Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-05

| SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 4.-The
Democratic State Convention me-
at noon. After the appointment Of
the usual committees 1T adjourned
till 3 pm. The convention met At :
O'Clock and made the temporary or
ganiLation permanent. The follow
ing nominations were made: State
treasurer, L. 5. Wilson, OIney; su.
perintendent Of public instruction,
Henry Raab, Beileville; trustees oil
State university, Richard Morgan OF
Livingston, John ). Bryant Of Blu
reau and y. w. Graham Of Jackson
County.
a resolution endorsing John w.
Palmer for United States senator
was adopted amid great applause.
| The platform reafiirms the plat
form Of lSSS. IL says: The admis-
sion Of fraudulent senators from
Montana and the unseating Of rep
resentatives duly elected in order 10
give greater strength TO the republic
can majority are prrcedents alike
| dangerous TO the safety aud perpetu-
ity Of the government"
The Mckinley tariff bill is de-
nOunced ~ u crime ana conspiracy
against the tOilers OF America. The
Australian ballot system is favored.
On the much-talked-Of school sub
jet the following
RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED:
ResOlred, That the democratic
party, IN convention assembled,
heartily endorse the public school
system Of the State Of Illinois, and IL
declares that the parental right to
direct and control the education Of
the child should forever remain in
violate, and that the provision Ofths
law Of 1859, commonly known rs tho
compulsory education statute, i'm
pairing that inalienable right, should
be at once repealed. Respecting
this subject We adopt the following
propositions, and hold them 10 be
self-evident:
Ito determine and direct the
education Of a child Is natural
right Of the parent.
There arises out Of this pa
rental right duty to provide edu-
cation.
S-When one who, by natural or
human law, owes a duty TO another
and fails TO perform that duty, the
State can enioin or compel perform
ance, punish for nOn-perfOrmance,
or supply the lack where, 10 the in
jury Of society, the nOn-perform-
snce is wrongfully persisted in.
Wise craftsmanship encourages
general popular education, but this
does not mean or require unjust or
unnecessary interference with those
who are
EDUCATING THEIR CHILDREN
according TO the best Of their ability
and in conformity TO the conditions
in life Of parents and child.
5-COmpulsOry education in the
sense that parents who violate or
neglect their parents duty may be
compelled 10 its performance or pun
ished for nOn-perfOrmance, is tacit.
6-COmpulsOry education in the
sense Of controlling or seeking to
control or dislOdging from their right
full place those parents who are dis
charging their parental duties com.
mensurately with the state Of the
life OF the parent and child, is not
allowable even to the State.
For the education Of his child
rem one parent may select a public,
and another may select a private or
denOminatiOnal school, and still an
other furnish proper education with
out the aid Of any school, and each
of the three in 50 doing exercises a
right protected by the law Of the
land, as well as by the law Of ma
ture and for doing which he need
offer neither excuse nor apology.
'The public and private or de-
nOminatiOnal schools are in law
neither related nor are they sub
ordinate one TO the other, nor need
they be antagOnistic.
We favor and pledge ourselves TO
the enactment Of statutes:
Ito require parents who are
not performing their duty in IT.
spect TO educating their children, to
DO So.
ITO correct incOrrigible truants
and to minimize the evils oftruancy
by sending tnIant children TO such
schools as the parents may deeig-
nate.
$50 prohibit child labor with all |
its debasing consequences.
The platform favors the liberal |
coinage OF silver.