The herald., 1894-08-26
THIS IS ABOUT MOLYNEAUX,
And 1t Is a Statement With
an Affidavit.
Claims Against the County Which
Look Questionable.
Mr.. Todd OF Pomona Given sp Effective
squslohlng Which Alse
Includes Molly


| includes Moiy-
| neaux.
EDITORS HERALD: I'm Pomona paper
OF yesterday. there appeared q seven
column article purportine to be written
by one Jas. H. Todd, and attempting to
deny or explain away the damaging
stateme nts made by the HERALD and
other papers concerning the notorious
Albany gang OF school manipulators,
and the charges made against the indi-
viduals yclept Foshay, and Molyneaux
In special
As it is generally known that l wrote
the belligerent articles in question. ss
we'll as nearly all the articles that have
appeared in this county during the last
five years, in exposure and condemns-
tion of the Albany gang, | shall hence
forth pursue different course Of treat
ment for their correction and cure OF
that cancerous growth.
Ergo. the following statement duly
sworn to before notary public Of the
city and county of Los Angeles, will
prove Of interest at this time:
In my article of August 18th. 1894,
said that w. W. Seaman had a regular
salary of $4,000 which was increased to
$4, 800 last year by means OF travelling
expenses, etc. Said Todd denies this
and states that Seaman's expenses as
superintendent last year were but s4S3.-
80. Auditor Lopez is my authority. l
did not see the meney paid, myself.
On page IA of his report for 1898. Mr..
Lopez has kindly grouped the follow
ing:
EDUCATION.
Board OF education. Salary
Superintendent of
schools. salary,
principal and dep
Ity................S 4,ooI -
Expenses. 1,2o9 81
Stationery and print
Te ephons ........... a. O0-$ 1856 80
According to my method of addition,
tionery and printing and telephone
would be s1,349 81; without the tele-
phone, l figure the expensesat 81, ,304 81
or a trihe more than l thought when
inadvertently said IN round numbers,
$1,000.
| trust that Mr.. Lopez, our present
auditor. is a good man and will bear
me- out in this by honoring his own fig
ures, or paper as it were. have pastsd
on the legal cap | write upon pages or
parts of pages from the printed reports
and from law books 60 that the printer
can be sure of the ti2ure5 in this report
which ain swearing to 30 carefully.
In the California school law, article 4,
section 1864, | find the following inter
esting ITEM
1864. The county superintendent must
keep an accurate account OF the actual
expenses of saio institute, with vouchers
for the same. and draw hia requisition
upon the county auditor, who nhsll
draw his warrant or the unapportioned
county school fund to pay said amount;
provided, that such amount must not
exceed 5000 for any ono year.
AT page IA of the report OF Mr.. Lopez,
the auditor, for 1898, | fad the follow
ing. By way OF comment l paste it
hero:
TEACHERS INSTITUTE EXPENSE.
Expenses 40
You will see that l am still trusting
in Mr.. Lopez, in spite OF his gait. as
indicated by his name.
In his alleged article Mr.. Todd(y?)
says that he looked over the minutes OF
the county board carefully, and that he
found that Mr.. Molyneaux was present
for. How he could prove Molyneaux's
constant presence by the minutes OF the
board am not able to say indeed,
am expecting to prove quite the contrary
by using the evidence of certain honest
men and others not famed for unvarying
verscity. You will notice that 1 could
not be so polite ss to call all my expected
witnesses honest men, for this letter is
written under oath.
gather from the law, of which ueoful
branch have been desulto-y student
for four or five years. and from the opin
ions Of Deputy District Attorney Utley,
that for the county board of education
and certain others eight hours' work
constitutes days work, and that said
officers are supposed to be or should be
paid at that rate; also that IS per day
fos actual work is the salary of the
members Of the county board OF educa.
tion. bna i
l take it for granted that the minutes
of the county board do not habitually
understate the time OF attendance at |
work during its alleged or other sessions.
By reference to the said minutes |
fRd that ON December 2, 1898, the board |
was in session for three hours.
l find that on December 9, 1898, the |
board met at 10:30a.m. members pres
ent, Strine, Ennis, Foshay and Seaman,
and that Mr.. Molyneaux joined the |
board at p. M; also that the board ad.
journed at 4 AS.
/ find that on December 16, 1898, the
board was in session from l 80 pm to |
4 4:l5 pm.
] find by the records in the Office OF
the board Of supervisors that in each of
these instances Mr.. Mclynesux swore to
and was allowed demand like this:
or mlleage....- .9bS 80
for herVlces. ...-.-.........,..:.....- oOo
lolsl sl'..........-.... plloO
find that for these three sittings in
the office OF visits to Los Angeles, tho 8
hours and 80 minutes supposed to be
devoted to the work of education coat
the county OF Los Angeles the neat sum
of s35.49.
find that this desultory attendance
is common habit with Mr. Molyneaux.
As teacher can corroborate the state.
ments OF other teachers and OF other
mem bers of the board OF education that
Mr.. Molyneaux's work at the time OF
his supposed attendance 10 even more
broken and desultory than his attend
ance.
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