The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-24
NOMINATED BY
AMERICAN PARTY
Candidates Are Selected for
the School Board.
A. ]. WEBER PRESlDES
DENoUNCE MORMON COURSE TO-
WARD EDUCATION.

A MASS convention Of members of
q the American party was held last
night in the Grand theatre. The
gathering subsequently divided up into
district conventions, at which the fol-
lowing were nominated for members
of the school board:
First Precinct. j. COrum.
Second PrecinCt-B. z. Redman.
Third Precinct-J D. Hagman.
Fourth Precinct-E. o. Howard for
long term and W. Mont Ferry for
short term.
Fifth Precinct-W. J. HaHoran.
The following were selected 10 COM
pose the city committee: First pre-
cinct. George L. Nye and John A.
Street; Second precinct Henry Heath
and Louis Bamberger, Third precinct.
w J. BarretJe and r. g Sleater-
Fourth precinct. Charles ID. RoOllledEe
and II. J. Dinniny; Fifth precinct J. r.
Darmer and George A. Sheets.
Weber Makes Speech.
The attendance was approximsteIv
300. A J. Weber presided and made
the opening speech. He said that while
Still a Democrat, he believed he could
best do his duty as Il citizen and tax
payer by aligniRg himself with the
American party in this campaign.
Chairman LOOfbOurOw of the ReDubh-
can committee and Chairman Thomas
Of the Democratic committee had he
said. gotten together and agreed upon
a sO-calied non-partisan convention.
which was i'm reality bipartisan and
Mormon. Their convention had nOmin-
ated school ticket on which half the
members were -AIOrmOnS and the other
half non-MormOns or Gentiles He de-
MED the right OF either chairman TO
bind the Republican or Democratic par
~ to stand by such a compact. In en-
tering into the deal they had exceeded
the powers conferred upon them by the
two parties.
Under the new order of things that
viii be brought about by the election
of the American party ticket no one
VIII be given position I'm the public
schools merely because he has made a
good record in the Mormon missionary
field. Today the people of the city will
have reason TO be thankful because
they viii be given an opportunity TO
vote for a school board that viii be
truly American.
Religion IN Public Schools.
f. B. Critchlow was the next and
only speaker. He argued that no church
should have the right of representation
Op a school board that was intended by
law 90 have control Of free public
schools and that were sustained By
taxation levied upon all classes of Cftt-
1 zens and upon the members Of an reii-
giOus denominations They should he
I free OF all sectarianism. There used
I 10 be law IN Utah. he said that pro-
Z hibited the use of public school houses
/ for the purpose OF religious gatherings
B or religious Instruction. But The Nor
mons got that law repealed and law
substituted permitting amy denomina-
/ ton TO use the school houses for reH-
giouS purposes No other denomination
was asking for such privilege and none
had ever attempted to use school houses
since the law was changed. But the
MOTmOns have been using them IN
which TO teach their religion classes
/ Up 10 two or three years ago no on
ever heard of religion classes In the
I public schools, but row they have be
come common. Mormon public school
teachers were required by the preSi-
denCy having I'm charge the religion
class work 10 assemble the pupils each
afternoon just after their dismissal
| from public schools 10 take UP the
I course Of study provided for tho reli-
! g1On classes. The classes met studied
and recited i'm The rooms provided BY
/ the taxpayers for the public schools.
and were taught by public school
teachers paid out of the taxes levied
/ upon all the PEOPLE. Every public
/ school teacher i'm the state processing
( the Mormon faith had duties laid on
him or her by the church The Nor
mon church alone OF all the denomina-
! tons in Utah claimed the right 10 rep
RESERVATION on the school board OF the
state In most localities in the state #
had succeeded i'm Absolutely roDrroIIir g