Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-16
THE SCHOOL ELECTION.

noou. the Issuc-WNn the
HI~h school Alumni Take fafs IN
,ne Ooutest-Intervlew with the
Presldent OF the AssOciatlon-hoAs
n. sargent Declines to Kun.
The school election which the statute says
r,ust be held on the first Tuesday following
the first Monday in September, Will
come this year September 3. Already an
unnsual interest in the contest has oeen
aroused and the question whether the .eAs
books used in the public schools snail 90
proyided to the pupils free OF expense OF nos'
has become the issue which the electlon N
axnected to decide. Last year Mr.. waiter
,.,oh was elected member of the board on
the free text book platform and it Is unoei'
stood that he will push the principle TO the
front this year by placing before the people
I ticket pledged to carry out the tiee '0H.
book idea. A lively light on this soe 40
promised.
Tho onnosition has not organised as yet
and how powerful 1t will be Is only G Mass1
Of conjecture. Last year the f a1gu Mr..
Alumni Association pIougn' ~ made NO
has DeJh Tyler as osnd aSs belief that there
to the plans of the free text Duole .aoQlatlor
f year, but so far as learned no step has beer
: taken by 1t toward entering the contest
{ Several members of the association, however
have deprecated Ithe attempt to make tn
| free text book question an issue in the cam
! paign, In the belief that 1t may be left t.
J the wisdom and experience of the gentlemen
chosen as members of the board of education
for a safe solution.
In reply to several questions referring tc
the school election, and the probable posi-.
4 IN 10 hTrxt.
might take therein, the president of the as
ISOLATION said last evening: 81 am 10th tc
refer to the matter in advance of any meeting
OF tho committee to which the subject has
been referred. The executive committee OF
the association has taken all the action in the
matter 1t will, and that was taken many
weeks ago, when it referred the whole thing
to special committee. This committee will
meet this week and regret that some mem
bers of 1t have seen fit to anticipate its action
in the public press. have quite strong
opinions on the subject of free text books.
but prefer to reserve them until the commit
tee has decided what action to take.
1 hope to see strong ticket placed before
the people, not pledged to any person or
the people can safely entrust the interests of
the school district. It is quite probable that
the alumni will seek to obtain this object by
asking some representative men to assemble
and select ticket.
OF Mr.. Asher's candidacy perhaps the less
said the better. It is difficult to discover
Just what he represents. 1t is little unfor-
tunate that he should be in position which
does not readily commend itself to the peo-
pie. believe the people are getting tired f
self-nominsted candidates. If Mr.. Asher
seeks to stand merely as the representative
OF the alumni believe he makes mistake.
The alumni need no representation on the
school board and they want none. They want
to see school affairs in the hands of thorough
competent men who will look out for the
interests of the entire district and not of any
particular faction. I imagine some people
will smile at what has been attributed to
members of the High School ALUMNI Assooi,,
alton and speak about house divi de-
| against itself, but when the committe
meets some line of action will be Determined
| upon and followed" II
Mr.. Henry B. Sargent, who succeeds the
late h. M. Welch as a member of the.1oard
declines to stand as q candidate am says:
"My reason for declining to be candidate
is that haven't the time necessary for the
proper conduct of the Office. My business
engrosses 80 much of my time that feel I
could not properly discharge the duties of
the Office