Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-03-28
Candidates FOR
A SCHOOL BOARD
SOME OF THEM RUNNING CON"
TRARY TO AGREEMENT Be
TWEEN TWO PARTIES.
OPPOSITION IN THE FIELD
Chance 10 Elect n Bipartisan school
Governing Body - What the
Agreement Consisted OF.


For the first time in many years tho
school patrons of school district No.
-, embracing the city of Tulsa, will
have the opportunity of voting for
non-partisan school board at the regu-
lar election next Tuesday. Several
years ago the leaders in the demo-
cratic and republican parties agreed to
have equal representation on the board
of education, and except during the
past two years this has been the case.
With the purpose of revving this
old custom, the city central commit
tees of both parties appointed a Joint
committee early this month to investi-
gate the advisability of making the in
coming board bipartisan. The two
committees of five from the central
city committees met and appointed a
subcommittee to report to them,
which report upon presentation was
unanimously adopted and referred to
a democratic mass meeting and to a
republican mass meeting to be held on
March 4 and respectively. The re-
port Of the committee is as fol-
lows:
Resolved that 1t is the sense Of the
committee of the democratic and re-
publican parties that a bipartisan
school board be selected for the city
Of Tulsa; that the board be composed
of four republicans and four demo-
Gratis; that the selection be made pre-
vious to March 3; that such ticket be
filed by petition as a citizens ticket;
that each party make it's selection az
it seems best to it, but that such se-
lection he mutually agreeable
1t Is further recommended that as
soon as this board is elected and or
gan2ed, they shall decide by lot which
four members shall hold for two years
and which for one year, and that one
half OF each four he republicans and
onc-half be democrats.
IT Is also recommended that mass
meetings of the respective parties he
called, In the district court room for
the republicans and in the superior
court rooms for the democrats on
Wednesday evening, March 6, at 7:30I
W. A. SHARP,
II. o. MCLURE.
w. I. RENEAU,
A. +. AULT,
VIM. STRYKER,
Committee
THIS report wits submitted to
democratic mass meeting on Monday
night March I, and endorsed. and like
wise by a mass meeting Of the republl-
cans on Tuesday night. On Wednes-
day night with both court rooms
crowded. each party picked out four
candidates from all those whose names
were presented TO their respective |
meetings. After both tick cts had been
chosen. the democrats and republicans
In joint mass meeting jammed into |
the federal court room. without a sin /.
gle dissenting vote but with roaring |
chorus Of ayes unanimously endorsed |
the fun ticket, and asked that the same I
be placed on the ballot by petition as
the Independent Citizens ticket"
Phis ticket was not voted on in the [
primary for the reason that only can
didates from the political parties are
there voted on, but the Independent /
school board candidates will be found .
in the fourth column on the school I
ticket in the election Tuesday
Members of school board are not .
elected as are the city commissioners.
who are elected from the city at large.
School directors are elected two from
each ward. so that each voter can cast
his vote for only the two men on the
ballot in his ward and also for the
school treasurer, which office is voted
on from the city as a whole
However. the bipartisan school
board movement Is not without OPP
position. other candidates for these
offices are in the field. not endorsed
by any party but running contrary to
the agreement between the two DOM
inant political parties to elect four
each for the bipartisan board and not
leave the election to select board
free from one party These
other candidates coming out after the
announcement Of the ticket chosen In
the party mass meetings seems TO
put them up as men opposed to the bi.