The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-20
State Officials Talk.


The courts decision was evidently
no less of surprise to Governor Can
dler than to most of the other state
house officials. Naturally it brought
up matters that kept him busy the
greater part of the day. 1t left him
confronted with deeper problem to
solve than he had when the issue was
first raised-the question of where to
get funds to pay the running expenses
of the state government.
1T leaves us confronted with a
grave danger" he said; "a danger
which, in fact, is now upon US. The
limit of my borrowing capacity is
100000. There is, I am informed,
sI12,0 which must be credited to the
pubic fund, an amount derived from
the sale Of pubnc property which has
been paid out for general expenses.
That makes s544,000 in the treasury
which we cannot touch.
with this state of affairs we have
not money enough available to pay
the running expenses of the govern
ment, leaving the teachers entirely out
Of the question. I have some hope OF
being able to pay the teachers small
portion of their salaries, but even
that's problematical."
State School Commissioner G. r.
Glenn gave out the following state
ment with regard to the decision:
'It is staggering blow to the pub
lie school system Of Georgia, and
forces a condition that must be re-
lieved as soon as possible. 1t does not
matter that it comes from the court
of last appeals. The suffering that the
decision entails Is not mitigated by
the fact that rne decision is final and
must be obeyed. The decision may be
absolutely correct, so far as the writ
ten constitution is concerned. I sup
pose nobody will question the wisdom
and justice of the highest court OF
the state. They were bound under
oaths to trim the last vestige OF para
site growth, as they see it, from the
constitutional tree. 1t does not matter
that the great mass Of our people both
desired and expected a different decis-
ion. The decision is law; the court
that makes it must be respected and
the decision upheld. We have the
money in the treasury, but we cannot
use it. The legislature must devise
some other means to relieve the situa-
ton that is absolutely perilous to our
schools. We cannot longer maintain
a school system under present condi-
tions. The children must be educated.
All we have and all that we are is
wrapped up in our children. Inc state
will live nowhere else as she will live
in the children. If death should ever
come to the state, the first token OF
dissolution will be the cry Of the chill
dren."
"Triumph of Law" Says Park.
In speaking of me decision Treasur-
er Park said:
I had little doubt as to the outcome
of the case especially after l had re-
ceived the opinion Of so many lawyers
and other learned men all over the
state. Among the number were twelve
judges of superior courts from whom
l heard either by letter or verbally,
and all OF whom stated they would not
have decided the case as Judge Can
dler did.
81 do not look on the decision as
any personal triumph for myself, but
rather as triumph Of the fundamen-
tai law of the state, Of the constitu-
ton. My sympathy, as l have fre-
quently stated, is with the teachers,
and my chief regret in the matter Is
that the public schools viii not get
their money as promptly as would
have been the case had it been other
wise. They will all ultimately get ev-
cry cent that is coming to them, how
ever. The school boarus in all OF
the counties. l am informed, will pay
the interest on money borrowed to pay
the teachers so that the latter will
lose nothing. In counties where the
teachers borrowed the money in per-
son, I understand, it is the purpose OF
the school boards to pay the interest
for them, so that they will get their
salaries in full.