New Ulm review., 1913-05-14
Progressives Win Again Over
Forces Opposing Public !,
Schools.
Another Election To Vote
Funds For North Side
Building.

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of the new building to one against
dicated plainly that the day of one
On the proposition. Of new building
against it, while the bond proposition
143 in opposition. In both cases q
few votes were Incorrectly marked
and had to be thrown out, but as the
whole number only figured up to 8
they made no material difference
either way.
Considerable feeling developed dur
ing the latter part of the week on
the question of the new building.
Early in the week the School Board
announced that they were perfectly
willing to give the North side a grade
building just such as they might
want but at the same time asked
them not to condemn the High School
proposition. Under the insidious prod
ding Of p. -Liesch who has beer
known for years AS an opponent Of
everything that stood for progress. a
number of the North side residents
came to feel that they were being
badly treated. in the matter of schools.
This feeling was judiciously fostered
by the "Journa" under the gl'isc Of
protecting the interests of the tax
payers hut it failed to work and the
man back of the movement to precip-
'itate another school fight was prop
erly rebuked by the vote at the polls
which showed that the opposition he
had been able to arouse was centered
chiefly under his own hat. The ,pe0-
pie on the North side who really
wanted the grade building showed
their good sense by voting for the
High School bond issue and are now
satisfied that they will get just what
they want in the way of a building
to house their children.
AT a special meeting of the board
held last week Tuesday evening, af-
ter the School Board had already ex-
pressed thru the columns of the Re-
view, their willingness to provide the
North side building, a committee
waited on them with a petition ask
ing that residents Of the North side
be given fair play in the matter of
new buildings and were told at that
time that it would be wise and best
to, uphold the proposition for the
new High School and that then those
who We're working for the $75,000.00
bond issue would cooperate with
them to secure a new grade building.
The North side. people saw the fair
mess of this argument and went home
decided in their minds to do as re-
auested by the board. This did not
suit P. Liesch, however, as he had
decided that he did not want any
new school buildings in New Ulm.
least of all the High School build
ing, and his whole object in putting
forth the grade school question had
been to scatter the issue so that peo-
pie would not know what they .dH
want. Accordinly the Journal
came out Saturday morning with q
column and a half Of warning to tax
payers, attempting to scare them in
to the belief that the schools would
cost them so much they would have
to mortgage their homes to maiDtain /.
the schools. The taxpayers are get
ting accustomed tO the braying Of the
Journal" and are not quite SO afraid
Of it as they once were and it seems ,
they decided to show Mr.. Liesch
that he had run things here about as !,
long as he had occn elected to do it. /.
The figures of the election show how :.
they carried out their re-
solution.
Ladies turned out in goodly num-
,ers, Mr.. Liesch having some sup =
port from them. He was very busy, .
t is said, with his automobile
in the reluctant voters that
,ould not be depended upon to 20
but it was all to no avail
md shortly after the polls closed
at 9 o'clock it was known N
hat the progressives had carried the r.
ay and that the journal" was glori- =.
usly beaten by the very people 't
those cause it pretended to be cham "a
ioning. fw
Members of the School Board met III
t the school house Monday evening
} take prompt action looking to the
of the North side building. dc
upt. Hess and Architect ANIME had 81
cen busy all the afternoon getting mi
p plans for four room school -,
ouse that would give some idea of ~. ~
hat the probable cost would be. IL
ne idea suggested is to give the M
orth side residents such build or
g as they will be proud of, one that
so distinctive in its features that
no time will it be confused with
e Washington Building. With this re'
mind sketches were drawn up for Ki
building to contain 4 rooms but so on