The Detroit times., 1909-02-20
IN TO MAKE VOTES
|OR LEONARD WITH
SLEIGH RIDES
uNiouE PLAN OF CAMPAIGNING
CREDITED TO FRIENDS OF MAR.
TINpALE LeAoER-WoMEN Arc
FOR CONDOR.

Sleigh ride parties are the latest
thing In school board campaigning
EEWhile a meeting of the Mothers league
+ vas being helo IN the Evangelical
Lutheran church at Toledo-aye. and
& {iTest Grand Boulevard, Thursday after
noon. IN the interest OF George NJ. Con
don for school inspector In the Four
\ tecnth ward, word came that the op
Il position faction was giving sleigh
ride party In the lower end OF the ward
W 70 assist the cause OF Simpson <.
" Leonard. the Martindale candidate.
And they were SO anxious 10 ge-
the ladies' out on their sleighrtde that
they took along some Canadian ladies
FtWho have no vote" declared one OF
the Condor partisans.
The Fourteenth ward may be sail
TO be right now the liveliest spot IN
the entire city SO far as the school
board fight Is concerned Leonard. the
n present Inspector and former president
rs OF the board, has been one OF the Mar
tindale stalwarts Attorney Condor
kz was brought into the race by the best
|4 element In the ward and there have
4beeu two strong organizations formed
AZ his behalf. one by the men of the
H ward and the other, the Mothers
( league, by the women.
"a Two To four meetings a day are be-
ng held, mostly in church halls. and
the ward is being canyassed from
house TO house in way that was never
knovn before. Condor cards are APP
Dear!ng in every street. In his imme-
date neighborhood. "a out OF 20 houses
o6ows his picture, while, OF the other
Two. one had Leonard picture and
khe other has none.
Campaign Funds Easy Now.
When / have run for office before,
have paid the money and been anx-
1ous as To how things were going,
oays Mr.. Condor. Now, the money is
being contributed by the citizens them
nelves and they are calling me up TO
NOV how things are going. l like this
way lest"
Most Of the professional politicians
- the ward are out for Leonard. Sew
eral have found IL impolitic TO continue
20 whoop 1t up too strongly for the
1aYtindale cause. Ex-Ald Louis
Eracher is n friend of Auditor Milton
Mailman, and was busy for "Oakman
and Leonard" Then he found that
me anti-Martindale people were getting
their knives out to cut Oakman IL he
c0ntinued 10 campaign for Leonard,
and Fracher became a soloist instead
#of duettist.
The women OF this ward have never
voted before, but they will vote this
year" declares Mrs. r. Kirker, who
has taken an active part in the Moth
ers league meetings. Il went with
¬her lady TO visit the ladies on one
Eotreet In the lower end OF the ward and
we got 25 pledges during the morn
Ing"
NJ Residents OF the upper end OF the
yard are laughing at the dedication
k4xercises which have been held at the
Wingert and Columbian schools re-
kcently. The Winyert school had been
!; cumming for year. but the dedication
WAS not mentioned until campaign
time came, while the Columbian school
had merely a new addition The two
Qedications served 10 show the people
NJ the upper end OF the ward how much
the school board has done for them
N IN return for their taxes-and TO fur
nish ammunition for the Leonard
& cause.
How Different in This Case.
Some persons have been cruel
enough TO draw a comparison with the
Goldberg school, which has been run
ming five years without any dedication.
h The family OF the late school inspec-
b tor for whom the school was named
have had beautiful painting ready to
present to the school. but the majority
\ faction on the board, TO spite the pres
Tvs ho.
opportunity TO make the presentation.
&.sa All issue In the lower end OF the
fourteenth ward is the dismissal OF
principal Hull from the Western High
& school. Ii is said among those who
knew him there that the charges were
trumped-up ones and that the blow has
been such that he has never recovered
from IT,
Another matter which is being dis
cussed IN the anti-Leonard meetings is
the rapid promotion OF a young WON
IAN who is alleged TO be the niece OF
the school inspector. She came here
from outside the city and 1t is argued
that her rapid promotion is an injus-
tice to Detroit girls who are struggling
70 rise as teachers.
The school board records show that
Miss Elizabeth X Lantz, who had been
drst appointed as assistant principal
IN the Gillies school at $50 per month
was ON Jan. 25, 1906. made principal
1t the Potter school at $1025O per
month. Then, on May "a OF the same
year, she was transferred to the Amos
school at $40 per month. Later. on
Nov. / OF last year, the salary OF the
3 Amos principal was raised TO $3.50
per month.
Book Trusts Tight Grip.
That practically all the text books
used In the Detroit schools are pur.
chased from one concern, the Ameri-
can Book Co. or book trust" was the
charge made by Inspector G. NJ. Bur.
4 Ton at a Sixteenth ward meeting
E Thursday night. He intimated that
this condition might have something
10 do with the big campaign funds OF
some Of the administration inspectors
Burton declared that the book trust
ID almost as bad as the Standard Oil
Co. and that II has been driven out
of one state recently. driven out of
Brand Rapids in this state, and is to
20 be Investigated by the Michigan leg
11lature. One or the voters present
- the meeting. which was held In St
Marcus hall on Artillery-ave.. wanted
10 know who was at the head of the
&chool board book committee.
"A saloonkeeper,v replied Burton.
The meeting was held In the inter
|@nf OF DIR Lucien T. Ellis who ia Oh