Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-25

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Mr. Warren moved that his amendment,
| made at the last meeting, 10 rule No. of
| the regulations. making the committee on
| teachers. examiners and salaries consist of
| four members and the president an eX-
OfficiO member of the committee. This
| stirred up the animals. Mr.. Eisenmenger
could see no necessity for changing the
| rule, and became somewhat per
| SOnal in his remarks. President
| IOrenz turned and told Mr. Eisenmenger
that he would not have his inSinuationS and
| that he must speak only to the question.
The motion was carried OH yea and nay
| vote.
| Mr.. Kearns moved that the furniture
| committee be ordered 10 take charge of the
| furniture in the Eastern building. Carried.
Mr.. Martindale moved that hereafter all
claims be referred to the committee on
claims at one meeting, to be reported on at
the next The motion was made iii
order that the committee might have op-
pOrtunitv to examine into all bills present
ed. The motion carried.
Mr.. Eisenmengcr introduced the follow
| ing:
Whereas, 1t has been publicly charged
through the city press and among our cti-
ZenS that w. }. White. superintendent of
| the public schools has been guilty of bribery
and attempting TO bribe certain members of
this board to vote fOI his reelection, there
| fore,
Resolved. That this board elect com
mittee of five TO investigate these
| charges. with power to send for
persons and papers, and that the election of
superintendent be deferred until said com
mittee shall report, which shall not be later
than four weeks from this date.
THEN THE CIRCUS BEGAN.
Mr.. Warren moved to amend by having
board resolve itself into a committee of the
whole and proceed at once with an invrSti-
CATION. After some confusion the motion
to amend was carried.
Mr.. Miller stated that aS chairman of the
committee on teachers and one of the
persons. vino it was charged had received
bribeS, he did not want To get wild, but he
demanded a free and fair investigation at
once, and became loud and furious in his
demands.
Mr. Martindell said that Major White
would not suffer by waiting a couple of
weeks and if vindiCated III that time. he
(MartindelD would like him much better
than he liked him at present.
Mr. HOtrhkiSS said that something could
be done toward an investigation and he
knew of at least one lie that could be
nailed.
At this Mr.. Pence Sprang to his feet and
said he wanted Ia make statement, and
began on a statement made in the !SundIg
Nc,cS of last Sunday, with reference to
Messenger Wilson approaching him with
money from Colonel White. but the 'preSi-
dent sat down on him by ruling his remarks
out of order.
The original motion as amended was then
put and carried, by a vote of IL to :. Pres
ident IOrenZ then called Vice President
Miller to the chair, but that gentleman, in
turn. called Mr.. Ridgely To the chair.
The room was then cleared of all except
members of the board, Superintendent
White and representatives of the press, the
last named being enjOined from saying or
publishing report of the proceedings of
| the board as a committee of the whole
After the committee as whole had con-
| cluded its business it rose and reported in
favor of publishing, the papers read
during the proceedings of the committee as
whole. The motion was carried and
Pres dent LOrenz resumed the chair.
The report of the committee as a whole
was then adopted.
Mr.. Warren then moved that a committee
of five be appointed to further investigate
the charges of bribery that had been made.
Mr. HOtchkiss said that he wanted some
of the dissatisfied members placed on that
committee, as he desired them to be