New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-10
MR.. SIMMONS REELECTED,
TEE VOTE STOOD ELEVEN no NINE.
y STRONG EFFORT TO DErEAT THE R&SeiDnH'
OF THE BOARD OF EDuoATIoF-viE"s
OF THE OPPOSITION.

Y eTRONC EFFORT TO DEfbAT Ia~ x~nDA~
OF THE BOARD OF EDuoATIoF-viEWs
OF THE OPPOSITION.
rs,dnand rraud. Mayor GRANTS nrst appotnement'
entered ON his duties immediately yesterday - inc
meeting of the Board Of Education his previous
term expired on January 1, ana a'aousa no u.S,,t
- tho oldest members Of tho BOARD, Mayor Hewitt
a.c,,ned 70 reappoint him He was appointed py
Never Grant I'm the morning in place Of Dr. william
WEIGH. who resigned the day before on sccouns OF
sestous illness The interest In ME- frauds appear
ance I'm the Board the greater a. on IT depenaeo
largely the election of the president. j. Edward SIM
mons For several weeks quiet contest mas peoh
going ON among the members. Mr. Simmons was
candidate for reelection. Tho opposition centred on
william A. Cole, who Yves ono Of the Commissioners
reappointed by Mr.. Hewitt last month mr.. Coie
was supported BY the women who are mo"Dors VI
the BOARD and by most of the now Commissioners.
After the rou had been called and all the members
had answered to their Names President Simmons an
nounced that tho first order OF business was 'no
election of officers, and yielded the chair 70 JONI
missioner Jacob D. vermlye Commissioner r. wal
ter webb at once obtained the floor to nominate
eans,sa,s In a short address which no made, he
sad that there had been numerous reports In crcuia-
fion indicating that there was violent luminosity
ibetween some of the Commissioners This was not
a fact All such statements ware without foundation
But it was ridiculous 10 attempt TO
d,ssu,se the fsot that thore was marked
onnoson TO the peiicy Of the Board during the last
year On tho ono side there were those who had
supported Otty superintcndent JOHN Jasper and his
methods. and on the other those who had Opposed
Mr. Jasper This opposition had grown, and an o.
animation of tho methods Of tho school system had
satisfied the committee that certain evils existed IN
the school system. II was not tho purpose OF .ne
opposition TO mako any personal night against MI
Jssper in his position, but IL would strive TO DO sway
win such evils II saw In the schools ana 10 make
acme radical changes. The opposition had no per.
sonal grounds against President Simmons. but wished
to present for president of the Board the name OF
lone who had been In sympathy with reform rom tns
rArst william A. Cole.
Mr. Webb was listened 10 in silence and as soon as
he had finished Commissioners ouggenheimer pre-
scented the name of ME- Simmons, but without any
remarks and the tellers were appointed to take the
vote The result of the ballong was announced aer
fsv minutes of silence and deep interest The vote
stood: Mr. simmons IL, Mr.. Cole and panR
mr. simmons was declared elected and tho CHAIRMAN
appointed Commissioners Cole and Holt to conouct
him to his scat
The result was evidently keen disappointment TO
the opposition, which had made hard cou1s' anu
had expected MP TO the moment 70 be SUCCESSFUL
So far as could DO learned the vote stood as foo~s
For Mr. simmons, Commissioners Guggenheimer,
schmitt, Purdy vermnye, fraud, Devoe, sehsman'
Galloway Holt Hunt and simmcns for MT Cole,
Commissioners sprsgue, webb. Mrs Agnew Miss
Dodge, Mrs Powell, Kuhne, o'Brien, Peasiec ana
Cole Commissioner Sanger voted blank UP 70
hui he announced on coming to the meeting his In
tention of voting for Mr. Simmons ms, x,xrn,n o,ert
Nv The 5H' To.s As Il and john
sSdtor By pineteen votes After announcing the
n Ss the on he
of school methods, the meeting was ADJOURNED until
next wednesday President simmons VII ann9ynce
for tho year.