The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-30
BOUNCING OF THE OLD BOARD.
COUNCIL COMES IN sSoR CONsIDERA-
BILE CONDEMNATION.


An Indignation Meeting Held by 300
Citizens mt the site Of the ola Ar
tcsian We'll and Resolutions Pass
ed Calling On Council TO ResciHd
lis Action and Rcfnstate the old
Observation-Disclosures OF the old and
New, EodtcS Hold Meetings.
Atlanta. GA. Nav 2o-The action OF the
cits council vsstardl,- afternoon I'm abol-
teg.pg tse hoard or education for tho pur-
pose of getting rid of the gentlemen who
have couo0s,d il for years past was. If
passib.o more of sensation to-day than
ii was Yesterday.
The ola members who were expelled
vi.r1ift rotieo a4 .ye1 as the Dublic
v.r. rop-uli,ssad at the announcement
YESTERDAY afternoon. They had TO sleep
over Az. ,rrair X, REGAIN tbeir. senses so 10
sneak and come TO a FUN realization of
the situation
N-otl,fre o1ea has haan talked about TO-
dax, Tba MAYOR and councilman who took
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.
StciN manu- No oi'e 9e1ii'9 ~ "PPi''N -
their course, and tonight mass meeting
20 eSnrees the INDIGNATION of the citizens
laGJ
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hoth the o4u pO"iu Oh e"ula ''oN anu '''e
newly elected members held meetings To-
day
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'' 'iU Do'i" 70 ~ 80
school puhu-ns anu al'ei HNeiS niee0''i9
decided that the most dignihed thing to
do under the circumstances was to do
,+tiro Nfor,bers Of tho old hoard how
--l,-.. s....-o-1,,,,- ttotu
ever maue sPee0iiS9 NtiS99i'5 '"0i'
views Of the mayor and council In no I'M
certain language. The abolition of the
- .ri+,o,,+ O ,,fn,r+a,s notice Of such
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an intention was uenouH0e" "S 'He iiO9'
high-handed outrage that has been perpe-
trated in the municipal government
c. 80 Tho ,oer,bers ugara IN favor of
- 80. -. -.
passing IesOiu'iOi'S 0''iiiie NP0'i ~ 'O0--
Gil to reconsider the action, ana others
wanted to incorporate in the resolutions a
a.r.,,,5 that - tho co,pcu ,yas daterrnin-
-. -, 80,
ca 10 IeuuCe the Sic VI the ooaiu u euu-
cation that the members TO compose
the new board should be chosen from
among the old members, as they are the
most representative set of citizens COM
posing any of the municipal bodies. 1t
was urged that the mayor and council had
wflfuUy insulted this distinguished body
which they were ousted from office, and
that the least that could now be done was
10 renig on the names selected for the new
board and place old members in their
stead. "A majority Of the members, how
ever took the position that since the
council had administered the insult 1t
would be undgniied in them to make any
sort of request or recommendation to that
body, and the proposition to pass reso-
luton Of this kind was accordingly lost.
The members take the action of the
council as a political move and on that
account are more severe in their denun-
cation than they possibly would be other
wise. They say the department of edu-
cation is to be dragged into the mire of
municipal politics, and that the reduction
of the size of the board of education and
the ousung of the men VINO have built up
the school system 80 its present stand
ard, most of them serving since the sys-
TEN was inaugurated, is for the purpose
of controlling this department. A COM
bination Of five men can be formed in
the new board, they say and through
them a vast amount of political indu-
ence in the interest of ring methods and
candidates. 1t would have been impos,
sible to make combination for politi-
cal purposes in the old body of ninet cen
men none of whom have ever made poll
tics their business or pastime But under
the new plan il is said that things are
to be worked differently. 1t is not prob
able however. that any of the gentlemen
who were elected at the meeting of coun.
ell Yesterday to compose the new hoard
will accept the position rendered them.
The public indignation over the secret and
high-handed expulsion OF the old board
has caused them to hesitate and accord
fnglv at the meeting which was calleo
nv Mavor Collier TO be held IN his Office
to-day to organize the new board. instead
of going into thar work the new Nom.
bers concluded that it would be best for
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pleasure Of naming another SCI If Nom