Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-08
THE LAW is PLAIN.
no Way to Change the School
Charter.
7 Is LOST BY DEFAULT.

Hope Of saving the Bond Proposition
Does Not Invoivs Any Opp 'ftorry
fo- the Other-Must Gle arIy BE Q Major
tty Of Tie Vos.s Cart.
Coupled with the hope that the
missing returns on the tao pTopo-i-
tions in the first precinct OF the Fourth
wayd " i'll be sufficient to indicate
the success OF The bond proposition
after all, the Union contents itself
tina, the anne iisures Will save the
measure to abolish The present school
charter. While on the f-ce OF the
returns 81 hand the bond issue is de-
feated because ie failed to carry Is
, majority q. the votes cast III the
election, and the Union admits as
much, vet it is possible that the
figures which the election judges in
the Fourth ward have neg lect.d to
furnish, may supply what is needed
to save it. None are more earnest
in the hope that such may be the
case than The ARGUS; IL will take
F, the official count To determine that,
| aud until that is made ibe bond
proposition stands defeated Just as
the school p-opos !ion is. But
while the Union is looking for the
| possiol success OF the bout measure
1t is d'iicuit to conceive On what
!grouud il entertains the least idea
that the school change has baen en-
dorsed for there are not enough votes
to come all told to give with what i.
has now in its favor, the majority
Required under the statutes. Tie
Union, however, merely for The saks
OF the argument, attempts to show
that while the bond proposition re-
quires majority of al the votes cas-,
TO insure lis success, the school Ia g
charge does NOT, and The latter
seeks 10 divorce from The feature OF
the general elcc ion held Tuesday.
notwithstanding that a lew weel s
ago il was planning because the
s 3hool beard hnd nos Deen as prom {
as it thought 1t ought to be IN mas.
ing the proposition part of tbs
election. The school propos .ion,
however, was made psTt o. the tick
ct just s. the bond proposition was
and being such, the law is practical.
ly the same to one ss 20 the other I'll q
success only is assured .hrough
receiviug msJ 'rity OF lie votes
cast-at such election. 'sSuch
election, last Tuesday was gener
al election, and the school PROPOSE
ton did not receive a majority o
the votes cast on that day for the
ticket OF which it was part, Tor the
treason that electors who voted al
said election on other matter:
on the same ticke: defaulsed on thi
school proposition.
ADJ sreD.a.
There is difference between tn,
sections of the statutes that permit
the issuing of city bonds aud tb,
abandonment Of specia! charters, and
the one which authorizes the county
to issue bonds. The Law as to the
latter. and under which the cour
house bards carried, merely provide!
tina. I'll that Is necessary is MA ior
li,y OF the votes cast 1t the elect. I
Ga that question. But the laws a. IL
city bonas and the SURE nderipg o
special charters do not % that far
they hold speciii,al that the will o.
the people s5a!l be determined b,
the ma iority OF the votes cast at suct
election, and under such require
ments the city could not flos, it
bonds unless they were authorize,
by majority of tho c voting. and
charter could not be onsidered for
fitted unless maj ori,y OF the Re p
voting so decree.
The determination of the Uuio1
however. 10 persist, shows that III
enemies. of the PFC sent school sy stem
who were thwart, d "a little over
year ago, ere not disposed to rest
sven though defeated under the Law
but are ready to pursue the sntsgonis
tic and ruinous policy TO good scto }
government, CT agitation. The mics
ing returns canoot cffer any enoour
agement 20 the agitators, no matte
wins. effect they may possibly hao,
on the bond proposition.