New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-07-02
THE MAYORS MAN APPOINTED
.,o, rrICS IN THE BOARD Of EDOCAAAO

.-c ,,p HARDY MADE .PRINClPAb~o'"
npxuSCIATION BY PRESIDENT wALhEn.
..,o ,nse.inp of the Board of Education yesterday
.t,srnocn all the seats in the nan hot ioso'
.omm;ssioners were filled with principals anu ,J,o
~ ,o nublc schools or those interested In 'he paonO
rr.,em The appointment Of several principals
~. oouse of special interest and particularly tho
,,oort of a male principal in the new schooi NO.
op .t Tho Nineteenth Ward. George f. haray' '"0
.onaidate passed by the report OF the Oom"n''e0 o
Teachers had been oIenly referred TO az mayor
candidate None of the commissioners in"uo ~.
q, this IN their conferences before the mee'ns' '''
,everaI referred to the comments OF lHh ihino'
,he sub;ect Yesterday aud some adoed 'ha' '"o'o
,ents were not too sharp When the appui"'
was reached In the order OF business MI.
..,oa that in the interest of economy NJ A. D'ti"s
ham. principal of School No. o. DC aPpon,.N 49,.
&c No 70. instead of Mr. Hardy, as MI brmhe"'nn
49,, ,ro,d soop have to be consolidated with another
80 This reouest was not granted and Mr. DeVoe
- that some explanation might be mace ny 'ne
taa on Teachers respecting the qnahhca''ohs U,
Air Hardy. Mr. Wood replied that ne was ~ "'',
rreiudiced against the appointment OF MI h",uS ""
was in favor of Mr. Coleman vice-prihoipa u ''"o
-, 20 ho was reeomm ended by a minority report,
,. a. oonc 70 zach school and listening to each o
.ho teachers for an hour his prejudice against MT
II ,dv had ben removed and he should vote ior MN
No one can say" added Mr.. WOOD tna' "'so'
c,oce ever asked me to vote for Mr.. Hardy. NO one
has ever approached me in his iaVor eAeep' my -
MIR Simmons Hardy is young man. o"' so We"
d.. ,,ba, he became Prime Minister OF bnglahu'
NJ Devoe-I would like to know II there are ho
.hr t.acbers in the Nineteenth Ward better ehuieu
4. this anpointment than Mr.. Hardy IL THESE ru'o''
of nolir,caI preference are true, am hot so"s "
violate nv conscience by voting for this young na"'
had rather be in the minority
NJ Crawford-I cannot believe that the Board oi
Educat,on will degrade itself by such an act Oh
as the selection of Mr.. Hardy in place Oh M Noe""'
Hardy is young man and may have oiien. ,"."''
n teacher but Mr.. Coleman has record WHICH p,'
ta, "a teacher in our schools or thirteen years Mr.
nardys record is not perfect say mat 10 snoi'
merit by the selection of Mr. Hardy in this instance
nm nsult 70 all the teachers and to the school system oi
Nouyork 1t is a degradation to this Board
NJ simmons-I do not regard 1t as an insult MI
Hardy is competent if he is youn.
Mr. Ke,lv-I think we have a perfect rght 10 'o'c
for opr friends and ready to do So have no axe
to Grind and shall vote for Mr.. Hardy.
II have something to say on this subject said
President Walker. yielding the char. don mean
to impugn any one but regard II as my ,h hoton
10 sneak ON this question and am gong 10 lne % pT.o
of II Ii seems to me something xtraoidnafy "hen
candidate OF only five years experience 'houiu o'
carrei over the heads of our Oldest anu oesV teon.
NJ have n civil service in school system unlike
that in any other city, The tenure Oh VH'c1 w. ~, |"
teacher is for life, aud we cannot aoru 70 ~ % h
sy,en Now | object to political diciaton i'll Tue
s,ord of Education 1t is the City fall influence IN
this campaign which has brought MI. hardy 70 uie
tront | can name twenty vice- principals III our
haols entitled by promotion and merit to prineipa
sbio before Mr.. Hardy. the hveyears eihdlaate !
can twenty assistant wee Jcta,ion to
;dnenee votes Tor Mr.. Hardy 1T Is an open secret III
tins Board Mayor Grace has night TO use us
influence individual bat MS oncn'i e'," 90
m Thai pl
President | say that politicians must Keep ",y'. "a ~
of the school system. l am Democrat 0. 'no sin',
oraanization as Mr. Grace but would protest agah't
Tammany Hall or the Republican party or any poiitea
Organization which should attempt TO dictate 70 .nl'
ReaId Here have a letter from John Nelly III con
,a't 70 Mavor Graces action. Mr. Kelly had written
me in behalf OF teacher When lie 'ouhu 'a' ,"'ho h
were other candidates for the ONCE sue sought ne
apoogized and withdrew, leaving the matter 10 mus
Who's business il s Look at the ward trustees VINO
favored Mr. Hardy-Dr e. f. simmons ana Joseph
Koch. both lately appon I'd on puoc oous .. uid
nv Mayor Grace. speak my feelings Ill TINS "neh
say we should resent such an appointment as aong
away with the idea OF merit ana D.a;s ;useues ,s
Mr. Smmons-I is easy to make tnese Guar st srn, oa,
where is there any proof OF Msyor urace IapSe
" NJ selicman-I agree with the statement that Mr.
Hardys appointment Will De 'kfonsn CO. S te and
such appointments will make him the best Mayor Ne"
York has ever had. ,, j.. .h;s poo-d
through any request of my own If cannot act ihue
nendenfly without official dictaon don't wish 10
remain in it. shall readily say goodbye to IT ana
God help the school system. ~ c.,
The snee ecbes of President Walker and Mr. Crawford
were frequently applauded by the visitors Some one
added a feryent d" Amen to Mr. Devoe remarks. % nv
the conclusion the discussion the vote was taken on
The substutioa of Mr.. Colemans name Tor MT Hardy
(,ommisslopers Crawford Devoe Holt. Wetmore,
Scbwab and PRESIDENT Walker voted for the sub'i!tu,
t;on and thirteen members against 1t. Mr.. Crawford
then proposed the names Of several other candidates
which were also voted down. and Mr. hardV was theh
nonted bv the thirteen votes against six The ques-
tion of the consolidation of downtown schools was
postponed until October communication was
Teeyed from the trustees of the Nineteenth ard ex-
onerating Mrs j. j. Hill the principal of School NO.
"a. from the censure Of the Board. No action was
taken respecting it. nm a., ....,o,,
of Are alarm connect the pubic SCHOOLS Win
the headquarters Of the Fire Department