Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-16
KEEP SCHOOLS OPEN.
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pond. He then argued that u was VI.
duty OF the Board to ascertain VIVA. -
people want and to then do their pe"
and he said he felt confident that INC
great masses desired that the appropiia
ton be made. He then moved that MI
J. C.. Dickerson, yice-president OF the
School Board, be granted the privilege -
the floor.
Mr.. Dickerson was invited TO soeah.
and accepted the invitation. n matte
of an appropriation to schools, ne saiu,
was an old one. 1t had been the custoin
for the Finance Committee 10 cut uowh
appropriations with the unoers.ahuine
that the departments should do the pest
with the funds apportioned them ana
then IL they needed more at the SHANK
end of the year they could come back ana
get It; and, continued he, the ochooi
Board had more thar once come BACK
and gotten more. Mr.. Dickerson sald
that in August 1895, the School Board
asked for $4,000 additional. but mad never
heard from that request. In 1897 the poaru
asked for $12.0 900, and on the "a oay ol
January of this year had begun It's scnooi
session. thinking, Of course, mat the
S112. 900 would be forthcoming. -FOUR
months later the appropriation had come
from the School Board, and SlZ,WV hau
been Topped off Of 1t. The School Boaru'
he said, could not get along with less thah
the sos, 900 unless 1t cut the pay OK the
teachers or closed the schools. pr
Dickerson grew imprisoned when he re-
ferred to the teachers. ''Cut their payY'
he asked. I'D rather close the schools
for a whole session than to do this, Tor
II there are in the city's employ a more
earnest corps than our teachers L don't
know of them" Mr.. Dickerson explained
that the amount now on hand was suffl-
cient TO carry the schools until December
18th. and that 1t would take 5000 more
to run them until December I'D.
SPEAKS FOR THE JUNIORS.
Mr.. e. w. Minor. of the Junior order
of United American Mechanics. was next
introduced to the Board, and made a
strong speech in advocacy of the reso-
luton. He thought that a failure to
keep open the schools would prove an
injury to the city, from which 1t would
not recover In years. He said that the
people wanted their children educated,
and deprecated the throwing of stumbling
blocks in their way. He extended
I'm the name of the order which he rep
resents an earnest petition that the
resolution should be adopted.
Mr.. Carter next arose, and after pay
ing his respects to an afternoon paper,
which, he said, had ridiculed him Tor
the stand he had taken on the school
question at the last meeting, he plunged
into a discussion of the question at
issue, and contended that under the
State law the School Board is umpire,
and the Council cannot refuse TO grant
their request for an additional approprla-
ton. Referring to Mr.. Aliens state"
ment that the Board was pledged 10
live within its income, Mr.. Garter SAID
he had never made any such pledge 10
any one. He reserved the right to vote
for anything that the people wanted.
The people wanted this appropriation
made, and he made an earnest appeal
in behalf {. the resolution.
OBLIGED TO OPPOSE IT.
Mr.. zimmerman said that as a mem
Der of the Finance Committee he felt
pledged to vote against the appropria-
ton. He was sorry, but such he felt to
be his duty.
Major Cutchins said, though not a mem
Der of the Finance Committee. he was
very much in the position occupied by
Mr.. zimmerman. He had never signed
any pledge, but was elected to the Board
with the distinct understanding that he
should not let the appropriations exceed
the current revenues. He asked Mr..
Hardwicke, the chairman of the Finance
Committee, to say whether the appro-
%priation asked for could be made out Of
| the current revenues, and Mr.. Hardwicke
replied thai he could not say the
current revenues would be until after
the close of the year.
Mr., Noble spoke in behalf Of the reso-
luton, setting forth the advantages of a
free school education.
Mr.. Vaughan said he had come to the
meeting with the intention Of voting
against the appropriation, but after
having heard the appeal of the School
Board he had determined to vote for
the Appropriation.
Major Cutchins said he felt that he
owed 1t to himself TO make another ex-
PLANTATION. He said hat If the resolu-
ton was amended so as to appropriate
enough to run the schools until the
Christmas holidays, and let the teach
ers take holiday at their W expense,
he would vote for it.
Mr.. Montgomery offered the amend
ment suggested, and it was lost.
The original resolution was then voted
on, and was adopted by a vote Of II to
5, twelve votes being necessary TO It's
adoption. The recorded vote was an
follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Bahen, Brock, Burton,
Carter. King, Moore, Lawder, Noble,
Smith, Snead, Vaughan, and Turpin-R.
Noes-Messrs. Allen, Cutchins. Hard
wicke, Montgomery, and Zimmermann-
5.
TRAIN TO RUN THROUGH.
The ordinance from the Street Com
mittee, providing for the removal or
watchmen and hagmen along the Rich
mond. Fredericksburg and Potomac and
Richmond and Petersburg connection
track. was taken up. Mr.. Carter OPP
posed IL, saying that IL was merely an
effort TO run the 4:l0 A. NJ. north-bound
train through the city again, 10 the dis
comfort Of his constituents. Mr.. Zim-
favored the ordinance, n
asked hat it be passed. Mr.. Bahen
made a speech, saying that the ques-
ton had been made a political one by
the "heelers and wire-pullers OF Clay
Ward" and this brought Mr.. Carter TO
his feet, in defence of his constituency.
Mr.. r. L. Traylor, chairman OF the
Committee on Inland Trade or the
Chamber OF Commerce, was invited to
address the Board on the question, and
he earnestly urged that the ordinance
be adopted. Mr.. Noble opposed the or
d~inance, and moved that 1t be recon-
mitted. This was lost, and the ordi-
nance was passed by a vote Of IA TO 2,
Messrs. Carter and Noble voting in the
negative.
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