The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-04-14

Election OF Members OF Board of Educa-
tion.-The Ring Routed.
The election on Monday for two
Members of the Board of Education
was the most spirited and hotly con-
tested and brought out the largest vote
that was ever polled at any similar
election ever held in this village. The
Radical "ring" LEADERS who arrogate
to themselves the right to regulate
matters generally, determined upon
making the election of members ofthe
board a'political issue. They had no
difficulty in arranging matters in the
Republican caucus, and securing the
nomination, strictly on party grounds,
of j. d. Horton and Harvey Water
man as their candidates, and then
went earnestly to work to dragoon ev-
cry member of that party into the sup
port of the nominees. But there were
very many Republicans who were dis
satisfied with the way in which our
schools have been managed of late,
and who were unable to discover any
benefit likely to accrue to the schools
by committing them to party manage
ment, and who determined not to sub
init to the dictation of the "ring."
They accordingly met during lastweek
and, with a few Democrats, discarding
all political considerations and influ-
ences, put In nomination an indepen-
dent ticket composed of Charles b.
Stowe and John c. Catlin. The 'sring"
managers felt confident of winning an
easy victory, but the counting of the
votes served to convince them that
ssThe best laid schemes of mice and men
Aft gang aglee.''
The following is the result:
Member of the Board for 8 gears.
Charles B. Stowe, (Ind.) It's
j. d. Horton, R.) 165
Stoves majority 10
Member Of Board for 2 gears,
John G. Catlin, Independently 176
Harvey Waterman, (R,) 1853
Catlin's majority. 13
Some ten more votes were cast, but
which, on account of irregularity,
were not connted. They were mostly
for the independent candidates and
would have increased their majority
to that extent.
Thus have the people of Ravenna
most emphatically pronounced their
verdict against any attempt to connect
the management of our Union Schools
with party politics.
It is fiat nonsense to claim that this
independent nomination was Demo-
cratic ticket, or that Democrats were
the instigators of the move or took an
active or leading part in getting it up.
at no time till after the nominations
were made, as we are informed, were
more than three Democrats consulted
in reference to the matter.
We heartily rejoice at the result, mot
because we expect to gain anything
personally or politically from it, bnt
because it is a rebuke to those who
would carry party politics into our
school affairs, or use the schools for
their own personal aggrandizement.
It is true a majority of the Board for
the next year will be Democrats, but
we shall be seriously disappointed if
their official actions should be influ-
enced in the least degree by that con-
sideration. For the past two years
Mr.. Jones, the Democratic member of
the Board, has discharged the duties
of the Office as faithfully, impartially
and as acceptably to the people gene
rally as any person who ever occupied
a position on the Board, and we con-
fidcntly expect like faithfulgand inn
partial service from the new mem
bers.