The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-30

M nine solid hours yesterday the
i superintendents Of county schools
/ who constituted the membership
, Trtsb's late textbook convention
=, wrestling with proportions that
-, out of that now famous session
Wore they angry? Why, when the
r..srst News, CHM & Co. n. L. Mel
H. Paul. the district court and
-.,ers we're mentioned, the Indignation
r,s magnificent. That is, at first.
v7,b a terrifying flourish they vert
20 session. and in loud terms scored
.,..e persons and institutions. They
-, drew I'D resolutions denOuncing
..sr critics. but finally, in the spirit
[tbristianity and mercy. allowed not
,bsi. anger 60 go on paper. but instead
-. ant everything lively in the resolu-
.,,s which one member declared were
not worth d row Of pins, at best.
mo outcome of she meeting was an
,,,,orsement of State Superb tendent
vsI.op determine ion 10 80 ahead
,i,b the appeal of the case Of Tanner
- Nelson. and decision 20 call a new
hook convention and do the work
an over again, with the understanding
that II the reconvened convention
sands BY the books adOpJed heretofore,
which is likely. although many newly
sectsd superintend5Ets viii take pact.
no appeaI will be Withdrawn before it
!, passed upon by :he supreme court.
Did Lots of Talking.
And nine hours were consumed doing
his and talking.
There was a good representation OF
,,nv-anfinu in Attendance
about nineteen members. when Super
lstendent Nelson called for order. The
meeting was held in his office. He was
made chairman, and a. &. Matheson
became secretary.
The convention got down to business
after a statement by superintendent
Nelson, in which he spoke of the pur-
poses OF the meeting. Some had sug-
gested that the superintendent take no
further action at present, but wait for
the legislature to do something.
The proceedings of our convention
have been declared illegal, he said.
The legislature might reduce the size
Of the convention next time. Some of
the agitators have suggested this. pre-
eamably FOR the reason that the text
book convention can be so easily
bought"
Superintendent W. s. Marks of Too
Gle county then took the floor 10 defend
the action of the recent convention.
The Deseret News, on April FL,
said that certain books were slated for
changes We have been branded as
towards. and charged with being
bought. gentlemen. No, it isn't true.
This is a representative body of honest
Americans. Such charges must fall, -
declared Mr. Marks. with emphasis. II
believe that there are book companies
that would use undue influences to get
votes. but they got none here in that
manner. ! am certainly in favor of
pushing this appeal and calling a spe-
cial convention. was astOnished at
Judge Halls decision. 1 don't relieve
he understood the case.
A certain book company has had
SCENTS out among you to quiet down
he present disturbance They claim
nat It is not fight against the state.
oli a tight between two publishing
houses Shame. I say, on any book
company that will allow our children
10 suffer, TO wreak vengeance on rival
publishing house.
superintendent ]. l.. Brown Of Utah
county denounced the editor of the
news declaring that he didn't know
ANYTHING about school work. II was a
Ey. ne said. sarcastically. that the
ESslaturc didn't authorize the editor
o. NE News to buy books for the state
We have been grossly misrepreSent-
a. said Mr. Brown, 'and we must
,,puaiate IL in a jublic way. We've
zen Too quiet on the natter
Superintendent d. c. Woodward OF
Emery county didn't know what right
1' press had TO get into the matter
''yVay. He spoke for the appeal. SUI
.entendent Thomson of Cache county
as considerably excited i'm delivering Z
c.4'dr expression. Superintendent
se Christensen Of Sanpete and Su-
,aln'endent Charles WoOlfendeR OF
td'er made speeches along the same
Us They an declared that the News
.a' lied when il said there was op-
ltstlon all over the state to the actor
ue state superintendent and the con
ton. None OF the delegates had
N,aru a complaint
WAT the people want to know. they
Sdrel. is who Is making the fuss
inten1ent Anderson OF Box Eide
o''ed % know If there were reporter,
present. % hear what was being said
oeing assured that such was tn,
49, he took his seat and kept it. Su
.h'endsnt Magleby of Sewer sai'
people down his way had lost al
lHlence in the Deseret News. H
80 me story of hearing a book agen
years ago say TO a delegate to tn
,ention. For Gods sake. vote 70
oeoN You can have anything yo,
'- This. he said. was one reason
10y me agents had been excluded from
recent convention. II was 10 pre-
'.-t corruption
~ men en- the Tribune was brought int
~ US'uSSion. Mr.. Nagleby said tn
,oT Of the Sewer county paper vrot
ne Tribune for the facts in the text
~ convention proceedings. and tn
Solne answered that the conventio
not even kept minutes of its pro
r'Ss This vas denounced as ma
~lous fslsehood.
p.'erlntsOdent William Johnson Q
re the0 took fall out Of the court
'-1 the News.
nave always had a contempt 70
OF Jaw" he declared. and