Show I I i I DEfEATED MAN AN TO LEAD AMERICANS J. J E. E Darmer Will Have Charge of School Board Campaign for Kearns THE RECORD OF NELSON Teachers' Teachers Salaries Were at the Lowest Mark When He Was Board President An effort Is to bo ho made b by tho tito so so- so called American party purt again to put a 11 ticket Into irto the field at the approaching i election of lo 0 members of the tho board boan of education It is un understood that th the tho I c campaign n will be Ie In charge of ot J. J F F. F Danner defeated for tor city Jud Judge o at th the I recent elections Conventions will h ho held in each precinct for the purpose nt If f nominating nomInating- candidates next Tues TUCH day night Tho Tim present board Is of all shades o or of politics and und has hns been a n strictly nonpartisan non non- partisan Llod body No o fault has hos been found foun with any of or the tho members and th the Americans admit that the tho affairs o othe ot of I the city schools have hav been beon conducted conduct d In an nn admirable manner The only criticism has como come from a former member whom public sentiment forced to to retire after four years o or of service on the board This is William Nelson who sat at on tho the hoard board from flom July 1890 to January DurIn DurIng During Dur Dur- In Ing this his time ho Ito was president of ot th the board Inard from rom January 1893 to Januar January 1595 5 During tho the time when SOl Sergeant Nelson Nel Nel- son over o tho the board tho teachers teachers' teachers teachers' teach teach- ers ers' salaries wore were at nt their lowest markAs mark As It Is on the lie matter of or teachers teachers' sal sal- cries that Serge Sergeant nt Nelson has at attacked attacked attacked at- at tacked the present board It mn may be he stated that during durIn that period when he was president salaries of or th the th teachers In the schools were ere cut 20 O per pei cent He lie did not en endear lar himself to the tho teachers and It was wm during his presidency preel- preel dency that tho they thoy o fastened upon him the nickname of oi Old Grouch a i sobriquet that has bias stuck of Hoard BORrel In 1893 1393 tho the total expenditures of or the board of e education amounted to approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately and the tho amounts paid to city teachers In salaries st to or about a third In 1894 tho expenditures of the board were and the tho amount paid to teachers teach In salaries sal sal- aries or about a third In 1895 the expenditures amounted to and the salaries to 1 This was the thc year ear Sergeant Ser Nelson left the board In 1905 0 the expenditures expend expendi I tures Lures of or the board amounted tl to and and- the amounts paid for salarIes salaries salaries sal sal- aries of 01 teachers to over O or orwell well scell over 01 half haIr Thu same caine proportion prevailed pre in 1906 Ih The Tue board s expenditures were rt and salaries paid were or well over half s In 8 1907 tho ex expenditures cx- cx were and the salaries salaries sal sal- aries totaled over o Mr Nelson retired after four tour years ears on or the tho board and for fol the principal reason reason rea rca son that public sentiment was a against l 1st an any more of or him The decrease of ot tho the salaries of or teachers was but one of or tho the reasons Since his retirement h he has been tho one faultfinder In tho the city with the affairs of ot the school board Ho Ito wants to be bo a n member again ain and it is said that his name will vill go before the American 1 party convention to beheld bo Lo held heM in the Second ward next Tuesday Another American party candidate mentioned In the Second ward is George L. L Smith Mr Smith has more friends In the ward than Sergeant Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son and ma may secure the tho nomination In the First ward an effort Is being made malle h by tho the Americans to Induce Edward Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward B. B Critchlow to accept nomination nomina nomina- tion Mr Is averse to this and has basso BO far declined to be bea a candidate candi CAnal date dater r r. Dr P. P PE E. E Jones a and A A. A B B. Sawyer er nOre are mentioned as American party candidates candidates candi candi- dates In the Fourth ant and either it Is said ad will wH accept If It nominated Joseph Oberndorf r the present member of tho tito bourd board from the tho Fifth Ih will o again be a candidate tin On the American ticket and as yet ret no opposition opposition has hns developed to him A Perennial Co Candidate II II lit n tee In tho the Third Sam M. M Barlow Darlow Is mentioned mentioned men men- but tho the use of or his name namo Is 18 not serious Whenever the Americans need needa a candidate In tho the Third Barlow Is al always gil- gil l- l ways spoken of ot and 1 I perfectly willIng willing will will- Ing Ine- to 8 sacrifice himself lie He IB is now u a member of ot the city board of public works v Elections to the board of ot education are ire somewhat Informal affairs It has Imas never been considered necessary owing to o the partisan non nature of the th board to o hedge the elections about with the machinery that accompanies other dee clec- lons Nominations ma may be made mado at ot any time titTle un to the day of or tho the el election cUon and the voting Is bv lv open ballot The Thu lists to be will be bo those last voted voted vot vot- ed el upon In the elt city In this case the theIsts lists will bo be tho the ones used November 3 3 Two years ears ago the American party attempted to to- get ct control of the hoard board but lost In the elections I The same samo re result result re- re sult suit Is likely this year as no good rea rear son gon for opposition to a tt partisan non-partisan board has hns been shown Tho members of oC tho the present board are First ward word Byron Byron Cummings and C. C S S. Martin both Republicans Second 1 war ward ward ward-M. I. M. M J. J Cheesman Republican Re Re- publican and Arnold G. G Giaque Dem Dern- Third William Third William J. J Newman and Oscar Oscar Os Os- car W W. both hoth Democrats Fourth Fourth James James s T. T Hammon Hammond Republican lican Hcan and Thomas Demo Demo- crat Fifth Fifth IL P. P Henderson and Joseph Obern Americans The members of or the board whose terms will expire on Januar January 1 1 1909 are Martin Moyle loyle Thomas and |