The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-09
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TO the Editor OF Inc herald
Your readers have
seen that Mr. VIII
Mr.. PAUL SON does not at
-o,,y-en. tempt TO deny the
SOIil' charge brought
against him. but
merely calls names and tries to be in
sulting. The thought OF keeping a rec
ord that would demonstrate the falsiUy
of the charge made against the board
shocks Mr. WilsC I. and he seems TO
think a mere denial by the person &C
cused should free him from SUSPICION.
But If no record can be made. how is
anyone to get at the facts? One man
SAYS there mas been discrimination, Mr.
Wilson says there has not. and the
public are left 10 guess at the truth
1t was not the fact that d certain per-
son failed to get the superintendency
that led him TO conclude that Mr.. VIII
son was governed by sectarian infiu-
ences." 1t was Mr.. Wilson's Own acts
and words after this, when successive
" asked by the applicant as 10 the
possibility of getting other positions,
that revealed Mr. Wilson.
The letter published yesterday charg-
ed him. not the board of education, with
acts and words" which led me to con-
clude that there was no position what
ever in the schools of nv native city
to which L could be chosen with his
consent
His attention being politely directed
10 this charge, Mr.. Wilson makes no
denial of his own conduct, does not even
intimate thai 1 might have misunder-
stood him after all, but goes on to jus
Iffy the wisdom Of the board in Sc
lecting the city superintendent; and in
The course of this evasion ne insinUates
that I lack brains and discretion, that
am AN ass" who failed of re-elec-
ton like himself!), etc
Now, as to the action Of the late
board in choosing a superintendent, my
letter said nothing; so that Mr.. VII
sons defense OF some one not attacked,
as well as his personal inVectiVe against
myself, has no bearing whatever on
this discussion.
q charge Of discrimination against
Catholics and MOTmOns as teachers had
been made against certain members OF
the school board that a certain mem
her had actually been defeated for re-
election because Of this charge; and
that the charge was a false one
I therefore asked that the facts be
given, showing the number of MOrmons
aud Catholics employed in the city
schools. and suggesting that il would
be easy for the board 70 refute any
such charge in the future by keeping
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church membership Of the teachers en-
ployed.
Mr.. Wilson comes forward to answer
This moderate and pertinent question,
He says:
NO one bat an ass would think of,
much less suggest the keeping Of such
q record. That is his answer.
Only one fact of Importance comes
out in Mr.. Wilson's reply, namely, that
in the case of a certain applicant mo
matter whO) recommended by nearly
every leading educator and city and
county superintendent of this state, by
practically every member of the legis-
lature and by leading men and women
OF various shades of religious and pO-
liticaI belief, as a person qualified for
the position which Mr.. Wilson says is
ssthe most important school position in
the state'-in this case Mr.. Wilson
makes no denial of the fact that he
gave this applicant to understand that
the latter could not get, with his con-
sent, any position whatever in the
schools Of this city.
This applicant had served with sue
cess as a teacher for sixteen years in
this state, when Mr. Wilson's support
ers complained that the latter had been
defeated by ''seCtarian influence" this
teacher asked what influence" it was
that had led Mr.. Wilson to act in this
way against an unOffending citizen, Mr..
Wilson gave the puerile answer which
your readers have already zen. Truly
yours, J. II. PAUL.