Declared For Publicity

DECLARED FOR PUBLICITY

The People in Unmistaken Tones Spoke

MISS BOWER DEFEATED

Because of the Sentiment for Fullest Publicity in School Matters-Copeland,Miller and Harriman Elected.

The school election Monday was one of the hottest school elections in years. Fourteen hundred and eight votes were cast in four hours. This is six votes a minute. At the last, however, votes were coming in much faster than this, as the board found that it would be impossible to get the vote in that was waiting in line. For a time about 1 o'clock, Mr. Herbst retarded the vote somewhat by indiscriminate challenging of votes, some of which had been taxpayers for thirty or forty years. There may have been some illegal voting, but it was quickly found that indiscriminate challenging would not permit the vote to be cast.

The voters evidently knew what they wanted and although very much work was done upon them after they arrived at the court house, there was not much of it that was effective.

Much Sunday work had been done. Tickets for Miss Bower and Prof. Goddard were given out to those who attended the Congregational church. A third ticket was put in the field Sunday by members of the school board which contained the names of Henry J. Mann, E. C. Goddard and Emma E. Bower.

At various places street car fares were left with ladies to get them to come down and vote.

Those who followed the Argus advice to vote between 10 and 11 o'clock had the easiest time of it.

Although the work was fast and furious, but very little bad feeling was exhibited.

A long line was waiting at 2 o'clock and the door was closed and those in line given an opportunity to vote, This let in 77 votes, there being that many in line at 2 o'clock, and brought the total vote up to 1,408.

The caucus ticket was elected on the platform favoring publicity. The vote was as follows:

William D. Harriman... 1160

Royal S. Copeland... 901

Charles L. Miller... 832

Emma E. Bower... 529

E. C. Goddard... 501

Henry J. Mann... 248

Besides these, scattering votes were cast as follows: E. F. Mills 21, A. H. Lloyd 2, James B. Angell 1, John F. Lawrence 1.

The straight vote was as follows: Regular caucus ticket, 758; Bower-Harriman,Goddard ticket, 229; Mann-Goddard-Bower ticket, 152. There were 269 split tickets. It will be noticed that Mr. Miller's majority over Miss Bower was 303.

At the annual school meeting, G. Frank Allmendinger was chairman and Grove Ray was secretary. The result of the election was declared and reports read. President Mills said that the election today had shown how very largely the public was interested in this election, and he thought that nothing but good can come if the public continues to take the same interest as it has today.