Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1897-04-17
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one ~ Inc Tlrlrst Hgr cnItuT"l SECTIONS III
New MrNlc,, within few wears.
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Editions Iltirru.
IN" Democrat uf Yesterday morning
haa AN article under III" above caption
In which something i said a,"rut the IN
paid warrants ~ the santa fr school
board ani large cash balance In the
school trrasur. ~ our city, tialms and
counter claims ou behalf Of republican
aud Democratic -chSl hUatd4 ARE insde
Tor this condition of things that may or
may not b- correct. A. n nipInbrr ~ the
board ~ education ~ Albuquerque fH
the current year the writer hiu4 not sern
the slightest evidence III party" IN any
action OF this body since he entered II.
II may b. that politics dictated the
action Of preceding boards, prrhaps con.
trolls the school board of santa Fe. ~
this the writer must ple,i ignorance. For
the purpuae of this letter any reference 10
party politics IN our board II entirely for
eign aud beside the mark. What In de-
signed by this communication IL 10 show
how misleading n statement II fart can
be- made when it, object IL 10 make party
gain out Of II. The last sentence Of the
article In question reads thus:
"But Tor the sake Of rrfutins the charge
" the New Mexican. however. that the
republicans Of the Albuquerque school
board are entitled ~ the credit Of having
q cash balance Ia the treasury, We re-
mind II that two years ago the retiring
republican board left u legacy 10 the
present board Ia the shape Of u $500
over draft and that through the efforts
Of n democratic chairman Oi the tinance
c lmmittee aud a democratic chairman Of
the supply COMMITTEES this legacy has all
been wiped out and these officials will 20
out OF office leaving very nearly a cash
balance OF $s,OnO In the treasury"
In the first place the present
chairman NJ the committee on
supplies IL not democrat. lie Ia
a republican, II that has anything ~ do
with tire question. which ! do not believe
Il has. What the chairman Of either
committee has Ia do with All over draft
or the payment Of IL IL something beg Ond
my comprehension.
Il Is true there was, on May u, lS''j, an
oyerdrait against the bOard Of $5,S72;
but II In also true, aud the editorial omita
any mention Of II. that there WAS
credit balance on the books Ot the de-
iunet Albuquerque national hank
amounting 10 Ell .Gjs.U2. which includes
Interest. All al this money has been
paid into the school treasury since that
date,
One would think that no great Imam.
! cial skill were required on the part Ot
the chairman Of either the supply or
fnance conmittr" 10 pa ti,Nsl uut u
OIL .i5s O2 aud still have u neat balance
left.
While this it'll" Tact disI"ls any claim
FOR credit that either democrat ~ rrpub.
lican Of III. existing board might sci up.
Il gives no real information a. the public
~ 10 how we'll or how economically our
schools are managed,
! Il gH.a ~ show IA iar IA the items Ia
! question eutrr into III" calculation that
the present biari dil not pay tn ii,s73
over draft out III curfrut revenues but
that Il was paid Oul Ui a fund that MA
simply tied up" by III" bank failure
More than tht.. a considerable PORTION ~
Thu. money. after ~ - a,loSancc N
made for other items al outlay not char.
geable "a the present board, hut hande-i
down ~ "a legacy" goes to make up the
expected $s,tsD halauce ~ much bnasl.4i
OF. II our schOOl board hal been limite.i
~ the actual revenues Oi the current
two years 10 pay all the bills contracted
10 that time Il might be shown Ia la In
debt Some effort has been male 10 get
data Tor such computation but ~ lar IL
has been unavailing.
The only true method Tor determining
the economical management Of our
schools Il " get the cost OF educating
each child and then comparing Il with