Show IU l V Reports have been In this city elly t alleged ll occurrenceS nt at 1 county which the News hll l hOt until now commented ll upon It vas to make suro luro ot of the facts In th thc case callo an opinIon Jon Ion concerning them Our correspond correspondent ent at that ln o furnishes which aro hero bero Inserted 14 Jan 8 1900 1000 Tu To the tho J 1 Th re Is Iff considerable agitation in n our cIty just nt at present over the establish mont ment ot of a religion class here whIch Is held in III the Iho pu blo school house alter the of school on Thursday even evenIngs r logs Ings i Tho ho petition WM OM drawn up mill anil claw V by those who oppose time the class f That was wa so IO misleadinG in III Its ll of dl th thO matter that quite n a num her bor ot of signed It believing It Its allegations to lie Ilc true truo upon the tho do de ot of those echo Iho circulated the Iho said when In truth and anel lh n nt t fact ct a misstatement of the tho matter could havo hardly hurdly been greater tuna that contained In the tho petition which begins ns as follows T To the tho honorable Board of 01 Trustees V Richfield School District The Tho under undersigned citizens or of field being credibly Informed that you OU have hae Inaugurated a religious ChillS cias In inthe the public schools ot of this city for tor the Iho purpose of 01 teaching to school children tb principles ot of the Church ot of Jesus Christ ot of Saints do solemn solemnly ly Iy protest and object and herein sub submit mit theIr reasons Following title thIs the tho fourth ot of s section 3 of tho iho En lt Act article 10 of eec tion 1 1 or of the and section cllon of be the of Utah are quoted all of which are aro to tIme the our public schools ahall bo be free treo fro from In control that so No atheistic religious or op denominational doctrine shall be taught laUght therein and the con concludes eludes by asking tilt the trustees to forth forthwith with the class claM The Richfield correspondent to the tho Salt Lake Herald goes oven oon further lurther anti states that the class was b the tho public pUblio school teachers and trustees Now the facts In the tho case are as fol ow b The Tho authorities ot of the theT T Mormon Church ot of this ward applied to the tho tru trustees t es to rent the tho school house ono one I In each week after atter the tho close cloe of school for tor the tho purpose or of holding 1 a religion class therein After Aller due the tho school board acting In accordance with section 1822 1522 of tin till Hl od ute utes agreed to and Imd did rent the lie school building for rOI the tha purpose as an stated aboVe The section of 01 law last r to reads all as follows follow In ot of the Powers lowers and Duties s of tile the school hoard board Jt may permit a schol hou vlon rot occupied for school purposes to b 11 need for oJ any purpose wh 1 wilt will not Interfere with the Iho or other furniture or nail shall such charges for the tho use or of the same samo 11 a athey they mn may decide to be just Justi but for fOl 1111 any such Ruch use or the district haIl not ho be nt at an any expense fo fuel or 01 otherwIse Jt It I Is the tho contention of the or of the class that tim the lintt honl Is not 3 0 copied for lor school purposes ell after time che of school anti that the tave as lawful right to rent relit tIme tho tor r religIous purposes at that time as astor asfor for tor any other purpose and that n a re me class fitter after school oven on it Ir IrIt It begin five after Is no mare Ilire teachIng religion In school than It If It were held In the evening on 1 a Saturday or during the summer r lIca In time the school house houSt The Tho tI tiun n to the tho class assert that they are going to test In III the courts time the legality 4 of the tho notion actIon of the tho trustees In ting Ing II a religion class to bo be taught In Inthe inthe the school house Nothing will suit the friends or of the class better botler If the courts d decide that the letter or even the spirit n ot of the tho In Is being violated Iol ted b by con conC cont t C dueling such lIuch n a class under the condl named those who It I the ward ecclesiastical not the public school teachers and trims trus trustees tees will willingly discontinue the same Bam for tOI it IC It Is illegal al to turn furnish Ish fa a in a public school building out outside side of 01 school hours for or thoo to study religion who wish to do so with no re me request quest guest or even cen desire for tor those who do donOt donot nOt wish to do so FO to take lako part 85 PuPils I or teachers the sooner wo we find It out I Ithe the better and moro inure pleasant wilt It to 10 for us all V There Is a disposition on the part ot of some slime people In this State to stir up In to the dor mon Church Anything to breed discord anti place the tho Church In n a false light before th the world seems Beems to bo be their motto An Idea abroad that Mormonism Is taught In tho public a schools or of Utah Ulah It Il has been coca stoned by the tho untruths circulated by B sectarian ministers It has been heen done In the tho same spirit und anti b by the seine Barne methods which have caused the notion t prevail that In Utah the Church and the State are united and that the Church dominates the State Slate The nubile schools of ere are kept entirely anti dIstinct from rein Church authority No Jormon tenets are taught or I to be thereIn There Is no desire h alre or intention on the Part of the Church cu AU to interfere lit Iii An any wa way with the tho pUblic publio school system state to the contrary is II entirely un unTrue untrue True In view ot of tl set that thet no 9 training raining of any kind hind Is allow ll In the distrIct or In th lie Slate Un crall the of 01 the Church ot of Jesus of if Saints instituted what are UIl rolled called n Religion Classes Claset for lor 14 Instruction or of the tho child 4 fen rca ot of th the Saints In the principles or of ortha the tha Gospel of 01 Chrit The They took the view that on an hour JV o In 1 one day 1 out ot of seven en In the SUnd L Ine for fort forr t r ot of who ho spent p nt to five or six Ix days durs lii III the In education In Inon places whore It l IS practicable able these have heeti heen organized arid th children n ol o the Saint after day have e been bled in III annie convenient pla place and it hort Um time been In III r trAining This hon has boen boell on optional on the port part of the Iho child children ren Ien and amI their It lit Is riot it I re me tnt It has no connection what whatever whatever ever With the school It It is III dI anti and and kept and nil from the tho It use hM no mor more with them than have havo the schools of time the different religious In thIs State In the ClIN It appears the tho district school house houle wee was rented for tor time the holdIng of 01 mt II religion cia clan utter after th the regular dey wee s dismissed lh re is Ie no mere reason to a tM tnt hO than there would be to 10 har r tUl WH ws taught In the tho public schools because Il political nJ might be 00 held by br permission ot of the when tho Iho school hool was not In session School houses ar sonic Limos 1110 used 1 for purpoSe which Ire ere In no way associated with tho Iho nubIle So 80 as 89 thy they dtp d not interfere with the tH proper conducting or Of the tho district schools hero thero I Is nothing unlawful or oil ob In such HUch uses of tho lie build logs un under er th the ot of tIme the lawfully ell led truel trustees We know It is not the ot of the Church authorIties to mingle uti schools The most positive Instructions h have ve been given shen to 10 prevent It The rhe Ulmo utmost t care should bould lie be taken to avoid even oen time appearance of oC the tho Intrusion ot of religion into nto the dill die dietrict It does not appear front from the tho statement made by our dent dont that the line IIno ot of demarcation lies his been heen stepped over by our friends In eld The Tho trouble seems Hem to have arisen from on tile part or of some somo persons anxious to guard tIme tho schools train from sectarian influences Influence Wo We think they are mistaken The he proper thin thing to do o In the tho settle gettle settlement bent ment Of t thIs dispute l Is In our opinion for the parties on either wIde side or their representatives to come together and offer mutual In any It should be understood that hint re me religion ligion classes have hao been Instituted In Inthis Inthis this Church for time the Instruction of chit dna whose hOlt parents desire them to at attend attend tend and that the they are aro and must bo be kept entirely separate from the public school of 01 the tho State Slate |