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be changed in the interest Of economy without
leaving the city at times in absolute darkness
THE COUNTY BOARD

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to como forward, and said that there arc no f
cilities for educating the deaf and dumb, an
he urged that Dir. Emory be afforded room fo
the instruction Of these unfortunatcs. He sal
there were thirty pupils under Ar. Emory
charge, and that. If thee were 4 building pre-
V1deu, there would be from 120 to 1G0 pupils il
the county. Mr.. Emory, who was present, cx
planned In the dumb alphabet, through Mr.
Williams as interpreter, that he had an avcragg
OF sixteen Mr.. !Villiams suggested that al
apartment might be set aside at the Norma
School for the use Of tie deaf and dumb.
On motion Of Atr. Gardner, it was referred tt
the Committee OH Buildings and Janitors, con
sfstfng of Clark, O'Coancll, and Harms.
The engineer and janitor's salary for July
amounting to S150 in gross. was allowed.
WENTWORTH AND PHELPS.
On motion Of Mr.. Johnson, the Board tlc1
proceeded to an election of Normal School Su
pcrintcndcnt.
Mr.. Lewis nominated A[r. D. S. Wentworth.
Mr.. Gardner nominated AR. ". T. Phelps.
The Clerk called the roll, with the followin:
result:
For WentarorlA-Lewis, Harms, johnson, Clark
For Phelps~-0' ConneN Gardner, kcaruey, Plant
Mr: Lewis moved that the Board proceed tt
the election Of assistant teachers.
Inc yeas and nays Eerc called for, with tht
following result:
Ndys-OConnell, Harms, Gardner, Clark, ant
P1ant.
| Lost.
Mr.. Clark arose toa
| QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE
on an article in FRIDAYS Times, which he charac
! terized erroneous and malcyolcnt. Tie had nc
| idea he was to be member Of the Board when
his name was presented to the Board Of County
Commissioners. He concluded By saying the
Times article was an rnmitigatcd falschood Sc
lar rs he was concerned.
SNOW" said he, "Iwant to ask Mr. Plant il
he knows the writer Of this article"
~ will answer when get ready" replied A1r.
Plant.
Mr. Lewis moved tlat D. S. Wentworth be
declared Superintendent Of the Normal School.
which lle declared the Times article tissue of
lies.
Mr.. Plant then made speech indorsing Mr..
Phelps, and denied that he wrote the article in
the Times, which, he said, did not represent the
Times, which in that particular case was misill-
career in Minnesota, in which State, he said,
there were two parties, one against normal
schools, led by Congressman Doncliy, and the
other i'll favor Of the normal system, led by Mr.
Phelps: He read from Mr.. Phelps works to
show his command Of classic language in his
argument in favor Of normal schools. lie
closed by dcprccating any abusive language
against any candidate who might be put for
ward. Phelps character as man and q citi-
zen had been 1ssailed.
Mr. Phelps in his private capacity, and read I
portion OF q letter which denounced Mr.. Phelps
as fraud and prctentio,ls, over-bcaring hum
bug, and which said that the Legislature had re-
fused the Winona Normal School any ap-
preparation as long as Phelps Was there. Mr..
Clark refused to show the letter, though he
quoted portions of it to the Board.
Mr.. kearney went for him and said tlpt the
letter was evidently written to procure an
elitoral in the 11nses, for tho Times Of ycster-
scctarianis1n and Catholicism in the school,
there was no basis for. the charge. As
to tue Superintendent of the school,
he said he had been urged by businessmen to
get Wentworth out, and he thought 1t time that
the rings and clqucs. The statement
had been freely made that certain lneu,-
bers -of the Board did not dare vote
against Wentworth. At first he supposed
it might mean himself, but his vote had been
conriected with the Normal School; he was
willing to waive the statute of limitation; aud
he asked if any others we're willing to do the
same. As to contracts, they had not been lived
up to. The paint contract showed crookcdncss,
and did not come up to specifications.
Mr.. Lcwis-Donst you knov' this Board has
nothing to do with that?
THE ULTIMATUM.
Mr.. Kearncy reiterated the statement that he
was willing to valves the statute of limitations
as to his own conduct i'll the Normal School,
and if there were any charges against any mcm-
Der of the Board, lie wanted those charges in
vcstigated. On closing, he said he wouldn't
meet them any more for the cllifd's play Of q
tic. he would stick to Phelps, and he supposed
Wcntworth's friends would stick to him. Hc
would vote for Welsh, Doty, Dodge, Maloney,
or Wcstcott, and he thought that a sufficient
answer to the lying article in the Times.
Mr.. Plant read 4 letter from Edward Soaring,
who said he understood that Prof. Phelps would
remain at Winona, though the Legislature had
refused an appropriations; that Winona would
sec that the salary would be paid, and he {scar-
ing) hoped to sec Phelps at the head oil the
Whitewater school.
Mr.. Gardner said he would stick to Phelps
until some other man was presented.
The motion that Wentworth be elected was
then put, and the vote resulted rs follows:
Teas-Lcwis, Harms, johnson, Clark.
Ndys-O'C Conncll, Gardner, kcarncy, P}ant.
The lock still continued, and the question Of
taking up another man was cut short by a sus-
pension OF the rules to pay the bill oil Philip
Warner, amounting to Si4.95, for stationery,
and the Board adjourned to meet on the last
Saturday of August.