The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-15
THEY MEET IN SECRET
Members Of the Beard Of Edu-
cation Now Satisfied
WITH WHITNEY EXAMINATION.
The Boarf Wants Its share Of Penalty
and Interest on Delinquent
Taxes.

e-rs % tzs board % edzEczfiaa ard Prose
cutting Attorney HASTE and ". II. White.
attorney fer the @cAoos board. VAS bell
Yesterday afternoon IN President Chureh-
IFS Office. in tire Burke bafi1fng. II WAS
= very different meeting frsSzn the one held
the Gay before yesterday. wkss Proeecnt-
tag Attorney Haste and Mr. Waite were
spoken Of As siothfai ia ths prosecution q
sx-S@eye1zry Waftrry- According 20 re
port. Dir. Haste ard Mr.. White mate
Few remarks. each sfatIne his position. AM
then the members 81 iAe hoard came . the
conclusion that they wsrs perfectly salts
ne1 with the Nay things were gofax-
Incidentally. i msy be said that the con-
fsrsGce zax made stIn more important by
the rxe>.acs for a brief ffrne OF the county
comm lssiorsrs. 10 talk over the situation
arising cat Of the supreme court decision
as TO penalty ard interest oa delinquent
taxes
TIE meeting was ~ for o'eicck
Promptly On time apreA res Directors
Thomas. Wells and CAili-arx. County Com
Enlssaoners Gssch and Heaton also dropped
II and took seats. Then W. a White. at
Eorney for fae sca0sl board. made bis ap-
psarance. and Douglas Young the expert
accountant. was there too. President
Churchill came 0nt OF his private Office.
and when he saw Posf-Intelligezcer re
porter present be smiled sw~esly and thea
made an Offset b. saying thar the confer
ence vas private. ard that the press could
not be present Fortune favored the re-
porter. however. for Director King came
in late. and in the meantime President
CA9rcaiA ass too bGsy 10 prevent a few
words with the county commissioners and
Attorney White. TIE latter Was firm tie
had nothing 30 say. buf the smile that went
over his face when he was asked AZ he anG
Prosecuting Attorney HASTE we're slos ia
pushing the Whitney case made the report
er thiGk Of the pertinent question: What
has White 10 do with the case when il is
in thu hands ~ che prosecuting attorney
az criminal matterr'
County Commissioner Easch got y far
q 20 say. "DA. we simply came down to
talk ever penalty and int when Press-
cert Churchill res pp<ares. The reporter
asked him IL he really meant that the press
should be excluded. He replied that as the
conference was OF a private nature he
would have 70 ask the reporter 10 with
draw. After the reporter was gone the mat
ter % penalty and Interest on delinquent
taxes WAS taken Up The county commits
Sio1ers are not anxious % pay over 10 the
scaool fund the money that should go there,
according 20 the recent decision Of the Ssl-
rrerne court. because Il viii make the gem
erai fund look as II IL rad been struck by
q blizzard. Then again. IL school district
Ne. gets this money. every other school
4&-AtELk III AAEr N8AElNs ETs4
will come in with similar just claims The
result 20 the general fund can be seen with
out extended figuring. Another matter OF
importance arising out OF the supreme court
decision is the increase work In sp2orti0r-
Ing penalty ard interest amounts on de-
linquent taxes % TIE different funds that
have claim There will be case after
case where the amount due the district vii
b rs3lculously small. Take. for instance.
the lots IN the outlying districts. where the
value Is low and the tax correspondent giy
small. TIE school district wiil get a
fraction OF cent. Personally. OF course,
tha matter makes no difference to the
county commissioners. BAT as they view
IL officially e does. The school board how
ever. wants the noSsy. ard the cCoaty
commits sicnsr< might talk a week. bat Il
would make 10 difference. After the mat
ter had been discussed yesterday. it could
not be said that there vas even an ap-
preach TO a conclusion
The commissioners went away, and then.
Il is said. there was a deep silence IN the
room. Finally. King OF Churchill. more
likely the former. said that the hoard had
expressed itself Thursday afternoon "a de-
sirous Of knowing what Was being done
about the Whitney matter.
Mr.. HASTE said. as be had told a Post
Intelligence reporter before he went &c
ths meeting. that he was doing ell that
could BE- done about whftney's case Talngs
around hts office we're busy, but he Was
proceeding with the case a. fast as possi.
he in \ conservative manner. The con.
tiauances in the justice court had beer
az thA request OF TIRE defense.
Attorney White = said 20 have rsa fSrues
the proposition that Is vel known among
his friends that be IL out Of the uroSecut.
ing business 50 far as his duties went
ne had reshine 20 do with criminal pros
eessffca o. Whttney
Another silence fetf o. the inmates 81
the room Mrs. Thomas voice than no
claimed something. he eject ot which
Nzz that she was perfectly satisfied with
tA~ explanations IL Is said that Dlrc-cfa-
Wells towed solemn aSsezt. ant Their
Director Chilberg smiled sHi bowed his
/ head TOO
King blertss eat 81 a. apparently as-un
manner that he was GLAD they were salts
fed as az the meeting Thursday afteraaos
they had expressed dissatisfaction. Fgs
Nar-ad tsst a. THE condition % ths cas-.
vsS known sthere Would not D. a raeetsaa
every other day to inquire iaro the mat
te-
Attorney IsoawoTth. who has charge o.
Nhltnsyss case y as asked Il hs kneR any
th{ar about q proposition having heer
.s~s. 80 settle ths ALLEGED shortage Of Mr.
vy-A,fs-av with tha sacit praerSta alf~~ - A
.ea~s should - ~ criminal r,rnsacutg1a
I us rer,liea BY askzr~ = any q ere schoo
directors hsd ever bal = proposition mad
- fheru Rffsrrfax 20 the meeting 90 las
/ Thar~aay. Il win ~ seen that there va
I r1tN.vr - = tanEfeie nature ~ which 2.
/ ea~a she bel.sE that whitney wanse3 Z.
square the case
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