Omaha daily bee., 1884-03-10
TO-DAy'S ELECTION.
Three Propositions 10 be Voted Upon
in Regard to School Matters.
Two Directors to be Chosen.

Elections are crowding in thick and
fast. The count of the vote at the special
election on the proposition for building a
new courthouse and Jail had hardly been
finished when the city election came. and
now a week has not passed and still
another election m Many are apt
to pass this school election slightly by,
and pay little attention to it, and yet it
is really one of the most important elec-
lions of the year. Two directors are to
be chosen to fill the vacancies caused by
the expiration of the terms of Mr..
Brewer and Mr.. Clausen. Mr.. Brewer
resigned several months ago, and moved
to Minneapolis, but the vacancy wal not
filed, and now the term is expired for
which he was elected. 1t is a matter Of
great Importance who are chosen to fill
these two vacancies There prob
ably will be candidates sprung
upon the voters to-day as for the past
two or three school elections, who are ex-
pected to act in the interests of some per-
sonal scheme, or to be the tools for the
furtherance of some personal ambition.
The voters should therefore inquire care
fully before voting, and any candidates
who are thus seeking the Office shall be
ignored completely. The drift has been
for several years here in the direction of
making the control OF the public schools
a mere bit of plumber to be struggled for
like o political office. The school inter.
osts shall be above all this and the vo-
tiers shall promptly rebuke at the polls
any scheme for the personal qualification
of any one man or set OF men. In times
past men, who were otherweise not OBJ
~jectionable, have appeared as candidates,
and have received many votes, because
it was not known, that they were but the
tools to keep along the ambitious designs
of some shrewd man or his clique. To
day only such men as are free from such
schemes, men who will work for the
interests of the schools, and not for
the interests of some particular
person or clique, shall receive
the votes of the people. With the warn
ing that in all probability an attempt will
be made to-day to mislead voters, every
citizen should cast his ballot thoughtfully
and in~telligently.
Aside from the election of the two
trustees, the following propositions are
to be voted upon, and as there is a press
ing demand for more school accommo6a,
tions, there will doubtless be little oppo
sition to them:
1. Shall the independent school dis.
trict of Council Bluffs issue its bonds to
the amount of twenty-five hundred dol
lars ($2, 500, due ten years after date and
|, payable at the pleasure of the district OF
any time before due, drawing interest at
not exceeding 6 per cent per annum, fol-
the purpose of obtaining a loan to BIZ
used in finishing the Twentieth avenue
school building beyond the $4,000 here.
tofore appropriated.
2. Shall the independent schooldistrict
of Council Bluffs issue its bonds to the
, amount of twelve thousand dollars
, ($l2, O00), due ten years after date, and
payable at the pleasure of the district al
any time before due, drawing interest al
not exceeding 6 per cent per annum, for
the purpose of obtaining a loan, to bt
o used in the erection of a six.room schooI
o building to take the place of the Center
!. street school building.
3. Shall the independent school distric
of Council Bluffs sell the Stutsman stree
: school building and grounds and issue it,
bonds to the amount of ten thousand dol
lars oslo, 1000, due ten years after date
and payable at the pleasure of the distric
at any time before due, drawing interes'
at not exceeding 6 per cent per annum
q for the purpose of obtaining a loan, to b.
used, with the proceeds of the sale of thu
n Stutsman street school house andgronnd
and the $40. 600 voted at the annua
meeting on March 10, 1883, in purchas
ing grounds and erecting thereon al
N eight-room school building to accommo
, date the pupils attending the Stutsmai
l. school and the grammar pupils in tn
y eastern part OF the city.