Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-08
COUNCIL REJECTS
Offer Of WOMEN
Question of Salary Of Ii
brarian Is Again Before
the Council.

The question of the salary of Miss
Mcpherson. librarian at the Carnegie
library, was injected into the city
council meeting yesterday afternoon
causing a 3o-minutes discussion. 1t
was opened BY the presentation of the
following resolution from the Colum-
bian club.
Whereas, we. the Columbian club.
deprecate the lack of harmony now ex-
listing between the board of the Car
negie library and the city council.
therefore,
Resolved, that we. the Columbian
club, go on record as expressing our
full confidence in the efficiency and
wisdom of the members of said library
board and as indorsing the action of
that board in the present matter OF Sc
lecting a head librarian and of deciding
on what her proper compensation
should be.
THAT a copy of this resolution be
spread on the minutes of this meeting
and another copy be sent to the city
council with the request that they
ratify the action of the library board
In the above matter"
No sooner had the resolution been
read than Mrs. Eva Hunt Dockery took
the floor and in behalf Of the club
women OF the city rendered to the
council $3.50 in cashier checks TO be
paid by the city clerk each month to
the librarian together with check for
ss5. the compensation fixed by the or
dinance. which Miss Mcpherson felt
she could not accept. The club felt,
said Mrs. Dockery, that the librarian
would rather have the money coming
from the city than in any other way
and consequently the gift of the SIS
per month to the city to be paid the
librarian.
Councilman Davis at once took the
floor and stated that he felt the spirit
of the club women in making this Of
fer was a magnificent one and that it
was the duty of the council TO accept
the offer and thus wipe out the little
unplea santness of the past. He then
moved that the offer be accepted. His
motion did not receive second.
Opposition to the Gift,
Councilman Eichelherger stated he
did not feel that 1t was ur to the city |
to take the money offered and pay it !
over to the librarian, that If the COL
unbian club or the Carnegie library |
hoard or any Of the clubs wished to |
keep the librarian Al the salary of 800 !
per month. they could pay her the adj
ditional SIS without bringing the mat
ter to the city and he added that the
money would have to be entered upon |
the books and the librarian paid by !
warrant which would put the council |
in q position Of paying 800 month I
salary He declared that the matter |
looked to him like a frameup between I
the Carnegie library board and the |
Columbian club,
Councilman FineEan stated he could |
not say whether or not the tender Of |
the money into the city was frame
up. but he declared that the eompl- !
ment to Miss Mcpherson, was certain |
l. a high one and that If the women |
of Boise all wanted to keep her. she
should feel highly honored TO have the |
balance of her salary come through |
them and the bringing of 1t to the city I
was not necessary.
Councilman Harrington stated that
few weeks ago the entire library board |
was in for resigning and made il ap-
pear that they could not Get their re-
signations in fast enough and that the |
council had gone out of its way to pay
800 per month for two months TO |
make matters right with the librarian. /
He said If he had known how eondi-
tions were to be he would have voted
net to have paid that amount. He
then, made motion "a reject the offer
which Vas seconded hp Councilman
Eichefberger
After considerable more talk on the
natter and another plea By Council