The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-19

The declarations of George w. Snow,
while not inconsistent from his stand
point, resulted in his Undoing. His
stand on the all important question was
not acceptable to his fellow citizens,
and the difficulty he had in defining his
position demonstrated that the senti-
ments he expressed found a cold recep-
ton in the convention.
Ex-Congressman Allen, than whom
there is no more ardent champion of
the public free school system, made the
most of the opportunity to show that
Mr.. Shows advocacy of the high school
was not Of the kind that the people are
demanding After his defeat, Mr.. Snow
did himself proud by moving to make
the nominations unanimous. His ex-
hortation: Let it be understood that
we all take off our coats and elect this
ticket" went not a little way to re-
establish himself in the good graces of
friends of the public schools.
A LARGE CONVENTION.
The place designated for the holding
of the convention, the Twelfth ward
meeting house, proved far too small for
the accommodation of the attending
hosts. Accordingly, adjournment was
was soon packed to its full capacity
with bona fide resident citizens, both
men and women, of the Fifth munich
pal ward. The convention was called to
order by Mr.. Louis Conn, who presented
Hon. c. S. Varian as chairman of the
convention.
MR. VARIANTS SPEECH.
Chairman varian's speech was one
of the features of the meeting. and his
remarks were received with enthusi-
tic demonstrations of applause. He
said:
The call for this convention and the
sentiments underlying it have touched
a popular chord in the breasts of the
residents of the Fifth ward, as is evil
denced by the large gathering present
The question that brings US here to-
night is a, question that cannot be dis
guised. 1t is a question that must be
! discussed by the people. If there IS
nothing to the rumOr that the high
school is threatened, then a discussion
| will do no harm. If there is anything in
it, it must be defeated. The public
| school question is dear to the hearts
of the people. The enemies of the
school are raising the cry that taxation
would be lessened if the high school
were done away with. But there is
something deeper than taxation in the
principles that keep UP our school sys-
! tenn. See for yourself if the conditions
! today are not better than they were
not many years ago. Have they not
/ been better under the public school
system? That great system includes the
/ high school, no matter what may be
! said to the contrary The law of keep
I ing up the standard of the public
! schools is as mandatory upon the men
of today as the law of God. You are
not to mention the conditions by COM
! parison of taxes. You are to measure
| them by the environments of the COM
: monwealth. Measuring it in that way.
comparing it with the past, and no
| one wants to go back to those condi-
/ tions. [ think there are some-some
who do not realize What all this means.
! But a few years ago there We're no
| school houses. All had to be builded
! up. So that in considering expense,
] in considering taxation, consider the
! necessities of the occasion. There
should be a continuation of the work.
INEsTIMABLE VALUES RECEIVED.
Some mention is made about the
salaries of teachers. Nowhere in the
whole United States are there such
teachers as ours. Nowhere are there
| teachers who put more soul into their
work. Nowhere are there teachers IS
/ poorly paid, as the teachers of Salt
! Lake City. Their average salary is less
than $44 per month each. To be a
teacher means to give the devotion OF
a human life to the highest duty that
animates the human life. Do not be
unjust to the teacher. Do not COM
mence to pare down expenses there
Look elsewhere for that. Also for the
/ school buildings. Do not stop there
Do not say that because it costs sc
much for books and stationery for the
pupils you are going to make them fur
nish their own things. Look elsewhere:
look deeper. In the last five years there
has been no extravaganza in the board
of education. Ask the scholar what he
has learned. Ask the teacher about it
Ask the stranger from eastern cities
about it. They will tell you there has
been no extravaga Look at this
thing as it should be looked at Pay q
tribute to the board Of education thai
goes out of power on the first of next
year, and continue the work they have
begun
SOME PRELIMINARIES.
After Mr.. Varian finished speaking he
announced the qualifications necessary
to vote at the meeting. Mr.. F. 3
Stephens made a motion to the effec
that three tellers, three judges and one
secretary be named, the latter to bt
elected and the former to be ap-
pointed by the chair. The motion wa:
also to the effect that a majority O.
votes should decide who was nOInin
ated, and that the first nomination be
for the one-year term, and the second
nomination be for three years. Thi!
was amended to read that the first mar
be nominated for the three-year tern
and the second man for the one-yea-
term, and again to the effect that boil
should be nominated at once, the on,
receiving the most votes to be for TIT
Il three years, and the other for the on,
var Both amendments were voted
down, and the motion as originally
made was carried. Upon motion of Mr.
Cohn a collection to defray the ex
penses of the house was taken up.
Before proceeding to nominations, i
was resolved that no one outside tn
building should be nominated, and tha
all nominees should pledge themselve
for the high school, and for the pres
ent standard of the school system.
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