Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-01
"Johnny Come Lately, Chair man." Fails to Defeat
 Him With Coles,
REPUBLICANS WONDER
 WHAT WAS REASON.
Riot Almost Takes Place at the Polls Until Several Who Got in Late Are Permitted to Cast Their Ballots.

Because he permitted R. A Kirk, chairman of the city Republican com mittee. to induce him to enter the race for school trustee at the eleventh hour, F. E Coles was yesterday de- feated by s. w. Clawson by a vote of S2s 10 l53.
 Though it was understood by every one in Bisbee that friends of Claw son intended to make him school trustee. and hoped as a testimonial 10 his services he would have no op- position, Kirk fell upon Coles as his opponent.
 At noon on Friday the recently-im- ported manager of the local G. O. F. sent to the office of w. H. Brophy and suggested to him that COieS make tbe race for trustee. Co.es was al his home at the time, but came to the store immediately in response to a telephone call.
 Kirk pictured to Coles that he could Dc easily elected if his candidacy was kept secret. and for that reason no ennoulcemett Uils mace of Coles being in the fed. plans having been made by Kirk to muster his forces
 
 Just before noon yesterday admir- srs and supporters of Clawson learn ed what was in the air, and in half an hour had their campaign mapped nut and began getting their friends to the polls in the Central school build ing
 That a deliberate attempt was made To defeat Clawson by some of the Re publicsns is what was stated ?ester- day evening after he had completely overturned ihe scheme of Chairman Kirk to prevent his being continued bl ihe school board.
 Exception is being taken by a num- her of people. who are interested in ihc welfare of the city schools, to Kigk's efforts 70 mix politics with edu- rational matters. Stranger than this fo them is his motive for trying to defeat Claw son.
 Seen after the ballots were couIs- cd yesterday. Coles made the staie- ment that he had only been induced fo run because he thought Clawson would not be a candidate. Those who tried To make the election relig- ious matter do me and my friends an
 
 that CIawson was to be a candidate, should not have entered the race under any circumstances. All l can say is that did not fully understand what was being done. Some of my friends came to me with the proposi- tim that be a candidate, and at their solicitation I consented"
 Clawson and Coles were not rne only candidates, though. Friday night it looked as if the first-named would be the only one in the race. John Smith, discharged pumpman in the mines, ran on the Socialist ticket. When the 992 ballots were all count ed, he had 10. Smith had a number of his party cohorts working for him, Tut ter Socialists entitled to school vote was all they could muster.
 When the time came for closing the polls. it looked as if there would be a riot. It all came over the question as to whether voters in the building and with their ballots had right 10 cast them, though the polls closed at o'clock. and they had not voted.
 The election board decided first not to let them vote, but Lewis Hunt, who had spent the greater part of the day in the interests of Clawson, asked them as a matter of justice to permit the men to vote. He said they had just come of shit and could not get there before.
 Hunt contended that as a legal prop osition the men were entitled to a vote. for the reason that they were witt-n the building when o'clock came and the door leading to the polls lad been closd. School Trustee H. NJ Woods was present and asked the election board to hold the matter up until he could telephone to District Attorney Fiannigan at Tombstone.
 While Woods was at the telephone, The board decided to permit those waiting to vote. Upon Woods return he informed rhe board that Flannigan said the men could not vote, but 1t was then too late as their ballots were in the box and could not be told from those of others.
 The vote cast at yesterdays school election is the largest in the history of Bisbee. being greater than in scy- ersl city elections when fuil ticket vas 10 be elected.
 Six years ago. when Peter Johnson and Don Luis Williams were oppos- ing candidates, about 210 votes. were rasf. Williams being the victor. tup to yesterday that was the heav.sst vote ever boiled in local school cleo