The St. Johns herald., 1890-08-07

as 1t is possible for human nature
 to be. In the opinion of a large
 majority of the good people of this
 county, Judge Lesueur has filled the
 requirements of his office with con.
 scientious impartiality and if there
 are those who are skeptical, re-
 cord of his every official act has
 been kept, and is open for pubic
 inspection. In no instance has he
 attempted to interfere in the cleo
 ton of school trustees or dictated
 as to the employment of teachers,
 and when, in cases of vacancies, he
 has appointed trustees, he invaria-
 ply appointed those suggested by
 residents of the district. He has
 shown no preference for teachers
 and left the matter of their employ
 ment to the trustees where, of right, it belongs. Every dollar of the school fund has been expended by him as the law directs, and whether "the church gets one-half of the money in cash and the teacher takes grain in exchange, besides one-tenth in cash for tithes," as the Republi- can charges, is no concern of his. The law does not constitute the Su- perintendent of Schools, guardian of teachers or custodian of their salaries.
 AS chairman of the Board of Ex- aminers the Superintendent has complied with the letter of the law without fear, favor or affection, and the number of successful applicants for teachers certificates has been small in comparison with former examinations. At the last exami- nation, we are informed that there were six applicants-all Mormons- all of whom failed to pass. Says the Republican, "dozens of Nor mon men and women have present ed themselves for examination for teachers certificates in Apache county and have failed totally" That is undoubtedly true, and 1t is equally true that hundreds of thou sands ot students, in the colleges and universities of our land, have presented themselves for examina- tion and failed to secure diplomas. The statement that 'until the last examination only Mormons were given certificates" Is an unmiti- gated falsehood, and the writer thereof was misinformed or wilfully lied. As to the examination for certificates to teach, the law pro- vides what shall be done, and all the papers are kept in the office of the Superintendent of Schools open to the inspection of the curious. Those interested can easily learn the names of all applicants for teachers certificates in the county, during the present administration, and the standing of those who pass ed or failed. It is further charged that Mormon trustees are instruct ed to employ only Mormons as teachers. So far as this county is concerned that is false, or the trus- tees do not follow their instructions. We can call to mind at least three districts where Mormon trustees employ anti-Mormon teachers in preference to those of their own faith.
 Contiguous to Snowflake, which place the Republican designates as the hot bed of Latter Day Saintism in Apache county, there is the town of Taylor populated by Mormons, with school trustees of that faith, where an avowed anti-Mormon has been employed as teacher for seve- ral years, and is acceptable to the patrons eff the school and the friends of education, and yet the Republi- can asks "why are you not Ameri- cans enough to act as Americans do throughout the United States?" We are constrained to believe that ba o1;f0rio1 in fbo rizODo Ponub