Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-10-14
JUDGE HILES AND UTAH
SCHOOLS.
UTAH
Editor Truth:

In 1889 and 1890, when the Gentiles
took possession of Salt Lake and Og
den, there was not a school house in
all Utah fit for Americans to look at
Since then school houses have been
erected in every city under the i'm
pulse given by the Gentiles, and they
have been built for the Mormons as
well as the Gentiles."
When a person wants to bear false
witness and brag, and be traitor to
his state he will make crude, false and
ridiculous statements. Judge Hiles tes-
titled at the Smoot investigation that
the reason that Senator Rawlins was
elected to the senate was because he
was q Mormon, and that Senator
Smoot was elected because he was an
Apostle. And now he unfurls false
and traitorous banner to the breeze in
stating there were no schools in Utah
fit for Americans till the Gentiles bull
them. Judge Hiles is worse than the
Betty and the bear story. He gives
out the marvellous story of "How me
and my Betty just slaughtered bar"
After Betty, unaided. killed bear her
husband only took half the credit, for
he said I'VE did t." but Judge Hiles,
in speaking of the school houses of
this state, gives all the credit to the
Gentiles.
Judge Hiles is densely ignorant
about the schools of this state previous
to 1890 or else he willfully, misrepre
sents. Utah since it was settled in
1S47 up to the present time has been
far ahead of any other state in schools
and school attendance and the
amount of money appropriated for
schools in the same time Just after
their settlement. In the year 1850, on
the 18th day of April, when Utah had
only 1884 population, and was less
than thee years old, the Mormons APP
propriated $4,000 per year for 20 years
for state university.
In 1851 there were several school
houses in Salt Lake City. A parents
school was also established that year
in the council house, so that the old
people could obtain an education. In
1850 and 1851 schools were opened in
Nephi, Palmyra and Provo. For those
who were sufficiently advanced,
classes were organized as early as the
winter of 1S4S-9 for the study OF
ancient and modern languages" In
1850 congress appropriated $4,000 for
a public library in Salt Lake City.
This library was opened in 1858. The
UNIVERSAL Scientific society was es-
tablished in 1854, and the Polysophi-
cal society and the Philharmonic soci-
ETY. were established in 1855. In 1870,
on South Temple street, was museum
where specimens of home art in paint
ing and sculpture and specimens OF
home products and manufacturers
were exhibited. In the year 1880
when the population of Utah was only
142423, there were All district schools
in Utah besides the mission schools.
In 1897 Utah spent $293,500 for schooi
purposes, or Sc per capita for scnool
children. In 1888 st. George had five
school houses. In 1880 Utah spent as
many dollars per capita for school
teachers and principals and had rs per
cent fewer illiterates than Pennsylva-
mia. I compare Pennsylvania because
it is the oldest and had better opportu
mites than any other state. Since
1890, in the city of Chicago, every
school house built previous to that
date, has been remodeled or torn down
and larger and more magnificent AMI
sanitary buildings put in their places
The people said the old buildings were
not fit to be occupied. If Judge Hiles
wanted to knock Chicago in one of his
speeches as badly as he does Salt Lake