The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15
DEGNAN AFTER DAILY
Two More designations
From the Board Of Edu-
cation Threatened.
COMPLAINTS OF CLIQUE RULE
Mr.. Degnan's Appointments Insult
ingIy Turned Down CowIes
and Muller Angry.

Thomas D, Degnan, member OF the
Board of Education for the Fifth ward.
placed. his resignation in Mayor Hoos
hands this morning. 1t is to take effect
January 20. Mayor Hoos accepted II. Al
the same time His Honor accepted the
resignation OF David r. Daily, whose re-
tirement from the Board was told IN yes
terday's Jersey City News"
1t is not improbable hat the Mayor VIII
receive several more designations before
.he week has passed. Director CoWles
will doubtless resign and so will Director
Muller. The gentlemen assert that to re-
mani in the oBard they would be com
PEELED to sacrifice their manhood. To that
they are opposed, and they have informed
Mayor He6s so with considerable en-
phasis.
The plain truth of Director Days re-
tirement is that he was ignored on COM
mittees and was forced to retire from the
management of schools over which he had
previously had supervision.
His resignation was expected months
ago, but he remained until his colleagues
put the screws on too tight. That is the
explanation he has given his friends eny-
way.
In the case of Director Degnan, an APP
pointment is involved. Mr.. Degnan is a
Democrat and in. many Instances has
voted with his colleagues. There were
other when he did not.
He was in charge of School No. u and
by reason of being chairman of the COM
mittee of that school was. he claims, by
courtesy, entitled to make appointments
to. departments wherein oc-
Cured. There was a vacancy last week
and the Director proceeded to make a
nomination. His choice was Miss FLOR
ence Riley, who, he says, was thoroughly
competent and entitled to the position.
So far as he knew, previous to last Thurs
day evenings meeting, there was no OBJ
lection to his naming the teacher to I'LL
the vacancy. He caused to be prepared
the necessary resolution appointing Miss
Riley.
The resolution in which which was en-
bodied his recommendation, was submit
ted. to the Committee of No. 10 School, and
was approved by it and signed by al the
member save Director Mooney. Having
4 majority of the committee, Director
Degnan did not ask Director Mooney his
reason for not approving the appointment
of Miss Riley.
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Degnan resolution was presented. Ihe
next instant a second one made It's ap-
pearance, naming Miss Kate Rafter for
the place.
To Mr.. Degnan's astonishment his reso-
| luton was voted down by his Democratic
colleagues. His establishment was so
| great that he failed to enter a protest. Be
fore he had fully recovered from his sur
| prise the Rafter resolution had been
passed and he was beaten.
After the meeting, hot words were ex-
changed, and Mr.. Degnan announced that
he did not propose submitting to such
| treatment. The subject was dropped and
the Directors separated.
Mayor Hoos was astonished when the
Directors resignation reached him. He
| declined to discuss the situation further
than to say that he regretted that there
was friction in the Board.
Who will succeed Director Degnan is
not known. 1t is pretty fully established
that Abraham Post will succeed Direc-
tor DAILY. .
Il nave been and am a Democrat" said
Director Degnan. and | consider that I
nave been unfairly treated. If my col
leagues had acted toward me as they
should, I would not complain. Had they
come to me and told me that they de-
| sired the place for Miss Rafter I would
not have complained. / would have given
way to the majority, of course.
What / object to is the humiliation
of having made a recommendation n open
meeting and then being beaten by my
colleagues
Director Muller also has grievances and
declares that he has been unfairly treat
ed. He has been ignored in many things,
ed at any time. Director Cowles does not
like the way things have been gong. He,
of course, has had little or no voice in
the affairs of the Board. He is tired of
Hoos is looking about for new men to
| fill the vacancies.