St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-12

ne nPuFeS submitted must De adopted.
He was in favor of paying good salaries
TO teachers and wanted 10 do nothing to
hurt the schools. 1t would seem wrong,
be said. in the present condition of
financial affairs to raise the tax levy.
Mr. LIghtner said the amendment he
offered would reduce the total amount
only s. 900. He was in favor of reduc-
ing expenses and salaries in the board.
lin voting for the reductions the council
could not say where the reduction
could be made, that resting with the
board of education. The board asked
flor S445, 900 for salaries and the Joint
committee recommended reduction of
lS4S,000. He thought $4,000 would not
materially affect the result, and at the
same time it would give sufficient to not
smake the cut SO great
Mr.. Pike said he would favor the
amendment ii it was the highest amount
Ethe council could recommend. He read
from statement prepared by the comp
ltrOller:
AT the end of the fiscal year the board would
have according TO his figures S269,03O out of
which expenses were TO be paid for the re-
snainlng four months. The expenses were
about $4,000 per month, leaving $4,000 Oh
hand January 1. 1893. A tax levy on two
mill basis would realize $4,000, added to
balance would give S55O,091-
The figures from the comptroller's
office must, he said, be taken as con-
elusive until they are found to be
wrong. There was no apparent need to
cut down the school estimate, as the
two-mill levy would leave enough to
run the schools without any reduction.
1t was 10 economy to cut out kinder
garten and manual training schools.
rklndersarte were not, as had been
said. nurseries to take care of children
dnIy
thing else. The manual training school
is not expected to turn out tradesmen.
1T is to make education more practical.
Ihe idea was not 10 make carpenters or
mechanics. Almost any other branch
could be better spared than manual
training. IL New York it costs SIS to
support each child i'll the Kindergarten
schools and it costs Sl2S to keep a child
IN the reformatory. The expert
ence of other large cities had
been favorable to these man
hal training and Kindergarten schools.
The school board was honest, and knew
something more than the council did
about the work 1t had been suggested
that the school board was not perform
ing its duty properly, and the way to
make 1t do it or resign was to cut down
the appropriation. This council must
pass an ordinance under section 6,
which had not been done, at least to his
idea. i'll the one presented. The matter
OF erecting new school buildings should
be considered, and the committee had
not touched this matter. Mr.. Reardon
interrupted the speaker and asked if he
knew there were f0rty-eight vacant
rooms iii the school buildings.
The speaker said he did not know
this, but Mr.. Reardon said it was fact.
He then introduced lengthy resolu-
tlon providing for new ordinance to
be drafted, and submitted il in place of
she one presented by the committee.
Mr.. Johnson said the figures submit
ted by MI. Pike were different from the
figures given the committee. The fig
NIes given the committee by the comp
fro!ler were S432,000 as total amount
available for school purposes. He read
a detailed statement from the comp
IrOller, which showed concluSiyely that
Mr. Pixies figures were not correct.
Mr.. Pike answered that the committee
had lot counted on any balance on
hand.
MI. Van Slyke said as there appeared
to be two sets Of figures from the comp
froiier's office, he would ask that the
matter be sent back to the committee
for further consideration.
Mr.. Reardon said the figures submit
ted by Mr.. Pike were largely antici-
;pated and he thought they were moi the
best evidence. MIR. Pixies motion to
refer his resolution to the committee on
school affairs from the assembly was
lost, only he and Mr.. Van Slyke voting
III favor OF the reference.
Mr.. Pike again asked to have the en-
tire matter sent back to the joint COM
mittee. THIS was lost by vote of 6 to
2, MIR. Pike and Mr.. Van Slyke favor
Ing it.
Mr.. Pike then offered all amendment
to Lightner's amendment providing
that the salaries be fixed at the sum
asked for 10y the board in their estimate.
This was lost by the same vote.
The vote on Mr.. Llghtner's amend
meEt to cut the salary figures from S4S,-
DOC to $4,000 was lost by a tie vote, those
voting in the affirmative being Messrs.
Pike, Lightner, Van SlYke and Wolter-
storff, and III the negative Messrs DAILY,
Reard0p, johnson and Sandeli. The
motion to pass the ordinance as recon-
Mended by the committee, cutting the
Total estimate of the board S53 O00, was
then put Pike and Van Slyke voted
against the passage of the ordinance
and the other six for it. All that is
needed now for the ordinance to become
operative is for Tie mayor 10 atfix his
signature, which is almost certain to
Follow.