The morning call., 1894-10-05
in nomination. Delegate Sherwood sec

in nomination. Delegate Sherwood sec
onded
Delegate 1. 7. Milliken came forward in
advocacy of the members of the present
board who were up for nomination. He
read from large yellow roll:
II the present Board of Education has done
nothing more Its action in putting an end to
The vicious practice of selling teachers posi-
tions Tor political favors and personal ends en-
titles it 10 the eyerl sting gratitude of every
friend OF the public schools. II has been rep-
resented that there Is an unusual feeling
among the teachers against the present board,
ana espectliy les president. That is not true.
| That such feeling exists TO a certain extent is
| true, and there is no good reason 70: it,. There
! is quite percent age of teachers in the depart
| ment whose dismissal would be vastly for the
| interest OF the partment and the several
| classes over which they preside am not here
| champion Just so far as | consider his merits
claim championship Fear or favor has little
10 90 with my actions.
You all know what a hullabaioo has been
! stlrred up eV ry time an attempt has been
made TO do anything in the direction OF tn re-
mOVai OF teachers except for cause, under the
| law, and the successful appeals 10 the sympa-
thy OF The community. SO effective has this
Deen that one OF the directors whom we elected
Two wears ago retired in disgust from the
| board. Many OF you would have done the
same.
The remainder of the long document
was given up 10 review of Mr.. Hyde'S
career in the board and what lad been &C.
compllshed by the board. 1t showed how
classes had been consolidated and progress
bad been made in the methods OF teach
! ing. 1t was also denied that the teachers
we're opposed to the present board and Its
president. The scaling of salaries as
| done by the board was approved aud still
! further scaling could'De done In the right
direction, Mr. Milliken maintained.
After Mr. Milliken bad cOnclud ed Dele
gate Cumming read the following lie ter,
which was written in a neat, feminine
hand:
No Dear 10: Everybody in the car This A. NJ.
| says she feels ike hucging Mr.. Cumming. l
| hone you'll win this afternoon.
| Remember, MIR. SWEET told Hyde that there
were in over 100 more teachers than were
needed, and in the face of that bis board ap.
pointed twelve apece-1oS more-then con-
| Sodated this year to make a showing for
he Is insane on the subject Of ruling teach
ers. petty tyrant who can't boss men and
| wishes 10 rule women.
| The city knows that he signed warrants for
large amounts for the kingsburys, and after
being found out they were comp lied 10 return
the money TO the treasury. The records are al
the CITY Hall He tried TO create au Illegal
position, and after being told that il was Illegal
said that lie would pu Yoder In as janitor and
hen assign him other duties. He imported
him and made position for him $3.50 per
month";. He has made different salaries for the
same positions. Marks. at Washington Gram
mar school, drawing $50, without grade or
| peilenee emitting him 10 IT, and Miss O'Laugh-
! lln, at Columbia, receiving but 500 for work
Tor which others got S125.
When resolution was nut that all teachers be
appointed by the whole board be worked and
| voted against It and he has repeatedly declared
| himself In favor of having tenure of Office in
San francisco Qor teachers) done away with.
| HIS plan is always TO punish the whole depart
ment Tor miSdOings of one teacher. He con-
| siders teachers no more than kitchen servants
| ana has said that their salaries should be equal
TO the same. He wishes 10 control all of our
n hot ha pafl tts
| a. NJ. II lie wishes. Remember the stand lie
took on the history question. Faulkner is his
tool He tired 10 nut Faulkner in our school.
He suppresSes school news and appoints all his
friends in the High School. In reducing sal.
aries he did not touch any high salary. No
High School teachers were touched. His word
cannot be relied upon. The board passed 4
| resolution promising not TO touch salaries and
then shortly afterward altered them.
During the course of his reading Mr..
Cumming was Interrupted several times
and became greatly worked up.
"Y GU have listened 10 a string of in
fernal nonsense from Mr.. Milliken," he
exclaimed, land now | want you to hear
something on the other side, on the side
of the schoolteachers.
Give US the name Of the writer of the
letter."
Yes" said Delegate Joseph Britton,
MIR. Milliken signed his own name to
what he read. Now you give us the name
OF the woman who wrote tnat"
II will! not give the name," shouted Mr..
Cumming. 'for the very good reason you
| want ii for Mr. Hyde to spot her,
Then why do you want 10 read some
| thing here from person who is afraid TO
sign? Why didn't she come before the
committee and get hearing?"
"Why didn't she? ?" and Mr.. Cummings
voice pitched in a high key. "Why didn't
| she? Why, because she couldn't be heard
| without putting her position ana her
I. A,,N 4Ia,' thUy a
one of the best teachers in the department
at that"
The debate was getting pretty warm and
when Mr.. Cumming had finished reading
that letter, the chair shut him off, although
lie said be had plenty more just like it
from others.
DELEGATE W. B. Bourn arose in defense
of Mr.. Hyde. Hesaid there was no doubt
the latter had made enemies. The COM
mittee had canvassed the names on their
LIST and found the people Of San Francisco
owed more TO the PRESENT board than to
any other. Hyde had not been afraid to
make political enemies. That board had
made saving of over s150.0G0 in the ex-
penditures for their term.
Delegate J. G. Eastland said he thought
it would be well that the convention should
know what the merchants and business
men thought of Mr.. Hyde. He handed an
Endorsement from the Business Mems AS
socia alton of six of the members of the
present board for the Non-Partisan NOM
nations.
The convention proceeded TO a ballot.
Alter half an hour the chair announced
thai 48 ballots were cast, 80 being neees-
sary to a choice, with the following result :
Ames 81. Z. J. Bowen 80, Bowie %. A.
Comte Al. Dutton 50, Gutsch 81, Harring-
ton 81, HYDE q, Murdoch "a, Rosewald
80, Stone 26, SymmeS 81. CaTew -. Tevis
%, S able l3, Gray 10. Miller II, Knox 2,
Wallace 5. Bowling ], Raglan 1, Maxwell
q, Tillman 2, Shumate 1, Mufe 2. Bragg
IA, Ellis g. Dodge u. Barrett 10. DOVE s.
| Henderson 8.
The chair decl tred the nominations of
Z. j. Bowen. A. Comte Jr.,. Samuel Z.
DuttnD, w. Il. HARRINGTON aud Charles A.
Murdoch. A second ballot was declared
necessary for the remaining seven.
Delegate Bourn suggested, in order to
expedite matters, that on the next ballot
those receiving the highest number of
votes be selected.
The suggestion was not kindly taken by
the convention, and the old method of a
| two-thirds vote was adhered to.
Delegate Sullivan read cOmmunica-
| ton from a teacher who had been twenty
four years in the department., In which she
said she hoped Mr.. Hyde would be nomi-
mated. She added that the teachers in th @
department who were opposed to him
were either those who did not appreciate
the reformed methods OF teaching which
be had adopted or those who had been
Iooaro on aoaonpf of Mr. Hvde's raforps