Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-07
A STRONG MEETING.

A STRONG MEETING. | surpasses Anything Known in the History of she City-Tho Free TextJ' Book Party Overwhelmingly Vicye.- rious Howarth, Adler and Avis
 Nominated Amidst Great tExcp..ement.
 Loomis' Hall was packed east evening by m enthusiastic crowd of O'..sizens, all inter- ,sted in the school eyiection. Never before m the history of Ns;S;ew Haven has such ex- ,itement been l'shown in a school election as hat disrplayed at last evenings meeting. rhao excitement was intense and both sides fought hard. But the people were out and
 they were determined on having free text
 books. The candidates who had been nomi-
 mated at a previous meeting and who are
 pledged to free text books were endorsed by
 tremendous majority. The meeting had
 been called by the High School Alumni as-
 sooiation for the purpose of giving the people
 chance to say who they would like to have
 ranresent them in the board of education.
 The hall was packed when Councilman
 Moran promptly at 7:30 called the meeting to order and stated the purpose for which it
 had been called. The free text book
 men put forward Harry W. Asher for
 chairman of the meeting, and the other side
 named Morris F. Tyler. The fun con-
 menced at once. The chair was besieged by
 motions and counter motions. Everybody
 wanted the floor and nobody could get it. A
 division of the house obtained at last and the
 free textbook men showed their strength, for
 two-thirds of the house went over into that
 side and Mr. Asher took the chair. MT.
 Moran heaved sigh of relief when he left
 the platform.
 -I~~s.- nln kLnv- I~aI kI,
 meeting for the honor and referred to the
 approaching election as a crisis in school af- fairs, the effect of which would be felt for years. No sooner had he declared the meet. ing ready for business, than nearly everyone in the hall was on his feet endeavoring to nominate someone. Maier zunder, Remus
 0. Loveridge, Frederick Botsford, Max Ad
 Ter and JoelA. Sperry were among those nam
 ed. Councilman Ullman placed in nomina-
 ton the entire free textbook ticket, Messrs.
 Howard, Adler and Avis.
 This raised storm at once. The other
 side immediately cried for fair play and
 asked that the nominations be made one at
 time. Walter Leigh wanted the fight con-
 ducted on principle and favored the nom-
 ination of three at once. A: Maxey Hitler
 thought that the meeting should take no such
 action. That it should nominate men un- pledged to any party, but in whom the peo- pie have confidence, and who can decide the whole matter In the board as they believe to be according to the best interests ot the dis- trict.
 Attorney Jacob P. Goodhart pleaded for "fair play" He said it was the first element he learned in the public school. He believes in free text books, but he believes that other men than the free text book men should be taken into consideration. He wanted some courtesy shown to tho High sciool alumni, who called the meeting and whose guests those present were.
 Frederick B. Farnsworth announced his opposition to free books and expressed a de- sire for manual training.
 Attorney Charles H. Fowler conceded thst the free text books men were in the msjori- l ty. Representative Wolfe said that he had been in the minority for six months and asked a good many fsvors from the majority. He was going to be consistent, and though | this time with the majority, he hoped the l minority would be given an opportunity to small hubbub, and 1t was decided to make the nominations one at time.
 When nominations were called for bedlam reigned again. Everybody wanted to nomi. nate some one and everybody told everybody else to sit down.
 When order was restored again motion l to place only two men at a time in nomina- II tlOn, one Ou 6dCu blu6, Wh6 ChIEldus MIX Adler and Pierce N. Welch were nominated. Wiegand Schlein strongly protested against this, saying that 1t was applying a gag and prevented him from nominating Maier Zun- der, whom he had been commissioned by @ large circle of Germans to place in nomina- tion. A friend of the free text book cause here made strong speech in their favor, and for the first time during the evening the
 crowd listened quietly. If the books spread ha kal C., tpnxy xybxy hroL oLo of the public library did not. He wanted every citizen of New Haven placed on level and free text books provided for all. Morris F. Tyler tried to speak, but ories | and yells for the previous question cut him | of. Alexander Troup strode to the center of | the hall and aoked that Mir. Tyler be given a l hearing. It is the right of every man to be heard, he said. He was interrupted by l shouts and sheers, and one man wanted him put out and the police called. The noise and excitement was bewildering After a stormy scene the call for the previous ques tion was withdrawn and MT. Tyler was heard. He said the meeting was called in order to allow the citizens to nominate men In whom they have confidence and who are who called the meeting had no political debts to pay. Personally he was in favor of free textbooks, but the matter should be de- oidsd at the annual school meeting.
 Attorney Cable referred to the conduct of the meeting as disgraceful, and said that when he was oity attorney if anything of the kind had occurred he would have some mem- | ber of the city government before the police court for disturbing public meeting. But the people had been there two hours | and had lost patience, and the cries for the | question came from all sides. Again di- | vision was taken on the nomination of Adler or Zunder, and the former was nominated by
 an overwhelming vote.
 P. 0. Loveridge and s. R. Avis were nom-
 mated for second place. At this point Fun.
 der's supporters were leaving the hall and | the rush to the Avis side ot the house cars ried all before it.. In the same way James A. Howarth was nominated over Pierce N. Welch. The meeting adjourned shortly be- fore 10 o'clock amidst tremendous cheering | by the free text book men.
 But the excitement was not over. Groups of men fingered in the vicinity long and dis- cussed the all important question. The
 board of education was we'll represented at the meeting during the evening. The whole | khfuo a uraak audoraanapt nF ha fraa