The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-17
OVER A LITTLE ELECTION
YOUNG AND TONNOFFSkl ARE
THE STAR ACTORS.
THEY USED RIVERS AS A CATS-PAW
When They Saw He Couldn't Rake Out the
Hot Chestnuts They Took to Their
Heels and Broke the
Quorum.

lin Young, George Tonnoffski and Joe
Perry-a pretty trio they make.
They tried last night to control the
Board of Directors of the Institution for
the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, and failing
they wouldn't play.
Rev. A. w. Pegues, principal OF the
colored, deaf, dumb and blind institute
here. having resigned, it is necessary TO
elect successor to him.
There are three candidates, as follows:
l.. B. CAPEHART, of Raleigh.
REV. w. A. PATILLO, of Oxford.
REV. JOE PERRY, of Raleigh.
Capehart has two votes-Montague
and Briggs with others pledged to him
in case they leave their candidate.
Patillo has only one-Bailey-tho it
is believed that Rivers, who is I'M
pledged, will support him.
Perrq has two votes-Jim Young and
George Tonnoffski-with record I'M
savory enough to prevent anybody else
ever being for him.
This, it will be seen, makes the thing
a tie; there being one vacancy on the
Board-that caused by the resignation OF
DIR. Meserve, president Of Shaw Umvers-
zity.
1t was this vacancy on the Board that
caused the Board to adjourn last night
without taking any action. Jim Young
and his lieutenant, Tonnoffski, are play
ing for time. They want to get the Gov
ernor to fill that vacancy, and fill 1t
with a man that Jim can control.
So it was all arranged before the Board
met. Rivers was the first to flash in the
pan. He got "a very important message
Il
sorry to be compelled to leave" But he
went
It was expected by Young and Ton
noffski that this would scare Bailey, who
is chairman of the Board, into voting for
a postponement But he didn't scare
worth a cent. Then Jim and George got
scared. :
Tonnoffski moved to postpone election
of a principal.
Mr.. Montague asked the purpose of
such postponement.
Tonnoffski was polite enough to say
that it was simply because he saw proper
to make such motion, and that that was
enough for Mr.. Montague to know.
The motion to postpone was voted
down, Young and Tonnoffski voting for
it and Messrs. Briggs, Montague and
odlISg dSdluSL IL.
"Well,n said Jim Young, 'if you won't
postpone the election, We'll not sit here
and let you work us that way" And he
and Tonnoffski marched out.
This broke the quorum and the Board
adjourned. An effort will be made to meet
again tonight.
The Republican members of the Board
held a caucus yesterday afternoon, but
no agreement as to a candidate was
reached.
1t is said that Jim Young threatens to
resign if Patillo is elected. Others say
that Gov. Russell will fill the vacancy on
the Board with view to helping Jim
carry his point and to getting rid of
Bailey as chairman.
Neither of these rumors could last
night be verified, but they were repeated
on pretty good authority.
With one or two more performances
like last nights / shall believe that GER
tain member of this Board was right the
other day when he said: 'Look at this
Board Gov. Russell has appointed, will
you? They would get the best of men
with three eyes and a half-dozen ears,
and yet they have been put in charge of
children who are deaf and blind"