The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-09
WAS A SCENE OF CONFUSION
THE HEARING BEFORE THE COM.
 MI1TEE ON SUPERVISORS.

Citizens Indulge in Some Plain Talk Concerning Persistent interruptions Anthony Carroll Subsided After a Protrnctcd Struggle Councilman Chase Left the Room .n Disgust--Next
 Hearing yViIi be Held Tuesday Night.
 Room 10 and Il City hall was the
 scene last evening of considerable of a
 tumult when after Anthany Carroll at-
 tempting to make a statement of facts
 concerning the expenditure of money
 by the board of education was so con-
 tinually interrupted by members of the
 committee and members of the board
 of education present that he was obilg-
 ed to sit down and stop his statement,
 citizens present charged that members
 of the committee had so persistently
 and maliciously interrupted gentlemen
 who appeared to oppose the present
 school system that the points of their dIS uIlleItS WCtC iO6t dllu CtstCI SllsAGAs6 were thereby deterred from appearing.
 Alderman Chillingworth was the only member of the committee absent. Everything went along smoothly until after Judge Sheldon had finished statement concerning the subject oe the inquiry When he had finished Chairman Staub of the committee call- ed upon any other citizen present who desired to speak. No one else re- spending Anthony Carroll, who had been promised another hearing by the committee, arose and said that if there was no objection he would sspeak fur ther. This was agreed to by the com mittee and MT. Carroll was about to begin when Harry w. Asher, a member of the board of education, arose and in- terrupted him saying that he had 8 book written by the late General Fran cis A. Walker, Boston book, from which he desired to read or have mem- bers of the committee read what the author had to say on the teaching of cooking, sewing, drawing, and the me- chanical arts in the public schools. MT. Chase said that the committee would take the book and MT. Asher laid it on the table.
 At this point ex-Aldernan Dewell inquired if the opponents to the pres- ent school system would also be allow ed to submit books in evidence. He said: "If that book is not on supervise DTS it is not pertinent. The committee has heretofore held the hearing down to the question"
 MT. Chase-"The coYmittee has not held the hearing down at the last two pr three meetings"
 Mr. Dewell-"I have been held down."
 "You have not been held down. You are one of those who have deviated most from the question:"
 q have been held down and everyone alse has who has appeared here to op- pose the supervisors"
 Tt is difference of opinion.''
 "Certainly.''
 Councilman Keane, who was present, insisted that if portions of the book were to be admitted in evidence those portions should be included in the off, icial record of the hearings. MT. Chase objected to this and the committee withdrew and went into executive ses-
 ion to decide the point. On the re- urn of the committee Chairman Staub equested Mr. Asher to read from the book the sections he had marked, and X Gr. Asher did so. When he had con- luded MT. Carroll again took the floor, md said that he had intended to pre- ent figures from the books of the board if education to show that Prof. Jepson lad received from the board of educa- ion more than his salary, but that he
 ~. l.11 1Jr x,,;%1, n and as they had disagreed as to he Interpretation of certain items he would wait until they had looked into he matter further. Continuing, he said hat in looking over the reports of the oard of education he had found that ince 1893 $4, ,421 23S had been spent for ublic school education in New Haven. Tr. flasher questioned the correctness f this statement. Mr. Carroll said hat he had there the yearly reports of he board of education since 1893 and e defied MT. Asher to look over those sports and show wherein the state- lent was incorrect.
 Mr. Asher did not look over the re- orts.
 MT Chase, of the committee. inquir- l what that had to do with the ques-, on before the committee.
 MT. Carroll said that he wanted to now how much money had been spent nd how little return had been received ,r it. And" said MT. Carroll, You re here to hear all the information you an for the good of the taxpayers"
 MT. Chase-'"That is your opinion of
 D
 MT. Carroll-"Are you going to say to le taxpayers. We are going to take ,ur million or six million dollars for urposes that MT. Kendall MT. Asher nd Mir Moran say are right?' MT. Chase then moved that Mir. Car ,ll be required to confine himself to le question. The motion was not put
 a vote.
 MT. Carroll-"Did you confine anyone SC down to that? Is 1t not pertinent y mo to show how much 1t costs to In the school system?"
 MT. Carroll then continued to talk Id Mir Chase not being able to have e committee make him stop, left the on. MT. Carroll then read from re- ,rts of the board of education to show tai expenditures of the board of edu- ton as follows: In 1894. s660, ,357; 1895, 40, ,7S3; 1896, $911, ,76649 1897, $796, ,250.66. { this point MT. Asher interrupted m and said: ''We only ask for S392,-