Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-19
NEW YORK.
The Public schools QuestfOn-Trus-
tees OF b Catholic Schools Ask
for q share OF the Benefits-The
Cold Clique.

The Public schools Questfon-Trus-
tees OF the Catholic Schools Ask
FOL q share OF the Renehfs-The
Gold Clique.
NV YoRK, March l9.-The German
mass meeting yesterday at the Cooper
Institute to protest againt the proposal
in the Board of Education to expunge
from the public schools instruction in
the German language, was, in point Of
numbers and enthusiasm displayed, /.
practically a success.
The action of the trustees Of the Ro-
man Catholic schools in asking for a
share of the benefits of the public schools
has been received with surprise by many
members of the Board Of Education.
Vicar-General Quinn states that under
the administration of the late Mayor
Hayemeyer not a dollar could be OBJ
tanned for their support, and The trustees
~despaired of obtaining any assistance
from the present corporation. The ex-
pense Of maintaining the parschial
schools amounted to about $250,000 per
annum, exclusive OF school buildings,
which had already cost between two and
three millions of dollars. The number
Of children attending these schools
amounted to fully 10000, assigned to
about fifty schools. OF course the Roman
Catholic property owners by supporting
the parochial schools in their respective
parishes were not exempted from paying
the proportion Of taxes which went to
the fund for the education of children
Of other people, consequently it would
be impossible to maintain parochial
schools in such a manner as to afford
pupils all the advantages to be obtained
in public schools. Rev. Father Farrell,
of St. Peters Church, a prominent ad.
vocste of the paroohial school system,
says it is ouly fair that Catholics, who
were all taxed for the support of the
public schools, should receive a portion
Of those taxes forthe support Of their own
schools as long as it could be shown that
the standard Of education taught in them
was in every way equal to that Of the
public schools; they would be satisfied
with ever a third of the amount paid per
head for children of the public schools.
The support of the public schools cost
about t~hirty-six dollars per child, and
the parochial schools would be satisfied
to receive twelve or thirteen dollars per
child. They were perfectly willing that
their claims should be submitted to a
committee, and had entire confidence in
the judgment of any body of any con-
%scientious citizens, and OF the committee
Of the Board Of Education soon to con.
fer with the trustees OF the Catholic
schools. The present school law pro-
vides that no school shall be entitled to
or receive any portion Of school moneys
in which religious doctrines or teaets Of
any particular christian or other reli-
gious sect shall be taught.
The Times in its money article says:
The bank statement Saturday is ex-
pected to show a continued l~ocking-up
process of the gold clique, but the Gauge
being artificial it is not likely to accom-
plish the object sought to be attained.
Great efforts will be made to get the re.
serve Of banks below legal limits by
keeping about &c. 600, 900 gold off the
market. The present tactics Of the
gold clique if continued much longer
will result in increasing largely the
Of gold at this point. Already
gold is pouring in from California and
more is on the way from Canada and
Europe. 1t is estimated that sl2, OOO, 900
in gold coin has arrived here from San
Francisco since January LIST. The
banks are likely to gain gold in the
and the gold clique may learn to
their sorrow hat the time for a gold
in this country is not near at
hand.