The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-12
COMMON COUNCIL MEETING
ALDERMEN AND COUNCTLMEN IN
 SESSION LAST NIGHT.

Attempt to Get Itemtzcd Estimate. of
 th" Board of Education-Anthon tn ony
 carroips Charges Agsinst Director
 Troup- Special Meetings Thursday
 and Friday Nights.
 Both boards of the court of common council met last night and just before the sessions were called to order the democratic members of the two boards
 met and nominated ex-Aldernan John E. Doughan for enrolling officer. no oth-
 CT candidate being mentioned in the
 caucus MT. Doughan was unanimous ly elected by both the aldermen and councilmen.
 At the meeting Of the aldermen
 Chairman Cooley of the special commits
 tee on the estimates stated that the committee was not ready to report and desired to hold another public hearing before making it's report. He moved that when the board adjourn it be to Thursday night to receive and act upon the committee report. 1t was SO voted. The ordinance to provide for tho licens-s ing of street cars. reported upon favor ably by the committee on ordinances and tabled for printing at previous meeting, came up for action last night Messrs. Cooley and Atwater.i alderman ic members of the ordinance committee, requested that the proposed ordinance be recommitted to the committee, and it was so voted by vote of 12 to 6.
 Alderman c. F. Brennan took occa- < sion to state that the committee on,es- inmates had been somewhat confused by the estimates for the board of educa- tion submitted by the board of finance, He thought that the committee should be informed as to what the money rec commended for appropriation for the board of education was to be expended for. The committee had tried to get such information from the board of finance, but had failed. It was under stood that the controller was to appear at the last meeting of the committee and give the desired information, but he had not done so. MT. Brennan said: "The amount involved is SO large and
  ucation by the public is so strong that it is the duty of this board to bring out that information if possible move that our representative on the board of finance be requested to submit to the special comfniftee on estimates an iten1- ized list of the purposes for which the board of education is to have $377. .OOO for current expenses. This would guide the committee, and it seems to me that 1t should be forthcoming as matter of fairness"
 Alderman Corcoran seconded this mo- ton. Alderman Staub took the floor and said that he would like to set the taxpayers right concerning the board of education. He did not think that that board or the board of finance had put the estimates fairly before the pub- ic At this point Chairman Hogan called MT. Staub to order and said that he could not continue in the vein in which he was speaking unless he was given the privilege of the floor. Alder man Beecher moved that MT. Staub be given the privilege of the floor. Alder man Baldwin objected and said that what MT. Staub was about to say would more properly be heard by the special committee. MT. Staub in reply to this said that if his statement was made in executive session of the committee it would not come before the public as 1t should.
 MT. Beecher's motion prevailed and Mr. Staub resumed his remarks. He 'aid that $422,950 was appropriated for he board of education, according to the estimates submitted by the board of finance, and the public thought that was Ill the school board was to receive, but he public was deceived. In the silndry account was an item of $7,500 for text, ,ooks which should be added.
 There were also included in the sum Try account the following items which ppears to have been allotted 800 for printing, $29,2O0 for inter- st, $9,200 for school notes or bonds to ,e issued, making a total of $469,35S as he cost of the board of education for 900, s46,400 more than appears on the ace of the estimates submitted by the oard of finance. MT. Staub said: 1T ont think it right to submit that here nd fool the taxpayers. call it fool lg. We are not obliged to give any rec books in the high school. The leg stature has only required that free ooks be given in the grammar schools hen there is $11, 300 for office expenses. 5 there an office under the city gov rnment that uses that amount hallenge them to tell us how they use "
 Alderman Atwater also seconded MT. motion. He said that the ublic ought to be and must be in. )rmed as to how this money was to be oent by the board of education and ,me pressure should be brought to ear at once to have that board fur lsh not only to the committee but so to citizens an account of what ley wanted to spend that money for. Alderman Dove, member of the bard of finance and elected by the al- srmen as their representative on that bard, said that he wished to say some ling on behalf of his colleagues on the nance board He thought that the dermen should get some definite ans CT from the finance board before mak- g request of an individual member the board.
 Alderman Staub in reply to this call- the gentleman's attention to the fact lat the finance board had already been