The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-12-21

schoo by the schoo art If a Ger an K
book, which contained Statements co ,si lei, Il
ny the Roman Catholic clergy to be incor-
re't az matters IT history, and TO be unia o.
r. hectious upon the Romau Catholic faith
Believin. that in TINS action they saw an en-
term. wedgs by which Roman Cathoin.
supremacy in the control of the public
schools was to be ultimately obtained, those
who thought the sci, OILS in dan ser have
held frequent meetings TO expires, thei
opinions, aud public feeln; has ben
wrought up TO the III hest pitch. A mass
I'M citing was also held a Funeuil hall aud s
the outcome a comn.ittae of 10I citIzaus, ir.
| respective OF party, WIS appointed To pre
| pare a list OF school committee members Tor
| election yesterday that should contain the
names OF only such person, as were known TO
he frie DIS OF the pubic school system. and
who would work soidiy Tor its deve ooment.
The unusual interest aroused IN this q ~ ton
was most noticeab am ,ng thu women vot-
ers, and was SHOWN by the fact that while
| Only SIT OF this class wrre registered for the
municipal election last year and only 725
voted, the total registration this year
reached 20,2
The school board consisted OF twenty four
members. OF whom eleven we're erted yes.
terday including two members to f.. vacan-
cies resulting from the death Of E,iwarI G..
Carrigan and the resi- n ,ticu OF Rsv j. r.
Duryea, who has accep ed a call from the
west. or the thirteen members who nold
over eight are OF the Roman Catho ic fai h,
and it being held by the REPUBLICAN, c0nven-
ton that this Is a sufficient representa- ION OF
that sect upon the nOard Lhe ticket pre-
sented by the Republicans Yesterday con
tanned the names OF no Roman Catholics
wha ever Tie Republican icket Was On.
dorsed by the COMMITTEES OF t0J
The Democrats, On The contrary, re.nomin
the three retiring Roman G ,tholic ,neinbers
who were also endorsed by the citizsn,' con
vention. The Democratsc nominated Mrs
Barrows instead of Miss Hastings Rabhl
SCHNEIDER WAS the only candidate on ali
tickets
The agitation brought out a large vote
which is usually silent or Democratic, and to
this agitation the defeat Of Mayor OBrien l.
largely attributed The contest was a hot
ole and ali tickets were badly scratched.
The complete count Except for school board)
gives for mayor: Hart tR ~. aud Cit), 81.
1876; O'Brien (Dem.,, SO.494. Street com.
missioner: Dore Dem IS, 3OS; Hogan (Rep.
and Cit), $3.50
Alderman elected in the twelve districts in
tueH oTueT' UoNe, Tsp oChCey, O5In.
Mclaughlin, Dem; Wilson, r p {; Smith,
Rep. Murphy. Dem: Kelley. Rep; Folsom,
Rep; Short Dsm; Reel, Rep Rogers,
Rep; Eddy, Rep Totals Repubnc,,s, 4
Democrats. against = Republicans, Dsmo-
Gratis and 2 Independent last year. The COM
mon council will stand 80 Democrats, IS r..
pub'icans, against 81 Democrats 20 Repub-
licans, and Independent Democrats last
year.
Green and SCHNEIDER are the only Demo.
cratic nominees for school board elected.
The board elected is az follows; Caroline M.
Hastings, for two years; DR.. Charles M.
Green ami William A. Mowrey, for three
years; Laliah b. Pingree, John p. G. VIM
ship, Rabbi Solomon. SCHNEIDER, w. s.
Allen, L. d. Packard, r. G. Humphreys, I.
J. Emery, 3. L. Capen.
The license vote OF tho city was: Yes,
"a, A.; no, 10, 9O5--a majority of 1855 in
favor OF license, as compared with S,4SS last
year. The difference between this and last
years vote Is due to the fact that many tenn
perance people voted yes this year ia orde
to give the high license law. passed by the
last 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 bell eyed to
reach at least $1,000