Show fr NOT VERY nY SINCERE We Pe do not believe c the managers manager cf of t the American party part ore are very cn sincere In their campaign n for the capture of the public schools or Snit Lak Lake It looks a good deal more like ordinary politics r than an effort II In the Interests of or the thc theS the'S S 'S schools or of an any other public factor From the Tribune of oC ThursdayS Thursday'S Thursday ti S morning we clip the following following- The Tho schools chool are not ns as good g not ns IS t nor 1101 do they stand as high in inthe inthe f the public estimation as tho they did so son som n r years c arol ago This deterioration was ini In- In 1 i evitable under r nn on administration In J. J wt which n n. base e ecclesiasticism has hos Its In Interests interests In- In recognized as a prime mime facto factor S We Ve rather doubt doubt t too o the truth of S the statement that the thc schools are are not notS noto S so o good as the they were a few years ago S It Is certain that the Salt Lake schools enjoy ri a a vcr very high rank In the estimation estima ion tion of educators all over o the country countr If It It IS Is certain that the work of or the Salt Snit S Ln Lake e schools won a gold Kold medal nn and nc aS a n S c SliVer silver medal at the St. St I Louis worlds world's fair In 1904 and won two gold medals p if f the the divisions di being elementary and S High school at work at Portland last lust year There has been no worlds world's fair 5 year ear and ond so no exhibit has be been n made marlc But nut there Is no reason to f ch charge rge that the excellence of nC Salt Sail Lake schools has been wrecked In the thel 1 l' l year ear that has pl-c pl passed sed It is not true it And since there has hns been cn n nj deterioration de do- the rest of oC the Tribunes s charge that charge that the decay deroy is due to a abase abase aS base is is foil folly S In view of or the excellence achieved 5 by the schools of this elt city the Tribunes Tribune's Tri Trl- S bunes bune's statement here following Is not notel el very conclusive or convincing There are but two pO possibilities for forthe the the schools One is 18 to leave them unS un- un S S det define th church cloud as lt now rh Tho other Is Js to bring them out into the I clear glorious s sunlight ht of Americanism American ism and hearty American ideas awl and stimulation And this Is what whal is to be done There rests the true th th only S partisanship non possible for tor us The Tho schools be either Amer American an anor or ecclesiastically Mormon and theyS they thoy S can not possibly o be he left leet permanently permanent under r the hierarchic Jurisdiction We ie do not observe that the schools S are are under any church cloud at present pres I ent and nd so can not feet feel the alarm that tha t Is so tremulously expressed b by th thaS the tha S J w paper of putting Into the for their saving And so M sot f far r as aR the clear glorious sunlight ot of Americanism is concerned we m may 1 for tor asking what Is meant 1 by that pretty prett figure o of ot speech What S ares re the present Indices and exponents S of that that lustrous sunlight Is th the finnS jum finn S In ble In tho the office of ot City Treasurer 5 Cn one of ot them Are r t the tIie e untrue charges of ot against wa water r users who have l C paid their lat rates s sono ono one o of the examples of ot clear glorious sunlight 18 Is the spectacle of ot a chief of cf police harboring criminals S fr Ing ga a settlement between a stranger and the thieves who fobbed J S hInt him one ot of othe Vie tiie glints of that Is the forced false al e le regIs regIs- 13 from Commercial street q n I unu jhc attempt at Illegal megal voting a am ray o of oC ih tie tIlo Tribune and Its Us I part lt so I warmly approve S If IC conditions are bad they should be b bettered But before the work p pf S t tearing up begins it should be mad clear that there is really a bad had conS con con- S In tho the schools And second H t should bo be ma made e clear that the S and and the party panty directing tho the crusade ru e enjoy a record which gives assurance that and not abasement jwill follow Collow the the- innovation lon S And In iii view of or the fact that the theS S schools are not nol now managed In the theS S Interest r st Of Mormonism but of oC the theS S school children In view of the fact S that tho the record won by the present 1 management and worn by the present nt S S S system Is recognized as ns an enviable one all aU over 01 th the nation and in vJ view w S of the oC the fact that the American party S may bo be expected to employ In the theL thel l school government go the same policies which have won It condemnation In lu Inthe luS n S the the past we do not bell believe bello o there IsS Is S fl nn any merit In the cause the Tribune is ish Y h championing S There should not be an any question of politics In the public schools and we wet f t do not believe belie the citizens of oC SaliS Salt Sali S al permit It |