The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-02-26
Big Vote Being POIled Today
With the Interest at the
Very Top Notch.
MISS MARTIN LEADS TODAY.
The Inaugural Editor Bids Fair to Be Showed
Under With an Avalanche of Votes-Cen-
tral Falls Struggle Very Interesting.

The most exciting of any similar voting
contest ever held in Pawtucket will come
to an end at O'Clock this evening, when
the time expires for depositing TRIBUNE
coupons for favorite teachers. The clos
ing scenes about the TRIBUNE Office today
are fitting climax to the steadily increas-
ing interest and enthusiasm that have
characterized the contest since it began on
Monday, Jan. IL.
OF course, it is impossible to yet give
any idea as to who will be the lucky guests
of the TRIBUNE at the Inauguration of
President Mckinley, for the votes that
poured into the TRIBUNE office to-day
previous to going to press were so over
whelming in numbers that it looks as If
the counters, City Clerk Robert, Aldermen
Thomas O'Brien and William w. Scott of
the Times, will have an all-night's task
before them when they settle down to
make the count this evening.
There has been one thing especially no
ticeable about the contest. 1t was dis
tinctly a contest of the people and for the
people-that is to say that it will be won
by honest, untiring industry on the part
of the friends and pupils Of the several
contestants.
Naturally, the most zealons workers for
the success of their teacher have been
made up of the juvenile element of the
population, for the youngsters have taken
an especial interest in the contest and have
worked with all the ardor and single
mindedness of youth to show their devo-
tion and love for some teacher, in many
cases no doubt beloved only next to their
parents.
Even the clerks and other officials in the
postofice have been warmed up to the
spirit of the occasion, and watch the pro-
interest. AS today waned the packages
increased in bulk. There were boxes with
their covers nearly bursting off and shoe
boxes that bulged out with the precious
coupons.
In this connection it is interesting to
note that many strangers have sent bundles
of coupons for this particular young wo-
man, with messages, varying in their man
ner of expression, but in general accord as
to the spirit.
From Providence friends of Miss
Martin:
DEAR EDITOR Enclosed you will please
find 500 votes for Miss Nellie Martin, Paw
tucket. We hope to see Miss Martin sue
cessful in the TRIBUNE contest, and assure
her 1t will be no fault of her Providence
friends (of which she has many) if she is
not voted the favorite teacher of your city.
You may expect TO hear from us again to-
morrow. Yours respectfully,
FORGET Me NOT FRIENDS.
Providence, II. l., Feb. -, 1897.
This note was evidently written by a
Central Falls Juvenile:
CENTRAL FALLS, Feb. "a.
EDITOR TRIBUNE:-Please find enclosed l6
votes for Miss Ellen Brennan of the wash
ington street school, Pawtucket. Ihope she
will get the trip to Washington.
FROM A NAMEsAKE.
With a package of 40 votes for Miss
Curran yesterday the following note was
received:
LYNN, Mass, Feb. -, 1897.
EDITOR OF TRIBUNE Enclosed you will
please find 40 coupons for Miss Curran.
trust that she will be the successful contest
ant I'm the Central Falls section.
LYNN FRIEND.
Here Is another:
April "a, 1897
EDryOR OF THE TRrBu NE Here are 20 votes
for Miss Agnes CurraE of the Garfield Street
School.
FROM FRIEND.
Miss Nellie Martin is once more i'm the
lead. Her friends have evidently tired of
seeing her in second place and deposited a
sufficient number of coupons to give her
the lead for today, and not few of them
feel quite confident of her leading when
the final count Is finished.
Miss O'Brien's friends were heard from
in earnest yesterday, nearly 400 votes being
sent in to be credited to her, which places
her once more I'm third place.
Miss Brennan was remembered by few
of her pupils, over 100 votes being received
for her yesterday.
In the Central Falls section Miss Cur
rams lead shows q small increase over
Miss Goldsmith with Miss Mclaughlin
gaining.