The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-28
THE CLUB AND THE BONDS.

The action of the board of governors
Of the Commercial Club with respect tc
the proposed issue Of 500, 900 in scboo
bonds in this city is distinctly in the
intcrest Of the public. These governors
arc happily of The opinion that the
grating propensities that have governed
the school board heretofore can he elm
mated. They believe, as everybody be
lieves who has looked into the question
that the high school is badly needed, that
the grade school additions arc impera
tive and that the construction of these
tageous 10 the city All this is first.
class. We agree with the board de.
cidedly, and so expressed ourselves yes
terday morning, 10 the effect that under
proper safeguards and checks the law.
less and grating propensities dominat.
ing the board that have been protected
hitherto, will no longer be protected or
allowed.
The members Of tho board who came
before the governors of the club are
mon not in the least implicated in any
charges of nepotism. selfshness, or
graft. They arc entirely clear of any.
thing of the kind They could appear
before the board and did so appear,
with good conscicnces and clean hands.
It was inevitable that they should make
a good impression upon the board of
governors. and the endorsement of that
board is distinctly advantageous to the
proposed bond issue.
We may be permitted in this conncc-
tion to express regret that Messrs. New.
man. Giau0ue. and Martin did not ap-
pear before tho board Of club COVER
nors. 1t is stated in the report that
n full and free inquiry was invited
and had into matters that should he
made public, concerning certain pay
rolls, concrete Jobs, and coal supplies
to the schools. We arc confident that
Messrs. Newman, Giauque, and Martin
could have made some very interesting
statements with respect to those matters
if they had appeared before the club
governors. The members OF the board
who were present doubtless vouchcd for
the conduct of the three absentecs for
voucher would 90 is matter OF some
curiosity. For instance. will there be
no more employment of the Newman
family at eXorbitant rates; no more con
crete work without calling for bids and
that would not have been ordered at all
l.,
plies of coal by Mr.. Martin. member
OF the board, contrary TO law? All these
things taken at second hand are by no
means as satisfactory as would have
been irst-hand information.
Aside from all that, however, it is
the decided opinion of the board of gov
ernors that whatever danger there may
be of graft, that danger can be largely
offset by watchful public sentiment
that will endure no nonsense nor tri-
fling. And the imperative need Of
new high school and the grade schools
is so evident by reason of unsanitary
conditions of the present high school
and by reason of the great ,accessions
of population Of this citv. that the build
ing of the high school and more grade
schools can be no longer delayed
With these general conclusions VIC
agree, and consider, as we said ycster-
day, that with the assured check of
the committee of safety, reinforced now
by the board of governors, the danger
heretofore noted of trusting control
that is not fit to be trusted, is prac-
tically eliminated from the problem, and
it is now safe 10 vote the bonds. Those
who are friendly toward education, who
wish to SEQ the city grow and prosper
will vote for the bonds; and this. We
believe is the thing; it ought to be
done by every qualified voter