New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-07-20
XCITED OVER THE SCHOOLS
Tremendous Mass Meeting for the
Purpose Of Electing Directors.
Throng Which in It's Various Phas Is
Beggars Description.
G. strickler and A. F. Rein Elected by
an Overwhelming Majority.

aeer Methods Employed to Exotic the
Voters.
Saturday night witnessed in New Ulm
le most exciting and bitter public
Getting ever held in New Ulm. The two
.cancies on the school board, caused by
e expiration Of the terms Of Q. @.
rickler and F. friedman, were to be.
led and it was war on either side as to
no should fill them. Strickler was a
ndidate for reelection and he seemed
'' iually bent upon ousting friedman.
elm was put up in the latter's place
id an opposition party then took up
e name of friedman and coupled
with that of Frank. For days be-
re the faction first referred to labore,d
I'd and quietly. The other side was
t awakened until Saturday and then
fur flew. Claims and counter claims
re made all day and at night it Gull
mated in a seething, surgingg multitude
aggregated about the hall, anxious to
tie.
lit was an interesting sight, fit for an
fists word picture. Candidates grew
: E 4 z 5s-s stF-rwy-f
cited. Men rushed too and fro. Wom-
\ were rushed to the polls and then
.Iirrried off after more. Not until every
lite was safely in the ballot box did the
element cease.
lin the hall the scene was tumultuous.
leakers sought to get the floor but
lire pushed down by a moving, restless
bwd. Men tried to talk, but the stamp
b Of feet and the yells of excitement
owned every voice. The chairman
Ills almost powerless. Over chairs,
'nehes and even people the crowd
.eed on and lowered around the polls.
last they were opened and then what
rush! Only a photograph could pic
re it. Words have no meaning to de-
;ibe suchsa surging throng.
When the ballots were counted it was
md that Stricken and REIN were
erwhelmingly victorious. In the neigh
y 4 : ( 7. rs j. 5,Gi5
rhood of $50 votes had been cast for
,se two candidates while the others
d received less than 800. The reason
IS apparent. Notwithstanding the posi-
n of director of the public schools is
one to be sought after but should
her be thrust upon the man who is
lored Herewith, rigs were being run
the interests of certain candidates and
scheme or effort was spared to get
the voters, whether all Of them knew
at they were voting for or not. It
tiers not who practiced these methods.
people who were standing around
rner Hall are the best judges as to
It and it is only necessary for the Re
Wv to say that they are far from being
oper. Calm deliberation should direct
ucational movements and not wild ex-
ration and heated excitement.
~
he combination which was made in the
DOL ightSaturday night will win every
le, but it is conundrum that bothers
to know how they are going to adj
matters after they have won.
~
Deputy Auditor Jorgenson as he stood
watched hestrange mingling Of pee-
constituting that peculiar multitude
tally remarked that even s. D. Peter
would find difficulty in determining
to handle such crowd.
he REVIEW doesn't believe in allow
Turner's, Lutherans Catholics or any
. else to run the puplic schools.
Their doesit believe in stirring up strife
n there is no need for it, just to-
Sc two or three men who want to-
Te mountains out Of mice and who
'ess to have great wrongs to right in
r to accomplish personal ends.
the meeting an individual whose
professedly that Of saving souls
snrnaflincr thn dortrinn 0f charity