The Evening critic., 1883-06-29
LOCAL REPRESENTATION WANTED
BY Citizens Hesiding in the Second
School Division.

A delegation of citizens of the Secont
School Division called on the Commission
ers yesterday to ask that their school
might be placed in charge of their trustee
Mr.. B. II. Warner, instead of Genera
Birney, who resides in the county. As W,
understand it they request local representa-
tion on the School Board.
The petition was as follows.
TO Me Honora6'e Commissioners Of the Dist,fc
fhe undersigned respectfully request tina
some citizen residing in our own school diyi.
eion the second) may be assigned to the car,
OF our schools as trustee. The custom--for.
merly the law-of allowing each school dlvi
sion OF the city one or more school trustees
from Its own people and residents has never
been departed from until the present year
and In no division but ours. We believe the
change has operated preIudicially to our
schools.
II. B. DERRICK, 017 street northwest, ex.,rus
Tee; u. A. Lambert, ex.trustee; Edward Tenn.
pie, ex-trustee; John Randolph, ex-trustee; s.
M, Hartsock, pastor Hamline NJ. e. Church, j.
y. Rankln, First Congregational Church; W.
3. towards, pastor McKendree Church; Geo.
Mills, pastor Ninth-street NJ. P. Church
Samuel Il. Green, pastor Calvary Baptist
Church Church; D. v. Faunce, pastor E-street Baptist
". II. Proctor, osS French street; street;
j. wesley Boteler, 1925 Eighth street.
W. Davis, 457 G street northwest: Edw. W.
Donn, 1424 Sixth street northwest; O. F,
Montgomery, 1903 Seventh street northwest
as,. william z, Cole, 1901 Seventh street north
northwest; J. E. Little, 1928 Seventh straet
northwest; D; O: Reinohl, 1889 Eighth street
= ep gusfss sree9 a4ae
William q. Church, 1910 Eighth street north.
west; 7. D. Yeager, 10Oe o street northwest;
:. s: Mari, 1415 Q street; II. b. Moulton, 1924
street; F. W. Vaughn, 92O street northwest;
MARX Andrews, 141S Columbia street; 8. s.
Stearns, NJ. D, 924 street northwest; John
Is. Sleman, 922 street northwest; j. d. Es-
kew, 1419 Columbia street; Fl. A. Cobaugh,
02O street northwest; VIM. y. Dix, OH D
street northwest; J. Russell Barr, oil o street
west; ". 1. Collamer, 1886 Tenth
2. ?. Gunion: q. s. Boynten, 92s street; VIM.
Ninth street; W. s. stetsen, 1412 Sixth street
northwest; NJ. G. Emery, 2O7 / street; +, A,
steir, 1923 Ninth street northwest; Il. A. Hall,
sss street enn j b Wilson
street: Thomas II. Collins; j. G.. AUDI George
NJ. Barker, $40 New York avenue; J. R. Cas-.
715 street; ]. Richard Riggies; Jos. wyricR,
1900 Seventh street northwest, and Edward
II. Thomas.
Mr.. Birney's Response to the Above.
General Birney has addressed the following
letter to the Commissioners In response to the
above petition.
"Io the Honorable Commissioners, d. o.:
"GENTLEMEN: The petition Of Messrs. Det-
rich and others asserts that the custom OF re.
quiring each trustee TO be resident of the
division for which he is appointed thas never
been departed from until the present year
and In no division but ours.
"These gentlemen have been misinformed
as to the facts.
'six OF the divisions have boundaries, two
have none. Mr.. Warner lives in the Second
and fs trustee for the Sixth, and MIR. Wormley
lives In the First and is trustee for the Sixth,
Each OF these gentlemen has q summer resi-
have not forfeited their ' positiops
by removal into the city. Mr.. Brooks
lives within the boundaries Of the First and
represents the Seventh and Mr.. johnson in
the Second and represents the Eighth. SO that
what these gentlemen call a custom has
been departed from in five cases instead Of
one, as stated by them. The law does not pre-
scribe residence as qualification.
"For more than nine years my place OF bust.
ness has been in the Second Division, and
when moved my residence from its limits It
was to the Immediately adjoining LIE Droit
Park, which for school purposes is practically
Within the city limits. None of the children
there go to public schools In the county.
"Respectfully,