Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-03
Bottom Fast Dropping Out OF
Campaign Of American
Party Leaders.
NON-PARTISAN TICKET SAFE.
Voters do Not Like Idea of Putting
Education OF Children Into Political
Machine OF CRATER Party.

Wednesday next the school election
for Salt Lake City VIII be held, and
so far the campaign has been a quiet
one In which partisan strife has not
been so predominant as It promised to
be few weeks age.
The pail Of Shets over the "Amerl-
can" party administration, and the gem
eral reputation the party has made IN
office Tor playing fast and loose win
the cltys purse strings, has convinced
large portion OF the population that
the party has so many things In 1t be-
sides its principles, that II is not saie
10 be trusted with Office,
In this election the sentiment Is max
ing headway that "Americani2ing' the
schools means making them prey TO
grafters and u cog IN the Kearns ma
chine, TO be used as the police de-
partment has recently been In rendez-
vousing votes, Some people give enough
credit to the new party to grant That It's
leaders might not care how the teach
ers think on religious matters, or where
they came from before they acquired
voting rights IN Utah. But there are
only few who go 50 far as TO con-
cede the party virtue enough TO make
II free from the suspicion that II VIII
ask very decidedly how teachers vote,
should II secure whip hand over
them The motto I'm fact OF new propo-
ganda IS estimated as you vote with
us or you lose your Job and this est.
mate is deduced with performances of
curacy from the past performances of
the party.
II the precaution Of good citizenship
which took the schools away from the
party machines. had any aim more vi
tai than this which the American
machine seeks TO destroy, and lacks
only the element of power IN Its plan to
do II, It is difficult 20 locate H.
FIGHT IS FUTILE ONE.
And the fact il becoming appreciated,
No one knows more fully than the
American" party leaders how futile
their fight Is. and how poorly their pro-
paganda has caught on since the party
began to show its real color In office,
ana IN handling of the Sheets case by
its official organ. They know that the
present management OF the school board
Is all that fair minded people could de-
sire, and that the NJ partisan move
ment viii return to ONCE the men VINO
are now at the helm, plus James T.
Hammond, one OF the best citizens of
the state, considered solely from the
standpoint of his mental and moral
equipment 10 serve It intelligently, look
ing out for the welfare OF all its people
equally.
Campaign work Is not being conduced
with a hurrah. The American party
leaders are well aware that the bot
tom has dropped out OF their cam
paign, and they have found 1t advan-
tageous OF late to drop one by one, the
issues on which their campaign has
been based, as they saw the people we're
seeing through the falsehood involved
Tonight In the Second ward a meet
Ing Will be held, at the Office of l. r.,
Wiley, at 60i Scott building. At this
meeting plans will be perfected for the
Wednesday election. This is the only
meeting called 50 far In the campaign.
KEEP SCHOOLS CLEAN.
The contest for supremacy does not
exist in the First precinct 10 any ex-
tent as Byron Cummings, dean of
the school OF arts and sciences of the
University of Utah, Is too well known
for his unselfsh devotion to the cause
OF education. TO be defeated for re-
election to the place he now fills, be-
cause OF any Wild catcalls from the hid
ing place OF T. X behind the "Ameri-
can" school movement.
In the Fifth only one candidate Is
up. and in the Third the American
movement never did have following
enough to make voting majority.
In the Second and Fourth the results
will depend upon the choice of candi-
dates on Individual merit, and on the
sentiment OF throwing the schools into
politics. or keeping them out of II, ac-
cordlng TO the program at present In
vogue.