New-York tribune., 1902-09-25
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WOMEN HEAR EDUCATION COMMISSIONS
ERS SQUABBLE-EX-SE SENATOR GUY
ACCUSES REPUBLICANS.

most aloric the board ever had. Commissioner
| Stern said Damn" although many women
were present. lie said it good English,
and cited the City Superintendent as his au-
thority Commissioner and Senator Guy openly
charged that the Republican State machine
was trying 10 get hold of the city schools Daw-
son l. Bardwell. of BiDghamton, over whom
! the hottest fight was made, elected Dis
| trict Superintendent of Richmond. There was
squabbIing over the coal expense and the coal
strike.
| President Charles {. Birmingham presided at
| the Board of Education meeting The sharpeS'
! clash came up over the election Of the Dls'ric'
/ Superintendent of Richmond. Dawson L. hai"
we'll of Binghamton had been put in nonilha-
| ton by the board of superintendents 10 MI '"'
the balance of the unexpired term of Mrs anna
/ NJ ,:orsoD who died Commissioner Guy OBJ
| iacted on the ground that no notification ol II
! had beeu sent out. The election had oeeh poo'
! poned from the meeting of July ""' "ii' ''
/ chairman ruled that such postponehleHl aN'eN
| as sufficient notification ,
| c-,tsio,,er. Tonas objected to vote, ana
| began 10 he personal
| ,~o,,,,,fssione- GUY jumped up angrily ana
| sl.oI directly of Commissioner Field VINO mao
| called for a vote DO YOU propose using gas aw
| in tho interest OF your district superintendent
| Tho chairman pounded with his gaNel' inter-
r1pting Mr.. Guy. and shouting;
You are out of order. sir
| We want the best talent we can get. shouted
! Commissioner Field across the floor at comhi9-
sioner GUY IF YOU vote down this election we
will go down in history as a board OF lhcoihpe-
| tents"
| Commissioner Stern got the noor' ana HIS
| words caused good deal OF merriment among
! the men and bushes among the women
..3ardwell?'' he said. who is this Bardwell?
What is this Bardweil? ] don't know j3ardWeii
| ! never heard of Bardwell. They say he comes
from Binghamton. Why take him from MS
household and 1reside? He might get homeslck'
| WHY send him TO Richmond-certainlyn not as IN
| teresting as Binghamton If / could see Bard
| we'll I'd tell Bardwell what he'd be up against
| In Richmond. I'd tell Bardwell about the Rich
rnond mosquitoes. I think he'd refuse to come
then.
| AS for BardwelIs nomination by the Board
| of Superintendents. / could never see the diff
| ference between the Board OF Superintendehts
and the City Superintendent. When one says
| Amen the other says Amen When the CITY
| Superintendent says You must,' SO does the
board But don't say Amen say damn.
The word was scarcely out of his mouth when
'whang" went the chairman's gavel The ma
ority of the commissioners were merry about
the cuss word. but the women were red in the
face.
That is not parliamentary language Mr.
| Commissioner" charged President Birmingham.
| Well it may not be parliamentary" apollo
| sized the Commissioner. but that word is good
| English. I've heard the City Superintendent
, | make use of it,
Commissioner Guy then stirred up the squab-
| bling to blood heat again He said:
| 4 am opposed to Mr.. BardWell' election. His
election will be notification to all teachers and
principals in this city that honest work and
| far wi
actually count against them. Binghamton is
twenty years behind the times. This is only an
other effort of the Republican State machine in
| Albany 10 get a foothold in the control Of the
school system of this city. Personally believe
the city and this board have been imposed oil.
Bills have been up year after year III the legis-
lature TO place the control of schools in the
: hands Of the State Superintendent. and have
failed. And now they try this plan. It is
) | nothing but a political scheme. and l for one
feel that this board should not be made fools
| Of"
> a vote vas at last taken, and BardwelI was
elected by 2S to Is.
1 The board voted that all district superintend-
ents should receive 5000 a year.
When the budget was brought in and $1,000
for coal for Queens, was requested, Commls-
sioner Donnelly. lapor leader and a member Of
Typogra phicaI Union No. 6, asked that the reso-
|
appropriation, he worded SO that Welsh anthra-
| cite coal must be purchased.
| BY buying only Welsh COAL said Commis-
sioner DonneIIy we will show the coal opera
| tors of this country that we are not easy VIC
| tins of e1tortion
| II took fen ballots to decide the election OF a
| successor to Associate Superintendent John Jas
| per who resigned last term. There were hEe
| candidates and on the tenth ballot Andrew +
| Edison was named. There was not Debating
| during tbe election Commissioner Field moved
| that fbe lowest two candidates be taken out or
the field but the Chair refused f
| Guv objected to his ruling, and appeared from
| the decision. .., -
| The budget was taken up az the evening seS.
| sion. IT has been estimated that o.o addllloilai
| elementary and seventy-hve adul'ioildi 40 hisn y
| school teachers will be needed, based on -. - 80
| additional elementary school puTiis ana -'o-a
additional high school pupils ,
| Owing to some consolidation OF sciiooiS aIe dnS
| evening" school estimate Of S5o4 80 for 100.
! ,xas dscreased IN, Sg3 600 SAIL ,32S being asked
for 1!sn3 The lecture fund asked for Is solto"
| an increase of S2l 600 over that for l9o-, owing
| TO the extension and improvement OF the course
| For vacation schools for l''t" sl-o-uo IS dSheu
CITY Superintendent Maxwell saying ing. ~. " @
| he nlantv The amount made Sl232o6
| The hoard will ask for So12.1li Az for fuei
When il got through with the special 1uhd
| the estimate IT named to be suDini1ted !, "aS o6
| 81 54e S17 20 That for 1902 S4U96 13i Is
| an increase for 1905 of Slt'-+o" -. me III
| crease for both the general and the speciai funG
| is So 600 3lS oS The grand total to be asked
for for education for the city for 1910 is S-i'-
| 44S 30 9S.
The hos--d adjourned at exactly midnight
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