The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-02-07

Votes polled yesterday 3Ol3
Grand total........ 39959
Mondays are the busy days Of the editor
who engineers the HERALDs popular public
teachers contest and yesterday was no ex.
ception to the rule. The scribe had little less
| than 5000 votes to count and they ran the
grand total up very close to the 10000 mark,
The New York Press boasts of the great
number of votes it received in its teachers
contest and is iubilant because on Saturday
last it received 4,0OO votes We can beat it.
On Friday last we received over 5000 votes.
! The big records made yesterday were
Miss Wasley, SO; Miss Baird, 51S; Miss
Connolly, 463 Frank B. Williams, 346
Mary A. Stack 22l; Agnes Stein, LOG; Anna
M. Denger, 1O5
The new names added to the record table
to-day are those of Misses Lizzie O'Connell
and Lizzie Lehe, each having more than one
hundred votes to their credit on the record
book.
The changes made among the leaders by
yesterdays returns were that Miss Wasey
again went up into third place Miss Stein
went back to fourth, and Mr.. Williams ex.
changed places with Miss Fairchild.
Hustler" gave the contest the following
complimentary notice in the Nspos on sun
day:
Il notice that the HERA ID s teachers contest
is booming. II is a most exceuent move on tht
part Of that paper and viii give satisfaction tr
al concerned. II l we're business man J
,yo,,lG In ooppprtad yrft, r. m some r,auuar
the extent of $40 at least Il is great adver
tisemeut for business houses for six months
Unlike those that have already contributed
prizes, I would not give mine to the two high.
est-the Worlds Fair is enough for them. The
3d. ith, 5th, 9th, 9TH, sc, are all entitled to
recognition besides by SO doing it viii have a
tendency to keep all our teachers in the race
up to the last moment The Shenandoah busi.
ness man who doesn't see golden opportunity
iu this contest is to be pitied for his near
sight dness,"
"Hustlers' suggestions are good. We do
not think that in a contest like this the win
ners should receive all the spois But the
contest is young yet We may make an an
nouncement in a week or two that will give
some of the competitors down the line ample
encouragement
According to the Shenandoah correspondent
of the Pottsyille Chronicle the contest has
aroused universal enthus asm north Of the
Broad Mountain, but certain" club that
claims its favorite was not credited with all
the votes sent in is murmuring loudly
If this certain" club has any cause for
complaint and will make it known to the
contest editor we will try to reetify the
mistake, if any has been made, We know Of
none and do not believe we have deprived
any contestant of any votes
The correspondent also complains that the
HERALD has been printing coupons with tn,
name of "a contestant printed on them
We did this last week on the understanding
that the cost of printing the name in the
coupons would be 81 per thousand in addition
to the charge Of one cent for each copy of th'
HERALD containing such coupon. The
friends of several other contestants secured
rubber stamps with which to stamp the name
Of their fayOrites upon the slips. The cost o
a rubber stamp is much less than paying 81
per thousand for having the name printed
but the friends of "a contestant were willing
to stand the additional expense, and in that
case what could the HERALD do but accep
the order? Any of the contestants coult
have made the same arrangement but sine,
some Of them are not willing to accept sucl
an arrangement other than in a light Of uu
fairness land we see no reason why an!
reasonable person should we have concluded
to decline to print any more names Oh
coupons.
In conclusion would say that the Chr0l
iole correspondent does us a great injustic
and does not place himself in very favor
able light when he says the contest shonlt
receive the contempt Of the public because i
has grayitated into contest between wealtl
and honestly acquired popularity The sen
timent savors of the demagOgue. We ha,
and have no power to draw the line on any
contestant because of wealth creed, color OF
nationality. The contest is open to all an,
those who entered it had ample time T.
aequaint themselves with all the conditions
as they were literally advertised for tw
weeks before the contest opened
We think that people who are acting in
spirit of fairness and good faith and reall,
wish to see the contest conducted on fai
basis and as such be successful will take ad
(Cont'naed on fourth paosJ