El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-04

Organized labor will play a hand in
the game of electing trustees on the
city school board Saturday. Members
of unions have picked Roy N. Walker
and Fred Wright, from the Kelly
ticket" and ]. A Dickey. who has said
he is running as an independent The
labor union men frown upon the four
old members of the board running for
reelection, Ed. N Whitaker, c B.
Stevens, S. J. Prudential and A L.
Hawley, it is said, because these men
seem TO be standing firm for the Gary
system in the schools and also because,
some say. the unions don't like Supt
l. J. Tighe. Whether the Central Ia
Dor union. or the recently formed labor
congress have taken official action,
endorsing the three candidates. was
not definitely established Wednesday.
but little tickets were circulated
among labor men Tuesday afternoon
and Wednesday morning. bearing the
printed names of Walker, Dickey and
Wright, imprinted with the Typo
graphical unions label
one prominent labor union worker
said Tuesday evening that the union
men were against the Gary system be-
cause il is impractical. claiming that
only in Gary, Ind. has the system been
successful Just why they don't like
Supt Tighe was not ascertained-
Jones Gets Last Place.
T NJ Jones, the candidate on the
Democratic executive committee tick
e.. named by district attorney Leigh
Clark, whose name was not drawn for
place on the official printed ballot
Tuesday afternoon, because Mr.. Jones
failed 10 register his name with school
auditor F. Z. Sawyer by noon, was
given the last place on the ticket later
Tuesday. when w P Brady, campaign
manager for the ticket composed OF
Roy VI. Walker. Fred Wright. 5 y
Russell and NJ Jones. demanded OF
the board that such action be taken,
despite the frequent admOnitions OF
the board that. according to law, can
didates not registered by Tuesday noon
would be omitted from the printed bal
lot 4 threat of mandamus was made.
il is said. If the board declined to ac-
cede 10 the demand
As one voter expressed II Tuesday,
1iteracy test may be necessary Satur-
DAY for citizens who attend the polls.
IN order that votes for four candidates
On the ticket may he intelligently cast
and the other seven eliminated
Explains Miss Jones Case
in a public statement Wednesday,
! c Worthington and Scott c. White,
members Of the school board. explained
that the reason Miss Lula Jones, a kin
dergarten teacher. had been deprived
10 state superintendent OF schools ".
J. Doughty, she had not filed with
him in Austin letters regarding her
certificate, which she, the board mem
hers said, had claimed 10 have sent.
Having produced no certificate. the
trustees said, her pay was withheld On
March ?. the statement read, the GER
Iificate was received by trustee W D.
AIayfield and on March 3 the voucher
was ready for Miss Jones.
Pay High School Accounts
There viii be no bills outstanding
against the new high school edifice
when vouchers from the city school
board, approved Tuesday afternoon at
a meeting of trustees, are sent to three
contractors. The architects, frost &.
frost will get final payment of
S2514z0; the American Construction
company. of Houston. Texas, 1854, and
the Elliott Engineering company, Of
Fl PasO, S63I4-43.
Abolish Politics. Say Citizens.
TT IS very desirable that school mat
tiers be kept out of the socalled politics
of the city" said Rev Charles L. Over
street pastor OF the First Presbyterian
church, "Wednesday 1t is a bad thing
10 have the city schools as any part OF
q political system It is bad for the
schools TO be controlled by any political
faction, as when the faction goes out
OF office another comes in The schools
s. belong to the city and they are an in
stitutiOn in which every one is inter-
ested and so should never be made a
political issue. I have my personal
views about whom should be elected
Saturday and I know how I am going
10 vote"
I maintain that politics should have
no place in FL PasO school affairs
said Robert Krakauer. Wednesday.
support Old Members. says.
Ell Paso should support the present
school board at the polls Saturday"
said Y. r. stiles. This board has
proved itself most efficient in every
way and more efficient than any
other school board which we have ever
had Besides, the board is backing
the best man Fl Paso has ever had
as superintendent Of schools. r J.
Tighe- and for this reason should be
supported at the polls"
Says Old Board Makes Good.
Every effort should be made to keep
the school board out OF politics." said
D. w Broaddus- The old board has
made good and should secure the sup
port Of the voters. Every man on the
lOard is a good man and they have
kept the school system away from po-
ltical systems. 1 do not approve OF
this mixing uD Of the school board in
politics and now that we have the
schools out Of politics we should keep
them out"
Notice.