The morning call., 1895-02-09

of the State" she said. SIN the first
place l am sure it will add strength to the
movement. Then, too, it will bring in
people that could not possibly be made to
agree on any one thing if left TO them
selves. Besides, if the bill becomes law
| will be able to get bequest of $4,000 for
the fund. This $4,000 bequest obtained,
and it Is to be given to fund for pension
ing aged teachers if such should be estab-
lished by law. So you see it is necessary
that should get this bill through.
'Of course" she said in answer to a
question, "the teachers might form an Or
ganization under the present law, but if
they did, would not be able to get that
$4,000 bequest, which depends upon bill
being passed
81 am not bothered much by Wade's
opposition" she said. WADE kicks at
everything. Yes, Reid is another of the
kickers. expect unreasoning objections
from some; but I did not expect to find
our first bill laid aside without hearing,
and don't think Mr.. Phelps acted cour-
teously in the matter. Mr.. Spencer and
Mr.. Powers were not at the meeting, and
the bill should not have been taken up. |
think it showed a desire to take mean
advantage.
81 had some fighting to do for Mr..
Powers before the teachers meeting" she
said. ''They thought he was negligent.
They urged that he should have been on
hand. fought for him, though, and said
I was sure he was not cognizant of what
was being done. If he had been he'd have
been killed"
There was no bloodthirstiness in Mrs.
Craven's tone, though. She only referred
to the Assemblyman' political career.
Mrs. Craven was very impatient when GER
tain plans suggested by John P. Irish were
suggested. 81 had a regular tilt with him
yesterday" she said laughing, "but he
has no right to talk as he did. got quite
angry and if I'd been well, think I'd
have boxed Uncle Johns ears"
~ have over 600 of the teachers with me
in this proposition, but would not try to
get the teachers to form an association
such as Mr.. Irish suggests. 1 know it
would fail. There are a lot of Eighty girls
who think they'll get married in two or
three years, and there are lot more older
girls who were never known to agree with
duy OHc. 1nSll hIlOW lOG more VINO
would do thing if they had to, but would
never decide if it was left to their own judg-
ment'
Mr.. Irish explained that the teachers
could form such an association of those
who wished voluntarily to join it. But
they would have to elect their own off
GERS. One fatal defect in the plan, he said,
was that it made county officers, who are
elected by the people to discharge certain
duties public in their nature, custodians of
the funds of an organization of which only
teachers reaped the benefit. And of these
teachers only those who choose were to be
affected.
"Why, look at its effect" he urged. "If
men or women refuse to submit to this
compulsory law to surrender portion of
their wages, they are refused permission to
teach. This is practically an outlawry of
those whose independence would make
them revolt at submitting to demand to
stand and deliver. The ultimate effect of
such law would be to degrade the profess
sion. 1t would make the sole qualification
of teacher willingness to join mutual
insurance company and not fitness for the
position. Why, they might as well ask for
a law that all teachers should be four feet
seven inches tall and have red hair"