The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-06-25
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the sheriff and the Union reporter present. |
The three waited patiently, and finally, |
about o'clock, D. P. McKown and Frank
Phllleo came in-but seeing only the three
present, they walked out again.
About $50 o'clock A. T. Fleming came
in-but soon left, with the remark that he
was going up to the other place"
iers Hall,
James NJ. Montgomery, "Chmn. Rep.
City Com" came in few minutes later.
He wanted to know where allithe con-
vention wa" and nobody answering him
he walked out
About 9 o'clock dozen persons, who
had assembled on the steps below, came
in, and before they could leave. Montgom-
cry called the meeting to order and stated
the board of education. He also nomina-
ted DR.. Truesdale as chairman.
| DR.. Truesdale arose and respectfully
declined" to serve-giving as his reasons
| that he was already member of the board,
and then, he understood that this was a
Republican meeting. IF this is true" he
said, land the meeting intends to nomin-
ate party men, then | decline to have
anything to do with it.
Montgomery then nominated Geo. Mix
ter as chairman-but MIR. Mixter de-
clined for the same reasons, as those given
by DIR. Truesdale, except that he was not
a member OF the board.
Montgomery then nominated S.S.Guyer.
Guver also Misunderstanding he was not in
favor of this being a Republican meeting,
He also advocated the selection of women
Il RI 6ll tho offices on tho hoard
s. F. Cooke was finally induced to
accept the chair, and j. j. Parks las
usuaD was showed in as secretary.
| j. NJ. Montgomery moved that the
, meeting proceed to nominate two candi-
dates for the Office of board of education
Dr. Truesdale moved as an amendment
that a committee of three be appointed by
the chair to confer with the Killers Hal
meeting, to see if some compromise could
not be effected by which joint meeting
could be held to nominate candidates
> Motion, as amended, carried.
: Joseph W. Bracket opposed anything
D that would make the convention appear
E like following after another convention, and
begging it TO compromise.
Judge Guyer also opposed any com
t promise, and said that if the convention
.
the meeting was Republican one.
Bracket moved that the motion to ap
point a committee be reconsidered. Motion
0 lost, and the chair appointed Messrs
r George Mixter, II. L. Mitchell and Jane:
P. Taylor as said committeeman they
Immediately seized their hats and started
; for Killers Hail.
= David HAYES said that, somehow, it ha(
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. ing-and he was very sorry for it. But a!
long as the rumor had been started b.
y thought the meeting ought to nominate
Z candidates of its own, and not play seconl
o fiddle to another convention.
James NJ. Montgomery arose and sai(
he had never made speech in his lie an(
be didn't expect to then-but he wished t
d make an explanation. He said THE ARGU!
!, had charged him with having called Re
q publican meeting, but he couldn't Sc,
! where it found the grounds for making
those charges He was not personally in
e terested in the schools, except that ht
Y would like to see them prosper wheI
o two or three Of his friends requested bin
=, to call a meeting, he did so, but haviD
no other thought about the matter thai
that it should be meeting of the citizen
Guyer was then requested to spout o
the woman question. He arose an
said he believed he was the only lady
man present, and he was proud of il
10 Jim Parks-Are the ladies2 Applause.
Re He then proceeded to give his reasons fo
y wanting women elected to the board-tha
'e it was being done at other places and wa
a success; that nearly all Of our teacher
were women, and that he thought tw
U women on the board would be benefit t
the schools
Thomas Thornton opposed the nomiua
ton of women, and thought that if the
were elected they would soon run tn
70 schools into the ground and themselves OF
of office. To substantiate his 81 atement h
% referred to the time when our schools wer
Sc conducted by women-when, as he sale
s. they were disgrace to the city. He ais
10 advocated the reduction of salaries Of th
school oficers-from the superlntender
10 down-and said that when laborlng me
in were working 10 and II hours for from 7
TT cents to $l.25 it was time that publ
40 affairs we're run on more economical pla
the laboring man could not afford to pa
le the taxes.
1e DR.. Truesdale arose and said that NJ
ly Montgomery apology for calling tn
40 meeting was entirely satisfactory to him
but he did not believe that the people gel
&c orally wanted to bring politics into schot
e. matters-and he did not believe Mr. Mon
be gomery did-but. when that gentlems
M signed that call as "Chmn. Rep. Git
- CON- he branded it as political CONVEX
81 ton, He closed by saying that as 500
ID as we bring politics into our schools-doE
DO go the schools"
70, DR.. Truesdae also opposed the selectic
of women TO ell the vacancies on the boar
ns not because he did not think they WEI
OF competent, but thought it would be an e.
a pertinent which he did not like to attemE
Ii at this time-When there was so niue
~. opposition in our public schools.
- The conference committee here returne
10 and reported that the Killers Hall meet
De ing had agreed to meet this convention
lg and the meeting then adjourned to meet
- he Court House at 80 o clock this eveniu
Making Old Bones"
g People who neglect their minor ailmen
:, rarely live TO make old bones. The seer