The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-24

the Governor to the last bill, wa
. one Of consi Ierable importance
namely: it came in so late, tina
af er carefully making an est mat
OF the appropriations made up t
Jhst time, and those which il wa
necessary to make at that time, tb'
revenues would not be sufficient Il
meet the demand. But now The
bill comes in among the first, ant
can not be objected to on the ground
that it came in too late. In making
THE appropriation, We can see nc
good reason why the ordinary ex-
penpes of the State should be cur
tailed in any other direction. as we
confidently believe that ia the psst
two years the increase ia taxes
ought to be sufficient to make up
the difference, az, during that time,
the material progress of the Terri
tory has been exceedingly rapid.
One other objection raised by
some, but we do no. know that the
Governor is among the number, is
this, that the institution is Nor
mon school, in which the tenets of
the Mormon faith are taught, a
school for Mormon chilireh only,
and where only Mormon teachers
can find employment. One reason
why some people should labor under
such an impression is an inherent
perversenesssof disposition, which
causes them to form their conclu-
sions without knowing the facts in
a case or caring to know them, and
which makes everything accord
with their preconceived notions of
what they like or dislike. Another
reason for this impression lies in the
fact, that the Board of Regents thus
far has been composed entirely of
Mormens, and that most of the
teachers il the institution are also
of the same faith. But we will here
state that the instructions from the
chancellor to the faculty have al
ways been to make their teachings
entirely free from everything of
eectarian nature. And from our
acquaintance with the members of
the faculty, we feel assured that
nothing ssctarian has, under the
present management, ever been
taught there, and especially SO when
the teachers themselves, as VS.
know from personal acquaintance,
would consider it a breach O.; trust
to draw public money as salary for
teaching the doctrines of any PSF
ticuiar sect. No one, who will take
the pains to examine for himself by
visiting the school, seeing and hear
ing what is done, will ever lay the
charge of teaching sectarianism at
the doors of the University.
In the Governors message to the
Legislature, two gears ago, stating
his objections to the appropriation
bill, he was willing even to sane
ton it on one condition, namely, that
a clause should be introduced to
prohibit the teaching OF sectarian
doctrines Of any kind, and requiring
no religious test a. qualification
Of teachers in the institution. The
did not see fit to give in
On this point, though for what good
reason we can not divine. Gers
tsinly, it was not very good place
to introduce into the general ap-
bill clause of this kind,
yet when we consider the conse
quences to which it would lead, we
think candidly it might just as we'll
have been introduced. Instead of |
the responsibility on the
Governor, it seems to come back
rather upon the Legislature. We
may resolve to stand upon prin- |
,iple, but in a case Of this kind the
would have involved no
sacrifice Of principle; in fact the re-
tusal to comply with the Governors
request would really make it appear
that sectarian doctrines are taught |
n the University and religious tests
are required OF the teachers. The
act, however, that this is not the
,ase, could not have been made any
he less so by introducing the clause
We notice that The appropriation |
sails for enough only to cover the
outlay up to the present time, and
f no further appropriation is made,
ne building in its present
condition must re |
main over for another per cd |