The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-13
IT LUas IN THE CHURCH.

The News is still scoldlng over the
possible defeat of the constitutional
amendments recently submitted. Inas
much. however, as those amendments
probably were carried, we can see nc
reason why this Juror over their pos.
sible defeat.
The News asks: ''Is there any fair
reason why any citizen Of Salt Lake
should be definitely opposed to allow.
| ing the towns of Utah TO enjoy the
privileges of high school education9'
Which is about as silly a way as the
thing could possibly he presented. OF
course there is no such reason. There
is nobody at all opposed 10 allowing
the towns Of Utah to enjoy the privl-
leges of high school education. Ev-
erybody, on the contrary, of any sense
OF intelligence, is firmly in favor of
Just that enjoyment by them. So far
from anybody wanting to put stone
in the way Of that enjoyment, every
one would gladly help it along in every
possible way. 1t is characteristic of
the News, however, TO take refuge in
such pitiful subterfuge whenever it un-
dertakes to discuss any question at all.
It does not seem to have the least
knowledge, sense, vital argument, or
logic, when it undertakes TO discuss
anything at all II is in this instance
precisely like the man who might get
out on the street and undertake to
prove that two and two are Eve by
arguing the efficacy of some corn salve
that he might be offering for sale.
The News S pitiful, whining supposi.
tion that somebody might perhaps be
opposed to high schools is quito OF
piece OF its usual style Of presenting
case. And it enters, further, an
erratic, disjointed, and irrelevant plea
for the church in this same connection
which it is hard to understand. It
says:
There is no rays, In Gods sunlight to
which the church fears TO expose all OF
its history, all OF its creed, all OF Is aims,
pie of the church that Will not thrive
better the more fully and completely it
is understood and analyzed.
Well, without entering into any dis
cussion of that, what has the church
got 20 do with the people in the towns
Of Utah enjoying the privileges of high
school education? What has the
church got TO do with the coustitu.
tional amendments that were submitted
at the recent clection3 II is time
enough to discuss the church history,
the church creed, the church aims, and
the church hopes, when somebody
brings them forward. But it is char.
acteristic of the News that it is never
able TO discuss anything at all without
lugging in the church. But now, can
lidly and fairly, what has the church
got To do with those amendments, and
with the question of high schools in
yhe different settlements of this State?
Come on now, and tell MS all about
these things, and explain what is meant |
oy that kind of rubbish.
1t is all well enough to appeal to the !
people of Salt Lake City and to say
hat Salt Lake City ought TO be willing |
% divide with the people of the State.
Salt Lake City is willing to divide and
share. It does so literally. and is will. I
ng TO do so. II does not want to es- |
,ape responsibility, nor to be in tho !
east niggardly or ungenerous it wants !
% be precisely the reverse. But that |
S 10 reason why IT should enjoy being I
,eld up under false pretense nor to
lave some impudent fool speak about |
Salt Lakers wanting TO deprive the |
people of the different settlements of
nigh school privileges, or TO serve as
ln excuse for parading the hopes, de-
ires, and history of the Mormon
church. The inextricable tumble OF
mind that the News's editor seems TO
'e laboring under in this respect would
appear TO mean that something has to
,e covered up. What is it7 Let us
ave the whole story about these
and see in what Way they
Ilfect the church, and in what way it
ar be argued that their defeat would |
mean desire on the part of anybody
L Salt Lake TO prevent the people in
he settlements having high schools
where they want them. Let us have
10 moro Of this absolutely twaddline
'aby talk. Get down to business and
ell us what it is all about, aud where
he church comes in in this proposition.