The San Francisco call., 1899-12-21
KEMP AND HIS
HENCHMEN HAVE
ANOTHER GAME
Substitutes to Be Put
on Regular List.
ENOUGH VOTES ARE CLAIMED
Plan TO Create Regular Teachers
Abandoned, but by General Pro-
motions Room Will Be
Made for Many More.
ENOUGH VOTES ARE CLAIMED

School Director William A. Kemp has
not given up hope or filling the School De-
partment chock full OF new teachers. AL
though his latest schemes TO that end
have failed he has proved himself equal
to the occasion and evolved another
which. he confidently claims. will go
through with seven votes at the next
meeting OF the Board OF Education
The plan OF Kemp this time is not to
make new substitutes nor 10 increase the
unassigned list. On the contrary he in
tends. with the votes he claims to make
each duly elected teacher OF the twenty
five now on the substitute list regular ped
agogues IN the department.
In this plan Conlon and Cole are with
him and so also. he alleges is Dr. Gedge
the contracting agent OF the department
Armstrong is a doubtful quantity, but
Kemp is figuring upon his vote and says
If he does not get IT there will be some
thing doing In the way of charges that
will make the Armstrong hair stand on
end.
Two meetings ago Kemp offered to the
board resolution doing away with sec
tions l65 10 log of the rules. If his motion
had been adopted II would have resulted
In the unloading upon the department of
two teachers each for every member of
the solid seven. AS IL was fixed before
that meeting there was nothing to threat
en- the success OF the Job, but after he
meeting was called to order President
Bergerot. who had previously agreed 10
stand in, attempted to make a grand
stand play to the Mayor and his fellow
members by exposing the whole PROPOSE
ton and refusing to vote as he had prom
ised, AS a consequence Mr.. Kemp's
teachers were not appointed.
Bergerots play was good one from q
politicians standpoint. but as president of
the board he overlooked one important
parliamentary point He declared Kemp
resolution out OF order when. in fact, il
was regularly introduced and entitled to
regular consideration At the last meet
ing Director Head called the motion up
in order TO defeat IL. Kemp demurred with
the claim that the motion should not be
again called up until he saw fit. Bergerot
got of wrong again by declaring the mo-
ton out of order Notwithstanding that
Head, not Kemp, the mover, had called II
up. and as a consequence Kemp and his
hackers claim the resolution is still a,ive
before the board
However, they will not insist upon its
consideration Instead. at the next meet
ing. Kemp will ask permission 10 with
draw IL and will offer instead a motion "a
make all of the teachers now on the sub-
stitute list regular teachers in the de-
partment at regular teachers salaries
HIS motion Will not meet with such dis
favor as lid his original resolution for the
reason that all OF the substitutes now In
the department are employed in hlling the
positions OF regular teachers who are off
on leaves of absence and in such capacity
are really doing regular teachers work
owing 10 the gradual cleanup which SUI
perintendent Webster has been making
there is now no room in the department
Tor twenty-six new teachers, either regll-
lar or on the substitute list. Ii was Web
ster's Intention to hold the appointment
of them ever until the charter board
should come into office. but Kemp and his
crowd got hold of the matter and are re
solved 70 appoint the twenty-six them
selves II they can get the votes TO do II.
and IL is this game they will try 10 work
ana anrougn t at the next meeting of the board;