The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-01
TWO NEW TRUSTEES
Oliver N. Hall and Frank ]. Lyons
Are Nominated.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
One of the Leading Members of
the J. o. ". A. M. Expresses the
Sentiment of His Order
Ii Is All News.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS

Populist Tribune of last evening that
a school election is to be held on April
4; that two school trustees are to be
elected at that time. and that Messrs
Oliver NJ. Hall and Frank ]. Lyons
are candidates for the position. The
Tribune does not state whether these
are its personal nominations or are
the nominations of some body of citi-
zens, but it is the impression in the
city that this is the ticket of the Sons
of St George. 1t is the first ticket
that has been announced, and in fact
nothing has heretofore been said in
public way of the approaching school
election.
The retiring trustees are s. b. Cald-
erhead of South Butte, chairman of the
board, and Ed Reimel of Walkerville.
The Tribune announced that Mr.. Rel
mel will not be a candidate for reelec-
ton. Ii does not state whether Mr.
Calderhead is candidate for reelec-
ton or not, nor does IL give any reason
for not nominating him.
Mr.. Hall, one of the candidates, is
young attorney formerly in partnership
with George Haldorn, and resident of
Walkerville. The other candidate.
Frank j. Lyons. is a resident of Mead
erville, and is in the employ of the
Montana Ore Purchasing company in
the capacity of bookkeeper.
In order to learn how the ticket
might strike some other classes of
Americans. a reporter last evening
called on one of the leading apostles
of the Junior Order of United American
Mechanics and asked him how the
ticket suits the element represented by
that organization.
THE chief thing have against that
ticket" was the reply, lis that 1 am
not in favor of the Sons of st. George
having a third member on the board of
school trustees. There are two Sons of
st. George on the board who hold over
now. Mr.. Hall is a member of that
organization, and while personally Mr..
Hall is a good man, l think the Sons of
st. George are asking too much TO ex-
pect three members of the school
board out of seven. Certainly the Sons
of st. George do not comprise three
seventies of the population of this
school district. Why then should they
have three-sevenths of the school
board? If we are going to have for
eign organizations represented on the
board, why not allow the Swedish
Americans to have a trustee, or let the
Canadian Institute, or the Krieger We
rein or the Turn Verein, or the Christie
Zero Colombo society, or the Austrian
society, or the William Tell society, be
represented? OF course 1t would not
do to let an Irishman on the board.
but there are plenty of foreign nation
alities besides the Irish, and l don't see
why the Sons of st. George should have
three men on the board and all other
societies of foreign descent be shut out
altogether
so far as we Juniors are concerned
we think the trustees should be thor
ough Americans and not belong to any
organizations of foreign-born citizens.
We will not put up any ticket our
selves, but we think that the Sons of
st. George ought to be satisfied with
their two trustees, and for my part
don't expect to vote for the ticket
Perhaps next year, the Sons of ST
George will want four members on the
board of trustees instead of three and
that will give them the majority. Be-
fore we let the Sons of st. George have
any larger representation on the Am
erican school board. 1 think they should
declare themselves on the question of
the Monroe doctrine Until they de-
clare themselves out and out for the
Monroe doctrine no matter whether il
affects England or not. l think two
members of the school board is enough
for them"
Those were the sentiments expressed
by one of the officers of the Juniors
as they are called, and he claimed that
regarding the Sons of st. George ticket
So far as the talk around town is con-
cerned, very little is said on the sub
ject. 1t has been the custom for years
in Butte for the people to leave the Sc
lection of school trustees to secret So
cieties. Judging by the general aver
age of trustees elected, the secret soci-
ETY. method Of selecting school trustees
has not been very successful Some
have expressed themselves as dissatis-
fed with leaving the affairs of the
schools in the hands of secret societies
and had hoped that the people of the
district might nominate and elect this
spring some influential business men
and taxpayers of the city TO serve on
the board. II any such plan is intend
ed, little interest is shown in IL, and IL
is likely that the secret societies will
be allowed to fight il out as usual. Last
year the chamber of commerce placed
a ticket in the field. and IL is said that
il received some votes. but the secret
society ticket wiped IL out so thorough
ly that the chamber of commerce is not
likely to enter the lists again.
The retirement of Mr.. Calderhead will
leave South Butte without a represent
alive on the board, If Messrs Hall and
Lyons are elected.