The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-09-09
], v. winner AND A. W|LMOT ELECTED
SCHOOL TRUSTEES By LARGE MAJORITY
THE USUAL OPPOSITION APPEARS AT LAST MOMENT
FERs THE USUAL VICTORIOUS DEFEAT-wALLAcE
PEOPLE PUBLIC

The school election last IueSuay
was a repetition of what has come to
be regular annual occurrences. Elev-
enth hour candidates were sprung as
usual in the hope of bringing the pub
lie school under the domination of the
sinister influence that holds the coun-
ty government within it's grasp and
which made desperate attempt to
control the city government And
again the attempt failed and it will
always fail, because the people of this
city and school district are intensely
loyal to the public school and are de-
termined that it shall be maintained
on the high plane that has always
characterized it, free from dictation
and control of those whose ideals rise
no higher than the exercise of power
that goes with great wealth. The fight
was an animated one from the time
the polls opened until they closed, and
the result was practically duplica-
tion of that of last year when the
same elements were arrayed against
each other. The opposition to the
present school board went down to
inglorious defeat, and the Wallace
public school was vindicated in a
manner that no one can fail to under
stand. In political affairs we may for
a time have to submit to the rule OF
those whose lust for power renders
them oblivious to the rights and priv
ileges of citizenship, but the people
can be relied upon to stay the hand of
the despoier when it would draw the
public school within its debasing
grasp.
Winner and Wlnot Winners.
Almost a week before the election 1t
was announced through The Miner
that ]. w. Winner and Andrew Wilmot
would be candidates for the two va
cancies on the school board to be fill
ed by the election last Tuesday. The
organ of the opposition, which is pre-
sumed to publish local news, made no
reference to the school election nor to
candidates until the morning of cleo
ton day, when 1t followed the usual
tactics of springing two eleventh hour
candidates, George W. Walker and
P. o. Swanson, whose virtues as cit
liens and qualifications for members
Of the board of education were extoll-
ed in fulsome eulogy. Even then this
purveyor of the news failed to en-
tighten it's readers on the fact that
there were two other candidates. 1t
did, however, consent to publish as a
paid advertisement about five lines,
stating that Mr.. Winner and Mr.. Will
mot were candidates, the same being
tucked away in an obscure part of the
paper. But why go into details de-
scribing the methods Of this paper and
those it represents in their efforts to
suppress facts and override the will
Of the people? They are so well un-
derstood now that they need no fur
ther publicity.
Mr. Walker, after making personal
house-to house canvass Of the city in
the interest of his candidacy, took his
position at the polls and called atten-
tion to all corners to the ticket bearing
his and Mr.. Swanson's name. which
was fraudulently headed "official bal
lot" A constable was soon sworn in
and his first act was to remove Mr..
Walker and his workers to safe dis
tance from the polls.
Supporters of both tickets were very
active in getting voters out. The in
terest was intense until the ballots
were removed from the box. The diff
ference in the size of the tickets made
It apparent that the Walker-Swanson
ticket was hopelessly beaten. There
were 551 votes cast, and of these 354
were straight tickets for Winner and
Wilmot The vote in detail follows:
j. W. Winner 1913
A. Wilmot ...................3 500
q. w. Walker ...................1 .169
p. o. Swanson ................15 15S