The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-08
THEY ARE STILL AT IT.
WarrantO Proceedings Against a WintOn
School Director and One Set Of
OffiC ers of the Board.

Two warranto proceedings were be-
gun i'm court yesterday by James p. Nc
Andrew, b. j. Cummings, j. II. Schnerr,
John Ward. and Eugene Taylor, MEM
bers of the school board of Winton dis
trict, against Harry Fletcher, William
Judge, John +. Barrett and John F..
Donnelly, praying the court to grant a
rule to show cause why Mr.. Fletcher
shall not show by what authority he
claims to possess and exercise the office
of school director. and against Messrs.
Judge, Barrett and DOnnelly to show
cause why the claim to exercise the
right of acting as officers of WintOn
school board
Attorney II. V. Powderly and City So
licitor J. II. Torrey represent the plain
tiifs, and upon filing the petition yester-
day Judge Archibald granted a rule for
a hearing on Monday, August II, at
a. m.
Prior to Feb. 6, 1896, the school board
of Winton was composed of six mem
bers elected from the district at large.
ON that date the court of quarter ses-
sions issued decree directing that the
borough be divided into three wards,
and that thereafter the board be COM
posed of nine directors, each ward to be
entitled to representation of three
and that at the election held on Tues
day, Feb. 49, 1896, the voters in the diff
felent wards should elect directors as
follows: First ward. two directors, one
for one year, and one for three years.
Second ward. two directors. one for one
nd fnr hi a
ward, one director for three years. The
decree provided that these elections
should not interfere in any way with
the terms of directors already elected.
At the election held IN the borough on
the third Tuesday of February. 1885
James r. McAndrew was elected director
for three years and at the organization
of the board on the first Monday of
June of the same year he was duly
qualified and installed.
In accordance with the decree of
court the Republican voters of the First
ward met in caucus on Jan. %. 1896 and
nominated j. II. Schnerr for director
for one year and Eugene Taylor for di-
rector for three years. The Citizens
party of the First ward held q caucus
ON Feb. g. 1896, and nominated Charles
II. sutton for director for one year. and
Harry Fletcher for IL term of two years
The above certificates We're duly re-
ceived and filed in the county commits
sioners' office. and thereupOn the Off
cial ballot was prepared. In the first
column the nomination for school direc-
tors was specified as follows:
SCHOOL DIRECTORS-(Mar Two.)
Eugene Taylor. three years.
j. II. Schnerr. one year.
I'm the fourth column on the ballot the
nominations for school directors were
speciiied as follows
SCHOOL DIRECTORS-(Mark Two.)
Harry Fletcher. two years.
Charles ii. Sutton. one year.
The result of the election was as fol-
lows: Taylor, A votes: Schnerr, As
votes; Sutton, As votes; Fletcher, AZ
votes.
The whole trouble now hinges on the
question whether Taylor or Fletcher
was elected. On the first Monday OF
June last the board met for organiZa
tion and both of these gentlemen pre-
sented their claims. The plaintiffs, OF
which Mr.. Taylor is one, thought he was
entitled to the seat and admitted him
the defendants sided with Mr.. Fletcher
and both sides went on and elected Off
GERS. They have since been meeting
and one wing of the board meets in one
corner of the meeting room and the
other wing meets in the other. and they
have been having a You can't play in
our yard" time Of it. The court will
now settle the vexatious question.