The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-06
S. S. Strattan's Term Will
Soon Expire and the Prob
ability for a Lively Fight
Appears Excellent.
ONE COUNCILMAN is
IN FAVOR OF WOMAN
But Majority of Members Ap-
pear Hostile-Attempt to
Make Nominations Last
Evening Was Lost.

The first flash from the cloud Of wo-
ing over Richmond for year. fell in
city council last night. The new
member of the school board to be
elected in two weeks, will be a wo-
man, if the movement is successful.
With four members of council on
their feet hurlilN taunts and challen-
ges back and forth. demanding recog-
milton from the chair, the crisis was a
noisy one. The three year term of s..
S. Strattan, as a member of the school
board expired last night. 1t has been
the custom of council to elect a men,
ber of the school board in the first
June meeting
Before even Chairman Won Pein had
opened the nominations for the elec-
tion Mr. Williams placed Mr.. STRAIT
tans name before the meeting. w.
H. Bartel got the floor. He said:
Bartel Made Kick.
For the last several years it has
been the custom to elect member
of the school board on the first Mon
day in June. l think we should be
given a weeks notice on nominations
by the school committee. l move
that the nominations be held open un-
til the next meeting night. l have
nothing against Mr.. Strattan. He will
probably be elected. but l oppose haste
on such an important matter"
Second Mr.. Bartel's notion" cried
Weishaupt getting to his feet. Meth
er have | anything against Mr.. STRAIT
! that he does not attend the majority
of the board meetings"
Williams remarked: I'VE have al
ways held the election the first meet
ing in June, and we ought to keep ii
up
Vote, VOTE" the question, keep
still" and other cries filled the coun
Gil chamber, as Won Pein raped for
order.
Then Williams yelled over to Weis
haupt, maybe you want woman on
the school board
Weishaupt Favors Woman.
81 do, I do. and I'll bring the name
Of one up" defied Weishaupt. Ano
| the bolt had struck.
| Council quieted almost immediately
and the vote to postpone the election
was taken 1t won 6-5. Following the
meeting there was general discus
sion of the possibilities of a woman
being elected to the board. Williams
Burdsall. Vessel, Evans and Waidele
said they would not favor woman
Won Pein said there were merits anC
objections to woman being on the
board, but further than that he wa:
not ready to talk. King said 1t de
pended who the woman was.
! DR.. NJ. F. Johnston, a member of the
school board for s years said the
charge that Mr.. Strattan did not at
tend to his school boad business wal
not true. He said Mr.. Strattan hat
been a most efficient official. Lee B
Nusbaum, another board member, alst
said Weishaupt's statement was incor
rect Neither commented on the pro
posal of electing a woman a membe
of the board
! 1t has been reported for some tim'
that Mr.. Strattan intended to resig1
from the board, but he said this morn
ing he was not ready to talk, now
Within the next two days there will
be a meeting of several prominen
women of the city, interested in publi
affairs. and some woman will prob
ably be put forward as a candidate
for member of the school board.