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Show 99 The election on Monday went 99K off very quietly. The voting was. 99 extremely light, there being onh 99 no ballots cast, of these John L. 99 Gibb and James 15. G.iddie re- 9 ceived the whole number and H James I'. Caiter lost five. 'I'he 99 vote shows how iudiffei ent .1 large 99 majority of the votei.s iiu in ie- 99 gard to their franchise unless 99 there is a bitter fight on. The 99 election of school li unices we may 99 and from .ippt'.u.tiices most 99 assuredly do look upon quia 99 differently to some pet Mint. We 99 take it there are no 11101 aim- 99 portanl officem elected in otu 99 city than the school tubtees. 99 Their business is to look after the 99 wclfaicof the ihildrm regaid- PH ing their education, and as theii PB education is so is tlw btauding ol PPJ our country more or less, If we PB show an indifference in tegard to PB supporting these ollicers, either al PPJ the polls or elsewheie, how can PB the parents of the chikhen expect 9B those officers to go foi waid in the PB discharge of their duty with that PB cheerfulness which one loves tit PPJ see .11 a public officer. We can- PB not all have our choice in the PPJ selection of these officers, but tint PB should not be allowed to operate PB in the least degree as against the B99 welfare of our schools. We feel 99 a majority of the voteis on Mini- B99 day showed a great neglect of B99 duty, and showed, to say the lc.ii, 99 some di; r:spect for the persoii5 PB who were voted for. Our school 99 district has about 1000 voters, and 99 out of that number only n little B9J more than 10 per cent cast their H ballots on Monday. |