The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-03
Contest For Principal of the
CoIored Institution Ends.
jim YOUNG WAS BOSS
HH ALSO HAD HIS DAUGHTER
INJECTED MUSIC TEACHER.
PAIEllA DEFEATED BY ONE VOTE

Since the Board Was Tie--He Was
Finally Whipped in Line
For Perry.
Last night Jim Young was in his
glory. Aided by three white men he
won his victory. The trustees of the
Institution for the Deaf, the Dumb and
the Blind met He carried the votes
of three trustees in his pocket, and
thus elected his candidate principal of
the colored institution, and elected his
daughter music teacher. The poor un-
fortunate colored deaf and dumb and
blind children will suffer by the cleo
ton of Joe Perry over the other can
didate, but what difference did that
make to Jim Young? Jim said Joe
should have the place and he has 1T.
The board met last night shortly af-
ter eight o'clock in Superintendent Rays
office in the institution for the blind
All the members of the board were
present. Chairman CT. Bailey presid-
ed. The other trustees, b. IF. Mont
ague, J. A. Briggs, II. G. Rivers, George
Tonoffski, jim Young and Charles Nc
Namara, who was appointed few days
since at Jim's dictation for the avowed
purpose of elevating Perry to this res
ponsible position, were present.
This session of the board was for the
purpose of electing a successor to A. w.
Pegues, principal of the colored institu-
tion, who resigned; music teacher and
another teacher, both positions being
vacant. Twice before had the board
attempted to elect Pegues' successor,
but of no avail. At the meeting before
the last W. A. Patella, of Oxford,
would have been elected if Jim Young
and George Tonoffski had not walked
out of the meeting. thus breaking
quorum, as there were only four trus-
tees present.
Bnt there was no necessity for
bolt last night for it lay in the power
of one man to say who should be prin-
cipal, and that man was Mr.. r. C.
Rivers. manager of the Caucasian, de-
putty sheriff, State Examiner of Public
Printing and justice of the peace of
Raleigh township. Patella had three
votes, Perry had three votes and Rivers
held the key to the situation. Chairman
Bailey and the two Democrats on the
board, Briggs and Montague, were for
the former, and until yesterday after
noon his election was considered al
most certainty, for Rivers had declar
ed himself favorable to him, and the an
nouncement that he would vote for
him had been freely made.
Such was his purpose yesterday morn
ing, but before night a change came
over the spirit Of his dreams. Every
influence possible was brought to bear
to bring him into line for Perry. Dur
ing the morning he and Tonotfski were
closeted with the Governor During the
a hawk after a chicken. For long
time he held out for Patella, then he
thought of resigning. but finally gave
in and his vote elected Perry. The
chairman placed Patella in nomination
and TOnoffski nominated Perry. The
vote stood for Perry, 4, Young and Nc
Namara, Republicans, and Tonoffski
and Rivers, Populists, for Patella, 3,
Bailey, Republican, Briggs and Mont
ague. Democrats.
Rev. Joseph Perry, the new principal
of the colored institution, is a colored
Baptist preacher and a prominent color
ed politician of this city. He has long
been one of Jim Young's right-hand
men. He was a member of the last Re-
publican county convention. He went
to Shaw University at one time, but
he is entirely without experience in his
new work. He always acted the part
jim Young prescribed for him in poll
tics, and this gave him a $3.50 job last
night.
W. A. Patella is a far superior man.
He has been superintendent of the col
ored orphan asylum at Oxford, and the
Oxford Ledger speaks in very compli-
mentary terms Of him, and the editor
Of that paper, after living in the same
with
tainly competent to speak on the sub
ject Patella is graduate of Shaw
University, Baptist preacher and
school teacher by profession. He was
State organizer for the Colored Farm
ers' Alliance and did his work WELL
After electing Perry over this man,
the board selected Jim Young's daughter,
Maude Il. Young, as music teacher at
a salary of $50 per month.
Mr.. Thomas III. Tillinghast, who has
been teacher for many years in the in
stitution, was elected to the other posi-
ton. His salary is $50 per month. The
election of Mr.. Tillinghast is gratifying
The candidates for these positions were
numerous.
A member of the board showed q letter
yesterday afternoon from a party named
Smith, of Raleigh, offering him S. to vote
for him, and the receiver of this epistle
said that it was the second one that had
come to him and he knew of another
trustee who had received two such let
ters. Whether these letters were signed
with fictitious names or not is unknown,
since inquiries as to the Smith above
mentioned failed to reveal such a person
in Raleigh who could have applied for
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