The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-08
REPORTS ON SUPERVISORS
TITO SUBMITTED TO THE ALDER.
 MANIC EoAED LAST NIGHT.

ierreO 10 rho Board Of Finance Tor
 Confederation in Relation to Appre. l printi0n for the Board of Educatiom- Other Business Transncted. The long-deferred and long-expected | report of the committee which investi-
 gated the system of supervisors In the
 city schools was presented to the board
 of aldermen last night, and after strong
 opposition was referred to the board of finance to consider before making the
 appropriation for the board of educa- tion for next year. Soon after the al-
 dermanic board was called to order last night the city clerk began reading tEe
 report, which was signed by Chairman
 Staub, Alderman c. F. Brennan and
 Councilman Conlin and endorsed as the
 majority report of the committee, which
 consisted of six members. Alderman
 Chillingworth, who was member of
 the committee, was upon his feet in a
 moment objecting to the report being received as a majority report his con-
 tention being that it should not be SO considered since it was signed by only three committeeman. MT. Chillingworth presented another report, signed by himself, Councilman Chase and Councils man Greenfield. He raised the point that the other report was not properly before the board, because he said that he had received an opinion from the corporation counsel to the effect that the common council had no Jurisdiction over the board of education. He asked the chair for ruling and President Ho- gan said that he would permit the reads ing of both reports.
 Alderman Baldwin moved to tabla both reports, but his motion was lost by vote of 13 to 7. Alderman Hall moved that the two papers be endorsed as communications, not as reports. All derman Atwater objected to this. Ha wanted the papers to come in as reports and wanted to hear from the committee. He hoped that the members would not attempt by dilatory motions to prevent the majority report being heard. All derman Staub claimed that he, as chair man of the committee, had the right to present the report which he had signed as majority report, since the commit tee was tied. He said: "One of the gentlemen on my committee said that he didn't give d--n what was done; that he would sign no other report ex- cept one that he drew up. All the members of the committee saw the re- ~ port which have presented here except one, and he is only block away from my place of business and could have seen it had he wanted to-" Alderman Halls motion to accept the papers as communications was then lost by vote of IS to G..
 City Clerk Norris then proceeded to read both reports. The majority report is published in full below.
 The minority report contained a copy of the corporation counsel's opinion sent to MT Chillingworth and recommended that the entire matter be indefinitely and that it be referred to in the journal by title only.
 Alderman Shepard moved that these be adopted. Alderman Atwater regretted that he was not an orator or a lawyer, but plain citizen, md he knew that the people of the ,ity realized the time, trouble and
  he committee. Much ridicule had been ,ast at members of the committee who, had made up report, able md valuable. He said that he took the eport signed by the chairman of the as report, a recommenda- ion. and he moved that it be referred to he board of finance to look over before appropriations were made for next year.
 Alderman c. F. Brennan, member of he committee, said: "The gentleman rom the Tenth in his foxy way, pardon ne, but I mean it. has endeavored to make it appear here that we cannot egally consider this matter. We know hat this body has no jurisdiction over he board of education. We have never enied it, and he knows 1t. But I am a representative of the taxpayers They ay the bills, and if this court of com. non council sends me out to see how s honey Is spent have a right to report ack my opinion as to how that money 5 expended. If that was not so this ourt of common council would be a arce. You sent us out. We did what Jas requested. Now if you want to put S in hole to make asses of us, you i'll be with us. The arguments that he gentleman from the Tenth is trying ) bring before the board make it ap- ear that he is trying to make farce the committee. Two of the mem- CTS of the committee did all in their over to try to put obstacles in the 'ay of the other members of the con- littee. You" Burning to Alderman "are here alderman, de- end yourself. I mean you particularly. ou have done great deal to debar us 'om getting up report We got your ispatches when we were to hold exec- tive meeting to consider a report, your ispatches from the other end of the ountry asking us to wait for you, and ou were right here in the city, The, .her member to whom I refer will robably be heard from when this mat IT reaches the other board. am about leave this board, and I will stand on ,e signing of that report alone as my cord here. l want to impress upon lis board a realization of the obstacles lis committee ran against, not so strong om the citizens of New Haven as fron14 embers of our own committee" After few moments wait Alderman nepard moved the previous question. r. Chillingworth said that he wanted le members to understand that he did Jt reply to personal attack because the