The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-03
TARRYTOWN WOMEN BEATEN
nit THEY PIT CP 4 coon
SCHOOL mo And FIGHT.
Practical Politics sprung on Them Peforr
the Voting Mas BEGUN Taey would
Net Have Wen ans way. but me, Are
sure That TheIr WORK WnI Tell.


sure Thai TheIr Work wm Tell.
TARRTTowS. Aug The part that
the women pIsy~d in IN. -choul board
election here thi. evening wasn't success
ful. n you count success by votes Their
candidates weren't -leCtsl. but ia.
women Say that they have given the
politicians a SCARF that they won't recover
from in years. and that pos-ibly the OBJ
jects they have aimed at IN the reform
~ the Washington Irving High School
Will he attained. even under the superin-
tendency u Levi Cas. whom they have
been trying tn throw out
When the ballots were counted the
tally came ont about ~ had ben Indicated
hy the evenings voting The candidates
on the mems ticket were elected by larg.
ma joriti-s There were as votes for
?. X Pier-on. $40 for G. = Dawson and
SIS for e W Fsirchild The vote for the
womsn's candidates WA i?o for Pisrson
who's. name was on both tickets. ite for
p J. Hall and " for J. II Burtenshaw.
The politicians rounded up all the
hangerSDn they could find. folks who
haven't voted az q school election within
the memory ~ the oldest member ~ the
school board In order 90 vote a woman
must be . mother An Italian woman
came from the region around the station
carving twins. Nobody cha llsnged her
night 20 cast a ballot
The families on the hill came down IN
automobiles and carriages and the motors
were used afterward TO bring in all reform
sympathyers Mrs Robert A. Patterson.
whose husband resigned from the present
school board because he couldn't stand
for IN" things that the board was putting
through. Was there. and so were Mrs
Francis la Bau. Mrs James n Burtsn- !
shaw ,Dr B,Irtenshsw was rum q on the
reform ticket and Mrs Lewis II OWN
The election which was held In the aud
,orium Of IN. Washington Irving High
School. Was preceded by a campaign as
vigorously conducted hy both aides a.
though u involved tho destiny ~ larry I,
town for ever and ever The women ~ /
the Hudson River EQUAL Rights Associa-
ton. 81 which Mrs. Henry Willard Mrs !
Chsiies = Gould and Mrs Roswell Skeel 7
are leaders. stood AZ the head Of the re-
form movement. and most 81 the residents !
m the hill backed them up.
They agreed To support Frank II Pier |
son. chairman Of the present school board. /
despite his declaration that he WASH
opposed TO the politicians ticket The
two other candidates for trust eerhips
on the reform ticket we're Frederick y
Hall and DR. lanes VI BIrteushaw
Mr. Hall waS standing for three years
tenur. and DR. BurtenShaw WAS down
for Two wears IN. politicians headed
their tick- wth Mr. Person. the present
chairman and 'hev PIT down ClarenC.
= Dawson also a member 81 the present
hoard for reelection charles " Fair.
child stood for the short term
In" r-foriner- have declared that
I sN case do.--n't know how 10 run hs
school They sav that h.. has ct DIS
cipina slids and that The scholastic stand.
ing - the high school has -mmpnd along
with u They say too that he PLAYS
IpohtIo-. which. they add. accounts for
The enthusiasm With which tn" T.Olti,l ans
have stOOl for his r-'entiun They s-ut ,
letters io the women voters - TArTV-
town tu 'y,'n- ont and clean AZ the yOli-
ti,iau- VIZ Hail and Dr BurtcnshAW
= ere pl'-iRed 10 throw ont Sup' Ease m
IA. event - their election.
when the commuters gU' ~ The trans
tonight they found Youngsters AZ the
station With their fists full ~ dOdg.rS
IN" handihll- ratified IA thus afternoon
10 meet the emergency z-i forth thai a
Eastman had l,.'-n delivering appeals for
he support ~ the ring candidates and ,
ha' The APPEALS didn pasS - mail matter /
l-n Z ~ tim" 10 wlnd up politics they
asked when po-imAn lets himself H. ,
n,.-s..n ger iDy for the politicians
Ia other years half dozen wom.n ~
he school DDard election caused sIr
prI.- I"-ng ht ihsre ~as a good 81
-r-ou- ~ the auditorium and fully
hird ~ them ~"r- women hat do.-~n
mean. ihDugh that all the women stood
Tor 10. reform tIcksf good many ~ !
h-m cam. from the region At the foot
u tn. hall and most 81 ihe-., - God for IN. '
politicians programme '
The Teforn.rs got first blood A. soon q
~ ihs voters had taken their places In the =
lal They all got tickets Of IN. rival fac u
tons a. they came in the door and you Y
'ouldn't slip past the door tenders without }
u Least twol there was a motion 70 pro- u
,eed with the election 81 a temporary u
hartman Robert A. Patterson WA o
'lected wave % handclapping went
.ver the hal from the reform -ympa- v
hiyers
But the applause came a minute TOO .
oon. As soon as ~ was voted 10 post y
zone the regular business % the meeting j
Intil after the election Surrogate p V. a
iiIIard. who IL ~ the politicians and ]
DOESN'T care who knows II. introduced a "
notion that thos- standing should have a
he prior right "a cast their ballots. The 81
not on went through y
Nobody understood the trend Of this
hove until II became apparent that most Il
those standing were AZ the back 81 ihe n
al and that these were the folks from u
ndar the hill. They were standing eight a
esp around the doors and looked like u
,giOn. @
That meant that the people who had al
pine from the top Of the hill IN their car
ages and automobiles would have 10 N
ali a good hour and a half before they hi
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