The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-30
QUALIFICATIONS
OF CANDIDATES
Merits of Professor Cummings
and Daniel Eyer ExtolIed.
FACTIONS ISSUE STATEMENTS
WHY FIRST PRECINCT INDEPEN-
DENTS HELD CONVENTION.

CTATEMENTS were issued yester-
day in behalf of both the candi-
dates for member of the school
board from the First precinct Daniel
Eyer and Professor. Byron Cummings.
Both sides are making active prepara-
tons to get out fun vote.
The campaign committee of the in
dependents, who nominated Mr.. Eyer,
viii meet at 4:30 this afternoon to talk
over plans for work This committee
yesterday issued the following state
ment:
There are two vital points connect
ed with the independent school cleo
ton movement in the First precinct,
upon which the voters of the precinct
and the public at large should place
no miseonstruction-
The two questions are; Why do the
independent voters oppose Byron Cum
mings' candidacy? and why did the in
dependents refuse to participate in the
citizens convention held in the expo
sition building Friday night2
Objections to Cummings
''In answer to the first question, we
viii state that the primary objection
to Professor Cummings is based on the
condition that as a member of the uni
versity corps Professor Cummings is
morally bound to devote his time to
the professOrship he holds.
THAT the duties of a college profess
sor, honestly performed, are arduous
and exacting, no one, Cummings not
excepted, viii deny. Day in and day
out the trying responsibilities of an
educational preceptor devolves upon
the shoulder of Professor Cummings
to occupy all of his time. BY day the
machinery of this branch of the uni
versity is dependent upon his guidance.
while his evenings must necessarily be
devoted to the preparation of tomor-
rows class work.
''Thus we find that Professor Cum
mings' time is so devoted to his stew
ardship at the university that TO add
single other responsibility would be
like placing the proverbial straw on
the back of the overworked camel
Therefore, we assert that to place
Professor Cummings on the board of
education would not only be placing
an obstruction in the path OF learning
at the university, but would also inn
pair the working machinery of our
school board.
Furthermore when we take into
consideration the undoubted rivalry
that exists between the university and
other institutions of learning of Salt
Lake CITY, do the 1a1r-mlnQed c1IlzSnS
believe that it would be policy to place
an adherent of the university on the
board and thereby engender the feel
ings of jealousy on the part Of leaders
of our other institutions of learning?
The majority of the prominent
business men of the First precinct,
hundreds of the mothers of the school
children in the precinct and out OF 1t,
and the rank and file of supporters Of
our public schools, believe and are con-
WINGED that Professor Cummings would
not have the time 10 properly serve
their interests on the school board
Why Independents Didn't Attend.
Now let US approach the second
burning question-why did the indie
pendents refuse TO attend the meeting
at the exposition Friday night?
I'VE have been called boilers and
accused of acting in bad faith, as a
consequence of our refusal to partici-
pate in that meeting. but let US see if
the shoe fits
let us state primarily that the fun
damentaI principle of American citi-
zenship is the protection of our indi-
viduaI rights, Eternal vigilance is
the price of liberty and has been
since 1776, and liberty in all things. the
public school above every other Amer
lean institution. is an inherent princi-