The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-12

others that we could name, all right here
in this city, and ali schools in which GER
tain religious doctrines are regularly
taught as essential features of the in
struction given. Compare these with the
only Mormon college here, the Latter
day Saints college, recently established,
and holding its sessions in that unpreten-
tious little house, the Social hall Is it
any wonder that the Mormons are begin
ming to talk Of establishing church schools
BY the last school census (the present
years census is not vet available) there
were nearly three times the number
of children of Mormon parentage that
there were of on-Mormon parentage in
this city and adjoining precincts;
moreover, GO per cent. of the Mormon, but
only 30 per cent. Of the nom Mormon, child
rem were in attendance at the district
schools. What does this show 2 That the
Mormons support the public schools, and
non Mormons support the sectarian schools.
Is it right that the party which has never
supported or largely patronized the public
schools should now be placed in control of
those schools
A few years ago the continued aggres-
sions of denominational schools here led
many MormonS to advocate pursuing the
same policy as the non Mormons pursued;
that is, to neglect the public schools alto
gether and to establish church schools.
But there has always been among the Peo-
pies party a strong interest in the public
school, the school for the children of all
citizens without regard to creed or
party. So the public schools have
been maintained, and nearly half the
territorial revenue was devoted to
the payment of district school teachers.
This has been the only general tax, how
ever, that was applied to school purposes.
The law gave each district the pow er to
tax itself withia certain limits for the
erection of buildings and other school pur-
poses, and within the last few years this
'1ocal option" tax has been used in many
districts. frequently against the opposition
of the Liberal party, to provide free
schools. Last winter the legislature passed
an act to provide uniform system of free
schools throughout the territory. For the
Liberal campaign stumpers to go on, as
they have done recently, to declare in favor
of free schools is childish and silly. The
free school bill is now law. 1t matters
not now whether the Liberal party is OPP
posed to, as heretofore, or in favor of, as
now claimed, the free school The free
school has been provided for by the Peo-
pies party legislature, and Liberal ora
tions on the stump are of no avail either
for or against the free school,
In our opinion, the sole reason for the
anxiety of the Liberals to capture the
schools of this city and thus get control of
the education of Mormon children, is to
turn the public schools into missionary es-
adjustments to labor for the advancement
OF the Liberal party. The cheek of men
who have no children of their own asking
that other peoples children be placed in
their hands in order to convert the children
to some political party and above all to the
Liberal party, is simply astonishing. And
tie downright impudence of men who pat
ronize sectarian schools asking for the con-
troll also of the public schools, which other
people patronize, passes polite expression.
| Let every voter who desires to be taxed,
and mercilessly taxed, in order to turn our
public schools into Liberal missionary
mills, vote the Liberal ticket; but let every
voter who desires to have the public schools
wholly unsectarian and fit for universal
support, vote for the men nominated by the
Peoples party
These men are as follows, and there is
nota bona foe resident of the city that
does not know at least several of them:
First Preclnct-WlLLIAM FULLER, w.
w. RITTER.
Second Precinct = DAVID MCKENZIE,
THOMAS Hull.
Third Precinct-W. J. NEWMAN, JOSEPH
S. HYDE.
Fourth Precinct-RicHARD w. YOUNG,
GEORGE d. PYPER.
Fifth Precinct-ALoNzo YoUNG, H. A
TUCKETT.