The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-05
VETO CLOSED
THE SCHOOLS
MoyIe Says Wells Should Have
Let Tax Bill Become a Law.
ANDERSON is ALSO BLAMED
BOARD rs PROHIBITED FROM
BORROWING MONEY.


said Oscar w. Moyle yesterday after
noon
He is a member Of the board of edu-
cation and was as bitterly opposed 10
the closing of the schools as any OF his
( colleagues. but when he found that
the matter resolved itself to a ques-
ton Of violating the law or closing
them, he decided the best course was
the latter.
Effects Of Vetoing the Bill.
'If the law had been signed by the
/ governor il would have been an as
surauce TO as that next year we would
nave more money at our disposal than
we had this year" continued Mr..
MOyle. with that as a guarantee. !
/ feel positive that Mr.. Mccormick would
not have pressed us for his money, as
ne is now doing. and compel US TO
close the schools on May ], that we
may appropriate what little balance We
win have in the treasury on that date
on his note. Had the new law gone
into effect he would have known, the
same as ourselves that next year We
would have some extra money on hand,
and could then easily have taken care
I of the obligation But as the matter
stands now we are getting deeper ana
/ deeper into debt each year. Mr.. Nc
/ COrnick appreciates that, and natur-
{ ally he wants us to make some emort
now 90 settle with him.
The note, which draws no Interest
/ should have been paid last year, as
1 Mr.. Mccormick supposed 1t would have
been when he loaned US the money
/ When the school year closed We had
about $4,000 in the treasury, which
I should have been applied to the note;
I it was not done, and this year we ind
ourselves with about half that amount
on hand to pay him. We have those
/ few extra thousand dollars because we
I close the schools a month earlier than
usual. If we ran the schools until the
end Of the nine months it would require
about $4,000 to meet expenses and pay
I the $4,000 note, which has been run
ming about two years.
Powers Of the Commissioners.
why the governor should have We
I tOed the bin is more than can say.
! i have my ideas, which / am not at
liberty to make public. His action was
La great surprise TO all of US; we did not
/ even anticipate it in the slightest de-
/ gree.
/ when we went before the legisla-
I ture and explained TO the members the
I treatment we usually receive at the
hands of Chairman Anderson and the
/ other members of the board of county
/ commissioners they. saw the mistake
I of the present law in giving the COM
/ missiOners the power to fix the school
I levy as they may see fit, and changed
I the law so that we were not compelled
I 70 go 20 the commissioners. You can
( see the power which the bin took from
/ Chairman Anderson and his two as
I sistants. The bin did not pass the gov
I ernor; they still have the power which
/ the legislature thought they should
not have.
Last year we went to the commits
/ sloners and begged them 10 give US a
mill levy which would net US sufficient
money TO run our schools with. We
I were told by Chairman Anderson that
/ the board would fix the levy TO suit
/ itself And he did, cutting our levy
! down to l-5 mills. We asked for 81.
VIII Ignore Pussy Anderson.
Owe viii not 90 10 the board Of
county commissioners this year and
/ ask for a levy for we are tired of being
I lnsulted by Chairman Anderson.
/ nave heard other members of the board
! express the same sentiments.
The Commercial club made a big
mistake when IT mixed up in the mat
/ ter II made the assertion that we
I would have $50 600 on hand at the end
! Of the school year. and worked against
/ the school tax bill. The mistake the
1 club made was In assuming that our
estimates OF what we hoped to get
/ from the different tax levles was what
: we actually received. If our estimates
] had been realized we would have had
I a nice surplus this year. but our ex-
I pectations did not materiaIlze.
There is absolutely no way IN which
/ the schools can be maintained this
| year to the end Of the nine months.
/ We cannot borrow money, unless we
1 first secure permission from the peO-
/ pie at an election held for that pur-
/ pose. / am opposed to such an act.
/ as we would simply be running our
/ selves further Ia debt.
Have No Other Alternative.
The time has come when we must
/ cut our garment in accordance with
! the size of our cloth. Without money
I we cannot run the schools: we have
not the MONEY consequently we can
not run the schools. II Is a deplora Bile
state of affairs. but it is the truth.
/ We begged the county commissioners
I to give us the money we needed.
/ Chairman Anderson and his fellow
I members refused; we ran short, and
! now the schools close. We asked help
4 from the legislature. and got 1t. and
( then the governor takes it away from
as. and throws US back upon the mercy
/ of Chairman Anderson again.
"Our money is about air gone. and
/ when 10 is. shut go the schools. We
can't run in debt. 1t is to be hoped
I that this viii be a lesson to those who
I are directly and Indirectly Responsible
for the closing. and that next year we
will receive better treatment at their
] hands"
Judge II. P. Henderson was as posi-
tive as was Attorney Moyle that the
board cannot borrow sufficient money
I with which to run the schools until
the end Of the regular year,
Board Can't Borrow Money.
Money. why. we can borrow all we
/ want Of it," said the judge yesterday
I afternoon. THAT is the least of our
troubles Had two offers today from
| as many banks. but we could not
make the loans and keep within the
/ law. so we had to reject them. There
/ is absolutely nothing 10 do but close
/ the schools on May /, unless the citi-
I Zens Of salt Lake viii contribute the
/ deficiency from their pockets. II you
( VIII find 500 other men who are willing
/ TO put UP their share of the extra
/ cost, i win put up my share with
I them. That shows you how anxious ]
am 10 keep the schools open. The
law says we cannot run IN debt, and
as we have not the money. what else
| IS there TO do?"
The board viii meet Tuesday night
/ when the action of the board OF Fri
day night, sitting as a committee OF
I the whole. viii be ratified At that
time some action VIII be taken on the
/ proposition TO continue the eighth
grades that the pupils may graduate