The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-04
DECLARES FOR WAR
Continued From First Page.


tograph to be taken of the declarati n Of
! war
| President Mckinley and Secretary Day
| had theirs taken when they signed the
treaty with Spain, but that was a peace
| treaty, and no flash light was necessary
| In this case.
A stern expression was visible on every
one of the seven faces. They bespoke the
! declaration of war-or peace, as e. o..
| Zimmerman insisted 1t was-only by their
| expressions. The silence was depressing.
Even the soft football of an approach
| ing school ma am could be heard in the
soft carpet of the ante-room.
On the square. 1t was as still as the
grave. At last Inspector Corning spoke.
He said
q move that the pay rolls be sent back
to Mr.. McCardy-"
He did not say "the city comptroller
| The members listened with bated breath.
| This was the crucial moment. Mr.. Corn
| ing continued:
with a letter stating that this board
| has fixed schedule Of salaries. under
| which the hers have been working in
! good faith, a.. which this board finds it
! Impossible to change, and that they have
! had one payment already under the sched-
ule. or something like that"
SENT PAY ROLLS BACK.
!
! that something ought to be said In the
I document about the law prohibiting inter-
! ference by the council In the internal
| management of the schools.
But the other members were not yet
! infused with the necessary courage to
make it as strong as Interference by the
council" 1t was almost too sassy
| So when the secretary and one or two
| Of the members went out in the back
room to agree upon the words of this all
! important manifesto, it was modified until
| it read as above.
| And then they all signed 1t. First the
! president. and then Inspector Corning,
! and then Inspector Fry, and then Inspec-
! tor McNair. Then it went to the other
| side of the table. and down the line until
| the slight delay occas stoned by Mr.. E. O.
| Zimmerman reiterating his objection 10
| signing It as a declaration of war. In
spector Wallace signed it last, and the
manifesto was complete
1.-THE board stands adjourned" said the
! president. The strain relaxed, the inspec-
| tors sought the open air, and hurried
| home to their sUDpers.
| And in a cosy home on st. Anthony hill,
| Obvious to the fact that war had been
| declared. ]. J. McCardy sat toasting his
| shins before the open CRATE, little dream
| ing that while he sat, seven great minds
were a work on declaration of war, all
because he had sent them this unpoetical,
| and at stages almost prosy, billet douK:
MR.. MCARDY's LETTER.
I beg respectfully to return herewith
! the pay roll of the employees of your Le-
! partment for the month Of October 1899
! with the suggestion that it be corrected
according to the terms of the charter
and the ordinance adopted by the hon
! orable the common council
Your @iattent1ona is respectfully invited
/ to Ordinance 2G65. approved Aug f. ISs.S
/ nENtt fIfN9
| money for the support and maintenance
/ of the free public schools of the city OF
! st. Paul, in which the following lang VA "a
! occurs:
| There Is hereby appropriated and set
apart cut of the school T1aintenauce@fl
| of the city Of St.EPaul. Mfnn forestile
| lie schools. of said city during the enst-
mig year beginning OF the first day of
September. 1899, the sum of $420,GN or 80
much thereof as may be necessary to
be expended by the board of school in
spectors, follows: Not to exceed 1872. :
! 80 for the salary of teachers; not to ex
coed the sum of $4,000 for salary of Jam
itor and other, employees of the board:
not to exceed the sum of $50. $50 for fuel,
supplies and other purposes.
Inns t Is the re- same me amount as was ;p-
! Sept. !. 1899, which was similarly app1r-
| toned: In returning this pay roll your
attention is respectfully invited to the
fact that. should future pay rolls he
| presented for like sums monthly. It will
| exhaust the amount appropriated before
the close of the terms of the school year
| as provided by the charter and ordinance
/ above referred to- and is. therefore, con-
trary to the intention of the common
G9uneiI and the terms Of sfe the charter
shall extend from the first day of sep
TENDER to the first day of July
Your board has apparently determined
| to exercise the power of shortening the
term of the school year. The board can
not run into debt, and 1t cannot continue
the schools for the school year with the
monthly pro rata which the pay roll
calls for. viz: $50 far as the teachers
are concerned). $36, 1902. whereas the pro
rata of the amount allowed by the com
mon council would be s32.731 1t is not
claimed that the board has the power
| to exercise this right. 1t is nowhere
| specifically stated that they shall eXer-
| else such power; on the contrary %. 1881.
it Is stated that the board may execute
''all the powers vested by this act or
| by the general laws of the State-and no
| other powers"
The evident intention of the common
for the term and for the amount of
money thus voted, and the duty of the
board as defined page 2S9), if found in
| the following:
1.-THE aggregate amount of the reduc-
ton from the aggregate compensation to
be allowed and paid the school teachers
or other employees for the ensuing year
shall be apportioned among said teachers
and employees of the board of school in
spectors in such manner as they shall
| deem just and most conducive to the
public welfare. and the amount of com
pensation thus fixed shall be paid month
| ly."
1t would seem. therefore. to be the
| duty of the beard to adjust the pay roll
so that the amount paid monthly will
enable the board to continue the schools
for the term Of the school wear
| THE expenses of TIE public schools of
the city Of ST Paul shall rot in any
year exceed the amount appropriated and