The morning call., 1890-10-09
LAMBS WOOL.
1t COnld Not be pnlled Over Re.
publican Eyes.

The Democratic party, as conducted by
buckley, is nothing If not tricky, ana some
OF Its leaders seem to have given a close
study to the doctrines of Macehiaveli.
The latest evidence Of Democratic dissim-
uiation is its proposition to the Republican
party that ten delegates from each conye u
ton shall constitute nominating body for
the selection of twelve School Directors, six
to be taken from each party. The PROPOSE
ton also includes the nomination of Super
intendent of Public Schools by this so-cailed
DOn-partSan convention. When the over
lures were made to the Republican Eduea-
tonal Convention the matter was referred
to q committee, which will report to the next
sitting of that body.
Waen the news Of this new movement on
the part OF the Democratic leaders was pub
listed yesterday it greatly nOnDlused the
Republicans. They were not long, how
eyer, in discovering the Ethiopian in the
Buckley wuOdplle, and unnasking the by
pocrisy of the projectors of the scheme.
THE PLOT DISCLOSED.
Many Republicans were at first in favor
Of the movement, not understanding the Pc
litical chicantry behind 1t. They stated that
IN the interest OF pure politics the Republi-
can party could not afford to let such an OPP
pOrtunlty go by. 1T was held that il the
Democratic proposition was ignored the Re
publican parry would stand before the peo-
pie as refusing to purify the educational de-
partment OF the city by meeting the Demo-
ciatS half way and selecting the best men.
When the Republican managers placed
their thinking caps on, they discovered
| enough 10 show how cunDingiy set was the
| trap into which they almost Tell. more
unblushing piece of effrontery and political
| lmpudenee was never before perpetraied in
| this State
Tue Republican managers discovered that
for the last four years Buckley has filled the
| School Department with his lambs. 1t has
been one of his most luxuriant feeding
grounds. Instead OF paying the back sal
aries OF teachers, as his candidates pledged
themselves to do, the money Of the depart
ment was used to pay the salaries of Buck
ley's lambs. The carpenters, the teamSlerS,
the clerks, the janitors and all the rest of
the positions at the disposal of the board
are represented by Buckley's lambs. Buck
| ley has the School Department as much
under his thumb as the Fire Department,
and he Is 10th to lose so fat holding.
THE LAMBS THEY MUST NOT GO.
In order to protect all of his lambs in the
School Department Buckley, or his lieu
| tenants, conceived the idea of pulling wool
| lambs woOl-Over the eyes of the Republi-
cans. They made the proposition men
| toned.
| All they wanted was six Directors, be-
! cause under the law it requires the vote of
seven Directors to make Il removal. II they
| secured SIX Directors, The remaining six Re-
| publican Directors would fad that they
were nonentity. They could make no re-
| mOvals or appointments. All Buckiey's
| lambs would continue as before to fatteIl in
| political clover Besides the Republican
Directors could make no appointment of
| teachers unless the Democrats agreed.
When this political pint was discovered
and the inside engineering unveiled, there
| was loud howl on the part of the Repub-
| leans against such a farce being enacted
| The scheme seems 10 have been engineered
| by James Kennedy. Inspector of Public
| Schools, and School Director {. b. Stone.
ARTIFICIAL ICE.
A part OF the compact was that Kennedy
was to get the appointment of Deputy Super