The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-12
SALT LAKE BEATEN
Los Angeles Gets the National Edu-
cational Convention,
BY A VOTE OF 20 TO II
SALT LAKE DELEGATES MALI
A GOOD FIGHT.
DR.. Tanner Delivered Speech at
the Directors Meeting and De-
scribed the Scenic and Historic
Attractions Offered By Utah
Boston and Detroit Give Notice.
Special to The Herald.l


Washington, July 11.-Salt Lake lost
the next National Educational conven-
ton, after a very spirited contest with
Los Angeles. The Salt Lake delega-
ton made a determined, but unsuccess-
full fight.
The meeting of the board of direc-
tors was held at the Cosmos club at
2 this afternoon. and after a very
lively session the ballot stood 20 for
Los Angeles, u for Salt Lake, for
Portland and 8 for Tacoma. 1t was
a session of much hustle and activity,
and the delegates from the rival states
who loitered in the corridors to coach
their state directors, wore the anxious,
expectant faces of congressional lobby
lists.
Several railroad men had come from
New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and
Salt Lake City, and have been pulling
wires with agility. Among them were
D. e. Burley, Charles Kennedy, w. j.
Leahy and William e. Hoyt.
The meeting was presided over by E..
Dram Lyle, while Secretary Shepard,
assisted by Secretary Geare, kept the
minutes. Speeches were limited to five
minutes, and each of the speakers eX-
hausted four minutes and sixty sec
ondS of his time in booming up the
advantages of his town.
Professor j. NJ. Tanner spoke for
Salt Lake. He read an invitation from
Governor Wells and filed other papers
with the secretary. He spoke of the
many scenic and historic attractions
offered about the old lake. The rail-
roads, he said, had agreed to make
the lowest rates, giving return ticket
by way of Yellowstone park.
The gentleman from California"
Dr. Tanner continued has told you
that 5000 Californians would attend
the convention at Los Angeles. Now,
ours is not a large state, but we have
always enjoyed the friendship of our
brethren from the Pacific coast, and
so we can promise you that delegation
OF 5000 Californians at Salt Lake City"
While the vote was being taken,
Delegates Sheldon of Massachusetts
and Springer of Michigan gave notice
that Boston and Detroit would appear
as candidates for 1900 and 1901 respec-
lively.
The Utah delegation made very
strong fight and is entitled to high
credit for the showing made.
CONVENTION DISCUSSIONS.
Washington, July 1.-THE National
EuuCdlloildl ASSOCIATION nelQ meetings
today at the National theatre and the
Grand Opera House. At the latter the
subject was the Social Basis of Con-
science" This paper was discussed by
a number of persons, among them be-
ing Henry Sanford, State Institute
Conductor Pennyan, New York. and
H. E. Kratz, superintendent of public
schools, Sioux City, Ia.
Mathematics was the magnet that
attracted a thousand school teachers
to the morning session at the National
theatre. The principal paper was by
Professor William Benjamin Smith of
Tulane university, New Orleans. The
absolute worth of the study of higher
mathematics is admitted, he said. He
spoke of the relative value of mathe-
MATES as regards culture, taken in
the broadest sense
The Constants in Mathematics
was the subject of an address by Su-
perintendent Edward Brooks of Phila
delphia public schools. An address on
The Value of Mental Arithmetic" was
made by A. S. Dowing, Albany. N. Y.
The last address, on the subject of
The Value of the Study of Geometry"
was made by Professor Miller of How
ard university.