The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-01-08
Choice Unanimous When Nom
nation is Made
Organization Rolls Right Past Objec.
lions and Constitutional
Questions.
SQUIRE HAPPENS TO BE THERE
DIR. A. List, President.
j. A. Robertson, Vice President.
w. T. Byrd, Secretary.

w. II. Byfu, secretary.
II required an hour and half iOr
the new school board to organize last
night, and ii was accomplished only
after much discussion on constitu-
tional questions, as given above. The
old board met ust before the new
members qualified, and wound up Its
business.
Preliminary to organization, J. A.
Robertson was elected temporary
chairman, and f. B. May temporary
secretary The first hitch occurred
when Mr.. Walston objected TO rcceiv-
Ing a communication from G. j.
Moore, of the Fourth ward, in which
he declined to qualify and serve on
the board. When Mr.. List WAS nom
mated for president of the board, Mr.
Walston fixing the hint from the
course o. events up to that point in
the meeting, fOreclosed the POSSIBLE
lty of himself or any other member
being nominated, by moving that
nominations be closed, and DR.. List
WAS elected unanimously.
When the election of secretary
came nm, Mr.. Byrd was nominated,
when Mr.. Walston objected to Mr..
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of the board can serve dt for remuier-
alton. The third hitch occurred
when Mr.. Walston objected to Mr..
Maxwell. an employee of The Illinois
Central railroad being seated in the
board. The last hitch occurred when
Mr. Walston wished the secretary to
be a bonded officer. All the points
were discussed at some length and
were the cause of the protacted meet
ing.
The organization of the new school
board last night showed careful plan-
uing beforehand. Many apparently
lnsuperable obstacles we're overcome
and though the plans of the new
members were delayed greatly, in
the end they went through as
scheduled.
All the new members who attend
ed last night, arrived in a body with
two of the old members. They were
Maxwell, Clements, Metcalf. Byrd,
Robertson, List and Beckenbach,
Later Magistrate J. ]. Bleich came
~
In the lively discussion on the
point whether the letter of monaco
ceptance from Mr.. Moore. of the
Fourth ward, should be received, Mr..
Walston, who precipitated the dis
cussion by objecting, took the point
that a new member has 80 days in
which to decline the office; that I'M
der those circumstances any action
the board might take then would not
prevent his changing his mind and
deciding ito serve, thus making 1t adj
visable to delay action on the point
until a later meeting; and ais last
argument he said they could not ac-
cept the resignation Of a member an
til the board had been organized, this
point having arisen while the temper
airy organization was in charge. Sew
eral of the new members took issue
With Mr.. Walston and in a vote on
the motion to accept the letter and
proceed with the election of sue
.cessor, the affirmative carried. MT.
Karnes thought this was railroading
the point through, and with Mr.
Walston ard Mr.. Davis, voted against
the motion. Mr.. Beckenbach was
then nominated for the vacant posi-
ton and was elected. Mr. Watson
called attention to the fact that the
now member could not sit until the
next meeting, but Mr.. Bleich here
happened to be handy, and Mr.. Beck
enbach Immediately qualified. Mr.
Bleich then left the meeting.
For members who had never held
a caucus to decide on their course,
things went so smoothly that Mr.
Walston. who was a candidate for
president. when he saw what kind Of
Oil was being used on the organlza-
ton wagon. followed Mr.. Clements
second to the nomination OF Mr. List
by Mr.. Byrd. with a motion that nom