The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-05
SCHOOL FIGHT TODAY
Warm Contests PrOmisevi IN the
First and Fourth.
CHARGES ARE REFUTED
NO RELIGIOUS DIscRIMINA-
TON, SAYS Mr., YOUNG

All hands. are ready for the board Of
education battle today. Interest cen
tiers in the First and Fourth precincts,
where the present members or me
hoard are .encountering determined op-
position. Here the work il Deh''I Oh
fEs. candidates will be as earnest as
though the election were p general one
and a surprisingly large vote VIII De
recorded
An interesting development IN the
Fourth yesterday was the SJaho TAKEN
bv Brigham =, Young, holdoNeI mem
Der in that precinct MI 1Vuits g.
uOunced that he stood sqUarely Tor the
election of Judge Henderson, and thaL
ne would do all in his power 10 secure
The return of his colleague
Judge HendeTson's record on Ille
board has been altogether 10 MI
Youug's liking, and he mas no HeslId-
ton about saying so. Il have become
well acquainted with Judge Hender-
sons position on school matters stilu
Mr.. Young "and i endorse him thor
oughly He has made an able, careIui
and conscientious member D. the
board.
No Discrimination.
Mr.. Young was indignant over the
charges that have been circulated Jo
Iha effect that Judge henderson anu
other members of the board have dEs-
eliminated against Mormon and Cath
Ollie applicants for positions IN the
teaching corps. 81 have been Z. MEM
Der of the committee on teachers and
school work since my election Two
years ago" said he, and know posi-
lively that no such discrimination has
been practiced. No applicant has ever
Deeu asked anything about religious
affiliations. Qualifications for filling
the position have been the only test
Referring TO the charge that Judge
Hendr son had worked against the
proposition to establish q public school
IN the Eighteenth ward. MI Young
denied It Indignantly. The acCusa-
ton is entirely false and unfUUnded, -
he went on. Judge Henderson worked
with me to secure q school at the cor
ner of State and North Temple streets.
Plans for the building are now under
way, and we hope to have the tOunda-
lion laid before cold weather sets IN.
To Judge Henderson, as much, GER
tainly, as to any one man. the success
OF the project is due"
Mr.. Young's reputation of the charge
of religious discrimination, by the use
of which some of Judge Henderson $
opponents seek to arouse SeCtarian
prejudice against Judge Henderson is
given great significance and weight by
che fact that he is q member of one Of
ne churches alleged to be discrim-
mated against. as well as a member OF
the board charged with making the
discrimination.
The campaign committee, headed by
w. IT. Dale. " as hard at work yester-
day in behalf OF Judge Henderson. The
OrgauiZa ton effected is 6Tst-class and
sc is thought that every vote possible
VIII be gotten out
Activity in the First.
In the FiEst yesterday the supporters
Of L. Frank Branting, nominee of an
alleged Republican convention, were
unceasing in their opposition to Z. w.
Wilson, nominee of the non-parTisans-
They boosted that they would be able
10 win the election today, some OF them
putting Branting's majOrit5 at upward
% 500
Rir. Wilson's friends are also at
work. From the time the polls open
this morning until they close tonight
,hey viii continue their endeavors and
uol a vote that can be gotten out will
be left unrecorded. Those who are sup
porting the uon-partisau candidate are
confident that the verdict viii be in
their favor.
They have q 6Tst-Class organization
and believe victory is already assured.
The polling places in the first viii look
ike a general election today.