New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-07-21
An Easy
victolr!y.
This Years School Election Proved TO be :
Surprise to Everybody.

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Surprise to Every ybody.
Without Much Campaigning Handerfald
and Fritsche Defeat Hornburg
and Eenhard.
Nearly 4 Thousand Votes Cast, but the
Election Passed 0ff Quietly.
The school election this year was q
complete surprise.
Il also resulted in great victory for
the schools them selves.
Hornburg and Lienha1d, the candidates
OF the element that has been in control
for three or four years, were nominated
at q regular caucus.
| Manderfeld and Fritsche were merely
suggested, but the suggestion took like
wild fire and, despite the fact that their
friends did no organized work, they were
elected by handsome majority.
The meeting was called at Union Hall
at two o'clock. The friends of Horn
burg and Lienhard were present in force
and succeeded in securing complete con-
troll of the machinery of the election.
Someone proposed that Hornburg, as
president of the board, select the judges.
This motion prevailed, OF course, and
the judges appointed were William
Silverson, Chas. Grussendorf, ]. H. We'd
dendorf and Ath. Henle. The clerks
were Frank Webber, VIM. Muessing.
Herman Held and E. Gieseke.
Under this supervision th.' halloting
proceeded quietly until nine clock in
the evening. At no time was there 4
rush of voters, as on former occasions,
but steady stream of them during the
seven hours swelled the vote to 937.
When the ballots were counted, Albert
Steinhauser and F. w. johnson were al
lowed to represent the opposition at the
Judges tables. The votes Tailed exact
ly to the number If names registered,
and it soon became apparent from the
assorted tickets that rIanderfeld and
Fritsche had been elected. The follow
ing was the vote as announced officially
by Secretary Rein:
Manderfeld 492
Fritsche & 491
Hornburg 438
Lienhard 442
In commenting on the result, all that
the Review cares to say is this: We are
gratiied at the outcome and feel conf-
dent that the people of New Ulm have
acted wisely IN selecting two most ex-
cellent and competent men to assist for
a time in the direction of our schools.
The London Globe, commenting on
Japan's attitude towards Hawaii, re-
marks:
"The Japanese know precisely the
strength of the American navy and are
perfectly aware of their own superiority.
It dies not require the knowledge of an
expert to foresee that in an ocean con-
aict the United States would make
poor showing. I: is morally certain
that the Japanese ships would ravage the
Pacific coast if the United States once
became involved in hostilities with Ja-
pan. In that event Spain would have
an opportunity of which she would hard.
" fail to take advantage
! The New York World of recent date
contains the following interesting dis
patch from London:
ssThe inside story cf Senator Wolcott'sl
bimetallic commission is one Of absolute
failure. The general impression among
those, who are in q position to know, is
that the reports Of success IN France
Ihave been circulated in order to recon-
Gle the American public to the expendi-
ture Of large sums of money without re-
suit. The principal Paris newspapers
have referred to the commission in terms
in which, while conforming to the rules
of artificial Gallo courtesy, have been
mot far frnm rif3icule T,e Tenn no 20 Ila
Iattention to the fact that while France
objects i, spending the money necessary
TO improve her navy, the United States
has money enough 70 spend uselesslyA
ION . commission entrusted with IN im/
possible mission and costing The taxpaJ-
err half ! million. u !. Hanotaux hiilka-
self Is authority for Tie statement that |
| ths Wolcott mission absolutely fdIe1
and could not be accompl plished III any
lone. He speaks highly of the menbers
Eof the commiaaion personall but kefuseaI