New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-21
TEACHERS WILL BE HEA RID
TAMMANY INTERFERENCE WITH THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHOULD
BE STOPPED.
TRYING TO THROW OFF TIE YOKE OF PADDY
DIVER IN THE FOURTH WARD-HEhMANN
po,.TE HIS HENcHMAN. ONE OF
THE TEl st T. +

THE TRUSTEES
| A hand OF Nihnsts In Darkest Russia could not
| discuss their wrongs wth more secrecy ana WIN
! more fear OF being disco"ered than many o. the
public school teachers Of the Fourth Nard are 40
| ing They will soon take some formal action TO eN-
nress their adherence OF the manner In when the
school trustees Of that ward have been conducting
| school matters The Tribune in recent articles has
| exDosed the interruptions methods OF the ram
| many majority In the Boards OF School trustees Oh
| the Twelfth and Nineteenth wards, and SHOWN 10"
| subservient they have made the public school N
forests IN their districts the lowest political IN
trigues The Twelfth and Nineteenth wards are
the two most important school divisions IN me
city each ward having about twenty-five oT trl''y
schools with 30 to 700 teachers The Fourth "aru'
next 10 the Third is the least important OF 'he
school districts In the city. having only one cram
mar and two primary schools Tammany he'!io'S'
under the fostering care OF PADDY" D'vvei. now
| ror have made the ordinarily insignificant Fourth
Ward one OF the mos, claringy corrupt schoo' as
tricts in the city.
| The school trustees OF this ward are Jon" -
| Shea James O'Connor william cay hermann
Roe and John r Fskc The fact s cha' Treicrs
Boe is chairman OF this Board OF ,chooi ,S
g. sufficient guarantee that school matters IL ih'
Fourth Ward have been o the Wswa
VT Ia was this Bote who last spring had some ON,
1or ice The ice had been furnished TO him iGuT
years before. or in 1890 by Israel o. bake ,uu1
4 MOI \
OF the bill sS 90 but no property could he Iou 10
to satisfy the execution. The bill was ailoNeu 70
RIM on until MIR Bottles elevation 10 the hcAch ny
grace of paddy" Diver when steps We're aS",
| taken TO satisfy the judgment. IN order WAS on
taned for hts examination in supplementary pro
cec1ings I,ol,e endeavorcd TO have the ORDER va
| Gated but failed and then he appeared ior "N
ANNA ton When asked what salary he received
he said: go o,h nc s.lar,.
hut IL requires every cent of II TO meet my mousse
hold expenses 81.
II am not but | pay $50 a month for the sup
port OF my sons family. | pay the same amour,
for the support % two nicccs. VINO are At S'hoo'
II was insisted that the examination failed 10
show Justice Bole to be a Householder, making
his salary EXEMPT. -, ~ A,
The teachers in the public schools oi the Wari
have borne the oppressive yoke in silence ma ny
years for they well knew that to complain or 7"
'.sGuea' meant a swift and sure official docapiia-
lion Treason against paddy VAS an uhiarH0h-
able sin and nothing short OF the extreme pcnaiy
OF Tammany law political exile could atone ior ~
Since the great victory OF the people AT m" io''
on November g. however the teachers oi tHs. As
we'll as in other wards. arc pluckng up courage,
and are taking steps have the pubic schoo :
removed completely ont Of politics. ana WI nSlsI
that merit he the argument FOR Advancement rhthef
| that political strings running 20 lamrhahS nan