St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-17
THIRTY-TWO BALLOTS
And Yet the School Inspect
orS Failed to Elect a
Secretary.
They Quietly Adjourn to Take
the Matter Up Some
Other Time.
The Balloting Was Under the
Cloak of a Secret
Session.
Nineteen Candidates Will Find
Life Miserable for An
other Week.

There was a buzz of expectation in
the basement corridors of the high
school building early yesterday evening.
The hum grew louder and louder until
it almost amounted to Il roar, when
hush was caused by the calling of the
education board to order. All the
members were present and the superin-
tendent was there with the city attorney
sitting upon his left. 1t was whispered
that there Were to be five leading candi-
dates for the secretaryship, every one
of whom had received pledges sufficient
to elect, if the pledges were to be kept.
After the reading of the minutes
and the transaction of a mOdicum
of business, the unfinished matter
of the election of a secre-
tary laid over from the last
regular meeting was taken up, and In
spector MaxfeId Immediately moved to
go into executive session. One of the
reporters demurred but was OVerruled
by the president; and candidates, spec
tators and members of the press re-
tired. During the executive session
some intoxicated individual staggered
against one of the windows and created
quite sensation within the chamber, as
the impression was created that some
newspaper man was trying to ''steal the
meeting" The effect was to make
every member shut up like an oyster,
but after prolonged wait the reporters
were readmitted and twas learned that
there had been thirteen names before
fhiTtU-tNO
had been taken without avail.
On the first ballot no candidate re-
ceived more than two votes. During
the .ballOting Horace Dunno received
two votes, which were merely so many
compliments, as the eX-secretarY to the
mayor had drawn out of the race since
his name was presented at the last
meeting. The candidates voted on last
night were Edward w. White, the pres
ent incumbent in the position of the
| mayors private secretary; Neil Muir
ray, r. Y. Pratt, George Collier. Ole
Lundgren, Herman Trott, A. p. Hend-
ricksOn, l. J. Beaumont james OBrien,
Charles Passavant, John Penner. f.
Slebold and NJ. j. DOnnelly, the last
gentleman being backed up by a petit
ton addressed to the board requesting
Mr.. DOnnellY's appointment. Tine petit
ton was headed by the name of Gov:
Merriam, and contained the names OF
Sheriff Richter, c. d. O'Brien and 9th
erS. Finding they could make no head
way toward an agreement upon secre-
tary, the board resOrted to the heavy
parliamentary expedient of postponing
the election to another meeting.
ROUTINE.
The real estate committee reported in
favor of accepting the ). j. Illden
school in Lake Park addition, and the
report was accepted and the final eStl-
mate af 81. 596.25 ordered paid to Walter
Butler. The real estate committee was
authorized to obtain property for new
school, TO be located somewhere in the
vicinity of Webster and Jordan streets.
A resolution was passed which provides
that German shall be taught in the
third grade of all the schools The re-
port of the city treasurer, showing
balance of S41,042.S so. was accepted.
NIGHT SCHOOLS.
The following appointments of teach
ers in the evening schools were made:
Franklin School-D. Murphy. princi-
cipal: Mrs. E. Church. Harry DeWart,
S. V. Warren.
Baker SchOol-George NJ. Empey.
Van Buren, School-Emily Dlttman,
Chester Bonnie, c. A. Miller.
German SchO0l-W. f. MuSsell, prin-
cipal; Charles Lewis, Charles Bow
dish.
Adams SchOOI-B. q. Eaton, Miss M.
f. Farrell. w. S. Kennedy.
Cleveland School Mrs. E. S. Farms
worth, w. Sundberg.
Jackson School-R. d. O'COnnell,
Jerry PrendergaSt, George H. Hutton.
Madison SchOOl-George c. Smith, F.
J.. Austin, Warren Watts, Anton
Jnrka, Hattie E. Ruddy, Emma Gates.
Humboldt. E. Bryant, William
Haskell, Mrs. Helena Dorm, A. W.
Gutridge.
LineOln-Maris G. Anderson. George
E. Hult, Anna Swenson, Wilbert Bon
nie.
Longfellow-S. r. Loux.
Teacher of PenmanShip in the Even
ing Schools. l.. Buck.
The board then adjourned.