The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-14
ARRAIGNS CHARLES WRIGHT,
HIS CRITIC.
The superintendent Explains Why
Wright's Name Was Withdrawn
From Teachers Convention-Ex-
onerates Wilson = Speaks Right
Out In Meeting.

The Herald bureau has received the
following letter from Mosiah Hail,
superintendent of schools for Weber
county The communication was
promptly sent in answer to letter
from this office, transmitting pub
fshed interview with Mr.. Charles
Wright, wherein the latter mace seri-
Gus charges against Mr.. Hall and from
which the inference might be drawn
that Mr. w. B. Wilson was implicated.
The Herald offered 10 publish Mr.
Halls side, and here it is:
THE EXPLANATION
Logan, July II. 1898.
The clipping just received. THANKS
You may say that the whole thing is
a malicious Misrepresentation, designed
for political purposes.
| expected to be candidate for coun-
ty superintendent myself, and when
the salary was reduced | decided that,
if elected, I would teach school at least
a portion of the time, and appoint a
deputy to do my office work, etc., while
thus engaged. Since the law makes
the superintendent responsible for the
actions and compensation of his dep
uty, and since l would be in the office
Saturdays, the deputy could not rea-
sonably expect the full salary for ms
services. / had a talk with Charles
Wright regarding his acting as my
deputy, and afterwards wrote him re-
garding it, and stated the amount that
it would cost him if so appointed.
Wright agreed to this, and some time
afterwards | received a letter from him
in which he stated, Go ahead; never
go back on an agreement. Now, II
Wright CONSTITUTES this to be
SELLING THE OFFICE OF COUN-
TY SUPERINTENDENT
he is party to the transaction him.
self, and is equally guilty with Mo
siah the First" who, forsooth, is so
mighty that he can control teachers
and political conventions, and elect
whom he wishes superintendent even
when he is absent from the field OF
action!
Wright's name was Withdrawn from
the teachers convention because his
supporters knew he could not receive
the endorsement of the teachers, and il
his name was brought up and he was
defeated he could not be a candidate
for the non-partiSan convention, since
the candidates agreed that they would
support the choice of the teachers.
Wright wrote that if he could not re-
ceive the support of a majority of the
teachers, he would not be a candidate.
Teachers, Walton, Mckay, Miss
Peterson and others will testify to
these facts.
did not use my influence as super
intendent with any teacher or member
of any convention in favor of any can
but instead told all who spoke
with me on the subject who my choice
was but that 1 would support the
choice of the teachers; and after Mr..
Wilson received the endorsement, al
though he was not my choice, I sup
ported him.
A great injustice has been done Mr..
Wilson. l appointed him my deputy
during my absence north. and he is re-
ceiving compensation from me for his
services. The charge that he is paying
me $3.50, or any other sum, TO secure his
election is so absurd as to need no de-
NAL, especially since L have been abb
sent nearly the whole time since Mr..
Wilson was nominated. Respectfully,
MOSIAH HALL.