The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-03
Three Members of Board of Ed
ncation to Be Chosen.
Or. TITUS EXPLANATION.
Says He Dia Not send Circular Let.
ter to Teachers ~ Charged by
His Opponents-Adaits Having
Nailed 20 ALI Of Them His Cam
paign Paper, In Which He Dis
cusses the Different Tickets.

Three members Of the board OF education
are 10 be elected by the registered voters.
male and female. OF the Seattle sehoo, dis
trict. next Saturday. There ara two tick
cts In the field and although the campaign
has been a short one. Ii has nevertheless
been interesting ana animated
The candidates are: DIR. q. V. Calhoun,
c. J. Smith and Charles r.. Patterson on
one ticket, ard A. j. = ellis, now a mem
Der of the board, Harry b. Drees and F.
s. Southland On the other
Each OF theSe tickets has its strong par
tisans The one headed by Or. Calhoun
Was nominated by 4 group Of citizens in
which were many taxpayers. patrons of the
sehools anu prominen, citizens. ali repre-
senting the various political divisions OF the
city The second ticket was nominated
through the agency OF movement headed
by DIR. H. +. TITUS. The names of Eugene
Way. $. G. Calderhead and w H. White
are prominent on the petition addressed to
the candidates.
While shere is no open and stated issue
between the various candidates. there has
been no little work done By the partisans OF
each ticket The second ticket was dubbed
the anti-Barnard'' ticket as soon AZ, IL
was nominated. 1t is but fair 10 say. how
ever, that the men on this ticket say that
they are not .'anti'' any one.
A'i- II. r. IituS, VINO - actively sup
porting the ticket headed by Director A.
j. Wells. mas been charged by those who
are politically opposed TO him with Issuing
circular letter and sending IL TO the
se-aooi feathers, soliciting their efforts in
oThalf OF his ticket. He denies the charge
he says thar he has never authorized or
requested any one 10 send the circular men
TONED TO the teachers. and while he will
not say that they were not sent 10 some Of
the employees of the school district he de-
clafes positively that If such was the case
II was an accident.
DIR. Titus Version.
II wish the Observation-Disclosures would
print my version of this matter" said Or.
TITUS yesterday to a Pos re-
porter. Il distinctly deny that have mail
ed TO scores Of teachers a circular asking
them to register voters and TO get their
friends 10 vote for the ticket am
supporting This was what was done: /
did have the circular tle Post intel,igence-
punished this morning printed and circtl-
lated through several wards OF the city l
took the poll books I have OF the Fifth.
Eighth and Ninth wards and had our pre-
c!nct committeeman mark the names of
people to whom IL was advisable to mail tie
circular and copies OF the ballot of which
the Pds,-Inteligencer spoke A lady in the
Sixth ward prepared for me a list N 100
names In that ward 10 which COPIES of the
circular and ballots were sent.
Il did not tell those who marked the
poll books my purpose. did not tell then,
not TO mark the names of any teachers, but
0ad thought of II | should have done so
] do not believe that very many teachers
resolved the circular. II was not my in
tention TO appeal 10 them to work for my
ticket"
DR. Titus at first denied that any teach