Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-14
FAVOR A NEW HIGH SCHOOL
People Of Council Bluffs Vote Their
Convictions on the Subject.
PROJECT CARRIES BY OVER TWO TO ONE
Many Women March Up to the Polls
and Cast Their Bailots-Repub-
Iicans in n Majority on
the New Board.


the New Board.
At the school election yesterday the peo
pie OF Council Bluffs demonstrated in a
most decisive manner that they were in
favor of having new High school building
and the proposition to issue bonds in the
amount of SG5, 900 to erect one was carried
by a majority OF over 1000 votes. j. p
Hess and Charles Swaine, the republican
candidates for the Board of Education
were elected by safe majorlties over the
democratic nominees, DR.. Donald Macrae
and r. p. Searle. The two propositions to
issue bonds in the sum of $4,000 for the
erection of school building in Cut OFF
and to levy tax of $15, 900 for the school
house fund to be used in payment of in
terest on the bonded Indebtedness both car
red with overwhelming majorites.
The vote on the members Of the Board
of Education was as follows: Hess (rep),
1876; swane (rep), 1921; Macrae (dem.),
1,0S1; Seare (dem) 1923.
The vote on the new High school was
For. 2,147; against, 1,O21. The vote on the
Cutoff school was: For, 2,1O4; against,
SIG. The vote on the tax levy was: For,
2O64; against. $50.
The figures show that 97S women voted,
of whom S2S cast their ballots for the High
school proposition and 100 against In the
Fourth precinct 102 women voted against
the new High school The mems vote on
the High school proposition was 1219 in
favor of 1t and s71 against.
A feature of the election was the large
number of women who went to the polls
and voted in favor of the new High school
hut the results show that the vote of the
men would have carried the proposition by
safe majority without their aid. The
High school cadets were much in evidence
in all the precincts and did yeoman service
in aid of the High school proposition by
getting the women out and seeing to it
that they made no mistakes in marking
their ballots correctly The vote cast
throughout the city was, despite the in
terest shown in the High school proposition.
a light one. The vote in the First pre-
cinct for school board directors was con-
siderable of surprise The precinct was
expected to roll up a good big majority
for the democratic candidates. but the fig
ures tell very different story Hess, re-
publican secured two more votes than Ma
crae, democrat, and Swaine, republican.
was only one vote behind Searle, democrat
Comparatively little Scratching" was done
in any of the precincts.
Republicans in Control.
The election of Hess and Swaine will
place the board in the hands of the re-
publicans again. The board will be com
/ prised as follows: Sims, Henry Hess.
Swaine, republicans; Moore, Cooper, Stew
art, democrats. The retiring members are
Thomas, democrat, and Spruit, republican.
/ Jacob Sims, 1t is understood, will be the
J president of the board when it reorganizes.
| The vote by precincts follows:
First precnct-Hess, 27O; Swane 255;
Macrae. 26S; Searle, 256; for High school,
4i3; against High school, 275 for Cut on
school, 446 against Cut-Off school, 259; for
tax levy, 457; against tax levy, 239; woman
vote for High school, 191; woman vote
| against High school, 10.
| Second precinct-Hess, 30S: Swaine. POI :
| Macrae, 173; Searle, 14S for High school.
| 476; against High school, $50; for Cut-On
school, 460 against Cut Off school, 147; for
! tax levy, 465; against tax levy, 127; woman
vote for High school, III; woman vote
against High school. r.
Third precinct-Hess, AS; Swane 3S7:
/ Macrae, 2SO; Searle, $50; for High school.
| 772; against High school, 273 for Cut-Of
school, $40; against Cut-Off school, 275;
| for tax levy 666; against tax levy 28B;
woman vote for High school, 1885, woman
vote against High school, IA.
Fourth precinct-Hess, 279; Swaine, PSI;
Macrae, 255; Seare, 256; for High school,
3Ol; against High school, 216; for Cut Off
school, $40; against Cut-On school, 12O: for
tax levy, 1872; against tax levy, 152: woman
vote for High school, 146; woman vote
against High school, 1902.
Fifth precinct-tHess, 1O4; Swaine, 1O7;
Macrae, los; Searle, 1O4; for High school,
1876; against High school, 1917 for Cut-On
school. 17s; against Cut-On school. 10; for
| tax levy, 164 against tax levy, 80; woman
I vote fer High school, 40; woman vote
against High school, I.