Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1887 — ENGLISH IS GOOD ENOUGH. [ARTICLE]

ENGLISH IS GOOD ENOUGH.

St. Rouis Voters Decide, by 4,000 Majority; Against Teaching German in the Public Schools An election for .a new public school board was held at St, Louis, Tuesday, and resulted in a sweeping victory for the citizens’ticket. Twenty-one members of the board were voted for, fourteen from districts and seven from the city at large. Gs the district members, the citizens elected ten and the Republicans four. Of the candidates at large, the citizens made a clean sweep. The issue in the election was, shall the German language, and othe r ornamental branches of study, be taught in the primary and grammar schools? A good deal of interest was taken in the election, and an unusually large vote was polled for a special contest.. The Democrats did not put candidates in the field, but practically indorsed the citizens’ ticket at large, Which was composed of three Democrats, three Republicans and one representative of the Labor element It received a majority of about 4,000.