El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-06-09
GRACE. MERCY AND PEACE.
Miss Thornton and Miss Sexton swap
Places aud All is Serene.

The ..bloudy cnasm'' III the board of
educa ion Was briuged last evening,
the Ratchet was hid, the pipe Of piping
ueacs was prlmeu, The angel OF fequleo-
cent peace spread her soothing wings
over the face of The troubled waters;
and although, when the poard ad1Ouru-
ed. the component parts Thereof did
NOT exactly cast themselves on each
others necks 10 weep with tears OF Joy,
the starcu OF seven Washes out OF edcn
others snlrt colIars-si1ll, there was
much IN evidence the aroma OF Inc OIL
of giadnesS, the oil t4aI hOWeo down
over Aarun's beard even to the hem OF
his cassUck, as a pleasing token OF tne
Jeauty OF dwelling trge her IN loving
brotherhood, or words to that elect.
Tue bOaracic acid that made THIS oil
and water mix, and brought hght
Lr1umpuantiy out of sable darkness,
was tue transfer of Miss Sexton to the
orincipalsnip of The Franklin school
and Miss Thornton to be assistant
teacher IN the high schCOl.
AS the b. ard gathered last evening
n solemn session, there gathered also
d mum DER Of prominent clt.zens-llke-
wise considerable gloom a, there were
prospects OF more or less striIe. A
full board was present. MIR. roster
cal ed attention to little error In thu
II
salary $40 and he moved tnat her pay
ne placed back where 1t was the pre-
vious wear, or S12O. MIR. Martin Offer
eu as an amendment tnat Miss Jones
be al owed that same Ia Sc over last
YEAR, or the same raise as the other
Cwo kindergarten teachers received
over the previous year. This would
uakeIt S745. Mr.. Martins amend
ment prev allied
Judge BIacker called for Captain
Brack's OPINION on the construction OF
the rule that had caused SO much
vruub e. Judge Harper stated he had
called on Capt. Brack who SAID he had
no5 had any opportunity. DR.. Race
then stated he had also called on The
captain who replied II DO not desire,
nor have l the tune to pass on any
que stion for the benefit OF the school
90 ard." AT this wave of satisfaction
seemed to pass over the commentaries
| present ON leaning That the Captain
was so loaded Gown with lucr at1ve
| business that he really had no time &c
| answer ordinary Questions.
| Judge Blacker, at THIS moment woke
| no from d contemplaGlve state, II
casually observe, Il move that we
ADJOURN
| Ihis move was blocked by Mr.. Mar
tin. who said he desi, Ell TO presen,
some documents which his clerk would
bring. He had Meeting last May
| with Judge Blacker aoOat Miss Thorn
ton, and wrote her a noe advising hel
70 patch up differences with SupJ Put
Imam. This she did to the superinuend
ent's satisfaction. Mr.. Martin ther
said the Judge aud himself had agreed
TO recommend her. However, Jud e
IBtacker had failed to carry out hi
part of the agreement though why
Mr. Martin dlu not know. Mr.. MartlI
lappeared to be prlmtd with cod, solid
| horthaud facts, for his clerk had JUS
showed up with formidable LOOKING
book, ana Judge Blacker appeared IL
consequence to be just tribe nervous
The motion to adjourn was put, and
Host. 1 TO 1, Messrs. Shelton, Harper
foster aud Martin voting no: ait
Messrs. Race, Biacker, Magoffiu aut
Pew voting yes. The chair declared
the motion lost.
| Mr.. Martin moved that the question
lrelative to the principa ship of thu
Franklin school be eopened, and Judg'
Blacker awoke from his commemorative
state to second the motion.
| Judge Harper said that the chat
was right in declaring there had beeI
no election, and the thing to do was u
order another ballot
| Mr.. Foster ated that in his judg
ment, the question was a grave one, a
to whether there was an election o.
not. The board has the full power t
construe the matter: and the question
whether five votes can elect teache
has received such construction in tn
past as to acquire weight as prece
dent. Section seven says "a maJorlt,
of the member of the board Now i
this means ''of those present" it is {
serious question whether the board ha
not acted. [ am willing 10 have thi:
matter settled while there is full
! board present