
l am in favor of the bill Tor this res.
son | krow Of my own knowledge,
Of superntcndcnts who have discover
cd n secret, aud who will get fifteen
hundred dollars next year, aud instead
OF the compensation being for the
whole eighty thousand dollars, have
no doubt, Mr., Chairman, that It will
be near one hundred thousand dollars,
il the school directors all over the
State vote the salaries that tho differ.
ent superintcndents shall have; that
! will DO Lio eject OF that; snperintend.
ents who arc candidates iorre-electiop
have discovered this thing, and are
paying particular attention TO that
part Of it, and the argument which
they have with their friends is, 'sYou
might as well give me this salary, be.
cause it comes out of the State !" and
they will get this arranged and get
their salaries. Now, we had better
pass this bill in somo shape.
Mr. DAVIS (Philadclphia). | don't
propose 10 discuss The merits of this
bill tho principle upon which il is
founded may be entirely right, but
the manner in which the salary is pro-
posed to be paid, is certainly wrong.
Now the argument Of the Senator
who has just taken his scat, goes 20
show that This bill should not pnss,
think. OF the proposed salaries under
this bill, not single ono in the State
Iof Pennsylvania is under q thousand
dollars
Mr.. BROOKE Oh. yea
Mr. DAVIS (Philadelphia). Where
are they ?
! Mr.. WHITE For thc information
OF m Senator, | will say that this
schedule Of salaries was proposed be
fore The COMMITTEES amended this bill
as il is now sought to be passed.
Mr.. DAVIS (Philadclphia). The
proposition now is to strike out the
prOyso.
Mr. WHITE ohno.
Mr. DAVIS (Phhdelphiu). The
proposition OF the Sountor from Union
| 1Mr. DIN is 20 so strike out the pro
viso.
The CHAIRMAN. Tho motion is
to amend by striking out all after the
word 'coanty.n 81
Mr. DAVIS (Philadclphia). If the
proposition is to make those salaries
uniform with regard TO the amount of
work done 10y the suporinleudcnts, !
think this bill should la rerommiticd
to the Commiltoes on Education that
is tho only redcominy feature in The
bill--the proyiso.
| find here the Senator refers to
Cameron county. Then would ask
the chairman of the Committee on
Education ii il requires us much trav
cl TO attend twenty. eight schools and
give eight hundred dollars for that,
when l end in the county OF Venango,
with two hundred and nineteen schools
and FIVE hundred and sixteen square
miles, that they cut down the salary
from fifteen hundred to one thousand
dollars
Look right above it, Union county,
and they have but eighty four schools
and two hundred and fily.eight square
miles about eight hundred dol.
lars for Union is Just about rs much
as one thousand five hundred dollars
for Venango, in proportion to the
work that is TO be done
Mr.. DILL. Look at Snyder county.
Mr. DAVIS (Philadeiphia). Sny-
der county has one hundred and four
schools, and two hundred and ninety
three miles to travel, and on this
schelule the salary is increased to one
thousand.
Mr. DILL. # is five hundred dol.
lars now that is the reason am op.
posed to it,
Mr. DAVIS (Philadclphia), | think
1t would be u fair salary for Union
county to get about four hundrcd dol.
lara, and Venango about one thousand
dollars, in proportion to the schools
and tho mileage.
! think never saw a bill that was
so Inconsistent, and think the better
way is to refer IL back to the Commit.
tcc on Education; | shall vote against
| the bill ~ it IS
Mr. MUMMA only rise TO say
that | didn't understand this bill Il
moment ago from examining it some
What more closely, aud from the ar.
gumcnls | have heard, | am convinced
that it is right and proper, and oaght
to pass. shall therefore volc for Il.
NJ. ALLEN. Fam opposed TO the
proposition of the gentleman from
Union mir. Dill to strike out the
provso.
Mr. DILL I did not movc to do
that, because 1t was not in order.
Tho CHAIRMAN Does the Sena.
tor from Union make that amendment?
Mr.. DILL. No, sir, do not.
Tho amendment OF Mr., Waritl to
strike ont the words alter the word
"connly' 10 the word "proviso," was
agreed to.
Tho section was agreed to.
The committee rose and tho chair.
man reported tho bill with an amend
mont.
In Senate, the bill was read
Mr.. DAVIS (Berks). Whilst it
might be advisable or necessary, per
haps, that some alteration should be
made in the present System qf iixing
the salaries OF these supcrmtendontA,
il does strike me that this, perhaps,
is not Tho taircst system.
Now, ! see by THIS paper lha. Came
ron county, with twenty eight Schools,
has TO give its superintendent one
th )usand dollars, and my connty, with
four hundred and eight schools, gets
only one thousand seven hundred dol.
lars.
NJ, CTpANr with ,oco~,,,. ia