The sun., 1890-03-15
THE "COWBIDE MEETING"
Mr.. vanarsdale and Mr.. Faure Tell the
Board or EducntIOn's lnvestIRatIng Com
nittee All About = nReeentUnpIeasantnesr


| mittoe All About n Recent tUnpIeasantnes
The public meeting Of the committee OF
| the Board OF Education which for three weeks
las privately Investigated the allegations made
by Trustee Tinsdale OF the Ninth ward against
! PRINCIPAL Southerland and Miss Isabelle +.
Lewis teacher OF Grammar School g. opened
yesterday with q motion made by Mr. Guggen-
| heimer that Miss Lewis and Mr.. Southerland
| be declared acquitted as to the charges made
against them. Mr. Hunt said that he must
| object upon the technical ground that the
verdict OF the committee should first be made
known to the Board Of Education. Chairman
OBren ruled this point we'll taken. and the
| matter was dropped.
Then the committee voted to proceed with
the general Investigation Of tho methods OF the
| Ninth ward trustees There was q general
flutter among the school teachers present
Miss Lewis. Principal southerand. and their
sympathizers were all there. Mr.. Tinsdale was
not there. He has resigned. or tho remaining
| four trustees there were present John I. Faure.
Dr. L. j. Mcnamara. and W. j. Nanarsdale.
Mr.. Faure said that 1t seemed TO him ap-
parent that Trustees Benedict. Tinsdale and
Mcnamara had entered into deal or COM
bination as to their action at trustee meet
inGs Mr.. Faure said thai these trustees had
decided that the yeas and nays should not be
called save by u majority vote. and that since
Jan. the three trustees named had voted to-
gcther, and he had no doubt that this action
was the result OF put up Job" MIR. vanars-
dae, who is the Chairman of tho ward trustees
ton" Chairman O'Brien drew out OF him tho
fact that on Feb. Trustee Tinsdae had
Ssh aGd 6n eb
had preferred eh"FFes p
has his faults and he has his virtues. And
must must say, sPeakkiing Of M Mr ,nes Tinsdaes ludE.
very greatest Difference to me and to my
Chairman o'BrIen then questioned Trustee
..cowhde" meeIing MIR. Vanarsdaie testified
that he had received letter from Trustee
man" and nal king, other charges which Mr..
Nnnarsdale declared were nourished in spirit
SsdsS rsad NIFTY M ans eer at he
meeting on Feb 13. He tlen produced from
beneath his coat cowhide. and said that II
anything further he could say 1t and take the
cqYnseqnences. Mr.. Faure did not say anything.
Y, Mr. Hunt.Are your official relations with
Il think So trust am officially courteous
to him: M Miistnguish OF course between the
When you offered TO hit him did you offer
to nit the man or the trustee"
Don't you think Mr.. Faure showed better
Judgment than you did,
fights and runs away will live to fight another
day"
= Mr.. Faure asked permission to testify after
Mr.. Tinsdale left the stand. He said that after
the meeting referred TO. a Committee OF tho
Trustees VAS appointed to take suitable action
tee reported progress several times. and
finally Mr. taure demanded TO be heard on q
Gsss9P sss Chat of fRs mn lie tOa tho
he remembered that he was a trustee. and
q gentleman and had preserved digni1ed
silence. but ii was time that he should say that
II Mr.. Nunarsdale would kindly see fit to re-
peat his performance outside the Board meet
deal as he tFaure) thought proper with him
Nanarsdale and It tthe cowbidel
Trustee Benedict was not present. and Chair
man . Brien said that II ne was not present at
the next meeting OF the committee an attach
ment would be issued Tor him.
The committee adjourned to meet at O'Clock
next Monday afternoon.