Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-28
The Vote on the Textbooks.

OF the books, if adopted.
Third, Those submitted 10y Eastern
publishing houses in their own behalf
For convenience, these books can
not appropriately, be classed as the
Browne & Co. Books, the Mongrel
Books and the Trust Books. Accept
ing these names for our present pur-
pose, an analysis Of the votes taken al
the recent adoption, will show as fol
lows:
VOTE ON GRAMMAR SCHOOL HISTORY.
For Mongrel Book Browne, Meredith
Plumb and Friars.
For Trust Book-Dumas.
No Browne & Co. book offered.
VOTE ON PRIMARY CIvIcs.
For Browne & Co--Browne, Meredith
Plumb and Friars.
For no book in those grades Dumas
VOTE ON EIGHTH GRADE CIvICs.
For Trust Book-(Dole) Browne, Mer
edith.
For Frust Book--(Mowry) Plumb.
For no book at ail-Friars and Dumas.
No Browne & Co. or Mongrel offered.
A second vote was taken, which re,
suited:
For Trust Book tDole) Browne, Mere.
dith and Friars.
For Trust Book--(Mowry) Plumb.
For no book-Dumas.
No Browne & Co. or Mongrel offered.
VOTE ON GRAMMAR.
For Trust Book--Browne, Meredith,
Friars, Dumas and Plumb.
No Browne 4 Co. book offered.
One Mongrel was offered.
VOTE ON LANGUAGE LESSONS.
For Trust Book (Woodard's) Browne
Meredith Plumb and Friars.
For Trust Book-(Bartlett's) Dumas.
No Browne & Co. or Mongrel offered.
VOTE ON READERS.
For Browne & Go. and Mongrel Books
Browne. Meredith.
For Trust housekeeping Stones)
Dumas.
For Trust Books-(Progressive) Friars
and Plumb.
A second vote was taken which re.
suited:
For Browne 4 Co. and Mongrel-
Browne and Meredith.
For Trust Book-Friars, Dumas and
Plumb.
VOTE ON sPELLER.
For Browne & Co.--Browne, Meredith,
Plumb and Friars.
For Trust-Dumas.
No Mongrel offered.
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For Trust Book-Dumas and Friars.
For none at all-Browne, Meredith
and Plumb.
No Browne & Co. OF Mongrel offered.
VOTE ON ADVANCED GEOGRAPHY.
For Browne & Co.'S Book-Browne
and Meredith.
For Trust Book-(Frye's) Dumas.
For Trust Book Rand & McNally's)
Plumb and Friars.
A second vote was taken resulting:
For Browne & Bo.' 8 Book-Brown and
Meredith.
Fot Trust Book-(Rand & McNally's,
Dumas, Friars and Plumb.
VOTE ON PHYSIOLOGY.
For Browne 4 Co.'s Book-Browne,
Meredith, Plumb and Friars.
For Trust Book-Dumas.
VOTE ON ARITHMETIC.
For Trust Books-(Walsh) Browne,
Meredith, Plumb and Friars.
For Trust Book -(HalD Dumas.
Browne & Co.'s books were offered
but no Mongrel.
Some things will be seen from this
vote:
First, Mr.. Browne and Mr.. Meredith
always voted together.
Second, They voted for the Browne
& Co.'s books in every instance, but
that of the Arithmetics, seven times.
Third, They we're supported in that
four times and lost twice; once on the
Geography and once on the Readers.
Fourth. They voted for the Trust
books seven times and for the Mon
grels three times.
Fifth, Plumb and Friars cast their
votes with an independence which can
only be seen by a close study of each
vote.
Sixth, Dumas did not vote for the
Browne & Co., or the Mongrel books,
in a single instance.
At this stage of the voting, it looked
as If everything was settled. and mem.
bers OF the board go stated, but they
literally counted without their host. !"
Browne & Co. had lost two books. At
least one of these must be saved, il
possible. The board had adjourned
over night. When 1t assembled the
next morning, the scheme of salvation
was revealed.
Mr.. Plumb, who had twice voted for
the Trust Readers and twice against
the Browne & Co.'s Geography, moved
to reconsider the last votes on those
books. The votes were reconsidered,
and when another vote was taken upon
adoption, it stood:
ON GEOGRAPHY.
For Browne & Co.-Browne, Meredith
and Plumb.
For Trust Book-(Frye) Dumas.
For Trust Book Grand & McNally's)
Friars.
ON READERS.
HOi Atuot OOOhS khdiiu N MCNdlly 81
Browne, Meredith and Dumas.
For Trust Books Silver, Burdett &
Co. 81 Dumas.
For Trust Book Butler, Sheldon &
Go. 81 Friars.
The books which have been styled
the Browne & Co. product, were as fol.
lows:
The Rice Readers,
The Hughes Speller,
The Wagner Geography,
The Krohn Physiology,
An Anonymous Arithmetic.
The Alling Civics.
Of these the following were adopted
The Hughes Speller,
The Wagner Geography,
The Krohn Physiology,
The Alling Civics.
Thus it appears that Mr.. Browne
and Mr.. Meredith, by standing pat and
pressing Mr.. Plumb, succ eeded in lin.
ing up the toard perpendicularly fol-
twO-thirds for themselves and friends.
Nothing herein said must be con.
strued into condemnation of the West.
land publishing house per se, or it's
membership 30 far as it ls known. It i.
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