New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-19
WOMEN IN SCHOOL ELECTIONS.
LIVELY CONTESTS AT SEVERAL PLACEo'
TUT FARMERS AND THEIR WIVES DEFEATED BY
A MAJORITY OF THREE IN ViNEhAND-
ORANGE BOARD OF EDUcA-
TON INDORSED.

ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCA-
TON INDORsED.
Orange. March IS (SpecIaD.-The annuai scnoo'
meeting of East Orange was held III .ol.no
wealth. Hall last evening, and was one OF extraof
d,rarv interest as the Board Of Education haa
been arraigned In the public prints for alleged ae-
eance Of the will OF the people in not puliulhs
schoolhouse on the lot owned by the township, "
South Arlington-ave The large nan was pa'N
10 the DOORS and fully one-third OF the au''e
were women. Joseph p Thompson .o"n'
president was chosen chairman. ana W. H.
Re,mer and the Rev. John Crowell were secre
taries. ,,,.y -,
resolution TO expend $4,000 for the building OF
an addition to the Eastern School brought out d
lively debate the proposition being s'rohsy Wv
nounced by the people from the Tnird anu rou' ~
wards who Insisted that a school was neeoeu !"
that territory The plan was also op]ec'eo " -"
the ground OF contracting the air space anu "s",
y, rho present school The resolution was voted
down by large majority.
The fight OF the evening came over 'ne o'
ovrad nv the township near South Arlington
ave and separated from 1t only by strp iroii
ten TO seventeen feet wide. This was o"heu ~ ~
f. REYNOLDS and he made an attempt 10 sta'e vi
the action of the meeting by moving that tne "i''
ter be deferred. The Trustees proposed " pu,
chase a lot at SO a foot SOx2oo. on the north sioe
OF this lot. and thus gam access " 49,
long discussion this was agreed TO-
The ballots were then distributed ana the Po'''
oner.a for the election OF one Trustee from each
ward The polls were open until l@O, and II was
n m before the result was known IL WAS t"eit
announced that the following had been eiee'e''
First Ward Charles |. Webster Secohd "au
George s Hubert; Third Ward, JoHA 'ro"e'
Fourth Ward William ID. Robinson; fiilh "a'u'
ceorge r Howe OF these Messrs Hubert
ms
ard tho result is therefore Endorsement OF the
Board.
The Woman's Committee was then nominated
and elected as follows: Mrs David w. Ban anu
Mrs. sllas Dodd. Of the First Ward; MIS- Eu"alu
Hall and Mrs Nathan Fobes 81 rs the Hsn neeoHl
eddie Of the Third Ward: Mrs. George Sewaru
and Mrs. William IL Oliver 'oi fHe Matthias
Mrs Charles Hall Everest ana. MIS- "A''Aa'
Dodd OF the Fifth Ward.
Vlneand March IS (SpeciaD.-The schooi eiec'io'
OF Lands Township yesterday afternoon "d' ca
citing From the extreme points OF the township
voters arrived In Vineland with the determination
TO lower the taxes by doing away with supeil"-
,endent the manual training department ana the
twelfth grade. Their wives also came into town
IN vote and aid in the election OF the low appro-
priaton ticket At 2 o'clock Cosmopolitan hall' the
polling place. packed 10 the doors Inc meet
ing was at times ludicrous. owing TO the paruci-
patton OF women In the heated disputes ~ was
not clear to them just how far their right OF SUI
frage extended and they wanted TO know II they
were TO vote in the same box with the men,
Finally 1t was decided 10 have two boxes one
box labelled NO Such" was used 10 receive the
votes OF the women on appropriations Inc other
box was painted Goldfish" and was used exclu-
stvely by the The low Appropriation ticket
defeated by only three votes and the present
high standard OF the schools Will be main tanned.
The following trustees were elected: Ernest a.
Pierce George a. Lewis, s. H. Rudy and George
W Fish
Asbury Park, March IS (SpeciaD.-The annual
school meeting OF the Neptune Township District
last night full OF exciting incidents. The
voters OF Ocean Grove, West Grove Bradley Beach.
West Park and Hamilton. jealous Of Asbury Park
for having a new $3.50 schoolhouse. put in appl-
cations for 5000 appropriation for school
houses. They referred the Board OF Edu-
cation. The trustees elected I. Frank Apple
by, Lewis Rainear Washington White and Claude
" C,uerin