The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-12
B0ST0N'S BALLOT BATTLE
CREEDS AND A TEXT BOOK STIR
UP BOTH SEXES.

Over 10000 Women Register in Or
der to Take a Hand in Blecting
School Commissioners Mayor
O'Brien Defeated by the Republican
Nominee-Hot Fights for Aldermanic
Seats.
BosToN, Dec. 11.-Thomas w Hart (rep.)
is elected mayor by about 1000 plurality,
with two precincts missing. To-day's elec-
tion closed one of the most exciting munich
pal campaigns ever carried on in this city.
Bitter personalities have been freely in
dulged in on all sides, and especially has
this been the case in the discussion of the
public school question, which has been the
principal issue of the campaign.
A TEXT BOOK INVOLVING RELIGION.
This issue was brought before the people
last summer by the removal from the pub
lie schools. by the school board, of GER
tain text book which contained statements
distasteful to the Catholic clergy. Beiev-
ing that in this action they saw an entering
wedge by which Catholic supremacy in the
control of the public schools was to be ultl-
mately obtained, the friends of the publii
schools have held frequent meetings to pro
test against such Interference, and public
feeling has been wrought up to the highest
pitch.
MASS MEETING.
A mass meeting was also held in Faneuil
hall and as an outcome committee of 100,
irrespective of party, was appointed to pre-
pare a list OF the school committee members
for election to-day that should contain only
the names of persons who were known to
be friends of the public school system, and
who would work only for its development.
WOMEN TO THE FRONT.
The unusual interest aroused in this ques-
tion was most noticeable among the women
voters, and is shown by the fact that while
only S37 were registered for the municipal
election last year and only TBS voted, the
total registration this year reached 20 ,2l6.
NUMERICAL STRENGTH OF THE BOARD.
The school board consists of twenty four
members, of whom eleven were elected to-
day, including two members to fill vacan-
cies. OF the thirteen members who hold
over, eight are of the Catholic faith, and it
beidg held by the republican convention
that this is a sufficient representation OF
that sect on the board, the ticket presented
by the republicans to-day contained the
names of no Catholics whatever. The re-
publican ticket was indorsed by the COM
mittee of 100.
THREE ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
The democrats on the contrary renomi-
mated Messrs. Coming, Dunn and Collisc D.,
three retiring Catholic members, who also
received the Endorsement of the citizen 5
convention. Miss Caroline Hastings, nj. D.,
was renominated by the republican citizens
and committee of one hundred, but was
dropped by the democrats, who named in
stead, Mrs. Isabella c. Barrows, wife of the
editor of the Christian Register.
THE HEBREW REPRESENTATIVES.
Rabbi Solomon SCHNEIDER was the only
candidate whose name appeared upon all
the tickets.
Another effect of the agitation of the
school question was to arouse a large num-
ber of male voters, who ordinarily took but
little interest in the municipal election aud
fail to vote at all, and caused many who
usually vote the democratic ticket to sup
port the opposition candidates.
To this agitation the defeat of Mayor
O'Brien to-day is attributed largely.
THE ALDERMANIC FIGHT.
In many Of the aldermanic districts the
contests were sharp and bitter, owing to
local discussions. In the second district
Charlestown), Philip J. Doherty, the demo-
cratic member of the present board, and
who recently made an attack in the board
upon Mayor O'Briens administration, re-
ceived the republican and indedendent
democratic nominations, running against
B. F. Stacy, the regular democratic nomi-
nee, who received many republican votes.
DoHERTY DEFEATED.
The result was the defeat of Alderman
Doherty by 1896 votes. Last year Alderman
Doherty was elected as an independent can
didate by over l, 200 plurality.
All the tickets were badly scratched, and
this, together with the fact that the vote
for school committee is 30 much larger than
ever before, will make it very late before
definite results can be known, except for
mayor.
THE OUTLOOK.
BOSTON, Dec. IL, A. M.-Although the
votes are not clean cast, the probability is
that the complete republican ticket for
school commissioners, as indorsed by the
committee of one hundred, is elected. 1t is
also probable that the majority in favor of
license will be between $4,000 and II 900.
Hart's plurality for mayor, with one pre-
cinct missing, is | 900.