The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-17
EXCITING SCHOOL ELECTION
THE ASHER farms WORTH -STOD-
DIRD TICKET SUCCESSFUL.

Over six Thousand Votes Polled-S. IL.
Avis Completely showed Under-Mi
Ives, the ~ oman Candidates., Excellent
Run-Jackson's Poor showing-Compiete
Results.
The school election of 1896 is past and
the regular ticket, composed of Freder-
lex B. Farnsworth, Ezekiel G. Stoddard
and Harry w. Asher, was elected by
comfortable majorities ranging from
2,492 for Farnsworth to 3,462 for Stod-
dard, while Harry w. Asher's majority
over Avis footed up to 2.736. The total
number of ballots cast was 6,4S2, an
unusually heavy vote for a school cleo
ton.
The surprising part of the contest
was the vote polled by Miss Marie e.
Ives, who received within 1856 as many
votes as We're cast for Samuel r. Avis.
Out of total number of 955 women
registered, but 573 exercised the right of
d
few voted the Asher-Farnsworth -Stod-
dard ticket, Taking these facts into
consideration it is quite apparent that
about 1900 of the sterner sex deposited
ballots bearing the name of Miss Ives.
The contest was unusually spirited in
all the wards and in several the poll
ing places presented such an animated
appearance as to make an observer al
most believe that presidential cleo
ton was in progress. Although Farms
worth ran behind his ticket this was
undoubtedly due to the fact that he
steadfastly refused to issue any pastors
or to make any combination with any
of the other candidates. This is also
true of Harry w. Asher, another of
the candidates on the regular ticket.
The large vote secured by E. G.
Stoddard is due to the fact that his
name appeared on all the tickets and in
all sorts of combinations. e. T. Lie
fields vote was not so numerous as had
been anticipated, while that cast for
Rev. George H. Jackson, the colored
candidate, was decidedly disappointing
to his constituents.
There were five tickets in the field
and it is claimed that of this number
four We're made up of various combina-
tions to defeat Mr.. Farnsworth. The
religious question was also raised in
the several wards of the city and it
is said that the members of the Ameri-
can Protective association voted solidly
for the ticket headed by Samuel r.
Avis. The womans ticket made up of
Samuel R. Avis, e. G. Stoddard and
| Marie E. Ives, made it's best run in
the Ninth ward, where it polled 1908
votes, with the Tenth, Fourth and
First wards following close in the rear
| with 1872, 1T and 1874 votes respectively.
The adjourned meeting of the district
will be held at Warner hall at 5 o'clock
tomorrow evening, al which time the
| legal voters of the New Haven school
district will meet to lay a tax on the
grand list Of 1895, to fix the amount
| of bond to be given by the collector
and treasurer, to request from the town
| the annual appropriation of $4,000 for
| the purchase of free text books; to
| authorize the board of education to
| borrow from time to time such sums
! be needed for current expenses; to act
upon the recommendation of the board
| of education that an additional grant
| of $4,000 be made for the equipment of
| the Boardman Manual Training school;
| to act upon the recommendation of
| the board of education that a lot be
purchased in the vicinity Of the old
| town farm; to act upon the recommen-
| dation of the board of education that
sum not exceeding 1000 be expended
| for the remodelling of one of the old
| school houses and to authorize Will
| liam E. Morgan, a member of the
| board, to sell portion of the Fair
street school lot. Allen Maxcy Hitler
will be the moderator Of the meeting
and a large attendance is anticipated.
| The complete returns of yesterdays
election are given in the table on the
fifth page.