Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-17
THE SCHOOL ELECTION.

The Reform School Tfcket-Hts Favor
 able Reception About Assessing
 Teachers For Election Purposes-An
 Alleged Secret Meeting of The Board
 No tsBoard Ticket.''
 The reform school ticket published yester- day is meeting with very favorable recep- tion from the public. It receives the appro- bation of all favoring proper and wise econ omy in the administration of affairs in the public schools and is universally admitted to be strong ticket, worthy the approba- tion of all good citizens. The ticket is com mended in quarters whence appreciation was unlocked for as one against which nothing can be urged of disparaging nature, and meets with strong backing from all op- posed to MT. Dutton's administration of af- fairs, the number of whom is very large. The opposition to the ticket appear to be at tempting to throw dust in the eyes of the public by falsely claim ing that the anti-Dutton ticket, as some term it, is opposed to the High school. This resort is merely trick of the enemy in the hope of defeating the ticket.
 A report was in circulation yesterday that the first assessment made by teachers in the public schools was made largely under the influence of Mr. Dutton when he was princi- pal of the Eaton school Joseph Gile, for merly principal of the Winchester school, said yesterday morning when questioned about the matter: "I was a member of the member the circumstances. The teach CTS complained about being assessed and said MT. Dutton was collecting the money for use at the school election. The board did not act in the matter, deciding it was outside their jurisdiction. The members f II, o1 4o1 o44 4Io4 and A. W. Parmalee especially, were active in making Mir. Dutton superintendent. That was the first time the teachers were assessed and, to my knowledge, the only time."
 Superintendent Dutton said in regard to the matter: ''I don't wish to make any statement regarding matters that occurred so long ago. I know that persons inter ested have given money at times to help out the legitimate expenses of the election. I supposed they had right to do so. never have known of any assessment being laid upon the teachers for school election purposes. Ana kno" oI no sucn scheme this year"
 sWhat do you think of the ticket put in the field last night"
 t'So far as I know, l should think they were very good men,"
 "Then you cannot say whether you collect ed money for use in the election referred to or nota"
 O., admissions I think it is hardly courteous in the newspapers to send to me as often as they have to ask such questions
 A rumor prevailed yesterday that secret meeting of several of the members of the Board of Education was to be held last evening to talk about putting 'board ticket" in the field. This was enq uired into by a seeker after knowledge. All was "Cimmerian darkness" at the Board of Edu- cation room at 8 o'clock. Evidently there fore the meeting, if any there was, was held elsewhere Various members of the Board were seen later. These gentlemen had been out calling and stated emphatically that there would be no ssBoard ticket;" that they most decidedly had no intention of aiding or abetting the issue of any such ticket and that if there to be another ticket in the field they were totally in the dark regarding it; also that the case was the same as regards Superintendent Dutton, who would stand spotlessly aloof from any machinations relative to the cleo ton and let the public have it for once "a go as you please" race. They seemed strenuous to have it understood that the Board would have no hand in the school election and that if any new ticket should ke forthcoming it would have to look elsewhere for its paterni- ty.