Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-12-19
THE BOSTON WOMEN.
The Biggest Turnout at Hub City Flee
ton for Years.


The details OF the city election in
Boston on the 18th are given in dis
patch of that date as iollows To-dav's
election closed one of the most exciting
| municipal campaigns ever carried on
in this city. Bitter personalities have
characterized all sides, and especially
has this been the case in the discussion
of the public school question, the prin-
cipal issue of the campaign. This issue
was brought before the people last sum
mer by the school board in the removal
/ from the public schools of certain text
book, which contained statements dis
tasteful to the Catholic clergy Be-
heving that in this action they
saw an entering wedge by which Cath
Ollie supremacy in the control of the
public schools was to be ultimately OBJ
tanned, the friends Of the public
schools" have had frequent meetings to
protest against such interference and
public feeling has been wrought up to
the highest pitch. A mass meeting was
held in Faneuil HILL, and as the out
come Oft q committee of 100, irrespec-
tive of party, was appointed to prepare
a list of school committee me IN bers for
election day that should contain only
the names of persons who were known
to be friends of the public school 81 s.
tem"
The unusual interest aroused in this
question was most noticeable among the
women voters, and is shown by the
fact that, while only S37 women were
registered for the municipal election
last year and only 725 voted, tue total
re istration this year reached 20,2l6.
The school board consists of tAentv-
four members, of whom eleven were
elected to-day. Of the thirteen mem
bers who hold over, eight are OF the
Catholic faith, and it being held by the
Republican convention that this is a
sufficient representation Of that sect up-
on the board, the ticket presented by
the Republicans to-day contained the
names OF no Catholics whatever. The
Republican ticket vas endorsed by a
citizens committee of one hundred
The Democrats, on the contrary, renom-
mated the three retiring Catholic mem
bers
Miss Caroline Hastings, NJ. d.. was
renominated by the Republicans, the
citizens and the committee of one
hundred, but was dropped by the
Democrats. who named instead Mrs.
Isabella G. Barrows, wife Of the editor
of the Christian Register. Rabbi Solo
mon SCHNEIDER was the only candidate
whose name appeared on all the tickets.
All tickets were badly scratched, and
this, with the fact that the vote for
committee is so much larger than ever
before, will make it very late before
definite results can be known, except
iur mayor, the Republican being
elected.
Owing to the fierce contest which has
been waged on the school question, even
the struggle for the mayoralty between
Hart and O'Brien has assumed second
airy Importance. Hart, the Republican
candidate was endorsed by the citizens
movement. He has run several times
for mayor and is finally successful. The
probability, at a late hour, is that the
committee as endorsed by the Commit
tee of One Hundred is also elected.
Boston, Mass, Dec. 12-The result of
the vote for members of the school
committee was the election of the entire
ticket nominated by the Republicans
and Endorsed by the Committee of One
Hundred. The only member of the
present board reelected is Miss Hast
ings and among the eleven there are
no Cath olics. Taking the vote fer
SCHNEIDER as representing very nearly
the aggregate vote for school committee
and subtracting from it the total vote for
mayor gives l6,947 as the approximate
number of women who voted on total
registration of about 300 or very
nearly 80 per cent. AS no separate re-
turns were made of the women voters,
the exact figures cannot be given.