Show I THOMAS WAS AS NON BUT SOME ARE SKEPTICS Result May Be l Keenly Contested Contested Con Con- Contested tested School Election in Fourth Ward James Jines T. T I Hammond member of the school board from the fourth ward was h by a partisan non non primary convention held at at the twentieth twentieth teth e ecclesiastical ward meeting house annex last three night There here wore were three candidates in tho the field h. feld-h. field Mr Hammond A. A D. D and Dr Belle Belo Gemmell i Mrs Gemmell Gemmel was nominated by Mrs Irs i Cowan secretary of 01 tho the Ladles Ladles' Literary I club and the nomination was seconded b by tit Rev Re Elmer I I. I 1 Goshen John caned called the meeting to order Postmaster Arthur L. L L. L Thomas was named as a chairman and George Georgc N. N Lawrence was secretary secretary- After the nominations were made and before time the ballots had been counted Richard V. W. Young presented a motion moton that the candidate receiving the high bight highest est number of votes be named as the time candidate of the convention There Thero was wasa wasn a n call for or a viva oco vote vole and tho tw chairman announced that the affirmative Live tive lye had had- carried although the division was so extremely close that thal many be be- be lIeSel the time ne negative ha had prevailed The Tho he decision lEc was as not ch challenged and the non parlEan non partisan 1 tl 1 rn HI chairman naturally did i 5 5 HI tk t. t vu The move was made clearly in th the tho int Interests rests rests' of Mr l Hammond aid his ore delighted d with the tho aJl result resul of H their clr ruse fuse count The count of of votes Showed ho that tha t Mr f. f y Hammond received 5 Mr Tr and n Dr Gemmel Gem- Gem moll mel 52 I L. L Mr t. t r frends said aid this morn morn- lug ing that ling they were not satisfied with iU the result resul an an that If il there had been beena a fair ruling by the chair hall If the cHairman chairman cHair cHair- iri ir- ir man had doubt expressed a as to the decision of the voters oters and had called for for fora a division til vision the motion tho-motion motion moton would have been defeated and on a second ballot Mr would have r re received rC- rC enough h votes to g give e him the nomination There is 18 a strong feeling freling in the fourth ward ard I in n fa favor 01 of placing Mr lr McMullIn i. on the time ticket as as' as asan an independent candi eandi- fat date and making making a real election in that ward Mr MI l Mun said this morning that he lie had been urged by his friends frends to permit the tho preE presentation of his name namo before beCore the convention and that he belevE be be- levE that hat ha had it not riot been for Cor poll poli tic tics he would have c been nominated lie le said that that- since sinco his name namo had hd been presented pre pre- before the convention ho lie was waa still sWI In In inthe time the hands of or liIs Is friends If they desired to use him as an independent candidate S. S Voters Votes the of-the fifth ward ard will wH hold their partisan nonpartisan non non nominating convention for fOI the nomination of two members of th th school board at the police courtroom in the old cU city hl hall hail East First South street et at S g o'clock tonight The rite call Is si signed ned by the chairmen the of or the three thre cal political parties partes |