The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-06

TIVE real srfe~yfs Of sha public schools Of
seattle wlll be glad when the last naalos
n faa election Is cast today. TIE Hot47
win Re open frarn noon III Z @ eloek t'fsAt
tAose who have registered vii y aHoNe.a
% vote uraer the Law. The re4isteTe0
voters must deposit their ballots in me
sotlng places in their respective @&tes'
: list Of which fl given below
ore af the hottest fights for school IL
reetgr ends wnea tae ballot boxes are
eE8sed this evening. TIE last Tor tS-eisat
hours 81 the campaign have been maze
aotMbIe ~ the fact that serious cn@fsss
f4aeeting on every member Of ire corps
- teachers a. well ~ the subordinate EN-
rsIawae az the district have been formu-
,asaa ard widely circulated ~ Ar. Lambs
campaign Managers. No issue beyond the
matter o. a personal choice was involved
before these charges We're fnaae. p ne
Candidates are Edmund Bowden aud john
Lamb
They Eepudfnte Ia.
With BAT few exceptions. the men who
signed the nominating petition asking Mr.
lamb to become CANDIDATE for school
director yesterday Fepudlated the SLAM
derous statements made in the Lamb cir
Guitar against the public school teachers.
An investigation disclosed the fact that
many OF Mr.. Lambs supporters are much
assplea sed With the methods that have
iNtEMN4
10 bring a. bout his election Some Of them
say they were informed that politics had
been allowed 10 creep into the schools 20
some extent. set the cure proposed by
Mr. T-amh'a most voclferons advocates
was. IN their opinion. far worse than the
disease.
Charles A Riddle. who was one Of the
signeFs Of the petition which resulted in
bringing out Mr.. Lamb as a candidate.
said:
4 do not approve OF the methods that
are hsing used to secure the election OF Mr..
Lamb by certain Of his overzealous
friends I signed his petition because !
believed him worthy Of the position. Yet
I am not sn accord with the policy that
has been pursued 80 bring about his cleo
tian. / concede the same right Of fran
shsse 70 the school teachers In the election
that 7 demand myself. They have the
zane right as have | or any one Ia urge
tar election OF particular candidate. !
have from the beginning depiored the
warfare that has been waged against Mr..
Boweien. The candidacy Of one man ought
not 20 be raised In proportion as that OF
another Is degraded in the eyes OF the pub
lie. In other words. every candidate
ought TO stand on his own merits. and not
hope 10 triumph because OF the weakness
Il question very much tho truth OF the
charges contained I'm the circular sent out
yesterday. Nothing contained In those
charges ever came to my knowledge In any
Il deplore the tendency OF this warfare
10 lnjure Mr.. Lambs candidacy, because
be IL stu my candidate. ! have nothing
Whatever to say against Mr. Bowden All
the bitterness that e being engendered In
this fight viii. IN ry opinion. he Of great
er injury to the school system than can be
overcome BY the election OF q candidate
who would try 70 correct the evils COM
planned Off
Nof na>anR Beer and Cigars.
Harold Preston. another signer OF the
Lamb petition. said:
4 have not taken any part in the formu-
lation Of the charges which SEQ by the
gast~Intelligencer have been made against
the teachers | do not know ANYTHING
about the facts. have no information IN
my possession concerning the truth Of tie
eharReF If the facts exist. IL - proper To
mike the charges, II not. the reverse For
snysrlf ] do not believe the charges IN
the circular sent cut rs Mr Lamb
powden ] believe r. Is straiehtfor-
ward honorable man. ! Do not believe the
teachers are III the business Of spending
maonev FOR free beer and cigars as Is
charged in the circular
Ex-Masor Phelps.
Byron pheips-T signed Mr.. Lambs
petition because believed him worthy
the hanor I have che highest personal
resara for Mr.. Eowden. and would aeVe
sleasd rs as quickly I DO not believe
tae, charges made against the school
teachers ~ tAH r4TffttMF aye tftfR- ANF-
taiply I have no Information which leads
re 10 believe them true
Edward O. Gg4%a@ president - the
Washington Nsf'ena3 bank was another
20 those who ytgged AR Tamn's aoulnat-
ias petition. IL was asked u he ap-
IFaved ~ the methods that are being om-
riayet te further Ar. lambs candidacy
lie replied Most assurediy I 10 not
have takaa no part IN 'he campaign and
know nothing concerning the statements
made Sc the circular Tou mention. seat
J Weuid he very Ioa&h 70 believe that the
charges contained IN TIRE circular reaeet-
ira on TIRE teachers were true ] know
of nothing which makes me- believe mat
tsey have used money corruutlyr
3udSe Richard Nirsor. VINO aided ~
tfinsios slr L3mh nut as candidate.
st3d taai re had not read che circular
1ta @3ia lhat he believed some money was
being ased FER campaign expresses. bot
thst he could not say whose money was
hsins spent - for what particular pur-
poae e WAS BEING expended
Nr Frank y Bhek expressed himself
81 g friend Yesterday as not approving tho
colirsa pursued by the fr.eaas N Mr..
Lamb rs Illustrated in the circular.
barnard Says It's Untrue.
Prof curtis - ere high school was rs-
ported yesterday as having said thar Sunt
Barnard had lntlmatea ta him that \
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