The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-01
IMPORTANT TO SALT LAKE.

The Democrats of the First Precinct
have nominated Professor Kingsbury
for the position of member of the
Board Of Education. They could not
have made a better selection. The
gentleman is in every way qualified
for the post. He ought to be elected.
He is nominated on a non-partisan
platform. He stands pledged to an
bipartisan policy. If the Republicans
Of the precinct would have agreed to
unite with the Democrats for non
partisan nominee. the Democrats
would not have been compelled to take
this action. Professor Kingsbury is
held in such high esteem, and his fit
ness for the office is so apparent, that
citizens of both parties who desire non
partisan representation on the school
board ought to unite and secure his
election.
As usual, the Salt Lake Tribune is
engaged in misrepresenting the Demo
cratic candidates. It has set itself to
make the school board a Republican
body. Here is the way it is now pro-
ceeding with regard to two of the cam
didates:
Is the University making a raid on
the public high school? Do its man
ayers want to weaken or abolish the
high school? From the talk of Mr..
Toronto, who is preceptor in the
University and who in his speech was
hostile to the high school, after nomi-
nation to the Board of Education, and
from the anti-high school whoop by
which Professor Kingsbury, another
University man was nominated last
night, it looks very much as if an anti
nigh school war was on on the part
OF the University. What does it NEAR? ?
That is a sample of the meanness
and puerility of the paper that never
fairly states the views of an adversary,
MIR. Toronto, in his speech after his
denomination, was not hostile to the
high school" He is not hostile to the
nigh school. He VIII not be hostile to
the high school if reelected, as he
ought to be. He announced himself in
favor of employing home teachers,
when competent, in preference to i'm
ported teachers, and when asked his
views as to bonding for a high school,
Mr.. Toronto said that the people. in
MS judgment, were not prepared to
vote yes; that he expected to find out
the sentiment of the people of the pre-
cinct and if it was in favor of the pro-
position he would follow the wishes
of his constituents
That is how his remarks at the con-
cd 10 &
he stands on this question. His views
are shared by a. great many of the
taxpayers of this city. 1t is not a
question of maintaining a high school,
1t is question of assessing a special
tax to raise 100000, Or s15O,00O for a.
building for that school. But it is
just like the Tribune to misstate the
gentleman's position on this subject.
as it has misrepresented Professor
kingsbury.
The views of the last named gentle
man will be found in another part of
this issue of The Herald, with other
corrections of the misstatements made
by the Tribune
The University cuts no figure in this
matter at all. MIR. Toronto is now a
member Of the school board. His
presence there is not affected one way
or another by the University He has
been renominated without any refer
ence to that institution. 1t has not
moved in the matter Just so with
the nomination of Mr. Kingsbury. No
one present at the convention repre
sented the University or spoke for
the University or of the Uni
versity. Mr. Kingsbury was nomi-
mated because he was considered so
good candidate that the people would
recognize his merits, and there was
nothing in reference to the University
that Influenced the delegates in the
slightest degree.
There is another intimation made by
the Tribune that is in line with the
rest Of its untruths on this matter It
is that The Herald has "wrested from
q connected statement the Tribune's
remark: 1.-The Republicans are en-
titled to take what belongs to them"
That is the position which the Tribune
$1,000
that quotation to show that it still
held to it, Notwithstanding its pretence
Of on-partisanship.
Putting all that aside, the main
thing for the people of Salt Lake to
consider is, which are the best can(ii-
dates for the Board of Education? The
fittest men ought to be elected. A
strongly partisan candidate. who is
elected as a partisan, and who will
carry his partisanship on to the board
ought not to receive the suffrages of
the people. One other consideration
is, that if q majority of Republicans
are elected with the sentiments that
have been expressed of a partisan
character, then the school system of
this city will be impregnated with the
political virus, and the beginning of
evil will come with sad forebodings as
to the end Let US have non-partisan
Board of Education!