The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-28
AS TO SCHOOL CONTROL.

| Surd by undertaking to deny that the
masses of tho church parties arc in
! ferior in appreciation of schools, OF
| education, and in knowledge OF how
to conduct schools, as compared with
the average of the masses Of tho Amer.
lean party. The superiority OF the
members of the American party as q
mass over those Of the church parties rs
| a mass is so evident as TO need no dem
onstration; all that any one needs to
do is simply to refer to tho facts as
they are known to exist. After ex-
hausting itself in a sort Of weakly
twaddlc on the denials referred TO, the
News closes its editorial in the follow
ing words:
The chief point. however is this. how
long viii the voters of the so-called
American party follow the lead OF an
organ that has no argument except raise
hood TO offer. no inducement except de-
ception? 1t tried 10 capture the county
by misrepresenting the church and boast
ing OF contemplated plans OF cruel per
Secutiop. II now tries TO capture the
schools by mlsrepresentlng the church.
Is such q lead worth following? Is the
party that relies ON such argument
worthy OF support? You would not sup
Il
trade: why should you follow chronic
decciver in politics?
\ moro complete tissue Of lies than
that could hardly be compressed into
such small volume The Tribune offers
no falsehoods, but continually refers
TO the church publications by date, by
name, and by page, for its material.
. lsl MI bn n1, ~,
tho late campaign in the least. The
church action was SO open, so undiss
guised, so virulent, so strenuous, that
no possible representation could 90
further than the o~en facts disclosed
10 the public day by day. The Tribune
of "cruel persecution, made no boasts
at all OF any kind, except that when
the American party captured the
county Offices Gas it is bound to do it
would disclose 10 the public eye con-
dition of maladministration and rot
insls guilty OF it TO the penitentiary
Ii this is "cruel persecution, - then
we have yet TO learn the meaning of
the words, 1t is no persecution TO send
unfaithful and criminal public officials
to the penitentiary. That is precisely
where they belong, and that is precisely
where such unfaithful officials are else
where sent without any one having the
gall TO raise the cry that it is persecu-
tion.
Neither does The Tribune now try
to capture the schools by misrepresent-
ing the church. 1t does not misreprc-
sent the church III any respect in this
matter, but, on the contrary, has stated
the facts precisely as they are. It
made a report of the remarks of
Bishops Iverson and Christensen in the
First ward so-called nonnartisan meet
ing, and there has been no claim that
our report misrepresented the remarks
that those bishops made, Those re.
marks were an open plea in behalf OF
the Mormon church that "we, " mean
ing that church, are entitled to the
members from that ward The Nor
mons now have six out of the ten mem
bers Of the board. How, then. is it mis-
the church to say that it
is in control of the public schools?
Every one knows the tenacity with
which the church leaders require all
the members of that church TO sub
nit to counsel" which practically
means "obey orders" There is no de-
ceptiou on the part of The Tribune
or of the American party IN this mat
ter. The deception and false prctenso
are altogether with the opposition.