Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-07
Complaints That They We're Required 10 Contribute Three DOlar
Per Capita Towards The Election Of CHtchbw and Walker
Investigation Dscoses the Lamentab and Shameful Fact That the
Charges True and That Collections Were Made for CAM
pagn Pupo:Os Disclosure Creates Sensation = Election
Lively in First and Second Precincts.

Tho school election In this city today
was the iivcl'cp, ever held 10 tile his
tory ~ the board ~ education. 1t also
developed evils entirely new. or near
~ 80. In the manipulation " Utah
school elections. fnr the first time. 10
the kr0wlrdgo uf al concerned. was
money openly and flagrantly used
that had been collected from aaacaa-
mcrsu Imposed upon principals and
teachers NJ tho public rchuols.
when the charge was first made that
this was the cs.e there were numcr-
Gus Indignant dcnlnla Iut then came
the absolute proof. che positive state
meniH or principals ana teachers them-
selves, saying Tint they had been called
upon 60 contribute % he campaign
FUND Tor the election 81 Mcaars. Cfitch-
low AMI Walker or be- placed under thc
ban or suspicion OF "favoring the other
side"
Tho circulation % such Information
could have bu, one tcndgncy--to arouse
public recruitment ana draw Out the
uevcrcut criticism. when 10. complaints
reached shc "Nrws" they had not been
confirmed by this paper ANA the
thought obtained that they might b..
like many other election day rumorp.
put forth fur political eject. liui uu-
fortunately such was not the ease. The
most careful Inquiry rcsulted In a COM
plcte confederation OF the correctness
az the charges,
The truth h the ASSESSMENT IN
Dictated WAS LEVIED and tho
COLLECTION MADE. Further. a
PRINCIPAL VI one 81 the LEADING
SCHOOLS OF the city left his own
school and called upon such of his fell
low principals and teachers who were
supposed ~ be In a mulctlng mood and
IN sympathy with THU giSic Of cam
paign. Tho minimum asAcssmcu,. ac-
cofding 90 one teacher. was three
dollars. No one was expected 20 pay
lcag than that. all who could give
morr were required 20 DO NJ.
ono teacher aIldi Il have been cm-
ploycd IN the public schools % SAT-
Lake for several years now. ana THIS "
the second time have been asked 20
subscribe money for campaign purposes.
The nrf. time was year afp, when l
was assessed -, as were other teachers.
for the cri;chlow night In the First pre-
cinct. The second time Il now. when
am asked 20 pay 81 for the election ~
Mr. crltchlow and Mr.. Walker. Now.
whn; would like 20 know II whore this
business II Foius 10 Hiop. When l oh.
jscted | was cur ~ Informed that the
ease was desperate and that 70 required
desperate remedy. and shat / must
pay up
some members Of the board Of cduca-
tlon were questioned on the matter to-
day ana said thpy were sorry 90 say the
accusations wero true. but how 10 check
the evil now they ala not know. They
declare, however, that they are deter-
mined 10 nift thc matter 20 the bottom
later. when they do 40 there VIII he
some exceedingly Interesting dlscloa.
uros-somo that viii not reflect very
rreditably upon the campaign asAesa-
mcnt collectors.
According TO the charges, men In
high onlClM positions VIII be found
nmlrchcd with the responsibility OF the
Introduction 10 this corruption Into the
Salt Lake school system. There n
method ln tho work dnue-moth0d that
shows the cunning Of the guiding hand.
For Instance. the levy upon the teach
era has been nearly all together ON
those who have come from other states.
The Views and sympathien % the Utah
teachers nra supposed, In fact known,
20 run In other channels and they ate
left strictly alone. iiut there are other
teachers whu do not approve OF such
methods and that Il how daylight was
thrown upon them and their work Ca
posed.