The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-07
STILL PELTING TORONTO.

Our Republican neighbor that
worked SO hard to make the Board OF
| Education a partisan Republican
body but failed, is very sore over the
| election of Professor Joseph Toronto
whom it endeavored specially to de-
feat 1t returns to the assault upon
the gentleman, even though it will
now have no effect unless it be to de-
ceive people who do not know any
better than to believe its rawlings and
thus work up personal prejudice
against him.
OF course it makes the claim that it
was mot through any political or
personal bias" that it made the at
tack upon him, yet it goes on not
only to repeat its falsehoods but TO
cast insinuations in a dark and mys-
ferrous manner, of which it promises
to speak if necessary. Does our
neighbor allude to the active part
taken by certain school teachers and
others, acting on the suggestions of
the Tribune, by covert means" to
defeat Toronto? Perhaps it will be
necessary to speak of that some
time" with the rest of the dirty do
ings in that direction.
Here is the frivolous and puerile ex-
cuse the Tribune gives for its anger
at Professor Toronto's election:
We believe, by some remarks
dropped by Professor Toronto, that
his idea is that the High School Dug hit
to be abolished and that the public
money now devoted to a High School
ought to be turned into the University
to build up an annex to that instltu-
ton. 1t was for that reason that we
opposed him. 1t is for that reason
largely we are sorry he is elected.
When did Professor Toronto ever
express the notion conveyed in that
paragraph? Why does the Tribune
say: eve believe by some remarks, -
when the views Of the gentleman are
known to be the very opposite of the
idea alleged to be his? 1t is the same
mean course pursued by the Tribune
before the election, in trying to make
the Professors objection to a tax just
now for High School building, cost
ing at the very least 100000, signify
opposition to High Schools as a means
of education. And it is the same false
intent which the Tribune showed in
declaring that the University was OPP
posing High Schools, when the Uni
versity took no part in the contest IN
any shape or form whatever.
Professor Toronto has frequently ex-
pressed his desire to have the Uni
it1- Of ifc.- AZ
partment and made all that it's title
implies. That is the very opposite of
what the Tribune says it believes"
he advocates. All it's venom proceeds
from its protested belief that Mr..
Toronto has dropped some remarks"
That paper has picked up something
that dropped from its own sack of
presentations, and tries to pass them
off as the Idea" of another in order
to make an excuse for maligning him.
1t is that papers old, vicious and
unprincipled way of attack, which
makes it so thoroughly despicable and
unreliable
We cannot help rejoicing over our
neighbours sorrow at it's failure to de-
feat Mr.. Toronto. 1t set itself to ac-
complish that end by unfair methods.
and all its Misrepresentation, urgings.
and villiications have accomplished
nothing. If it would simply weep over
its non-success we might have some
sympathy for its distress; but as it
throws mud while it bewails it's i'm
potence, its actions only excite dis
gust