Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-01-01
AK CENTERS ON CON rs
OVER STATE PRESIDENCY.
WOMAN VERSUS WOMAN
Candidacy of Mrs. Mary D. Bradford
Opposed by Friends of Miss kittie
Williams, Present Secretary-Lat-
ter Might Lose Her Place if Former
Were Elected.

Milwaukee, Dec. 27.-MilWaukee Is
again the Mecca of the pedagogues OF
the state. The school masters and
school ma ans from every city, village,
hamlet and town have begun to con-
gregate at the metropolis, and during
the week will discuss the several
phases of their work, elect officers,
have a good time and go home. This
years will be the fifty-third annual
meeting of the Wisconsin Teachers as
ISOLATION.
The advance guard of the delegates
arrived and filled the lobby of me
Plankinton house. The general SEES
sions will be held at the Davidson thea
ter, commencing this morning, and will
continue through Friday.
There promises to be more OF human
interest than usual in the election or
Officers this year. 1t has been conced-
ed for some time in accordance with
! an established precedent of the associ-
alton that the presidency is to go to
representative of the normal schools
unis year, and among those whose
names have been mentioned in con-
inection with that place at w. C.. Hewitt
and A. r. Halsey of Oshkosh, Mrs
Mary D. Bradford of Stevens Point, j
T. Sims of River Falls, j.. w. Living
stone of Platteville, and G.. G.. Schutts
of Whitewater.
Sex Against Sex.
| while there has been a general de-
sire to suppress discussion of the cleo
ton, accompanied by wire pulling anu
politics generally as in former years,
there soon developed a sort of a sex
against sex contest, the women teach
ers favoring the election of Mrs. Brad
! ford, and the men looking askance at
! the candidacy of one of the fair sex,
especially in view of the fact that MISS.
Kittie Williams of Milwaukee was
elected secretary of the organization
last year for term of three years,
that being the only salarie3 position in
the association.
! 1t would never do, it was whispered
about, that women be chosen to the
highest positions in the association.
/ This started the friends of Miss Will
dams to thinking, and soon the sex
against sex contest developed into one
of woman against woman. Miss Will
Jams frienus began knocking" one
proposition to elect Mrs Bradford be
cause they saw that her election would
militate against the chances of Miss
Williams, there being a suggestion to
amend the constitution modifying the
position of secretary.
While none of those whose names
have been mentioned for Office have
shown evidences of any undue desire to
be elecLed, there has been considerable
interest aroused in this by the injection
of lie sex problem in the association
politics.
The proposed amendment to the con-
StitutiOn will consolidate the offices of
secretary and treasurer and if adopted
may legislate Miss Williams out Of
office. 1t is stated that there is no de-
sire to do this, and steps to provide
that sucn should not be the result may
be taken but if the fight between Mrs.
Bradford and Miss Williams assumes
proportions to warrant, the amendment
ousting the Milwaukee woman may
pass &. w. Rittenburg of Whitewat-
err, who is treasurer at present, may be
chosen for the aewly created place of
ecretary-treasurer.
The Primary Election.
The primary election system of nom
mating candidates for Office will be
tried for the first time, or at least the
nominating committee will recommend
such a system and are so confident in
its adoption that they have arranged
ballot boxes and ballots to be cast
Wednesday morning. The ballot boxes
will be placed in the lobby of the Dav-
idson theater, and the members as they
show their credentials at the door will
be allowed to express their choice for
candidates to be elected the following
morning. The nominating committee
is NJ N. McIver of Eau Claire, chair
man; A. A. Upham of Whitewater, and
Mary 0. Murphy Of Milwaukee.