New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-10
AGAINST KNOWS REELECTION.
SOME CONSIDERATIONS WHICH MAKE IT
UNDESIRABLE.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD or EDucA'

THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD or EDUCA"
TIoN HOWEVER WANTS a "vINDlcArioN. o..
AND HE MAY GET IT. TEMPORARILY
The recent elections have so upset the pro-
grammes marked out by Tamnany Hal Tor tho
further pundering OF the city that just al pres
ent the leaders do not know exactly wnere theS
arr at" This applies especially to the Tamnahy
members OF the Board OF Education According To-
the programme for this important branch OF the
CITY government before November s. the Tammany
president OF the board Charles II. Knox, was 70
have been reelected, thus insuring the hxing
of al. the important standing committees TOT 100
10 the entire satisfaction OF the Wigwa. Since NO
vember 6. however. 4 great change mas come Owe.
the programme II is being seriously debated
whether or not 1t would be expedlsnt to put up Tor
a candidate who is 90 prominently ahi''a'ea
with Tammany Hall as Mr.. Knox. For seNerai
years he has been member of the Tammahy nm
Law Committee. which has been prominently pei're
the public In defending Tammany vio.a'o's Oh .'e
Election laws. Ii is hard TO make the pubic oe-
eve that the Wigwam men who are charsen VII"
gross violations Of the Election laws are not guilty.
and the Tammany Law Committee have rousn
road 10 travel in their efforts 10 Gear their accused
brethren The fact that Mr.. knoX Is MEMBER Ok
this committee just at the present time MAKES Inv
advisabnity Of his being put up as the ring caho'-
da:e for president of the Board OF Education e4'
trsnc.y questionable.
IT.
Of the Normal College also has been so severely
criticised that has brough; much disrepute on the
Board OF Education a body OF cultivated ana pre-
sumably educated men. The printed copies OF the
address were remarkably ungrammaticai ana un-
fortunate in their Illustrations and have aroused
strong pubic sentiment against HIS 'e-e'eo" ~
the presidency.
Mr. Knox himself however, is so far from oe'ns
discouraged by these formidable objections to MS
reelection that he is making the most ac,ve kina
election 'vndicaton" Of his first term. anu ne
snabe1s 70 secure their votes That he will get the
ring vote OF the board seems Likely, and TINS rinK
vote has recently been strengthened by a vRcSS'
Tammany trick Commissioner Charles e wen en-
rum who was one of the Oldest and most Vaiuao.s
members OF the board incurred the ,apar, Mr.
Knox. and the ring has been hu. i'm tnmsnce with
every way since and through wa ne, reappointed
Commits soner a few weeks ago. but IN MS p.aeS %
appointed man who can be counted upon sscnrinr
many This gives the ring eet,alh'y Z, " Mr. Knox
is put up again it seems Likely that ne WILL "
This fact however will not prevent the OPPOSE
ton from putting up candidate VINO may ,S %
defeated at p ss s et Removal biz becomes law the
ring president OF the board viii prooapy De USE ~:
together with other Tamma an pnointsd men op-
posed to Tammany ehods ana on ; y Nv wt,i h.
Of a president the opposition candidate Will 'e
Commiss.oner Robert Maclay has been the ean s,
date OF the opposition for Penss to III run uness
,he Nomination is made unanimous In case OF
division Commissioner Charles H. Huopen p'o o ~
in the Welfare OF the pubic schools As u
Nov Mscio w Hunt. Gerard Strauss Van ArsdaSsS:
Rogers steers and Holt Mr. Knox Is suppoTiep -
oon miJnsI Coleman McBalron, Gouden, Law
ingston. Beneville and Montah'