Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-02-21
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Our New York Letter

! Salaries of the School Ma'ams
#. Some Startling Comparisons
John M0rrissey's Illness-Re
: Bob Ingersoll.
i To the Editor of the Observer
ID New YoRs, February s, 1878.
a A resolution has passed th
,e Board of Education to cut dow
e. the salaries Of the oyerworke
$. and poorly paid teachers in th
b public schools ten per cent
n This measure of jealous eeono
s my is particularly praiseworth,
s in view of the fact that Their
G are now on the city's pay rol
e 474 officials drawing salaries
e of $4,000, or over, some as higl
b as $4,000, for doing loafne
{ more or less heavy according
: to circumstances. A large pro-
!, portion of these self-sacriicino
!. statesmen wear a rich brogue,
D and know about as much about
, the duties of the positions
t whose salaries they draw as
might be expected under the
; circumstances. Feeling the
: popular pressure for retrench-
ment, they have nobly determ-
! ined among themselves that
the public demand shall be sat
isfed even if it becomes neces-
sary to cut down to nothing the
pay of these bloated aristocrats
the school teachers-who now
enjoy princely revenues Of
some five or six hundred dol
lars a year. Of course, it won't
do to interfere with the salary
of Pat this or Mike that, who,
having shown surprising talent
as a voter of the "sthrate tick
it" and general election worker,
now holds his position as a re-
ward for his services, SO they
wreak their economy on a class
who are Of no value whatever
at polls or primaries.
In connection with this act,
which would be ridiculous if it
were not too outrageous, the
Erentng Telegram has hit up
on a neat way of showing up
the city's scandalous extrava-
gance in paying its barnacles.
1t publishes a list of the prin-
cipal salaries paid by the U. S. |
Government at Washington and
compares each item with the
pay Of the nearest correspond
ing official in the city of New
York. l have space for only a
few samples. For instance, the
President of the United States
has $4,000 a year, and the
Sheriff and Register of the
county of New York each a.
bout $4,000. The Vice-Pres-
ident gets $4,000, and our May
or $4,000. The Secretary of
the Treasury gets $4,000, and
our Comptroller $4,000. The
Secretary Of War gets $1,000,
and our four Police Commits
sioners get $4,000. L
The Attorney General of the i
U. S. and five assistants logeth- /
er get $4,000, and our Corpo- |
ration Counsel and thirteen as
sistants together get $4,000.
The chief Justice Of the Su-
Dreme Court of the u. S. gets f
S10,500, and the Commissioner
Of Jurors Of the city of New C
I ork (whose most laborious du- b
y is drawing his pay) gets =
$4,000. Each Circuit Judge t
# the u. S. gets $4,000, and
he City Judge of this city f
S15, 900. a
| might fill this letter with b
similar comparisons, all show
ng this enormous dispropor- n
ion i'll favor of the Tammany v
officials. Comment, as the e
says, is entirely un-
necessary.
Mr.. John Morrissey is still a
n Florida, his condition being o :.
till too uncertain to admit Of a
lis removal north. His disor- q
Ter is the terrible Bright's dis y
ase of the kidneys, which of y
ate years is becoming a scourge =
n this country, and therefore y
lis recent Improvement is like - -
y to be only temporary. Fail ).
Nc in every other mode Of o
reatment, it is intended to send
own physician from here to >,
dminister a new remedy called -
Jraig's Kidney Cure, which is - -
cry reasonably asserted to be - -
he first and only absolute cure =
or this and other kindred \,
for it has certainly ~ -
aved the lives Of many promi- -
ent men in New York during !, -
he few months that it has been "
n use. If it proves to be the
1ng sought check upon class ar
f hitherto incurable diseases or
f which thousands Of Ameri- A;
ans live in constant dread, it 70
} the greatest achievement of s.
ledical science since the dis g,
oyery Of anesthesia. m
On Sunday last Chickering NJ
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