Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-03-21
THREATENED FIGHT" OVER
SCHOOL ELECTION ISN'T
LIKELY TO occur.
MAYOR WOULD REPEAL IT
Wooden In iny :, Doing Away with
Ordinance isey on Neutral
GrOu IL Seems

been said, the - res not AT this time
seem likely be much trouble
evolve out Of : resent status OF the
present schoo . ard affairs There
Is every indici - that the ordinance
recently pass the city commits
sion will be replaced. II II IL, Il will
at once put An end to the present
miXup. If II isn't, there is a chance
and past experience in Tulsa school
matters make 1t seem almost certain
that 1t will be big chance-for drag
ging school matters into courts and
all that Is attendant thereto, which
usually Is a-plenty
Yesterday he county election board
counted the ballots which were cast
at the school primary on last Tues
day The votes were not counted
sooner because OF the fact that all
Of the election board could not be go-
ten together sooner and coupled to
the further fact that all of the returns
had not been made. As it was, no re-
turns had yesterday come in from the
Third ward, and none Of the election
board officials knew officially wheth-
er an election had been held in that
ward or not
Whether the ordinance recently
passed by the city commission, hav-
ing for its purpose n complete revis-
ion of the manner Of holding school
board elections, will be repealed or
not, remaons to be seen. Expressions
from all of the city commissioners
| could not be had yesterday. John y.
Ramsey, city attorney, stated that the
| replealing of the ordinance would
| place the city in vacillating position.
! Several days ago, Mayer f. NJ. Wood
en- said that he believed 1t would be
in the best interests of the schools
! to have the ordinance repeaed. Among
those who are really looking at the
question of that is best for the
schools moro expressions favor the re-
| pealing Of the ordinance than are
opposed to it.
The city commission was led to be-
| lieve that nobody would file under the
old and regular method, and the un-
dcrstanding of almost everyone was
that such would be the case. But the
county election board, acting upon the
state law, and upon advice of the
state board OF elections, called the
primary election in the regular man
ner,
John u. Porter, secretary of the
county election board. stated last night
that none Of the members of the local
election board were interested in the
school election, or elections. or the
time they We're held. etc, more so
than Is any good citizen. He stated
that the state election board had been
consulted and that the Tulsa county
election board would not have lived
up to the law had no election have
been called for last Tuesday. He also
stated that the regular school board
election will be held on next Tuesday
Inasmuch as the county election
/ board has charge Of school board
| elections, any attempt to hold an
election under the new ordinance
would likely be of no avail The
| county election board also officiates
at bond elections for school purposes
II is unlikely that in the face Of all
| that has transpired within the past
] S'N'IdI udASi my dlltnDl Will he
made to hold an election under the
new ordnance until after It has been
| submitted as amendment 10 the city
charter, and then the first election
which could be held under it would be
Il year from now.
The real facts in the case at this
| time seem to be that nearly all per
sons who are to be interested in mat
| ters Of school board elections seem
to think there is n mighty big double
cross working overtime In some quar-
ters. and nobody Is absolutely sure
when h. Is standing on solid footing.
At the primary election held on last
Thursday. the following results were
found upon the count of the election
| board
First ward: Paul Sanger 10: S.
c.. Fender L.
| Second ward II. w. Burhart. 10.
Third ward: No votes as far as
known. W. B. Stahl was candidate for
nomination.
Fouth ward. A. A. Bumgarner, 4;
| W. q. Williamson, 10.
Outlying districts, II. L. Hart, IL