The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-08
BOARD OF CONTROL
COMMITTEES NAMED
Announced Last Night by Mr.. Francois,
the New President
SMALL SLICE TO THE REPUBLICANS
Mr.. schrieter end Captain May Get
the Building and Finance Commits
tee Chairmanships. Respectively.
Messrs. Jennings, Langan, Casey
and Davis Are Given che Other Good
Appointments--special Committee
for school Board Litigation--Mr.
Gibbons Makes "a Denial.

President Francois succeeded last
night in appointing the standing COM
mittees of the board of control for the
fiscal year of 1898. All the members
were present and at no time was there
any indication of a division or of an
absence of a quorum. The latter cir
cumstance terminated the regular
meeting of two weeks ago, when the
committees should have been named.
The appointments of President Fran
co.'s were as follows:
High and Training School Committee
T. j. Jennings, chairman; Anthony Walsh,
f. S. Barker, Il. J. Leonard, Peter Neuls.
Teachers Committee--P. j. Dangan,
chairman; II. j. o Malley, John Gibbons
Dennis ] Roche John NJ Casey, b. I.
Jayne, Elias Il. Evans.
Building Commlttee--O p. Schreifer,
chairman; Charles +. Zeidler Anthony
Walsh, Dennis J. Roche, John Gibbons,
George IL Shres, B. NJ. Davis.
Finance Committee-W A. May, chair
man; r. J. Jennings, b. NJ. Davis, John
Gibbons D. /. Phillips.
Supply Committee-John NJ. Casey,
chairman; II. ]. O'Malley, r. ]. Leonard,
Charles +. Zeidler, Jacob Schaefer, Geo.
II. Shires, b. M. Davis
Text Book Committee-B. NJ. Davis,
Il. d. jennings, aHlHOHy
Walsh d. /. Phillips, Jacob Schaefer.
Insurance Committee-Dennis J. Roche,
chairman; Peter Neuls, w. A. May, f. j.
Leonard, Elias E. Evans.
Rules-Chares +. Zeidler, chairman; p.
]. Langan, B. 7. Jayne.
Auditing-H. ]. OMaley, chairman; T.
S. Barker, Louis Schwass.
President Francois was asked by a
Tribune reporter If any change had
| been made in the makeup of the ap-
pointments since the night the quorum
disappeared and for the reason that
the committees had not been arranged
to suit the Democratic majority. mo
change whatever was made" said
President Francois, "in the first five
| committees named. There were, how
ever, two changes in the last four. The
changes were minor and were not sug-
gested by anything which occurred at
the last meeting"
OF the nine chairmanships only two
are bestowed upon Republicans. Both
are on important committees. One is
the building committee, which is given
to o. Il. Schreifer, of the Sixteenth
ward, who was TO have been Mr.. Fran
co.'s opponent for the presidency. To
Captain w. A. May, of the Ninth ward,
is bestowed the signal honor of the
finance committee craftsmanship. This
committee has duties similar to those
of the joint estimates committee of
councils with the difference that the
board of control committee recon-
mends the appropriation of nearly $780,
600 more.
PLUMS FOR DEMOCRATS.
The important committees of which
Democrats are made chairmen are con-
sidered by the members relatively i'm
portant as follows: Supply committee,
Mr.. Casey; text books, Mr.. Davis;
teachers, Mr.. Langan; high and train
ing school, Mr.. Jennings. From an edu-
cational standpoint, however, the two
latter committees are the most import
ant.
When President Francois announced
that he was about to name the COM
mittees, he was interrupted by Mr.
Gibbons, who asked the privilege of
denying the truth of the report pub
lished in The Republican concerning
| the last meeting and which intimated
that he was concerned in breaking the
quorum.
The pay roll Of teachers and substi-
tutes up to March 8 was approved
| City Treasurer Boland submitted the
following statement of the schoo
| funds for February: