Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-18
NASTY FIGHT ON
C|TYS CHILDREN
Tribune Utters Faisehoods to In
fIuenoe Votes Against New
School Buildings.
ROOMS ARE ovERcRowDE0
But Organ of the Crooks Would Deny
Only Possible Means or Sc
curing Relief.

The school bond law: mo debt IN eX.
cess of the taxes for the current yeai
shall be created unless the proposition
10 create such debt shall have beer
submitted to vote OF such tIualiii ed
electors as shall have paid a property
tax therein during the IL calendar
months next preceding the election and
a majority OF those voting thereon shall
have voted I'm favor of mourning such
debt"
To secure the consent of a majority
OF the voters OF Salt Lake who have
paid taxes during the past year, the
board OF education is preparing foF
an election next Saturday. ana the nee
esslties leading Up 10 the cali for this
election are now pretty well before
the public. So far very little unfayor-
able comment has been heard, except
from notorious source which long
ago became so sonred and FILTERED
towards salt Lake IN general that it
cannot even cease on so important a
thing as providing school rooms for the
clty's population Of children.
UsUAI. DISREGARD.
In making a fight against the grant.
ing OF school bonds. the usual Tribune
disregard Tor truth Is shown, with the
editorial CONNIE Mt a declaration is
solemnly made that the present board
is incompetent. because it once let Il
CONTRACT TO q person who was not the
lowest bidder and that lowest bidder
was $4,000 under the bid accepted
On the best of authority II was de
otared today thar the bidder whose bid
was rejected was willing to make a
statement OF the entire affair for the
editicatlon of the Tribune editor show
lns that he would not have undertaken
the building at his bid, because it was
simply the result of an error Ina figures,
and he WAS NOT prepared to 20 ahead
as soon as he found this out, for which
reason he refused 10 accept the con-
tract, and pu1 up a certified check.
More than this, it is also declared that
when the Tribune writer made the
charges n print yesterday morning.
ne was fully aware OF every detail of
TINS matter, Il having been explained
To him at length al Ihe time it oc-
CURED. Therefore his malicious dec
laraItons of This week become more
than simply 1nisstatements OF misuu-
ders1oOd facts.
INCIDENT AS 1T WAS.
AT the time the board oneued the
bids for the Newman school, one was
found $4,000 lower than the others. but
no check accompanied Ii as require.
by law The committee on buildings
OF the board OF education visited the
contractor, asked him 10 send in a
Check and guaranteed that II this were
done, his bid would be accepted, The
matter was delayed Tor several weeks,
Wnen the firm announced that it had
omitted TO figure on certain matters
called Tor In the specifications, and
could not accept the contract at the
figure submitted. lit was then PROM
lsed thai IL the firm could underbid
the next highest, the entire batch
would be thrown out and new bids
would be asked for, Even this offer
was refused, and therefore the only
remaining alternative was taken up.
In View of these facts, all OF them
known TO The Tribune through per-
sonat explanations OF board members
which could have easily been verified
at the contractors office, the follow
ing comment becomes peculiarly
worthy OF its source
TRIBUNE GEM.
1t is from the editorial page OF yes
terday mornings issue.
we stated further, In view of the
shameful IT not Illegal acts OF the board
with respect 10 the building of the
Newman school, that there does not
appear TO be amy one competent in
sharge OF school building under the
auspices OF the present board or In the
board Itself, to conduct the building in
l proper manner. In the case of that
school. the contract was awarded 10
bidder who was $4,000 above the lowest
bid received. 1t was the plain duty OF
he board. II Il did not wish to accept
n lowest bid. to advertise again and |
rot give such very great margin az |
ms. which was considerable over 25 1
ger cent, 70 the next lowest bidder The
action taken in this matter gave rise
o suspicion of collusion, favorittsn,
and undue influence"
Interviews with Mr.. Oberndorfer and |
MI Henderson, both generally counted |
Us friendly TO the American" party,
'ound them far from concurrine with |
he Tribune, and both heartily support.
ng the board members In the present
'equest for bonds. II tell Won. az.
Jared Mr. oberndorfer with feelJna
that there is no graft in the board or
'ducation- Its members arc conscIen- |
ions, and they give the closest atter- !
ion to every detail, cannot conpre- |
lend why this attack should be made /
thprfo mad Iu &c,