The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-31
THE MEETING LAST NIGHT.
Public Resurrection of the Charges
Against superintendent BOgart.
THE AFFAIR VERY MUCH ONE SIDED
Abort six Hundred People in Attendance
and the Capacity of the Theatre Was by
no Means T~axed-ofhoers ofthe Meet
ing and the Resolutions Adopted.

The so-called citizgns meeting in Pergu-
sons theatre last night called by Com
to again stir up the charges made
against Superintendent of Schools Bogart was
as near the point Of flat failure as anything
ever held in the town and that it did not
fail completely was due to herculean work on
the part of the promoters at a time when the
theatre should have been filled to overlooking
and the citizens of the town, if they were as
indignant as Committee would have the
public at large believe, should have been
trausaoting the business for which the meet
ing was called. At the hour fixed Is o'clock
there were not forty people in the theatre.
After that hour there were arrivals in
bunches and by 500, when the meeting was
opened, there were about 450 men and boys in
attendance. The number was increased TO
about 900 during the meeting. The theatre
has a capacity of 400. Notwithstanding the
disparity between the actual attendance and
the capacity of the theatre, and the fact that
Fraak Hanna, who acted as master of cere-
monies, urged the attendants to move to the
front and FL the seats near the stage, some
of the speakers persisted in referring TO THE
large attendance 1t was evidently done
for the benefit of the reporters, TO give u
color of enthusiasm to the affair. When
taking his seat as chairman of the meeting,
NJ. Z. Doyle said Fellow Citizens l feel
gratified for the honor you nave conferred
upon me in choosing me to preside over this
meeting. l can see from the large attendance
here that the subject under consideration
must be one of importance. 1t is really one
of importance and ! nm able to see that the
citizens of Shenandoah have been aroused to
such a pitch that they see the advisability of
taking proper action upon a subject in which
they,are so much interested"
Frank Hanna, the secretary of the School
Board and one of the members who were I'M
successful in trying to defeat the motion to
eXonerate Superintendent Bogart at the last
meeting of the Board, opened the meeting
last night by %reciting all the proceedings of
the case from the time Of Superintendent
Bogart's election. There were no new
developments in his remarks. They simply
reviewed the proceedings as they have al
ready been given to the public at various
stages, and Mr.. Hanna closed by ~sayingsthat
it had been resolved to turn the whole matter
over to the citizens and an election Of officers
was in order. There was a string Of chairs
extended across the centre of the stage, but
none Of them had become occupied.
John J. Toole moved that NJ. +. Doyle be
made president. After Il motion by German
Gregory that the nomination close, Mr..
Doyle was unanimously elected and took his
seat after making the acknowledgment of the
meetings. action,
Patrick Conry nominated Martin J. Lawlor
for secretary and the nomination closed upon
motion of Barney McGinness. Mr.. Lawlor
was elected, but failed to appear and Chair
man Doyle invited James F. O'Haren to fiji
the position. Mr.. O'Iaren accepted the
office, and II. J.. Muldoon presented the
following list of vice presidents: Patrick
Conry, j. J. Franey, p. J. Ferguson, Jacob
Noll, Joseph Kinks, William Stein, NJ.
Mellet, NJ. J. Seaman, NJ. II. Master, J. NJ.
Kalbach, Charles Radziewicz John J. Bobbin,
Andrew Meluskey, Adam Tabor, John
Mieldazis, Michael Peters, William Chmiel-
ewsky, Christ Schmidt, George Folmer, NJ.
II. Keller, Max Reese, Levi Refowich and
Louis Goldin.
OF these officers elected Patrick Conry,
Jacob &oll, Joseph Kinks, NJ. J. Seaman,
Adam Tabor and Max Reese took seats on
the stage.
Frank Hanna then proceeded to read the
much-read original atiidavits of Clara NJ.
Yates, Elizabeth and John c. Yates, her
father and mother, and George w. Bailey,
one of the six members of the Knoxville
School Board. Upon the conclusion of his
reading Mr.. Hanna said he was not in
possession of the afiidavits that had been
presented TO the School Board in behalf of
Superintendent Bogart and in a complaining
tone added that when he asked for the latter
original afidavits to spread them On the
minutes of the School Board with the others
he was informed that they were the personal
property Of Superintendent Bogart.
Chairman Doyle then called upon John j.
Toole, who responded with a statement that
he had the honor of visiting Knoxville as a
detective in the case, that the people there
seemed to he very decent and respectable and
that the Yates people at first refused to make
any statement Of the case, as they wished to
avoid any further notoriety, but Mr., Toole
finally succeeded in inducing them to make
the atidavits.
After Mr.. Toole took his seat German
Gregory arose in the audience and said, 81
would like to ask Mr., Toole did he get that
right from the father Of the child, or did it
come from the father of the child p
Mr.. Toole answered, Il got the afidavits
from the little girl herself, the mother, the
LdbueIi anu also MI bdllcy.
Mr.. Gregory THE reason | ask that
question l an the father of children and l
like to protect my own children
NJ. f. Conry, who recently returned to town
after taking a two-year course in the study of
law at the University of Ann Arbor, Mich,
was introduced as the next speaker. 1t was
an opportunity for Mr.. Conry to spread him
self oratorieally and he took full advantage
of it, beginning with the founding of the
public school system in this town, following
up its growth and concluding by congratulate
ing the people upon the excellent standard
the system has attained. Mr.. Conry is
thoroughly at home in such affairs, having
taught school here for several years prior to
entering upon the study of law. The
peroration closed with an inspiring address
on the stars and stripes and before closing
Mr.. Conry pleaded with the audience not TO
allow the children to breath, or the stars and
stripes to float in the air Of a school room that