The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-06
ANTS ELECTS SEVEN MEN;
CONTROL OF BOARD IN DOUBT


l as between him and ex-Judge Miner.
the Democratic candidate.
4. w. Yost was elected county
school commissioners by large ma
jority.
MartIndale the Issue.
AS Superintendent of Schools Mar.
tindale was the sole issue in the cleo
ton OF school inspectors. the public
kwill now be interested in watching
how the inspectors line up on the ques
ton OF voting the superintendent an
other term. The eiA,tion OF a super
intendent takes place early IN July.
AS the situation now stands the two
factions, IL would seem. are evenly
matched. eight on side, with two In.
spectors. Kuhn and Cary. in the
doubtful class. though both have been
inclined TO vote with the machine
crowd on several occasions.
Enlisted under the anti-machine ban
ner are Mumford, Burton. Goldberg
and Schultz. all OF whom are at pres.
ent members OF the board and four
inspectors-elect. Move, Robertson.
CoIdon and Ellis. With the exception
or Leonard, Shivers and Treppa, who
were defeated In the primaries. the
gang lines up as OF yore. with the ad-
dition OF Wiedeman, inspector-clecs
from the Fifteenth ward. The other
seven are President George, Inspect
OTIS Snitgen. Hutton. Komrofsky. Hen
dcrson. Miehm and Hely.
,, From now on there will be some in
teresting times on the board. Any
man who Is suspected of being on the
fence will be spotted as a victim by
both sides and whoever exerts tho
more influence will get him.
Secretary Lees Job Is also In the
balance, as Is Supervisor Stewards
and II will be interesting TO see
whether the gang remains unit on
all three OF these jobs.
There Is no consolation for the gang
in returns from the various wards as
they appear In black and white. They
are an emphatic protes, against gang
rule In board OF education affairs.
Goldbergs Great Triumph.
Inspector Hiram G. Goldberg. in the
Twelfth. whom the gang tried 10 de
feat In every conceivable way, scored
signal triumph. piling up total OF
1916 votes to a paltry Sos for his OPP
ponent. Herbert T. Bush. a ratio Of
about To /. He carried every pre-
tiAIb pdt tbC htoN, WhNAS DNoh >OFPNf
six OF the 10 votes cast. The voters
of Goldberg's home precinct, the
fourth. paid him a pretty compliment.
They turned out more than 200 strong
In his behalf and the vote here stood:
For Goldberg. 209; Bush, 20.
Notwithstanding the challenge OF
Bush adherent, Mr. Goldberg was al
lowed to vote In the fourth OF the
Twelfth, Monday afternoon. Peter -.
Hack, a Bush challenger. made vigor-
Gus protest and the Bush people
threatened to ask the prosecutor To
investigate the matter. Augustus Gold
berg, a brother OF the inspector, was
chairman Of the inspectors In the pre-
cinct.
The big vote In the Twelfth Is re-
buke, also, to the campaign methods
resorted 10 by the gang In its desper-
ate attempts TO beat Goldberg. tho
campaign of mud-slinging reaching 4
climax at the eleventh hour, when the
gang attacked Goldberg's citizenship.
The inspector came back at the crowd
In vigorous style. however. and. pres
to. the canard was transformed into
boomerang.
Splendid victories were won by
Charles Il. Robertson, In the Tenth;
George NJ. Condor In the Fourteenth:
DR.. L. z. Ellis. in the Sixteenth, and
by Inspector Herman Schultz in the
Seventeenth ward. In all OF these
wards the gang had used all sorts OF
underhanded methods in the attempt
tn ALLEVIATE support from the anti-ma-
chine candidates, but with no better
success than In the Twelfth.
Nichols Candidate Buried.
w. J. Crudder, Inspector Scbultzs
Democratic opponent IN the Seven.
teenth, for whom Principal Arthur s.
Nichols. OF the Lillibridge school, lab
ored most industriously, was neatly
trimmed in all but two precincts and
the total vote stood 1908 tor Schultz
TO 91s for Crudder. Here also the
gang released canard, with the usual
result
In the Sixteenth, Thomas G.. Carroll
was hopelessly showed under by D..
I.ucian f. Ellis, where the voters, men
and women alike. were out TO vindi
cate the doctor. w. E. Stuart was lett
at the pest In >the Fourteenth, George
NJ. Condor being the favorite from the
drop of the hat. With similar ease.
Charles r. Robertson defeated "A.
.Gnau, in the Tenth, while A. Move,
the anti-Martindale man in the Ninth,
defeated Reynolds. in walk.
Women for Good Government.
AS in the primaries, the women's
vote cut big figure In the results and
TO the women voters is due in large
measure the handsome majorities
piled up by most Of the anti-Martin-
dale candidates. The bulk of the WIZ
men were out for cleaner administra-
ton OF school board affairs, but con-
siderable following voted with the
gang in some instances
II was q source OF no little pride 10
Principal Nichols that 81 suffragettes
voted for Candidate Crudder in the
seventh precinct of the Seventeenth
ward, wherein the Lillibridge school
is located, while only - feminine bal
lots were chalked up to Schultz. This
was intended to be direct slap at the
inspector and Nichols evidently de-
rived no little satisfaction from the
way Il worked It. He was around the
Light Guard armory all Monday even
ing. waiting for the box TO be opened,
and when 1t was finally dragged forth
from under a table he stood by with
bated breath as the clerks. with tan
TALKING elaboration. took the ballots
out sorted them and at last began
counting. IL was almost in a state OF
ecstacy that the principal later an
nounced the cheering news to a group
.ot newspaper men.
In the precincts farther removed
from Principal Nichols influence.
however the women rallied Loyalty