The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-11
ONE CHANGE In THE BOARD
Old School Commissioners Reelected
with Exception of DR.. Carver.
CUTS Safe MajOrity-Galvin's Close
Call-Loeper Defeats Berst

yesterday resulted in only one change In
the personnel of the board. but it 10 likely
shat there will be some change by yester-
days Developments in the affiliations of
the members. Clemens Vonnegut was re-
elected In the Ninth district. defeating bis
opponent. August b. Doeppers, by just 100
votes. Jacob w. Loeper was reelected in
the Sixth district. defeating George f.
Borst By 847 votes John Calvin was re-
elected IN the Fifth district. defeating Jas.
v. Offutf. who received Ill votes. and ID.
w. O'Brien, who received 395 votes. Gal.
fssted in tbe Third district by Charles
hsrtndale, the latter receiving . majority
Of 195.
The day was pleasant one for getting
out . full vote. as elections 60 when con-
fined 20 districts and are not general. Tho
sleetion was held in the old sty le, not COM
ing In under the Australian law. The next
generation wall have only tho School
snsir fathers used 20 to iius'fAts 20 to nI~ ths
polls and vote. after receiving q ballot
from some ticket handler. and running the
gauntlet OF the bordes of voters standing
a. 30 his choice. The election was marked by
unusual activity Tor such an event. the
omce having only work and no pay. This
tntoress was due to several things. chief
y
eystem. which threatens TO undermine the
nigh standing of the city's schools. This
leenng wss due TO the achinations of Gear
Erenzel. who has dictated things so long
gnst ne begins to feel the city board be-
longs TO him. The opposition TO Mr.. Vonne-
gnt and to Mr.: Calvin was borne by those
directly attached to Frenzel interests
In The case Of Mr.. Calvin the opposition
nearly succeeded In defeating him. and he
will refuse longer to affiliate with Fren-
eel liz he should act with the other side,
the division not being q strictly political
one. the Frenzel forces will be outnum.
pered. ana the officers of the board will be
Dc square" with the city on the question
Of interest on school funds. Mr.. Vonne-
RpSs hight upon this issue Will not. there
fore. have been In vain. The result almost
amounts TO q public disapproval OF tho
course of she prevailing element OF the
board.
The American Protective Association
figured In tho election in the Sixth district,
IN which Mr.. Loeper was opposed by Mr..
Borst. The district has . large Catholic
population. and circulars were distributed
indorsing Mr.. Borst as q patriotic and
neersL- minded citizen. whom all patri-
ots should be interested in seeing elected.
Ihe result was TO stir up the Catholics and
Q vote over loo strong was cast. MIR.
borsPs friends say that the circular was
nos genuine. and that il was devised by
Mr. Loepers friends as means
oi soildifying the Roman Catholic
element of the district for their
candidate. The A. Z. A. also showed
hand IN the election in the Fifth district,
where the members of the order supported
James V. Ohutt. He received q creditable
vote. but only served to make the election
OF Nh. Calvin somewhat closer than his
friends liked to see. When it became clear
tnht MIR. Offutt could not be elected it ia
said that he threw his strength TO Mr. Gal
win as far as he could, aud so IL may be
that after all be saved the successful can
9ldate enough votes TO pull him through.
There was great deal of activity in this
district and carriages were kept busy
brine neing in the voters. There as some
noisipess about the polls. both sides being
very much In earnest. bur there was no
trouble OF consequence.
The Third district election did not lack
In interest. though Mr. Martindale re-
oeiyed . decided majority. The A. p, A.
worked against Mr. Martindale because. as
they alleged. he was party TO putting
children into the hands of Catholic fsmi-
Board OF ChIidren's Guardians Mr.. Mar
tindale explained that it was only In case
of the child having been born in that faith
that it W as committed to family of that
faith. DR.. Carver advised the mem bers of
the order not to interfere in the election.
The election In the Ninth district was
more than warmly contested. The votes
began coming in early in the morning, and
mp TO noon everything had q decidedly
bright outlook for the Frenzel candidate,
Doeppers. The Frenzel crowd were ont
working In force. They had ex press wagons
and carriages scurrying to and fro bring
Ing In the voters. and the saloon keepers
had free beer on tap for any man W no would
declare himself for Doeppers. The Vonne-
gut votes came In slowly, and it was not
until late In the day that their full strength
began TO be felt. When the polls closed at
o'clock there were something over 400
votes In tho box. and 90 close had the op-
posing candidates run that it was impossi-
BILE to foreteu the result. When counted
the result was as follows: Vopnegut 763,
and Doeppers. 653
Vonnegus received an even hundred ma
1ority. and citation at his election extended
clear beyond the confines OF his distriot
lnere was. perhaps. more interest taken In
the tight which was being made on him by
she frenzel forces than on any of the 9th.
ers. as he has fought "der boss German at
1t every point. and has gained many falls
as has ne.
There were o number of votes thrown
out. The Fifth district board threw out,
In all thirty-fve votes, twenty of which
were cast for O'Brien. There was. how
ever. no doubt OF their illegality.
being cast In one bunch of six
and one bunch had four ballots so rolled
together that they had to be ungwisted be-
fore the pslpable fraud was discovered.
There were several instances of two bal
lots being voted together for Calvin, but
the probability of some mistake was much
greater In these cases. There could be
none In the casting of six ballots in one.
The vote by districts was as follows
THIRD District.
Charles Martindale. 3o7
j. j. Garver.--
Martindale's majority. 1s2
Firm District.
yonn IaiVn
Danlel w Obrlen
Galvins plurality 1e
SiTth District.
Jacob W. Loeper.. 776
George F. B0rst- 427
Loeper's majority. ....-..---.........-..34 $40
Ninth District.
Clemens Vonnegut. ....-.......-...753
august ID. Doeppcrs ooo
'onneguts majority ty....-..-........-......-.10 100
Nh. Borst thought he was defeated be-