The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-21
NEW SCHOOL CANDIDATES.
Fourth Warders Are Going to Hold
Another Meeting.

The fight against the candidates
nominated for the school board seems
to be taking on definite air so far as
the Fourth ward is concerned. 1t isn't
against the men nominated nor the
principles they represent, so much as
the methods used in their selection.
1t is the desire Of a great many in this
ward to meet in mass convention and
take such action as the meeting may
determine. Those behind the move
ment declare they are in favor of the
High school, the present school system,
and that they have no antipathy
against the gentlemen who have been
selected as candidates, but that they
! do object at having the voice of the
people thwarted by a few officious gen
tlemen, as they allege was done in the
/ recent convention.
The protestants claim that in all the
wards OF the city the people met in
pursuance of the plan outlined at the
! first meeting, and held mass conven-
tions, but that in the Fourth those who
/ had the management of the work, some
| of whom, by the way, are not as heav-
/ lily interested in schools as many who
were shut out, held district primaries
at residences mostly and elected dele
gates to a ward convention, which met
/ and nominated. That at that conven-
! heard, but were shut out They now
declare that a convention will be held
some time this week and the people
will be given a chance to express
themselves in the election of candi-
dates
The air is full of rumors connected
with the coming school election. 1t
is now stated that another ticket is
sure to be nominated in the First pre-
cinct, and that there are several who
viii attempt to place two more candi-
dates in the field from the Fifth
The Second and Third wards seem
to be the only two in the city where
no dissatisfaction prevails.
Whether or not there will anything
definite arise out of all this talk is a
question. Those who are agitating an
other ticket are those who are aVerse
to the present school system and who
want the High school abolished.
For the past three days there has
| been a great deal of talk INDUCED in,
but no one seems to be willing to take
the lead in the matter, Those who
make the loudest protests against the
candidates who have been nominated
hesitate, when invited to come out and
make show of hands. 1t is a. sort of
you go ahead; l don't want to-" af-
fair.
A real tangible protest arises in the
First, where many people do not like
the idea of electing e. B. CritchloW to
the board. Although Mr.. Critchlow's
position on the public school matter
is so well known, at the same time
there are great many who are averse
to his being elected. because, forsooth,
Mr.. Symons was defeated in the mass
convention, and Mr.. Symons was their
candidate That seems to be about the
size Of the fight against him over
there.
All day yesterday there were rumors
to the effect that NJ. A. Woolley was
the man who was behind all the trouble
in the Fourth. An attempt was made
to see him concerning this matter yes
terday, but he was not attainable
when The Herald man called. How
ever, close business associate in
formed the seeker after information
that there was nothing in the report;
that Mr.. Wo0ley had declared himself
in favor OF the schools, and, after be-
ing defeated in a convention called for
the purpose of nominating candidates
for the board on the same grounds,
he had no particular protest to make.