Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-25
MORE TROUBLE
IS PROMISED.
Cranes Friends Would Name
an Entire New School
Board
Old BOARD is DISSOLVED
Old BOARD is DISSOLVED
eoardm.an Finds a Statute Under
Whioh to Force Reelection of Turn
Or and HuII-Four Candidates VIII
Run and There is Now Talk of
Crane Ticket-Compromise Hoped.

PrernonitionS of still another Spli-
fled controversy among MarshalltoWh
citixens have developed into an open
movement on the part of Superlnleh-
dent Cranes friends to assure them
selves that the school board. after the
e1ection on the 18th of March, will
renew its contract with MIR. Crane, OF
else to run candidates who Will be IA
vorable to Mr. Crane when elected.
Mr.. G.. H. f. Boardman is leading the
movement in Mr.. Cranes behalf, ana
Friday afternoon, in company with
a dozen or more citizens, called on the
various members of the school board
to secure an expression from them OF
support for Mr.. Crane.
Mr.. Boardman has discovered
a statute which provides that
an entire new board shall be
elected whenever the boundaries
of a school district are chang
ed. This was overlooked by the board
when the territory east of the city
was added to the school district and
as MT. Click is the only member
elected since the boundaries Were
changed it follows that Messrs. George
A. Turner and c. II. Hull must be re-
elected, whereas their terms would not
have expired until next spring Inc
terrns of H. A. Church and A. 10. Will
bur would expire this spring anyway.
At first there was some doubt as to
the statute, but on Tuesday of this
week Mr.. Boardman was in Des Moines
TO see the attorney general and Messrs.
Hull and Turner happened there on the
sarne day to present the matter to the
state superintendent. 1t is understood
that both officials have held an cleo
ton of four new members to be
necessary. Secretary Trotter today
calls an election for four new mem
bers, two for unexpired terms OF
year and two for full terms
The members of the board called
upon by Cranes friends understood
Mr.. Boardrnans proposition to be that
IL they would agree to support Mr..
Crane no question would be raised as
to the legality of the old membership,
but members of the delegation that ac-
companied Mr.. Boardman say that the
board must be legally constituted. re-
CARELESS of the superintendent contro-
y,ersy, or else the school tax levy will
not be legal. When the opinions came
today all question was removed and all
four of the present members, Messrs
Turner. Hull, Church and Wilbur, Will
announce their candidates. for re-elec-
tion next week.
The situation on the board seems to
he about this. Mr.. Click believes thor
o,ughly in Mr.. Crane and favors his re-
tention.
Mr.. Turner says that he has not
made up his mind to oppose Mr.. Crane,
'aut that he has never accepted pub
lie office with his hands tied, and he
is not going to pledge himself in adj
vance. He reserves the right as a
member Of the board to criticise Mr..
Crane or any superintendent, both in
his school work and his personal con-
duct and he feels that Mr.. Crane
should not deny this right or open
fight on the board because of it.
Mr.. Hull is not entirely satisfied
with Mr.. Crane, objecting principally
to the superintendent personal con-
duct, but he says he has not made
UP his mind to vote against him until
he knows whether the board can find a
better man.
Mr.. Church says that he has not
made up his mind for or against Crane
and ne will not pledge himself for
Crane. He says that the proposition
made to him is to promise
to re-elect Crane at the pres
emit salary of $1,000 per year
and permit him to continue his pub
lie lecturing on the side, which brings
Mr.. Crane an additional income of from
5000 to $1,000. Mr.. Church says that
the most of the board feel that Mr..
Crane is devoting too much time to
this outside work and he will not
pledge himself to support these terms
Of the present contract.
Mr.. Wilbur is new member, just
appointed to fill a vacancy caused by
the resignation Of A. A. Moore. He
says that the question of Cranes con-
tract for next year has not come up
to him yet, and that he is too new on
the board to decide it now.
There seems to be an impression
among Cranes friends that these four
and since the refusal of the board to
work Mr.. Crane has said to many that
the board was down on him. Mr.. 'Fur-
ner explains that the exhibits of school
work will be held il each ward build
Ing just the same, preparations for two
being already under way, but
that there was more disturb
ance raised in handling the
general exhibit than it was worth,
and in this view he claims to be sup
ported by many of the teachers. No
general charge is made against Mr..
Cranes school work except some min
or criticisms and differences of opin-
ion, by any Of the board altho some of
the members insist that intolerance has
been shown for their criticisms and
that teachers have come to them Sec
reilly with complaints, which ought to
receive more consideration.
Today Mr.. Cranes friends would not
say what their plans We're but they
intimated that Il distinctly Crane ticket
would be put up. Others said that
they had not lost hope With the old
board yet. and still had faith in COM
promise being effected.