The San Francisco call., 1898-04-28
Refers to Alexander Tru- man as a FalSifier and
 a Bla ckguard.
Vents His Spleen Over the Dis closures Made in the Lun-
 Der Deal.
TWO TEACHERS DROPPED.
Formal Offer Made by the Board ot Education to Assist the Grand
 Jury in Its York.

Under the guise of introducing a reso- luton in the interest of reform in the School Department. School Director Gal lagher vented his spleen yesterday against Alexander Truman, one of the meroho"S of the Grand Jury who have been active in bringing to the attention of the puoic the scandals connected with the purchase of lumber for the department.
 He waited until the regular business of the Board Of Education had been com: pleted Then he rose, and with the full might of his voice delivered himself as follows
 "I hear that a great deal of responst- bility is being thrown on the shoulders of the finance committee for the alleged frauds that have been perpetrated in con- nection with the purchase of lumber for this department. While I don't. deny any responsibility for any of my acts, l feel that the finance committee, of which l am chairman, performs its duty in a com pulsory manner. The custom has been such in the past that the committee has no discretion in the matter of passing upon bills presented to it for approval, though the rules give the comm4ttee a power which 1t does not exercise. In or der to remedy this I offer the following resolution" He read the resolution, which Is as follows:
 Resolved, That the finance committee be in creased to five members.
 That committee shall incur any expense against the department except on a requisl- tion duly signed, as provided for in the rules of the Board of Education, and all reQuisi- tions calling for an expenditure of $50 or more shall be first submitted to and receive the ap- proval of the chairman of the finance com mittee.
 That under the rules of the Board of Edu- cation the finance committee shall adopt such regulations as 1t may deem necessary for the economical disbursement of the school funds, and money shall be expended or work per formed except in accordance with such regu-
 That the finance committee shall exercise general supervision over the books and ac- counts or the department and see that the saIne are kept in d businesslike manner, and for this purpose they may adopt such measures aS they may deem necessary.
 Speaking ostensibly for athe adoption of the resolution, he continued:
 We may be morally but we are not legally responsible for these matters. l don't believe the charges are true, be- cause they are made by one of the rank est blaokguards in this city, because they are made by d member Of the Grand Jury who has reSorted to the dirtiest, lowest and most contemptible methods l know that on several occasions he has lied about members of the board relative to things they have done l feel safe in saying that the things he is causing to be publishd in the papers are without truth. This man is known to be blackguard, not by myself alone, but by others. It is a matter of common report that he is not fit to come here and investigate matters that require more than ordinary skill. He forced the board of examiners of this department to do things that many men would call dishonest As a member of the Grand Jury, he should first have brought these things to the attention of the Grand Jury
 The resolution was adopted without further debate, and Directors Carew and Derham were added to the finance com mittee. which had heretofore consisted of Directors Gallagher, Waller and Ham mond.
 Previous to this the lumber scandal had raised its head during the session by the Introduction of the following resolution by President Harrington:
 Whereas the attention of this board has discrepancy exists between the amount of luIn- Der furnished and amount consumed by this department; therefore be it
 Resolved That the Board of Education by every means in its power assist the Grand Jury of this city and county in fixing the responsibility, if any, where IL properly be- longs.
 It was adopted unanimously and with out comment
 Daniel Sherrin b& Sons were awarded the contract for fepairing the Girls High School, corner Geary and Scott streets, oil their bid of Sl600 The only other bid was that of Anderson Bros. for $l741.
 A communication was read from the Rae Building and Contracting Company in which the company informed the board that 1t had assigned its contract for the
 
 to James F. Logan, in accordance with the wishes of the company's creditors. The board agreed to approve the assign ment providing the assignee filed bond for s16O GOO.
 H. T. Damn who was consolidated out as a teacher of the Hamilton evening school. was restored to his class, the at tendance in the high school class having been maintained over the average re- quired for one month.
 A new class was formed in the Spring Valley evening school, and Miss Kyne was assigned to the new class.
 Mir Hendry and MT. Drew were elected special teachers in mechanical drawing and assigned to the classes they are now teaching in the business evening school.
 The City Board of Examination recom- mended that M. L. Choynski be granted a grammar grade certificate upon his diploma of graduation from the Univer- sity of California and recommendation by the faculty, and that the high school cer- tificate of Miss Hattie E. Whirlow and primary grade certificates of Mrs. Kate Turney and Miss l.. K. Armstrong be re- newed.
 Kate c. O'Brien of the Bedding school was granted leave of absence from May
 The committee on qualifications recon mended that the following named be elected regular teachers in the depart ment: Miss A. O'Brien,. Lincoln Gram mar School: Miss s. Simon, Sheridan School; Miss l.. F. Simon, Hawthorne School; Miss A. E. Crowley. John Swett ENenlnR SCHOOL, NllSS NldISdIel Mag ulrc Richmond Evening School: Miss B. L. Gambitz, Emerson Primary School; Miss Agnes ". Thompson, Irving Primary School The report was adopted:
 Miss Julia Miles was transferred from the day-school substitute class and as- signed to the class in the Irving Scott School made vacant by the marriage of Miss l.. NJ. Blake.
 Miss s. Strauss of the Lincoln Grammar School was transferred to the class in the Hamilton Grammar School made vacant by the marriage of Miss E.. J. Arnold, the same to take effect August 1 1898.
 Miss Rose McKeon of the day-school substitute class was assigned to a class in the Irving Primary School.
 On the recommendation of the commit tee on rules il was decided to suspend Miss Jean A. Dwyer from the Irving School. pending the investigation of charges of insubordination made against her, and to drop the name of Miss Laura M. Blake from the rolls of the depart ment because she had married in violation of the rules of the board.