The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-09
WAS A SCENE OF CONFUSION
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Continued from First Page.) board of education. I didn't made tn, book. It is your report
 MT. Chase had now returned to tht
 room and called upon MT. Carroll tc stop talking. He said that he didnr want to hear any more
 Chairman Staub--'I would like tt
 hear MT. Carroll say all he can on the subject"
 MT. Chase-"Oh, for -'' MT. Carroll-"Do you mean to say that I manufactured those books? MT. Chase rose to his feet and shout Do you understand? ?'
 MT Carroll--"1 will say what I have found out about this, if not here, ther through the public press"
 Councilman Greenfield of the com. mittee-"I would like to hear MT. Car roll" Applause and cheers from the citizens in the audience).
 MT Carroll submitted the board of education report for 1896 to MT. Green field, and that gentleman after looking at the page indicated by MT. Carroll said that he found there given the amount stated by MT. Carroll, Mr Moran stated that the amount includ- ed borrowed money and all.
 Interruptions then flew so thick and fast that Mr. Carroll was unable to go on, and sat down remarking that some members of the committee had no man. ners at least.
 MT. Carroll having been compelled to e,,A. | la, 4 as a citizen took the floor. He said that before coming to the meeting he had talked with citizen who paid taxes on about s15000 worth of property and that the gentleman he referred to was totally opposed to the system of supervisors Speaking for himself, MT. Rowland said that his daughter at- tended the cooking class in school and that she could learn as well at home what she learned there. He said that one day she learned to cook oatmeal, another day she was taught to cook scalloped oysters. How many poor families" said MT. Howland ''can af- ford that? They can afford a piece of corned beef and cabbage. The time spent in going to and from Strong school for cooking lessons could be bet ter used My girls take sewing lessons in school and come home with little pieces of cloth six inches square from which they are taught to pick out thread, fancy sewing. I would rather buy their handkerchiefs than to have them spend their time learning such work in school Music and mechanical drawing I believe should be taught" In answer to a question by MT. Dewell he said that he did not think that wa ter color work, paleontology, geology and zoology should be taught in the grammar school.
 MT Dewell-"I congra tulate you that you are the only citizen who has ap- peared here to speak against these things without being unnecessarily in- terrupted so persistently that the points of thein arguments were lost. That is not true of individuals but of the com mittee as whole. I will leave it to the larger committee if it isn't so"
 John B. Foley, who has been present to remark: q agree with Mr. Dew ell If you don't hear the public now you may have to later" Applause from citizens1.
 Councilman Conlin of the committee -'I have not interrupted anyone.'
 Mir. Foley--"When you assented to objections and interruptions you sane toned them.'
 MT. Dewell-"You were not here two of three evenings MT. Conlin. Some members tried then their best not to have gentlemen heard properly
 Chairman Staub at this point decar- ed the meeting adjourned to next Tues day night.
 At the opening of the hearing last night the only member of the board of education present was MT. flasher MT. Moran and Superintendent Kendall be- ing absent George l.. Fox appeared and said that he desired to make some statements which he wanted MT. Moran and MT Kendall to hear, as some of the statements would be criticisms. At this juncture MT. Moran entered the room, but Mir Fox said MT. Kendall was the man he wanted. He had pre- pared some questions which he desired to put to MT Kendall. The committee decided to hear MT Fox next Tuesday night.
 The fist citizen to appear to be heard was ex-Judge Joseph Sheldon. Judge Sheldon said that he had been for some time a taxpayer and was greatly inter- eeted that the money all pay be spent to the best advantage As for super visors he thought it very certain that some persons were better adapted to