The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-07
OFFICIALS REbUYED
GRAND JURY DESCRIBES SOME
PUBLIC SCANDALS.
Behavior Of Member of Board az Educas
lion Tsints tho Schools. ne says-Alaer-
men Toasted Royalty at Almsheuse
From Poor Fund. and One Got Drunk

benuNt0r OF NemDer OF UOnru ~ huucu"
iion FAINT tho Schools. Nc says-Alder-
men Toasted Royalty At Almsheuse
From Poor u and One Got Drunk.
The Essex county Grand Jury ON the COM
pletion OF its work for the April term suit
mitted at Newark yesterday to Chief Justice
Gummere a presentment that fairly siysled.
so holly did II arraign officials OF the Newark
!, Board Of Education and Common Council.
The jury reported that its Investigations
4 Of certain s~candalous matters had convinced
Il that some members OF the Board Of
Education were utterly unfit to be. trusted
with the privileges Of public officials. The
practice Of Newark Aldermen in giving
N~elaborste dinners at the city slmshouse and
tother institutions and OF irnbibing liquids
knt the public expense. besides ~bsnqueting
| personal guests at the expense Of the public
/ poor and aims fund was severely con-
demned.
The jury also administ cred a scathing
! r,tbuke TO the county officials and TO certain
( architects n contractors for defective
construction OF the new county insane
hospital and county ISOLATION hospital
THE presentment Of the jury was in part
kas follows
WEI ma many urttnDtTh Ol tut OodFu VI
Education not httSi for their ONCE. ignorant
iof educational work. inexperienced In large
affairs yand unable to add dignity or EN-
cheney ' TO our schools. Work Is divided
among members ~ spoils Of once. according
to the dis rict they represent. The auarrels
take place in public over teachers
/ salaries, plumbing. pianos. real estate. build
ings andN other things are a disgrace to our
city.
There are worthy men In the board. We
lare simply speaking OF what We find TO be
ktrue In geneml. The number Of commits
! sionsTs il too large. A large board. chosen
from several wards and by the methods by
which thew are now selected leads to the
election OF Incompetence. The blame rests
therefore fiIst Of all on the citizens.
The worst feature of the present situation
IL not the loss Of the taxpayers money 50
much a. the Decentralization Of the schools.
No matter how fine our schoolhouses or how
efficient our TEACHERS. the work Of training
our children cannot be we'll done. cannot
makes for good citizenship until the people
place at the head OF our school system a
body VT men representing the best intellect
and Character Of our city. The public
schools of our city are tainted by the at
mospher re- which emanates from our Board
of Educ9tbu.
We hrsj that the committees OF Newark
Common EUIncil have been in the habit OF
entert aiming themselves and friends at tho
almshOuse apd other city institutions with
lunches and dinners. sometimes decidedly
elaborate. nj which liQrIor IA well a. solid re-
freshment lkas been provided. We find that
the committees have also INDUCED In ex-
pensive dinnaus at rest aurants and that to
these personalSguests Of the Aldermen have
been invited. We,ind that On one occasion
at least Aldermen went from one Of these
officials diDnerst to an important meeting
nf tho amman a'oun0il under the Influenza