New-York tribune., 1903-04-10
HOT FIGHT on SCHOOLS.
LITTLE HOPE FOR BILLS.
Tart Hearing on the .SteUens
Cnifcation Plan.
TBr 1E1EGRArH TO THE rR1BrNr.l


ent Lewis. Bracket. Frawley and Doong
The first vote came tHe Stevens bills favored
ty the Regents. Senators Lewis and Bracket
-oted against reporting them. while Senators
ToolinE and Frawley voted for them. The other
bills were held back by the same vote The mem
hers OF the committee not present Senators
Marshall and Warnick. and Senator White. who
will not attend this session The prospects for any
rnihcstion measure being reported said 10 ne
not bright.
The Assembly Committee or Public Education
zhis morning gave what is probably its final hear
.ng the bills Of Senator Stevens One OF the
bills provides that the Superintendent OF Public
Instruction shall be elected by and hold his office
during the pleasure and he subject TO the control
of the Regents. Another provides that after the
number OF Regents in office shall be reduced
70 eleven. their successors shall be elected for
fourteen years The hearing interesting and.
a. times. lively
Mr.. SKINNER SAYS HE'S A MARTYR
Charles P Skinner. the State Superintendent of
Pu5Iio Instruction. who IS strenuously opposed TO
the passage Of the bills the first speaker. He
said IL part:
believe there is no demand for this legislation
1le Regents ever done TO justify such demand?
tsiled 10 90 70 cause such demand? Eight years
q Pubic Instruction and has twice reelected
him 50 Ier as party questions are concerned the
took al oath TO administer the public school laws
he violated that oath? Has he faied to administer
his duties properly? IF 50, he can be reached and
o5 y b which IS an afFont % 10 the the iifs' fffends of
public school system which stands to-day without
q peer il the countries OF the world This bill
educational chaos taking the place OF the progress
which We nave mace durins the last century We
sav. in spite OF and because of dual supervision
ot limitations. a great department. with an honor
sole recora-a naatc5iless e .record-shouid not be
government, and stand here. gentlemen of the
the great department OF public INSTRUCTION. with
which every one OF you is directly connected.
Mr Skinner then referred TO the first hearing. ct
which his deputy D. z. Aiasworth. it was re-
mud" This Mr.. Skinner denied. and added:
Vow. the pepartr1ent Of Public Instruction does
TOT edit ooterle OF neWspaPers TO abuse nybody
ing purposely rnisrepresented before the peo-
2 q ms maze nns @ eRen G the eS xeTc g[
seemed 70 be, No matter what was said, we VIII
sustained ny deputy. they have been giving me the
sane kind Of medicine, and 1 have taken it with
Hll the humiliation Of martyr That IS all there is
of the agitation over The Merritt oll The bill now
over something which did not occur Bishop Doane
The remedy Tor this disturbance, ny friends is
very simple very olrecI ana very tIGe
draws 2 clean lire Of demarcation between
supported schools and those which are not SO sup.
duties and holding them responsible Tor .nen You
can never have any Other plan oL haTa9.iogs I5
MKE1.wAY MAKES FUN OF AINswoRTH
A,r. AInsworth made brief speech in opposition
% the scere1s measures IN the course Of which he
said.
would trust this legislature to-day 70 select a
competent and efficient Superintendent OF Public
lHsracto mace e[ @S -Fe T. - rbe ~ Gdoctrinaires and
Ia.ionsires who claim that they are so much bet
than the rest Of US
St Clair McKelway replied 10 MessTs- Skinner
and A3rev-orth and strongly advocated the Stevens
bl-ls lie said il part:
sasu TOT occupy your attention with the Ques-
+ion q an Insult or no insult 20 hsnop -ed
: wss I0T present Then t1e lnclaeIt oI~4-
only that the press Of the state unanimously
1aasy deal Nth by ne DEPUTY Superintendent
u Is sE good as the truth do not believe that
t6s saiiecr. hut certainty know that there could
havs been n concert OF action among the repre-
EenIsti~es of the newspapers az TINS Ceplt9t dpCii
tAe programme o. asSlTnllatl41 o. lliI
a TIE T-nfve-sity' was or was not called stick
i the mud. is o. as little consequence as the
ne deputy superintendent, 10 the effect that
y Foster vent e Giogeesssr in e. deal tai.55. +: rain
there again
COMPARISON OF THE BILLS.
Nj McFzel7ray then compared the unifcation
1Isns proposed by M Stevens and Senator T. X
Brown and continued:
Non v-nat are the respects in which they differ
The Brown biz adds eleven new ana & re r, Enc
70 TIE eighteen experienced Regents no" N oiiS1
and rcrurns three out Of The four e6 o-Glo % The 4ba
gents provided for That WoUt9 S1 Ia@He his
would start with the eighteen elective hegehts% % s9
three o1cio Regents now PToYtoe9 ea,t a9a- eiec
would elect more REGENTS III me me pre- II Beeent
i've number fell eleven TheresILer ecn 1Ses1
-hs+ Is the term Of judges The eleven elective Ke
gents with the three ex I9 oGlq -,5s he p narfty
between the term and the total -., - the
The Brown bill provides for xaca1lon - ~ ~,
term OF one Regent each year IflaI 49, ~
pose on the election Of each Assembly Itle Te
q one Regent and 21 the elecoI % Id nus
= mus. mo F 1oIj+icai contention. That
forcing tfe election Of State official q eoucsot t
,33 T. o-3e,,Tation of the effect more severely
thar the recital Of the fact Goes. Inc peopie -e
- Iae eauestlon , ogt m noIitjcs The election Of
Recent every year would put and pish State s eUo
jegiseto-s Governors and United States Senators
does. Any one can see faa. ne 55 o1y+ Of po-
Tics -rhe mitigation OF the Stevens oIs -taen t
one Regent only would pe ,5,1a mortality i'm
poses on life tenure now ...e, tho
- - e ,-a-e,~es The Brown bill would pre-
c=rf+sre me choice Of eleven new Regents on tnIs
1esaIuTe 9 t e. -esv S or now fitted 70 that Your
contentious have been TOO sfafp' gOC4 80 Vo1i
would do il III You would discredit education tie
iI+ F @no o,1t have made against the Brown biz
rake f6r the Stevens bills. for those DIIS q -
those objections The pan ,1If Te ID esfon We ask
Vou n rifv The authority and adniniStratl % =
n ne e-d maj II can be scientifically ana n@Iu
"a cIs ssaeG snd concurrenty and Logically ana
tremendously carried on
sIr Ainsvorth said. in reply 70 MI McAei"aS-
old not sav q lie well stuck 10 is as good "a, as
-ae T-gth vVl1st iid say that lie well stuck STUCK
- = S-.e- = ecC5 as the truth. have no news
Iaper behind me. but 7 want ms nia'''