The Detroit times., 1910-02-02

Verify. old things have passed away
IN board Of education circles. Those
rare old days" when the gang did
just as 1t pleased and brooked 10 in-
tcrference from any source are gone
beyond recall With the Infusion OF
new blood the old crowo mas lost its
grip. and while the "antis.' so-called,
cannot be said 10 have control of the
board. they are a power to be reck.
oned- with when II comes to spending
the peoples money.
This was forcefully demonstrated in
the special meetings OF the board held
Monday and Tuesday for the considera-
ton or the estimates. In former years
the board passed it's annual budget In
the twinkllng OF an eye, so to speak.
They gathered together of MONDAY.
and, In accordance with cut-and-dried
program. showed through the report
OF the budget committee with little il
any debate
Not. so this year. The "antis." mead.
ed by Inspector Burton, insisted on
being shown" They had but scant
representation on the budget commit
tee, but when the estimates reached
the committee OF the whole Mr.. Burton
and his followers rose in their might.
They wanted to know where every dol.
lar asked was going and for this rea-
son insisted on going over the budget.
Item by Item. And their will prevailed
The result was that, where the bud.
get was formerly disposed OF In a few
minutes, 1t required several hours
this year. The board worked till 6
O'Clock Monday evening. The inspec-
tors convened again Tuesday noon
and worked through without lunch
until nearly o'clock until the
work was finished. They made a net
cut OF $110,970.03 from the budget as
submitted by the special budget COM
mittee, making a total, deducting esti-
mated receipts OF 1904 900 from tho
primary school moneys and daily bal
ances on deposits. Of $2,237,945. Tho
amount appropriated last year was
81 ,049, 01731.
Once the work OF slashing was I'm
der way, the old crowd seemed to
catch the spirit OF the thing and the
unusual spectacle of "antis" and lad
ministrationists" standing as a unit
on this or that proposition was fire..
quently presented. And right in the
fore, every minute. stood Inspector
Burton. with flushed face and flash
ing eyes, leading the fight for econ
omy. Time and again he was turned
down; his vote was often the only
one cast in favor of a certain cut, but
no gamely stood by his guns and kept
hammerlng away. One thing at least
Mr.. Burton accomplished-he put the
members on record. And right here
he pulled off a brilliant little stunt
The board had just risen from COM
mlttee OF the whole after going over
every item in the budget. Inspector
Weideman moved the adoption of
the budget as amended. Mr.. Burton
was promptly on his feet.
II object" he cried. There are
certain items here | do not want to
vote for and | want to get my objec-
ton on the record" he said. The pro-
ceedlngs OF the board when sitting as
committee OF the whole do not ap-
pear in the record.
Question, question:" cried several
of the administration crowd.
Mr.. Burton stood his ground. and so
impressed President Kukn that In
spector Weidemans motion was lost
sight OF entirely The board then
proceeded to go all over the ground
previously covered. with Mr.. Burton
in the role OF leading director.