Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-20
SPARROW HAWKS OF |
AMERICAN PARTY.
They Initiate Call Of Mothers to
Their Young to Get
Votes.
WOULD DRAG IN SCHOOLS.
kcarns Machine Needs the Board Of
Educator In Its Politics ana
Plans 20 Capture II.

The preliminary movement towards
dragging the schools Of Salt Lake City
into a straight political fight, and
making them part ol the kearns Ma
chine, was effected last night OF
course It had It's battle cry, and
principles which are so good that no
good citizen could reject them" II he
was not further informed on the mo-
tives behind the polished front Of
splendid American principles were
brought to the fore.
The cry is that the schools need to
be made american" and 20 b. freed
from the grasp ~ the imaginary hier-
arch. Hence With the call for o. pri-
mary, there comes assault after as
sauit on the Mormon Church which
has nothing more to do with the
schools than TO furnish q portion OF
the children who attend them.
There was Il reason for primaries,
Instead OF mass conventions. Leaders
were afraid to trust the people IN "A
mass convention, and there was con-
seQuently fear to put anybody into
an American party convention, 20
shout for principles sncred to every
good citizen, except those who could
be guaranteed TO need diet OF fried
Mormon, for every breakfast.
Hence the process OF primary cleo
ton to the conventions There was lit
Tie interest. IT was not anticipated
that there should be, and the less the
public interest, the more easy II was
TO put through the prepared slate Of
people who can he guaranteed TO con-
strue service TO their country, into an
attack on every body and everything
that can be painted rs having any in
terest to Mormons. The fact that the
great percentage OF the teachers are not
OF the dominant faith. that the board
has nearly always been composed OF
men with a special and intelligent In
terest In education for It's own sake, is
not counted. and such men, even IL
they have lived their whole life out In
social circles In which members OF the
dominant Church seldom visit. are
branded Jack Mormons" and subjected
to more vicious assault than ever
Hearst heaped with his yellow news.
papers on the heads of theses he has
been unable TO use.
Women regard themselves as sacred
custodsns OF the home and tho chill
dren. and at the same time often have
less opportunity to see deeply into sit
ustions, and 10 learn the hypocrisy Of
the call to principles which 10 them are
most sacred.
Therefore they come most easily TO
American party primaries, such as
those OF last night. and they are not
those who later learn that the city
police department was mustered on
Commercial street to herd out the vote
for an american" victory, while an
American city councilman furnished
ball for those women who were ohal-
lenged that behind the call for closed
gambling was the hord OF gamblers
willing 10 pay. who have operated ever
since, while the police department has
been exposed In graft after graft, the
brazenness OF Il all eliminating In tho
Mcwhirter robbery of $40 600. the money
being taken by tho gang OF which Jim
Donaldson was member, with Jim
announcing an intention to open a pro-
tected gambling house with the money.
These facts are not manufactured
election cat-calls. They arc items that
show that the American" party has
many elements I'm il besides It's high
flown principles, which need 10 be con-
sidered. The principles sound splendid
" from the rostrum and platform. but
so far. the experiment OF trusting the
party In Office. has developed many in
gradients In II besides It's principles,
which We're rapidly lost In the shuttle
Of getting money by the misuse OF pub
lie office,
Naturalists know that sparrow
hawks get most Of their feasts on spar.
row meat, by Initiating the call the
mother sparrow uses to her young. A
truce between the sparrow pursued
by the hawk. and truce between
good citizenship, and the vulturcs in
the American party leadership are
equally practicable.
Therefore the battle at the polls on
Dec. .. and tho issue OF H. which is
whether or not the American" marty
snail drag the schools into the Kearrs
political machine to become cogs In a
system born with lust for office. and
n handy method Of calling on sacred
principles
The delegates elected" BY the pri-
marios last night, and In the most part
slated through by the district chair
men, TO attend ward conventions to-
morrow night 10 nominate men for
Inc school hoard. are as follows:
FIRST WARD.
First---J. G. Andre-s. Mrs l. "a
Bell, Mrs y. r. CamomIle' Thomas
Harris, a. 2. Payne, Charles NJ. Lyons.
George J.. Meats. j. II Sanders, Geo
VI, sullivan. Miss Winnie Schreck.
Frank Yeagar
Second-Mrs Adele Butler. Charles
Gulbransen. o, r. Hogan, Mrs. Lillian
MARCEL, Mrs. Thomas Partridge. j q
southers, w II. Tawney Mrs A. f..
Wilson, W. II. Wilkinson. Mrs. Lima
Wilkinson.