The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-22
HOT SPECIAL SESSION
The School Board Meets and Is BusiIy
Engaged.
MOTIONS AND CoLLooUIEs
Election Of a Clerk Creates a Lively
Series of Debates and Arouses
More Than Ordinary
Discussion.

board met last night in special session.
Those present were Trustees Cooper,
Gockstetter, Hanks. Holmes, Luckett aud
Poole. Chairman Holmes presided. The
chairman presented the credentials OF
George Raban, appointed by the county
superintendent to I'LL the vacancy caused
by tho resignation of w. f. Brown, and
Mr.. Raban took his seat as q member of
the board. A. E. Carfield occupied the
clerks chair. When the chairman called
for the reading of the minutes, Gockstet-
ter asked: "Who Is the clark of this
meeting? ?"
The chairman replied: "That il for tho
board TO decide"
Gockstetter stated that J. p. Fitzgerald
had boon elected clerk at the last meet
ing.
Cooper moved that the election OF a
clerk be reconsidered aud that the board
proceed to vote by yeas aud nays for a
clerk.
Gockstetter stated that at the last
meeting he voted for Fitzgerald, believing
that it was for the best interests of tho
district to elect n new clerk. He said that
as Cooper had voted for Cau1eld at the
last meeting he had no right to move a
reconsideration. fSt .E r
Cooper asked how Gockstctter knew
how he voted, since the vote was by bal
lot. Raban seconded Cooper's motion.
Hanks moved that voting should be done
by secret ballot. Gockstetter seconded
the motion and warned the board that
Fitzgerald would demand the salary for
the term for which he was elected.
He said that Cooper, as a lawyer, knew
II. Cooper provoked much merriment by
reference to Attorney" Gockstetter.
sarcasm, for he would get back at him.
Cooper retorted that he would employ the
language that seemed best. He was GER
tain that Fitzgerald could not recover and
would engage to pay whatever he might
recover.
The chairman said: "Let's proceed to
vote by ballot on the question whether or
not the vote shall DO reconsidered." He
put the motion on the question; "Shal
the vote be by ballot on the question of
re con sideration," and declared it carried.
Cooper called for rising vote which re-
suited yeas-Hanks, Gockstetter, Luckett
B. Nayes-Cooper, Raban, Poole-3.
Holmes declared the motion carried. The
ballot on the motion TO reconsider re-
suited: Yeas; Nays.
Cooper moved to proceed to the election
of clerk by yea and nay vote. Poole
seconded the motion.
Gockstetter moved to amend that the
election be by ballot. Hanks seconded
the amendment.
On tho vote Holmes declared the origi-
nal motion lost. Cooper called for ris-
ing vote. 1t resulted: Yeas-Rabau,
Cooper, Poole.'s Nays-Hanks, Gockstet-
ter, Luckett. Holmes declared the mo-
ton lost.
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to elect a clerk by ballot. Raban Sec
onded the motion and il was carried
unanimously.
Cooper nominated A. T.. Caufield and
Poole seconded the nomination. Cock
stetter nominated ]. p. Fitzgerald and
Hanks seconded the nomination. The
ballot resulted: Cauheld, a; Fitzgerald,
3. The result was received with applause
by the spectators.
Gockstetter moved to reconsider the
election of the chairman. The motion re-
received no second.
Cooper said: "We are all satisfied
with the chairman"
Gockstetter replied: ~ expect you are;
damned If l am"
The chair announced the appointment
OF Luckett, vice Brown, on tho committee
to select the permanent committees OF
the board.
The board took a recess to allow tho
committee TO prepare it's report. During
the recess Holmes said: Lets discuss
the STANDARD and Tribune reports.
There's not a word of truth in them"
Replied Raban: do you mean the fig
urcs? They are the main points" There
was no reply.
The committee reported the following
permanent committees: Buiiding-Gock-
stetter, Poole, Hanks. Teachers-Luck-
EFT, Cooper, Poole. Auditing-Raban,
Cooper, Luckett.
Cooper moved to amend by changing
Hanks from the building committee TO
the auditing committee and vice versa
with Raban. Hanks moved to ado pit the
report and Gockstetter seconded the mo-
ton.
Holmes, on q vote, declared it carried.
Cooper was asked why his amendment
was not put aud was informed that it was
not seconded, whereupon he moved to
reconsider the adoption of the report.
On q vote, Holmes declared the motor
lost.
Cooper said tbe'vote was q tie and he
did not hear the chair vote. Holmes re-
piled that the chair voted ION the quiet"
Miss Iona Armstrong was elected
teacher to I'LL the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Miss Gertrude S. Ander-
son. Miss Bernice Berges, teacher of the
Ulm school, resigned on account of her
The teachers committee was
to employ q substitute.
Cooper, Raban aud Holmes we're APP
pointed as a committee to take charge of
the third annual commencement of the
High school.
On motion of Gockstetter, seconded by
Hanks. Gocksfetter and Raban
were appointed n committee TO invite the
order to take charge of the lay
ing of the corner stone of the high school
The board then adjourned until Satur-
day evening next.