The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-07-21
WOMAN IS CHOSEN
MEMBER OF BOARD
RESULT OF EXCITING ELEC-
TON SATURDAY
BITTER FIGHT IS WAGED
Voters Went To Upper Town
Polls EnmaSse; Hughes
Went Over Big

One new face will appear in the
Mankato board of Neducation as re-
suit of the school election held Sat
urday in four wards. two OF which
were contests and two which went
bv default Mrs. Grace Northrop
more than doubled the vote over her
opponent, w. D. Willard, incum
nent, and will replace that member
in September when newly elected
members take Offices.
Judge Evan Oughes. candidate
to succeed himself, polled an I'M
precedented vote in the third pre-
cinct and defeated DR.. c. P. Peter
SON by an approximate seven to one
count. The official vote stood at 100
for Hughes to 126 for Peterson:
L. T. Jefferson was unopposed IN
the first precinct and polled but
for John d. Duane in that polling
place.
E. A. Engwalson received A votes
in the second and was also unop-
posed fer re- election.
Interests Runs High.
Interest in the school election
Saturday ran higher and higher as
the day for voting approached and
the result was tnat the heaviest
school vote in the history OF the
city was polled in two wards where
there were contests. In the precinct
from which Judge Hughes was
elected there were cast $50 votes,
an unusual number for any election
and unheard Of before Saturday in
a school affair.
The contests for two places were
the bitterest that have been waged
for years in a school board cleo
ton in Mankato. Popular opinion
held that there we're two factions in
the school board here and that Mr..
Willard was the leader OF one and
that the other was led by Judge,
Hughes. There have been various
unofficial denials Of that statement
from members OF the board or edu-
cation but that impression remained
in the minds of many who went to
the polls Saturday for the purpose
of voting. 1t was the first time
that many seasoned voters had ever
voted for a member of the board Of
education, according to remarks
heard about the streets during the
voting.
Saturday evening the board of ed
ucation held an adjourned session
AT the high school building for the
purpose of canvassing the vote. Inc
vote was officially accepted as re:
ported from the voting, places and
after allowing a few bills, the board
adiourned after a brief meeting.
Three members were absent Satur-
day-General Gustaf Widell, e. A.
Fngwalson and Adolph Mueller. Tho
number in attendance constituted a
ouorum and was able to transact
business.
Table OF votes cast Saturday:
First Precinct
L. T. jefferson ................ l9
John p. Duane ............-... 1
Second Precinct =.
E. A. Engw alison ............. A
No opponent.
Third Precinct
Judge Evan Hughes .13S
DR.. c., P. Peterson .126
Fourth Precinct
Mrs. Grace Northrup ........-. 222
w. d. willard .lsi
The new member of the board
will assume her duties in Septem-
Der.
Board Members Regret Rumors
Members of the board of educa :
ton expressed their regret that
many and varied rumors were
afioat relatives to school matters
preceding SATURDAYS election they
desired to state that every action
of the board of education involV-
ing the spending Of money for
whatever purpose in connection
with the purchase of property. the
sale of bonds and the construction
of the Lincoln school building was
the unanimous action Of the board
in open session with at least a
quorum of the members present
and any statement to the effect
that any member of the board de-
rived personal gain from any OF the
transactions is wholly false"