The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-27
SCHOOL CONVENTIONS TONIGHT

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ward.
The First ward American school
meeting will be held in Judge Whit
aker IS courtroom in tho Joint building.
A nomination will there and then be
made to beat Mr.. Martin, the present
rcactionary and unfit member of the
/ board, who is sustained as distinctively
the Mormon candidate by Bishops liver
son and Christensen in their claim that
"we,o meaning the Mormon church
authorities, are entitled TO this Of,
flee. The voters of the First ward deny
that any church is entitled to any civil
office, and they deny also that Mr..
Martin is a fit man to be on the school
board. Accordingly, their nomination
will be made TO displace him. and GER
tainly that nominee should be supported
to that end, for nothing more disastrous
to the schools could be imagined than
to allow them TO remain, as now, in
the sectarian control of the Mormon
church.
In the Third ward there Will also be
an American nomination made in op-
position to Mr.. Oscar W Moyle, whose
boast is that he has succeeded since
his incumbcncy upon the board IN GUST
ing pretty much all of the trained
teachers from the East and supplying
their places with the less efficient home
talent. 1t was curious thing to boast
about, yet Mr. Movie made this his
boast in his speech accepting the nomi-
nation of the bitterly partisan "non.
partisans. The loyal people Of the
Third ward, those who have the inter
ests Of the schools most at heart, should
rally to the support Of the nomination
made there tonight and elect the nomi
nee over Mr.. Moyle. who has made such
an outrageous confession as TO his mo-
tives and work.
The American nominations in the
other wards, which are in fact and in
deed the real nonpartisan nominations,
were made on Tuesday night.
In the Second ward, Mr.. George s.
Smith, we'll known and popular bust
ness man of that ward, should, without
doubt, beat Mr.. Giauque. the church
tool and unfit member Of tho board
from that ward, whose term is about
TO expire. Mr.. Giauoue is no sort OF
a school man to begin with, and his
opera tions in the building line have cer.
talnly disappointed his friends. who
hoped that in that particular part OF
the school work he would show himself
impartial and efficient. Mr.. Smith has
H. l.
at heart, and The Tribune asks the
genuine school lovers of tho Second
ward TO rally to his support and give
him, not only the full vote Of the party,
but the full vote OF all who wish to
SEQ nonsectarian, efficient, and pro-
grcssive public schools.
In the Fourth ward. Mr. Bismarck
SNYDER the American nominee, is a man
Of ability, progressive, and deeply in
terested in the schools. Mr.. Thomas,
his opponent, is more the church agent
or missionary, as 1t might be called. for
this school work than he is school
man, or than he is devoted to the cause
of education as a civic proposition. He
is not quito as frank as Mr.. Moyle in
explaining what has been done TO tue
damage Of tho public schools in the
change of teachers. but undoubtedly he
has been hand in glove with Moylc in
that evil work, Mr. Thomas should Ger.
tainly be defeated by the progressive
people of the Fourth ward. All of them
should cast their votes for Mr.. Snyder,
who would, as school official, free
the schools from the sectarian domina-
tiou which is now doing so much to
cloud their efficiency.
In the Fifth ward Mr.. Joseph
Oberndorfer, the American nominee,
has no opposition, Mr.. Oberndorfer,
OF course. will be elected, and as his
service in the past has been entirely
acceptable TO his constituents. so il
will be in the future.
The importance of the school cleo
tlons (Which occur next Wednesday,
TO the people of this city in the free
ing of the public school system from
the dominating influence Of the Nor
mon church, appeals 10 all free, indie
pendent citizens. This change must be
Ddue IL We Hd'e tuc Sall Like
City schools progressive, independent,
and really nonsectarian. To place the
public schools in the hands of per
sons, a majority Of whom are wholly
subservient to the interests of one
sect and its leaders, who are dead TO
real school interests, is such shock
ing travesty upon the very idea of free
schools that it cannot be defended for
one momeut. There is only one thing
for the free. independent, school.lov.
ing people of Salt Lake City to do;
aud that is to come out in their
strength for the rescue OF the public
schools from the sectariau thrslldom
In which they are now held.