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Show S, I. Goodwin Elected New School Trustee Dr. Worll Whose Election Was An Assured (Vrlalul), Finding lllm. self luelliglhle, Withdrew. The Bchool trusteeo election lust .Monday, which earlier In the day promised pro-mised to bo a very quiet and one-sided affair, developed a gdod deal of spirit .mil energy before the day was over, and resulted III the election of Samuel I. Goodwin by a vote of 2S3 as against 112 cast for William, S. livatm and two blanks'. iNellber Goodwin nor Hvans were active candidates Sunday at noon. In the convention Saturday night Mr. Goodwin's closest friends stnted emphatically em-phatically that he had told them that no would not bo a candidate and the following day ho told many others that ho would not bo a candidate. Mr. iSvaiiB pursonally withdrew his namo i rum consideration at thu convention, stating that ho would "not bo a candidate can-didate before this convention." Sunday Sun-day afturnoon, however, a number of .dr. ICvaus' friends called on hint at his home, and nftor being earnestly importuned, ho consented to let them ubo his namo. However, ho wen: to Salt Lnke City In tho morning and did not return till 7 o'clock In the evening. Mr. Goodwin positively rofused to lot his namo run till about noon Mon-day, Mon-day, when It was found thnt Dr. Worl-tou, Worl-tou, by reason of not being an doctor, doc-tor, was not an ollglblo candidate. This question had been brought up In tlio convention, and it was Btated that (ho question had been looked up and thnt thu doctor was eligible. When tho muttor was found otherwlso Mr. worlton's friends held a meeting and then porsunded Mr. Goodwin to become be-come an actlvo candidate, and from then on thoro wns nctlvlty. Tho fight, while warm, was a good-natured good-natured ouo and closed with good feelings feel-ings all around, Just ns It should be. S. 1. Goodwin, tho now trustee, who succeeds Mr. Dlckerson on tho board, is excollontly qualified for tlio position posi-tion and will add much strength to tho board. Ho is progressive In educational edu-cational matters and lias had wido business oxporlenco, which will make iilm of great survlcu In looking after the business mid of tho board's affairs. af-fairs. Ho has had much public oxporlenco, oxpor-lenco, having served Boveral terms In tho city council and us n member of the school board one term boforo. At thu tiusteo primary, which was held In thu high school building Saturday Sat-urday night, William Knight Was elected el-ected chairman and A. L, Vutes secre-ary. secre-ary. Thoro wore about 80 present. Tho candidates mimed were Dr. P. D. Worltou, W. S. Evans, S. I. Goodwin, Jonas Holdsworth, Isaac Pox and W. W. Dlckerson. All except Worltou and Goodwin withdraw, and ns n motion had been madu that thuru be two candidates tho latter woro declared to on the nominees. |
