The evening world., 1894-05-03
I1's AHEARN'S SPITE.
School Commissioner 0'Brien De-
} nouncss the Tammany Senator.
Entire School System Threatened by
His Pernicious Legislation.
The Trouble in School No. 6, He
Says, Is Due to It.

'1f the public-schocl system Is to be
run in the interest and at the dictation
Of such men as Senator Ahearn, and If
men are to be appointed school trustees
who are only politicians, then 1t Is time
the public should know 1t and the
responsibility be placed where 1t be-
longs"
School Commissioner Miles NJ. O'Brien
made this statement to an Evening
World reporter this morning. He was
speaking of the warfare at present 60
Ing on between the School Commission
ers on the n hand and the school
trustees Of the Nineteenth Ward on the
other over the installation of a prin-
cipal for Grammar School No. G, at
nEighty-fifth street and Madison avenue,
(which, as already told in 1.-The Evening
orld,' was opened on Tuesday,
Won that day Dr.. o'Brien was put in
3arge OF the school by Supt. Jasper, of
me Board Of Education, but a majority
pf the trustees of the Nineteenth Ward
TO obey any orders from DR.. O'Brien.
under the Ahearn bill, which recently
passed the Legislature, they claimed
ers are about evenly divided as to which
side to obey.
The matter came up before the Board
Of Education at yesterdays meeting,
n the proceedings were of the stormy
kind. The Board of school Commits
sioners went into executive session yes
terday evening, and after three hours
until the next meeting, which will be
held in two weeks. Commissioner
CBrien this morning, however, gave an
n apr. o Fl Tna' SsS sa Il 'o 'is the legally
appointed, principal Of Grammar School
No. &; and we intend to keep him there
IT. all hazards; Nothing can shake US
teachers in the school must obey him.
I they do not charges may be pre-;
fh"t" removal will follow.
This ie the first fruit of Mr.. Ahearn's
PHI which was '~railroaded' through
q ~ ld r:Sisllsitaionre Of The m s>essi vicious so PieSe
ued Mr.. O'Brlen. when the public
learns all the facts about that meas
ure It will be greatly surprised.
school system to call for such a bill,
but it was introduced and pushed
through by Senator Ahearn out of a
spirit of revenge. The fact is he want
go one OF his men made a principal
4wanted us to put that man away over
= THE heads of all other teachers. who
had worked hard and been in the SER
vice of the city for years. Because
the School Commissioners would not
NO as he demanded he started out to
= get even. He boosted that he would do
It, n he did so by n bill which has
already demoralized the system.
Look at the results" cried the Com.
missioner. This mar Gross, whom they
have now put in as first assistant III
Grammar School No. 6, was formerly
in Senator Ahearn's district. HI was
attached to Grammar School No. % and
ranked as fourth assistant. The trus.
tees of the Nineteenth Ward-I mean q
majority of them-have not only put
that man Gross ahead Of other men In
his W school, but have brought him
up to No. 6 and practically put him
ahead Of everybody In the entire system
Mr.. Gross is an Ahearn man, and tht
Nineteenth Ward trustees show theil
hands in obeying Mr.. Ahearn's de.
mands.
."Dr. O'Brien was appointed principa
ot No, 6 for several reasons. In the frs
place he, on examination, proved hlmselj
easily superior to all the other candi
dates. Next, 1t was In the interest Of
our consolidation scheme. which, II car
ried out, will save the city at leas'
$4,000 a year.
There Is too much of a star chamber
proceeding abou the whole business
Things have got to such a pass, that thu
time has come to open all the doors ant
let in as nue. light as possible on thu
subject"
The same trouble witnessed yesterda!
and the day before at the new schoo
building was apparent his morning
Some of the teachers manifested tn.
same desire to sit on the fence. Supt
Jasper was OF hand early to see that n
NOuble occurred