The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-11
Meeting of Gentlemen Interested In
Maintaining Their Standard.
WILL FORMULATE A CALL
NO STAR CHAMBER METHODS,
BUT A PUBLIC MEETING.
Mass Meeting of the Fourth Ward
Citizens at Taggart's Hall Tonight
The 9'Citizens' Committee" Still
Ready to Do Business.

Another meeting of a number of
prominent gentlemen interested in the
welfare of the public schools, was held
at the office of II. G. Mcmillan last
night Those present are strongly i'm
bued with the idea of maintaining the
high standard the public schools have
already attained and of keeping invlo-
late the High school The discussion
last night was with the object OF for
mulating a call for a pubic meeting
and an adjournment was taken until
Friday evening, when it is expected the
call will be issued.
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This evening a called meeting OF
those citizens of the Fourth munlcipal
ward who favor the continuance OF the
High school, will be held at Taggarts
hall for discussion and organization for
the coming school board election. Since
a citizens general provisional commit
tee is in process OF organization ana
will not have its address ready for pro
mitigation until tomorrow evening, 1t
is unlikely that tonights meeting IN
the Fourth will take definite action
until the results of tomorrow nights
meeting in Mr.. McMillan's office are
known. But is it quite certain that
the citizens Of the Fourth precinct viii
act on lines expected to be suggested
by the general provisional committee,
either independently or in unison with
it. Citizens of the First municipal
ward who are likewise ardent friends
and champions of the cause of free
higher education, are also planning to
get together for the campaign, and the
popular sentiment among taxpayers In
the other precincts will soon be ready
to fall into line. Matters appear to be
shaping for a general movement in the
best interest of the public schools.
There will probably be little of partisan
politics and less of star chamber pro-
ceedings in the campaign, but 1t IS yet
a question of how formidable will be
the opposition. The strength of the
anti-high school sentiment is still an
unknown quantity.
Notwithstanding that the municipal
election is thing of the past. The
morning organ of the nonpartisan
committee of % announces that the
aggregation of distinguished citizens
has not gone out of the political bust
ness, but will be prepared to open up
at the old stand on much the same
lines if any person Objectionable to the
non-partisan leaders be nominated by
a mass convention of citizens or by a
bipartisan delegate assemblage for
election to membership in the school
board. Later events will probably tell
whether the non-partisan committee
stands for the maintenance of the High
school as fixed institution and the
continued excellence of the grade
| schools. so far no authoritative dec
laration in this regard has came from
the gentlemen who nominated Mr..
Clark for mayor
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The fact that the Deseret News has
maintained an unexpected silence with
respect to the school board election IS
construed by several citizens to mean
that some pronounced declaration on
the paramount issue will be made by
the evening organ after the various
sets of candidates are presented, later
in the campaign.
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c. o. Whittemore has confided to
some of his friends that he would be
willing to serve the people as a mem
/ Der of the board of education if they
will tender him the nomination and as
sure his election.
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J ]. NJ. Stout is spoken of as one who
would make an acceptable represent
/ ative from the Second municipal ward
/ in the school board.