The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-09

O. Smoot, Jr,. for approving Rev. f.. j.
Goshen S talk to the graduating class
of the schools AT Provo. he asks to
have the following printed as stating
his actual position. We very willingly
assent to this request, and print his
statement, viz:
Provo. February Z.
Editor Tribune:-Yo consistent stand
in the past for the prevention Of political
and religious teachings in the public
schools OF Utah has been generally ad-
mired by the citizens OF the State.
have been one in accord with that past
always been laid aside In school cleo
,ous. ! stood in the last school cleo
ton In this city for the nomination and
election Of a. o. Smoot Jr.. rank
Democrat. II is therefore with no Flush"
that ! privately expressed 10 him, as a
member of the school board from my
ward. my utter disgust at the political
TRADE Of the Rev Mr. Goshen, before
city schools.
One OF my children was a member of
that graduating class. and | did not
attend the exercises To hear n political
TRADE. nor TO hear the political conduct
OF Ttah's Senator's held up either for
laudation or for censuro, The reverend
gentleman who delivered the address is
entitled to his Judgment OF their support
OF the recent tariff legislation; but he
is not entitled, by the very standard
which Tine Tribune Itself has sci up in
Utah, to bring his political Judgment
before the children OF the public schools,
AS well let The Tribune argue for the
right OF his peculiar views on tho
Jonah and the whale story being laid
before the children of public schools. as
that he should have the right TO air his
political views before them.
How The Tribune can square its Wig
orous fight against religion classes being
even held In the public school room and
vet defend the political censure Of the
Rev. Mr.. Goshen Is past understanding,
vital public questions, and The Tribune
editor should measure the conduct OF
| politically inclined preachers as rigor-
ously. as he measures thc, religiously in
! Clined teachers. Let us keep both poll =
| tics and religion out OF tho public school
system OF the State.
Having brought my. name into this
discussion. do me the justice of at least
correctly presenting my position.
Yours truly.
! JAMES GLOVE.
With respect to politics in the public
schools, The Tribune has always been
strongly averse to any introduction of
politics therein. There is altogether too
much politics and sectarianism in the
public schools of this State 1t is not
a question, as Mr.. Glove says, so much
Of keeping it out as of wedding it ont
To that wedding out. The Tribune de
votes its best efforts.
Coming to the talk made by Mr.. Co
shen, it would seem to us that his in
tent was not political, but merely to en-.
force the lessons of history, that gov.
ernments must be for the benefit OF
the people, and that they should not
devote themselves to the fostering of
class interests and the building up and
protection of monopolics. as contrasted
with attending to the necessities of the
citizenship of the country II is cspe'
cially obligatory upon the republics to
keep this difference in mind and 10
make prominent their support of the
rights of the people as against the
claims of privileged classes, or monopo.
lissic interests. If to enforce this les
son of history, the discussions from
ich are older than any political par
ties We have, IS to introduce politics
into the schools. then il is necessary
for those who make this claim to show
that the parties for which they speak