St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-12
BAD FOR O'BRIEN.
Boston's Municipal Election Re
suits in the Defeat of the Demo-
cratic Candidate for Mayor.

suits in the Defeat Of the Demo-
cratic Candidate for Mayor.
Be- sToN, Dec. 11.-To-day's election
closed one of the most exciting munich
pal campaigns ever carried on in this
city. Bitter personalities have char
acterized all sides, and especially has
this been the case in the discussion of
the public school question, the princi-
pal issue Of the campaign. This issue
was brought before the people last
summer 10y the school board in
the removal from the public
schools of a certain text book, which
contained statements distasteful to the
Catholic clergy. Believing that in this
section they saw an entering wedge by
which Catholic supremacy in the con-
troll of the public schools was to be al
timately obtained, the friends of the
public schools have had FREQUENT
meetings to protest against such inter-
ference, and public feeling has been
wrought up to the highest pitch. A mass
meeting was held in Faneuil hall, and as
the outcome of it committee OF 100, ir-
respective of party, was appointed to
prepare list of 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" The unusual interest
aroused in this question was most no
ticeable among the women voters, and
is shown by the fact that while only S31
women were registered for the munlci-
pal election last year and only 725 voted,
the total registration this year reached
2O,216. The school board consists of
tWenty-four members, of whom eleven
were elected to-day. Of the thirteen
members who hold over, eight are of
the Catholic faith, and it being
held by the Republican convention that
this is sutficientrepreSentati of that
sect upon the board, the ticket pre-
sented by the Republicans to-day con-
tanned no Catholics whatever. The Re-
publican ticket was indorsed by cit
liens committee of 1U0. The Demo
Gratis, on the contrary, renomnated the
three retiring Catholic members. Miss
Caroline Hastings, NJ. d., was renom-
mated by the Republicans. the
citizens and the committee of
100, but was dropped by the
Democrats, who named instead
Mrs. Isabella c Barrows, wife of the
editor of the Christian Register. Rabbi
Solomon SCHNEIDER was the only candi-
date whose name appeared upon all the
tickets. All tickets were badly
scratched, and this, with the fact that
the vote for school committee is so
much larger. than ever before. will
make it very late before definite results
can be known, except for mayor, the
Republican, Thomas II. Hart, being
elected by about 2,0O0 plurality.
Though the votes are not yet can
vasspd, it is probable that the entire Re-
publican ticket for school board, as
Endorsed by the committee Of one huh
dred, is elected: also that the majority
in favor of license is between $4,000 and
1900. The plurality for Hart (Rep.)
for mayor, with one precinct missing,
is 1,6OO.
The license vote of the city was: Yes,
34,471; No, 16,905-a majority of 1866
in favor of the license. as compared
with S,4S3 last year. The difference
between this and last years vote is
due 10 the fact that many tempe
rance people voted yes this year in
order to give the high license law,
passed by the legislature, trial in this
city. No estimate can be given at this
hour of the wOmen'S vote in the city, as
the figures are not all tabulated, but it
is believed to reach at least $4,000.