The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-30
AWAY WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL.


statement bva weri-Saewn Nsvspspsr
Editor Of raeomA
TACOMA. April q Especial. TIL.
'Horn'ng OHio" said yesterday morning:
Aooiish the high school, the school Of
manual training and the higher branches
altogether. ! never went To a high school
sho guess m q little better of than
most people who ever did il a reported
usterance OF Nelson Bennett a. the SEM
1uonsn!y meeting OF the board Of education
yesterday.
The board met during the afternoon in
Inc Bryant school, and after trausaetinv
the usuairoutsne business was waited upon
y COMMITTEES from the cham Der of com
merce, consisting of Nelson Bennett. r r
olds and :. f. Brokaw. The committee
endeavored 20 induce the school board 70
reduce the salaries Of teachers and Iani,ors
IN the interests of the heavy taIpayer,.
wnofn Ne represent said Mr.. Bennett.
VINO vas spokesman for the committee. 1t
Is said that Mr.. Bennett frs. advocated
genera cut Of 50 PEP cent. all
around In salaries, but, after repeating the
quoted paragraph that opens this story,
ne became convinced from his own argu-
nent ana 10 reported TO have exclaimed:
'tut on ali the schools, altogetheri What
good does an education do q com mon man
any way! Why, it's nonsense TO educate
such people and raise them with wrong
Ideas OF their proper piacs and condition
In iifel Let every school go; We don't
want them. They do the city no good.
Now. there 10 my hotel down there that 10
benedt to the town 1t brings tourists
here and they spend money. Whv no,
assess the school property and knock off
The assessment on the Tacoma hotel
That's worth aething
n member of the board suggested to
the excited tunnel builder that Tacoma
Hhs4r ~ Oh
cent less than teachers in any other h rst-
class city In the state. while every janitor
employed had q family to support and
many of them only received $45 per month.
Well. cut them down. cut them
down! Twenty-Five dollars q month is
what more can q man wantf i can get
plenty OF good men at $50 per month. It's
all nonsense to pay such salaries, and
you're only wasting our money in this
foolish business. Shut up the id
schools, anyway
''But after paying the teachers salaries
for the past month the board adjourned
and left Mr. Benefits Canadian soul
writhing at the obstinacy of them id
Americana as he is reported to have once
called every man loyal to the stars and
stripes"
In the Erening News Of yesterday Mr..
Bennett brands the Uaioa's statements as
q tissue of falsehoods.
A reliable person who was present at
the meeting Friday OF the public school
committee of the Taxpayers Association
and tho school board, said today. after
reading the account from the Morning
Union: "Mr. Bennett said some things
more radical than 10 contained In this
/ statement. and also said some things
which were milder than the published
statements"
As stated In the Posr-IsrELLIGES-
cER the rank and file of the teachers
are willing to accept a moderate cut. al
though they claim they are already receiv-
ing Is per cent. less than the Spokane
teachers. and 20 per cent. less than the
Seattle teachers. The rational idea OF the
Taxpayers Association Is to make a con-
siderable cut. say IS or 80 per cent. in ali
salaries over 81. zoo and below that amour.
make a horizontal reductions but not in
proportion to the cut in the larger salaries.
The Taxpayers Association of Pierce
county has appointed committees to- look
after every department in the city or
county service, and has had no concerted
plan of attacking the schools as the public
has been lei to believe through the re-
ported acts of the taxpayers com mittee on
public schools. Judicious aud consistent
retrenchmeut Is demanded. Talk of a 50
per cent. cut or of abolishing schools
merely turns public sympathy in favor Of
maintaining present rates of expenses.
The taxpayers recently adopted q reso.
luton providing that the bond Of the city
treasurer should be for sSno. oa0. and tina,
IL should see 10 il that the bond was for
that amount. However at the last meet
ing the resolution was Withdrawn. The
association now announces its objects
thus:
We, the undersigned citizens OF Pierce
county, Washington. believing that our
publlc expenditures in many departments
are unnecessarily large and burdeusome 10
the taxpayers. do hereby constitute our
selves committee OF public retrenchment
for the purpose of securing an economical
aud efficient administration OF the Laws of
the city OF Tacoma. the county Of Pierce
and the state of Washington, and to do
such other things as may tend to the de-
sired end. The name of the organization
shall he the Taxpayers Association OF
Pierce County.
Next follows the article providing for
committees annually to perform service
named thus:
Each such committee shall investigate
the departments OF public service to which
i; may he assigned aud shall he the me
dunn of communication between this body
and said department of officials. all other
or incidental committees may DO ap-
pointed 10y the president alone,
The officers are: President. q. w
Thompson first vice president ]. T. Stew
art, Of ruyaAup: second vice president.
Raoert Wingste, Of Tacoma, treasurer.
John ". Berry: secretary, A. r. Mechanic.
Tacoma sporting Notes.
TACOMA, April ~ special. A crowd
81 about l0o including delegation from
Seattle, attended a eocSngh, IN the out
skirts of the city today. The birds were
fought by Jack Moore. of Seattle. and
Hank Ha.stead. Of this city. ta-er birds
aplece. $40 a bard and SIS for the odd. In
the tirsl 4 Eh; Hank Ha!sseai produced
half-Jap cock. weight 81. against Moore's
Derby stag. same weight The stag won.
In ths second Tight Hslstesd showed a
back stag. weight 1 q, against Moore's
Founder coc<. weight So Moore also
Won thjs fght. gaming ;he odd. Ia the
,Aira and ,asg d-h, Hasteai's small Jap
cock. -. Nh FRED " 3ore's Founder cock,
So b43niluE him early In the fight
Tomorrow Patsy CovTlgan. sho sss de-
seated receniiy by Tom Thompson, the
ssaored heavy weight OF Tacoma, will 80
into training foc his fight with Ike Hsyes,
the colcred hesvy~ eight Of Montana The
trht Ni.l Re pa,ied eff by the PUGET SQUAD
Athletic CUB ~ the Natioaa. tAsater. for
$50 SIDE Ana the gate receirts- Frank