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Show Committee Talks Noe-Partlsanshlp Fusion on School Officers Considered in Secret by Republicans and Democrats. A secret meeting of the Republican city committee, failed by Chalrmnn F. C. Loofbourow, was held Tuesday evening. even-ing. The special purpose for which the 1 meeting wns called wom lo consider the matter of Qlacinp; in the field a nonpartisan non-partisan ticket for the coming school election. Mathonlhnh Thomas and W. A. Ray, chairman and secretary, respectively, re-spectively, of the Democratic county and city committee, accepted an Invitation Invita-tion to confer with the Republican co'm-inlttee. co'm-inlttee. and it Is understood that It wns decided that a call for a non-partisan convention should bo issued. Not all of the members of the Republican Re-publican committee attended the meeting, meet-ing, and tho.se who did attend are extremely ex-tremely reticent In regard to what was done at the star chamber session. Ono member who was not there said that ho was told by ono who attended that the decision in favor of a non-partlean ticket was final. "I am not in favor of a non-partisan ticket," was the emphatic declaration of another member of the committee who was not at the meeting. "The Democrats will be In favor of it. as a matter of course, because they have no show to win anything otherwise. But If we go. In with them they'll demand the best of it, and I can't see where the advantage would be for the Republicans." Republi-cans." Another Republican, who, though not a member of the committee, is high in the councils of his partyv tld: "I do not believe there! will be a non-partisan ticket. I have heard of no one but Democrats who favored it. My Idea is that there will be three tickets In the Held Republican, American and Democratic." Demo-cratic." Similar expressions were made by other prominent Republicans, showing conclusively that very few of the party leaders have been consulted In regard to the non-partisan movement. The Republican committee, as constituted con-stituted prior to the election, was composed com-posed of the following members: First ward George Wilson, Cal Buck-waiter. Buck-waiter. Second ward Earl Ripley. Henry Heath. Third ward T. L. Irvine, Henry Anderson. Fourth ward Ralph Guthrie, A. B. Irvine. . Fifth ward S. C. Wing, George Sheets. At the meeting of' Tuesday night William Wil-liam J. Leaker was elected to llll the vacancy caused by the resignation of George Sheets. It Is also understood that the probable resignation of Henry Heath was discussed, but If his successor suc-cessor was suggested! no announcement of It was made. Those In attendance at the committee commit-tee meeting were Chairman Loofbourow, Cal Euckwalter, Earl Ripley, Henry Anderson, A. B. Irvine nndi S. C. Wing. Mr. Thomas way called in for consultation consulta-tion on the school question, and brought Mr. Ray with him. Mr. Thomas, who is a school trustee as well as Democratic chairman, is not parading his connection with the movement. When asked over the telephone tele-phone last night what comment he had lo make on the suggestion' of the committee, com-mittee, he replied. "1 am a Democrat," and hung up the receiver. |