Brewer - George
GEORGE E. BREWER
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal newspaper, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, Aug 9, 1895
The chief work of interest Monday was the caucus of the Republican members of the new board for the purpose of nominating a county superintendent to take the office upon election Sept 2. This action has been requested by the candidates as those who were to be defeated wished to obtain schools to teach. After the election in Sept would be too late for this. There were numerous candidates presented for consideration. They were: WW Ewing, DH Gilkey, Fred Maxwell, George Brewer, Walter S. Slavens, WB Rodman, Ward Walkup and EE Vanscoyoc. Arthur Fraley withdrew from the contest Saturday. The preliminary caucus was held in the morning and at that meeting a paper was given out to be signed by all the candidates pledging them to sustain action taken at the afternoon caucus. The caucus then adjourned until 3 o'clock. At the appointed time the caucus met in Trustee Symmes' office and proceeded to ballot for a nominee. There were 11 ballots taken and on the last George E. Brewer principal of the Ladoga HS was nominated. On Sept 2 he will be regularly elected. Mr. Brewer is a young man of the qualifications and will make an excellent Superintendent. he is a son of Ed Brewer of this city and will remove his family to this city. The members of the caucus refuse to state how the previous ballots stood. It is known that Supt. JS Zuck will not surrender his office until next October when the Supreme Court will pass on the validity of the superintendents' law. The newly elected superintendent will set up a rival office, however, Sept 2, and will be recognized by the State Superintendent of Public instruction who will forward to him the questions for the Sept examination and will transact other business with him. - typed by kbz