The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-12-29
STOKES ClRCULAR
DISAvOWED
State Teachers Association
Passes the Anti Politics
Resolution.
DEBATE ON RETIREMENT FUND
Threats of Investigation Re-
suit From a Long Finan-
cial Argument.
DEBATE ON RETIREMENT FUND

Special to ''The Jersey City News.')
TRENTON, Dec. %, 1904-The State
Teachers association yesterday adopted
a resolution declaring that it had no con-
nection with the circulars issued during
the last campaign which favored certain
gubernatorial candidates for ELECTION.
The Introduction of this resolution was
received and adopted without any storm
at all.
r. ]. Boynton, of Paterson, was the
sponsor, and maved for it's adoption. Miss
Elizabeth Allen. of Hoboken, seconded
the motion.
The resolution is as follows
In view of the attempt that is be-
ing made in certain quarters to connect
this association with certain political cir
culars distributed throughout the State
during the last campaign, be it
RESOLVED That this association here
by declares that it had no connection
whatever, directly or indirectly, in any
way shape or manner, with the prepar-
alton. financing or issuing of the said
circulars. and that we further declare
that diligent inquiry reveals the fact that
no department or committee of aSso-
citation had any connection with the mat
ter referred to-"
The Boynton measure hffers from the
one put before the association by Thomas
]. Bissel, of Newark, which caused
furore and was finally tabled.
The Bissel resolution referred only to
circulars issued against the election of
Governor-elect L. G. Stokes and it de-
neanced the authors only Of those
against Stokes.
There were also circulars distributed
maligning Candidate Black. but the reso-
lutionsaid nothing about these.
This naturally created factional po-
litical fight, as the Democrats claimel
the passage of the resolution would put
tho teachers association favoring a GER
tain party.
The Boynton resolution comes out
against all circulars issued
1t is not likely that the Bissell reso-
lution will ever get any further than the
table.
At the close of the forenoon session
the nominating committee reported, rec
ommending the following for election:
President, William NJ Swingle, of Or
ange; first vice president. r. ]. Boynton;
Of Paterson: second vice president, Mary
L. Van Winkle, of Jersey City: treas
urer, II. j. Neal, of Lakewood; execu-
tive committee. Lydia X. Ennis, of Jer-
sey City; railroad secretary. Sophie NJ
Braun.
L. G. Wooley. the present secretary
wiil continue in Office until next year,
as viii two members of the executive
board.
The addresses of the afternoon were
delivered by Or. Joseph Swain, president
Of swarthmore college, and Miss Mar
garet A. Haley, of Chicago, president of
the National Federation of Teachers.
DR.. Swain spoke upon sThe Educated
Man and Social Problems Miss Haley
gave history of the troubles in Chicago
in 1899, when the city's income was less
than its expenses and the city was going
to close the schools for an extra two
months.
The musical programme included a
violin solo by Miss Mary Thereso Friedel,
a vocal solo by Mrs, Carolyn Barber
Biddle and piano solo by stello Bell
Eccles.