The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09
ANACONDA NEWS.
TO VOTE A SPECIAL LEVY
School Election Will Be Held in
Anaconda To-day.
MORE MONEY is NEEDED
Twenty Thousand Dollars Necessary to
Run the Schools Properly -Ques-
ton Was Defeated by One Vote
a Short Time Ago.

To-day is election day in Anaconda
and the citizens are called upon to de-
eide an important matter In sub
stance. the question is as follows:
Shall an additional and special levy
of mills on the dollar be laid on all
property embraced within school dis
trict No. TO- which embraces the city
of Anaconda and Carroll?
The polls for to-days election will be
opend at o'clock this morning and
voting will be continued until o'clock
this evening. The voting place will be
in the Central school house and the
judges of election will be Samuel Tenn
pleman, Roger Edwards and Henry
Redmond: Immediately after the cleo
ton the votes will be counted and the
school board will meet to canvass the
vote. A majority of all the votes cast
carries the proposition.
This same question was submitted to
the taxpayers on Thursday, Aug. %,
when an election took place, and the
levy was defeated. Only AZ votes
We're cast, of which % were in favor.
Twenty-three were against the propo-
sition and two were doubtful.
AS the matter now stands, it would
be impossible to have more than five
months school with the funds avail
able from the regular tax levy of this
year. This regular levy yields about
$4,000 to the district. while the ex-
penses amount to about $4,000. The
special levy of mills would produce
the necessary $4,000 additional
controversy was pitched yesterday
in regard to the qualification of voters
for to-day's election. The sex line is
drawn. Two of the judges of election
1pft o. ha nd nd fpr Hoo
ton, the following notice:
Women are not eligible to vote at to-
nlorrow's election.
HENRY REDMOND,
RODGER EDWARDS.
Judges.
Last night the Standard asked Coun-
ty Attorney Duffy for ruling on this
matter. It appears that, yesterday the
county attorneys opinion had been
expressed informally to the effect that
women must be taxpayers in order to
vote to-day, but that upon looking into
The law, last night, for the preparation
Of formal opinion, Mr.. Duffy revised
the views he had at first announced.
The Standard received, last night,
note from Mr.. Duffy in answer to its
request, in which he says:
Under the provisions of sections 1910
and 1777 of the political code, 1t is my
opinion, in relation to those who are
qualif1ed to vote at to-morrOw'S school
election, that women of the age of II
years or over who are citizens of the
United States and who have resided in
the state one year and in the school
district 80 days are entitled to vote"
The attention of one of the judges for
to-day's election was called last night
to this ruling. His statement was that,
in any event, if his associate judge was
of the same mind this morning as yes
terday. women will not be permitted to
vote at to-day's election. If this course
is pursued, the foundation for a long
controversy is laid at the outset, which
ever side gets the majority in the
count.
1t is not for the Standard to give ad-
vice in this matter or to venture asser-
lions as to the right or the wrong in
these rulings. If there is risk, however,
of an election that does not elect, the
Standards suggestion is that there are
men enough who are willing to go TO
the polls to-day and settle beyond the
chance of further controversy the ques-
ton whether Anaconda proposes to vote
itself and its public school system into
disgrace or not.