The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-08
THE WRATH OF BUDD,
Editor Raymond Is in High
Disfayor at the
Capitol.
MAY LOSE HIS POSITION.
The Governor Deplores the Thou.
sands Spent in Revising
a Grammar.
FURTHER EXPENSE STOPPED.
Mr.. Raymond's Assistants Are Put in
Full Charge of the
Work.
FURTHER EXPENSE STOPPED.

III. Y. Raymond is not in good favor with
the State Board of Public Instruction and
the chief executive was made very evil
dent fact at the boards session to-day.
That he has but slight tenure on his office
| is also very evident and that the school
book editors easy chair may become
vacant 10 the near future seems not i'm
probable. To quote the exact words of
Governor Budd. the proposition is simply
this:
cit will be but short time until there
will be nothing to do, and do not intend.
If ! can help it, that the State shall pay
Raymond $3.50 month for doing nothing.
have something to say in this matter,
and 1 intend to say it. II Mr.. Raymond
does not do anything he won't get any
pay. AS president of the State Board of
Education 1 am called upon to sign the
warrant for the salary of the editor-in-
chief of the schoolbooks. AS a member
of the State Board of Examiners pass
upon his claim.
"The fund is about exhausted, and we
will have to look out for every cent ex-
pended on schoolbooks At the present
time we have a staff of editors drawing
large salaries and doing absolutely moth
ing. As far as l am concerned, l believe
that as the two women have done the work
on this grammar they should be retained
until the work is finished. would like
to see those ladies'"
When they appeared the Governor ques-
toned Miss Murphy, and she replied that
she and Mrs. George had furnished the
manuscript for the work, but that Mr.
Raymond had assisted them. They wrote
1t, lesson at time, frequently rewriting
lesson two or three times. They all
conferred together and passed upon the
work until it was satisfactory to all. The
Governor asked her when she thought the
work could be completed, along the line
of Professor Lange's corrections, and she
said in about two months.
Il would be willing to work all summer
on that book for nothing" Miss Murphy
said, because l take pride in it.
81 can understand that" the Governor
replied; land 1 would suggest that you
be allowed two months in which to COM
plete the work"
This wa. put in the form of motion
and carried.
The Governor then asked what work
there was for Mr.. Raymond to do. and
could be kept busy in looking after the
grammar when it went to the printer the
second time. Mr.. Raymond said that this
was so-Jhat he would have to follow the
grammar through the hands of the State
Printer. The Governor suggested that as
the two women had done all the work on
the book. in his opinion they were the
proper persons to look after it and read
the proof, if it were right that the editors
should read proof.
For my part" he said, 81 don't see
why the proofreader in the State Printing
Office would not be the proper person to
do the work, as he is under salary of
81 so per day for doing that kind of work.
And see no reason why Raymond should
be retained" he added. "There is nothing
to do"
Professor Kellogg moved to stop edit
torial work on the histories and arith-
metic, which motion was carried. The
Governor then suggested that Superin-
tendent Black be authorized to stop all
salaries of editors as soon as there was
nothing to do. Some one asked him what
his motion meant. cit means,' said the
Governor, that | do not propose, if l can
help it, that the State shall pay an editor
in-chief $3.50 q month for doing nothing.
Furthermore, l believe that all, or nearly
all, the work done on that grammar was
done by his two assistants Miss Anna C.
Murphy and Mrs. Mary c. George
The Governor said that he was sorry
that the history could not be got out,
but that it was evidently impossible He
referred to the advanced history. He be-
lieved that the appropriation was sufficient
to complete the primary history.
Secretary of State Brown presented
plan to the board, which he deems TO be
highly advantageous to the school children
OF the State, as far as the purchase OF text
books is concerned.
He stated that IN preparing data he
found that California pupils had paid at
least S12S,000 more for their books than
had been received by the State for their
issuance. This was the profits of the
middle men, and he proposed to remedy
this evil by expressing the books directly
to the counties for distribution. His sug-
gestion was received with favor, and was
referred to committee consisting of the
Secretary OF State, State Printer and
superintendent of Public Instruction.
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