Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-14
A WARN TIME.
The Board Of Education Jump Ont Of One
ENHANCEMENT Into Another.

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An Exciting and Interesting Scene in
Last Nights Meetin g-Heated
Passions and Clenched
Fists.
The Board of education went through
two scenes last night hat we're somewhat
dramatic In interest and quite exciting
to those who were quiet witnesses. Fol
a long time the board has been wrsnglina
more or less in every meeting over propo.
sitions to finally decide what kind o.
heating apparatus to place In the Hart
man and CASTELAR, school buildings when
they are completed. Members have
been somewhat at a loss frequently to
know what to do. Some were dead sci
to adopt what is known as the Ruttar
system, and some were just as t~enaclously
dead SGT to give owners of other systems
q chance, while one or two expressed
themselves as being ready and willing to
coincide with whatever a majority agreed
on. Advocates of the Ruttan system,
tried to make 1t appear that the
board had at some time previously com.
mlttsd itself to the Ruttan system, there.
fore was In duty bound to adopt thai
without further parieying, or be sub.
jected to the annoyance of a suit for dam.
ages. Those VINO stood out for giving
every body an equal show scouted at the
idea of being committed, and offered to
stand the brunt of all damage suits that
might be brought by the Rutlan people.
Last night Mr.. O. S. Condit,
a representative of the Ruttan sys.
tenn, made his appearance be.
before the board, having come up from
Kansas City yesterday to try and get the
matter settled 80 that he should know
what to do. On motion of MI. Copeland
1t was brought up for consideration. Mr..
Hall Immediately moved that the secre.
tafy be instructed to advertise for bids,
and this opened the ball. Mr.. Copeland,
of course, spoke first, and nearly every
member was on his feet three or four
times to talk. Some of them got warm
and showed considerable feeling. The
vice president, MI. Gibbon, asserted that
members of the board had been accused
by outsiders of being connected With
crooked work simply and solely because
they had been neryy enough to advocate
their preferences for a system of heating
In all the school buildings, and that, the
Ruttan system. For his part, he ex-
pressed himself as feeling q little weary
hearing these absurd reports and
that the board would be
making ninnies of themselves to
take change of base now.
While Mr.. Hall is friendly to the Ruttan
and thinks 1t q good one, still he
believed In giving everybody q chance to
compete. Mr.. Coleman averred that
constituency would not be satisfied to
believe that the board had performed
Its duty unless they ascertained, through
bids, just how cheaply the work can be
done. Mr.. Livsey stood out fer the
system, but Mr.. Long favored
the proposition to advertise for bids. As
stated in the regular report elsewhere of
the proceedings. the board happily re-
leased itself from that entanglement by
adopting Mr.. Halls motion. 1t was
that bidders will be compelled
to state the weight, power and capabilities
Of their apparatus. No sooner had the
heat of this battle blown away than az
other flashed over the board, but this
it was on q question of parlla-
mentary law. The committee on teach
ers and text books made Its report, which
Is given In the proceedings and after the
chairman, Mr.. Long, had CON-
pleted the reading of said report
Mr.. Copeland moved an amendment to
It, which amendment was to the effect
that the names of Misses Elliott and
be placed at the head of the liat.
II was seconded by MI. Hall, but before
the chairman could get q chance to say
anything Mr.. Long moved that the
report OF the committee be adopted.
MIR. Long was 30 mad that he trembled
and looked pale. He scored the board
up and down by declaring that there was
not q member In 1t with sufficient respect
Tor reports of committees to make o
motion, either to adopt or reject them,
leaving that duty for the committee to
on Its own account, or be treated
with contempt.
Mr.. Copeland called for his amend
ment and Mr.. Long arose to q point of
The chair ruled that q committee
report could not be amended. To this
Mr.. Hall took an appeal.
With q swift and terrific descent of his
fist on the top OF his desk, Mr.. Long said
that the committee desired to withdraw
lts report. The appeal was not
sustained the vote standing two and two,
three members not voting and the score.
terry decided that the chairman gained
point. During this mixed state of
Affairs the report of the committee was
Copeland, Coleman, Connoyer,
Hall and Clark, read copies Of Cushing,
still they couldn't make up their
At the meeting one week ago
his same question was raised, end presi.
lent Points ruled that after a committee
lad made Its report a motion should fell
ow, either to accept said report or re-
|ect 1t. Then after such a motion, mo-
iona IN amand uuara In or5a. ~ AL.