New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-05
1PrOTNTMENT or SCdOOL TRUSTEES
WARM ARGUMENT OVER LOUIS J. HoRNTHAL
AND DR. JOSEPH H. EYRNE. BOTH OF WHOM
ARE REAPPoINTFD BY THE BOARD



or EDUCATION.
The nrincpa, controversy in yesterdays meeting
Of the Board OF Education occurred just before ad-
iournment when the report Of the Committee Of the
Whole appointing School Trustees for the full term
OF five years was presented for action
Commissioner Hubbe started the argument when'
after he had moved the adoption OF the committees
renort in so far az the first eighteen wards were
concerned and his motion had been adopted ne
suggested the substitution in the Nineteenth warn
of the name Of Marie r. Houston as trustee IN pace
of that OF Louis J. Hornthal. Then there was
merry time discussing Mr.. Eornthal:s qualifications
and official history lie was hnaiiy feappo'n'eu u!
a vote OF ID too
The next breeze occurred when Commissioner
Hubbeu moved to substitute william b. Putney In
pace of Dr. Joseph H. Byrne, trustee In the Twenty
second Ward.
Commissioner Hunt made objection inme-
diately In a long speech he said, among other
things. that in his opinion Dr. Byrne was not III
for the place although personally he had the
highest respect for hIm. He said that trustee
B,rne had given undignihed exhibitions OF temper
and allowed his persona prejudices to contro' MS
acts too often.
Commissioner Van Arsda.e and others spoke in
favor of Trustee Byrne and he reappointed
The rest Of the report Of the committee OF the
whole was then adopted. This is the full list OF
the new Trustees, many Of them being reapPoin'-
men;s:
r..
Eschwege; Third Ward. Thomas Morris; Fourth
Ward. James O'ConnOr; Fifth Ward. Henry New
man; sixth Ward. Theodore w. Kramer; seventh
Ward Robert J. Hubbard Eighth Ward. Christo-
pher F. Suing; Ninth Ward. William t. smith,
Tenth Ward. Louis Haup;: Eleventh Ward sam
uel Schumacher Twelfth Ward. DR.. l.. A. Roden-
stein: Thirteenth Ward John +. Murphy; Four
teenth Ward William r. Stiere; Fifteenth ward
Lockwood De Forest; sixteenth Ward William NJ
Abbott; Seventeenth Ward, Hiram Merritt
Eighteenth Ward, Frederick Flaccus; Nineteenth
Ward Louis j. Hornthall; Twentieth Ward George
Sturgeon; Twcnty-frs; Ward. Payson Merrhl'
Twen,v-second ward Joseph II. Byrne. NJ. d.
Twenty-secord Ward lanes A. Ferguson NJ -
I'wenty-fourth Ward, Frederick W. JACKSON. >. A,
I'm addition, Edward II. sweeny was appo'iTH,. l
to I'M a vacancy in the Sixth Ward and Mrs. Dr
Abby Hamlin McIvor TO fiji vacancy III the
Twenty third Ward. ..., ..,,t,o h,si -
ness the Board received a communication from
the Mayor giving notification OF me tdtt tuat ~
had appointed D. T. McSweeny TO, succeed miaSe
as a Commissioner and W T. AhdrewS 10 succes'
Trustee j. A. Golden. Each VIII serve slIee yeans'
The report of the Committee on IeacherS rec 1W
,nending the retirement OF ElZsoeth Wefdei
school No "A: Elizabeth \. Bsaie' schooi 40. ~
Maria j. Sweeny, school No H. ana Josephine L.
Hume school No g. was then adopted
The Board adjourned TO TINS afternoon AT !
O'clock when the reDorts OF me CoMHll,'e on
Amending BYLAWS will be acted upon ana other
business will be transacted