Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-09-13
The Record Corrected.


no election of Secretary of county ,
,oard of school examiners. Well broth !
n Ii. it would have been such II the
county board had accepted the petition
&c tbe gentleman from Alma, repre-
enting as it did only small portion
II Arcadia township, and signed as IL
vas by personal friends OF Mr.. bs'
Who kicks to show his disappointment:
Now brother b.. the "few names
uou sneak of represent 40 or 80 OF the
teachers. from every township but ElDa
and il was not represented at the III
stitute and those teachers represent
the whole county, and there was not
name of a saloon keeper on the, Pc
tition. The board as represented by
the county voted for the best interests
of the county board of school inspectors
who supported Mr.. Fullerton as candl-
date for examiner, and we are glad 10
know that he was too much OF man |
TO sell his vote for the position In the
Alma schools. Now brother Is. tne
less YOU have TO say about that littie
.Iticklingr process the better.
MEMBER OF BOARD.
From the Gratiot Herald.
| wish to say to the Member OF
Board" that, l do not "kick" because
of my disappointment l kick
because owing to Misrepresentation
made to me by member of board
that he ,cas not pledged that nay apphcat-
ion would receive falr andcmdlu con-
sideratio, ut Isis bands, l was induced
w. tne solicitation OF friends to make an
APPLICATION. knowing full well that !
eould present unquestioned testimonials
which if duly considered, would secure
The position. IN this ! succeeded, ana
could you have focused your milu'
uoon the character and eminent Mt
ness of those who testified in my 1aVoi
Won would have reached a different
conclusion. "kick' because OF your
insolent imputation, that 10 have acteu
| upon the suggestion of my persona
friends" would have been farce.
: II am proud to have these gentlemen
considered my personal frlehus.l
The idea. that upon question OF thi'
nature, you could not act upon the ao
vice of such men as, Hon. f. Is. Green
Darius Reid. VIM. ). Turck, L. A. Ely
} f. A. Bagley, Jas. l.. Clark, MARTYR
Montigel, Prof. b. y. Welstead' frol
4. w. Beckner, Prof. ID. III. Adams
w. A. Bahlke, J. +. Suydam, .. )
Stilwell. Hon. III. l.. Wood, Pres. Geo
F. Hunting, John ID. Spinney, Der
Woodward, i. 5. Webb, a. Ierington
Prof. J. w. Ewing, with about fort.
other leading representative men c
Alma. together with John a. El"el
> L. w. Whitney, f. G.. Kneeland, +. L
, Weller, James y. Templar, ,. ,. HaS'
ings. A. y. Martin, II. Harrington, I
V. Pane, IL. w. Wooden, Geo. I
Nichols. Il. n. Paine, Edwin ). Hos
S kins. L. III. Elwell, G. ii. Coats, ,. !
1 Heyerlo. Newell Leonard, III. Nj. Rel
= nels. Stiles Kennedy. Wesley Griiliti
! and twenty one others all leading rel
resentative men in st. Louis, also, ]
L. Walbridge, Wm. Brice. W. /
Wright, w. A. Barstow, Jessie Mcli
tyre. J. II. DeMay, and othel
: of Ithaca without enacting a fare
t shows lack of discrimination that
s truly pitiable. Ut will be noticed TIL
!. these personal friends" do not all ll'
= in IA small portion of Arcadia tow
shiny | had besides the petitio
. signed by the above named gentleme
Al
d very catering testimonials from II
e following eminent men entirely famll
V with my work in this line, who We
Il cheerfully testified to my eilicienc
. Hon. ID. l.. Crossman and DR.. Mathis
= Coad. OF WILLIAMSON, Hon Elmer
. North. Lansing, Hon. j. L. Colgro
le and Christopher Van Amman, OF Has
n ings. Hon. Henry NJ. Perrin and lio
n Porter X. Perrin, st. Johns aud othe
10 a. against about 30 names thirteen
6 them being ladles) secured at the
stitute the day of your meeting, fro
~ the $50 teachers said to have been
Of attendance, together with about twel
ee other names gathered up about toy
TT among whom, as we are told are I
ty men proprietorS Of a Saloon" at Ashl'
,h whose petition you saw fit to honor
20 favor of my opponent. l am entire
willing to leave it to the public to
u eide as to which class of petitioners
ot best qualified from their Intelligent
ed observation and experience to judge
to what is best to promote and los
the educational interests, of the scho
nd of the county, whether men of matt
=, years, many of whom have become G
Nv inent. for their ability, or this other cl
Gu OF great men, yet in embryo, togetl
nd with the young ladies in attenda
mt upon teachers institute, are b
I'm counselors for Member OF Boar