The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-21
Mormon polygamists do likewise-and
arc equally foolish.
AS TO THE SCHOOL BONDS.

stantly in use in its columns, and par
: tlcularly its editorial columns, that i
J imagines that no newspaper can ge
, along without it, Accordingly, on Mon
, day evening it imputed hypocrisy t,
: The Salt Lake Tribune "in its opposi
tion 10 the proposed Issue of bonds for
high school But there has been n,
such opposition. What we oppose is tn,
handing over Of 100000 in money tc
set of notorious grafters and lawless
pilfercrs The News says that our rea
reason is that "thc members of the
school board arc not the creatures of
and are not controlled by. The Trib
une party BOSSES" The Inference is
plain. Ii they were controlled by The
Tribune they would be directed into
honest lines. they would quit their
nepotism and graft, and the lawlcss
thrusting of their hands into the pub.
lie treasury for their own private ad.
vantage,
The Tribune has ample reason to dis
trust the present board of education of
this city. That board undertook an
|
its superintendent Of buildings. Mr..
Bridwell. 1t pursued that investigation
up to the point where certain members
of the board besides Mr. Newman we're
| getting involved. Newman was thor
oughly involved in nepotism. falsehood
and side grabs from the public treasury
through his relatives, and so continues
But when other members also saw the
probable exposure of their grabs
they called off the investigation. Re.
Gently they gave Mr.. Brldwell com.
plcte whitewash. But if Mr.. Bridwell
is entitled to clear bill, why oust him7
The fact that graft and ncpotism arc
the controlling forces IN the board of
education is what makes it impossible
for the upright citizen who wants his
money honestly expended, and proper
value received for it, to support the
grating board proposition for the issue
Of bonds,
1t is quite true, as we have repeatedly
said In our discussion of this matter
that the city needs the high school.
1t is also true as we hive stated time
and again, that the people of this city
are well disposed towards the public
schools. and that if the board of educa.
ton had anything like n clcan bill of !
clearance in the matter of graft and the |
handling of public funds, there would be |
no question but that we would all be |
the bonds AS IL is, how |
ever, it is the widest folly to vote
money into the hands of men who not
only refuse to say what they intend
TO do with it, refuse to disclose their
despite the many damaging
rumors ahoat as to what is proposed to
be done, and who, the public has every
reason to believe, would fritter away
a good deal of money in favoritism.
nepotism, incompetent work, and per-
sonal graft.
1t is vnin that the News undertakes
to argue in favor of this grating prop
osltion. 1t has not the gall, quite, so
far, to come out in favor of the pro.
posed bond issue to these grafters But
1t lndulges in sort of sloppy plea for
the education of the YOUTH There
IS no occasion for any such an argument
as that We have put that case far bet
Ter ourselves. time after time. in this
same connection. It is not n question
of education of the youth There is no
assurance that the education of the
youth would be attended to by the
present grating board even If ii got
he money, 1t is after the money. and
lot after the education of the youth.
And therefore we do not see how the
axpaycrs of this city would be iusti.
led IN going it blind and voting $4,000
n bonds for board that is openly and
lotorlously under the influence of nepo.
ism and graft, and which refuses TO
explain to the people of this city what
t intends to do with the money. as
ormer boards have uniformly done and
is the council has never failed to do
when it asked the taxpayers to vote {
ponds.
In every case heretofore there has
'een a full, frank. and clear statement {
" what 1T was proposed to do with the
money, when authority for bond issue
vac dShcu~ HIS statement mas been by
authorities not in any way tainted by s
raft, or who in any fair showing could I
20 accused of any wrong-doing. But s
lere we have board, stolid. sullen,
ompletely under the sway of grating
nd nepotic influences, refusing TO tell
he people what it intends to do with
he money, but insisting with reek.
ess reiteration that puts candid people l
ut OF patience, that they want this
100000, to do as they please with the
money. We insist, on the other hand l
hat tho taxpayers are entitled to
omplete showing and that this show S
ng should be made by persons in whom
here is reason to impose at least fair Q
egree of trust and confidence. The 9
ime has gone by when the present I
lake'up of the board of education could X
e put in that class, because this is c
he board that shut Off the investigation a
Bridwell because of the fear of GER I
ain members that they themselves I