The Press., 1903-11-05


Tuesday from Terryville, where they
went to attend the golden wedding OF
a relative.
W. A. Pierce has returned to town
from Meriden. and is located in the
Parkess house, in the tenement re
Gently occupied by Miss Amelia WASH
burn.
The local school board now holds
the record for continuous voting. At,
the meeting Monday afternoon 252
ballots were taken on school visitor,
with tie vote each time-three for
Mr.. Suenderhauf and three for Mr..
Black. 1t took about three and one
half hours, but as nobody had writers !
cramp no result was reached. With
the exception of short time used
for auditing and paying few bills,
nearly the entire meeting was given
to voting. 1t was case of vote,
take breath, then vote again. After
231 ballots had been taken, with a,
cold, gray sameness in the result each
time, School Committeeman Wiers
arose to address the meeting. This
was a pleasing break in the order of
exercises, and he was listened to with
much interest. Mr.. Wiers made q
plea for unity. He was followed by
Lawyer O'Connell, who also spoke elo-
quently in favor of unity. An inter
mission was taken of about. ten min
utes to give the members of the board
Il chance to sharpen their pencils and
get their second wind. Balloting was
then resumed. when it was found that
MesSrS. O'Connell and Wiers' idea of
unity was to have the other side give
in, Us the vote stood just as 1t did be-
fore on the first ballot after the inter
mission. Mr.. Black. who is usually
heard from at meetings of the board,
had nothing to say Monday afternoon.
He voted with a grim determination,
and stood the physical strain as we'll
as the younger members Of the board.
Mr.. Howard was chairman of the
meeting, and was therefore unable to
take any active part except in the
voting. Mr.. Burnham, being a cler
gyman, was necessarily handicapped
somewhat for language suitable to
express ideas relating to the condi-
tions existing. Mr.. Suenderhauf was
also silent, but busy. The public is
naturally much interested in the dead
lock- 1t begins to look as if the
schools will be unvisited. 1t is said
that many people in the north part
of the town, irrespective of party,
favor Mr.. Black and his colleaguesih
their position. They feel that the
north part of the town should be rep
resented on the board of visitors. 1t
has been stated that Mr.. Black 8 dic-
tatorial statement of what had got tn1
be-. in previous meeting, is the carr
leading to the present deadlock. Rel
ative to this, the other side say that
Mr.. Black said nothing until num-
ber of ballots had been taken, and the
drift of the meeting was then SO ap-
parent that the position taken by him
was excusable. It is apparent that
neither Mr.. Black nor Mr.. Suender-
hauf can be elected to the position.
This being the case, the wise course
would seem to be to decide on another
member. Lawyer O'Connell is we'll
fitted for the position, if he would
consider it, and it is possible that the
board could agree on him. 1t has
been suggested that Secretary Hines
of the state board of education be
asked to come in and settle the mat
ter. In the meantime the situation
is leading topic for conversation,
and the next meeting of the board is
awaited with proper amount of in
toreSt