Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-07
FACILITIES FOR
EDUCATION ARE
VOTED BY CITY
ONLY ONE PRECINCT FAILS TO
CARRY IN FAVOR
BOARD DELIGHTED AT SUCCESS
OF PROPOSITIONS
Ratio of Over Two and One.Hhaif to
One Is Maintained Generally
Throughout All the
Districts
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the high school bonds fail to carry,
and the grammar school bonds were
favorably passed in every precinct"
High school students were allowed a
holiday yesterday in order that they
might help in the work of bringing. the
voters to the polls. 1t would have been
useless to have attempted to hold
school. The teachers were in a state Of
anxious excitement over the outcome
of the election. For years they have
been vainly endeavoring to give to
each child in their overcrowded school
rooms the attention each deserved. The
youngsters, too, were worked up over
the situation and wanted to contribute
their efforts to helping out the cause
Of more schools" Many Of them have
known what it is to stand in line for
hours waiting for a chance to register,
and some Of them have known what it
is to be refused admission because
there was no room for them in the
schools of one Of the greatest of west
ern cities.
Voters began to arrive at the polls
at an early hour yesterday morning
and a heavy vote was cast before noon.
High school students in automobiles
were placed at each polling place and
helped to remind careless voters of the
duty awaiting them.
Why They Opposed
The minority of voters who did OPP
pose the bonds did so on the represen-
tation that the rate of taxation would
be increased by the issue. The large
majority realized that the time to
economic was not when the education
of the children of this city was in
question. A city that nan expend $780,
600, 900 on a water supply and willingly
stand q n inPFp9 in the of f9X9-
ton for the purpose of improving pub
lie roads outside of the city to the eX-
tent of $4,000, 900 could not, they ar
gued, cOnscienciously refuse the COM
paratively small sum of $720,000 which
is needed for public schools. 1t had
been repeatedly shown the tax rate
will not be largely increased by the
new issue of bonds, and the benefits
derived will be many fold, while the
tax rate will gradually decrease as the
bonds are paid off.
DR.. Moore Happy
DR.. Moore, superintendent of schools,
said:
''It is a great victory, and the most
satisfactory thing about it is the size
of the vote. The last school bond
election brought out only 2900 voters.
This one shows a much greater inter
est on the part Of the people. In ask
ing the people to vote bonds at this
time we were heavily handicapped by
the season Of the year, the recent hard
times, the already large bonded indebt-
edness of this community and the al
ways to be expected opposition of prop
erty holders who object to a higher
tax rate. And in addition we had the
handicap Of an immense burden of
false witness which has been borne
against us.
THAT the people by their votes sup
ported the bonds overwhelmingly once
more proves that democracy is sound
and that folks may be trusted to find
out the truth for themselves.
What has been done today means
everything to the children of this city.
1t means everything to the future we'll
being of education here. 1t has been
a fight for freedom to do an educa-
tional work. The school forces have
won. Not only shall we have the new
high school and the elementary school
buildings which are so greatly needed.
We have won more. We have won the
right to be let alone to teach school.
which is our work and all we ask
to do
Following is the vote in detail by
1rppinctS