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Show TRUTH. 2 Utah are Just as clever as the Gentiles trained here. We are sorry it became necessary for Truth to investigate and publish what is really the private affairs of the teachers, their the board to date has not given them a square deal. Teachers should be paid In accordance with their ability and work, not by the present unjust . rule. I have advised Mormon teachers to apostatise, join Padens church or that of some other sanctimonious person, then their salaries would be advanced by leaps and bounds. The taxpayers of Salt Lake pay the 360 teachers about $400,000 a year. The teachers and principals, of Salt Lake public schools do not pay all told more than about $1,000 per year in taxes, state, school, .county and city. Ninety per cent of the principals and teachers have no interest whatever in the state; they can pack all their belongings in one hour and leave the state poorer, but not wiser, as our present. board will still favor. non-Morm- on teachers. The tribune claims the church controls the schools of Salt Lake; If this charge la true, then .its time the Mor-- . " church should be made to explain Irhy it-. discriminates against its own teachers and favors the ones who are' always, willing to pull the church its teachto.plieces If and the ings: people. present' board iS 'ah echo of the chUrch.'T must- say the Mormon teachers do not get a ' ' deal. square , ".Continue 'this' school investigation mon- - -- . and-misreprese- in religious preferences, but there was no other way to effectually give the lie to those malicious reports spread so extensively in the community .Edit- or Truth.) CREDIT TO WHOM CREDIT IS DUE. Democratic making loud but unfounded claims for the credit of the irrigation bill passed at the recent session of congress. They call it the Newland bill, after the Congressman: of that name, a Democrat Who favored the bill but was in no sense the author of it' and did no more to pilot it through congress, than many others1 who favored it Thith is perfectly willing ter give 'Mr. Newland and other Democrats full credit for what they did to further the interests of the bill which means so much for the arid The rs spell-binde- vated and watered, and that each individual should be limited to a certain amount of water. At the suggestion of Mr. Sutherland, the provision requiring that parties should live on the land was modified to read that they live on or in the near vicinity of the land. That was for the especial benefit of Utah, for the reason that in early days Insettlers, for protection from the makdians, built their houses together, ing villages while they cultivated the land in the near vicinity. That provision was therefore of great value to President Roosevelt Utah settlers. to sent a message congress urging the passage of the bill. The Republicans were in a majority in both houses of congress. They passed it and a Republican president signed it. The party in power are rightly responsible for legislation enacted while they are in power. To that party belongs either the praise or the blame. Some individual Democrats voted for the bill and some few individual Republicans opposed it, but it was a Republican measure, founded on Republican principles. The Democrats, according to their custom when any progressive measure is introduced, raised their usual argument that the irrigation bill was unconstitutional. They said that although the government had the power to sell public land, it had no power, under the constitution to spend public money to improve those lands, the states, but it is not willing-thaDemocrats should claim . the entire credit for the measure when as a matter of fact they are as a party, not entitled to any credit at all for that legas-- it hasgone out that the schools of islation. The facts regarding the irriwhile the Republicans took the posiSalt Lake are deteriorating because of Mormon eontrOi. If, the public schools gation bill are that a committee of six- tion that if the government had power the power, to are in the ; conditon that the Tribune teen members 'of congress, composed to sell the land n and the sectarian preachers say they of eleven' Republicans, and five Democrats spend money to put the land in a that it could be sold. Without are, it' is time; the board discharged Was' appointed to inquire ; into water, it was unsaleable and valueless. this 83 per cent of. Gentile, .teachers and employed only Mormons. as' it 'is conditions' i nthe arid states and the This irrigation measure means much admitted today bythose'whoknow means that might be employed to ren- to Utah. It means in a very few years that some of ' the best teachers and der the arid places productive. This the doubling of the area under cultivation. It's a measure alone' which principals are Mormons' iii the ' Salt committee 'framed a bill which was in- should make every man and woman in Lake public, schools. Some' time ago the board made a troduced to the senate by Senator the arid regions vote for Roosevelt. rule" that' all female teachers married Hansworth of South Dakota, & Repub- Compare Roosevelt's interest in the should be charged.. I 'find on look- lican, as a committee bill and not the west; with Clevelands sneers at everybWr"the listTdts of married teach- bill of any qne member of the commits thing west of New York state. ing O ers, and all of them are from some tee. It was passed by the senate unanieastern state." If the board carries out mously and a large majority of the senTHOSE OF THE K.; Ks.' WHO not enforce this ators were Republicans. The bill was Were formerly republicans its salary rule why latter one? , There" is. no . doubt the introduced fo the house by Congress- AND THEIR CHIEF ORGAN, THE .board is timid with. eastern teachers. man: Mandejl of .Wyoming, a .Republi- TRIBUNE, SAY THEY WANT TO They are afraid of enforcing' 'their can, and Mr Mandell made the fight SEE ROOSEVELT AND FAIRBANKS own rules; lest itgo.outthat on the floor of the house and had ELECTED. YET THEY HAVENT are teachers being discharged charge of the bill until it was passed PUT THE REPUBLICAN PRESIwhereas ' the.' Tribune and " those holy and became, a law. When introduced DENTIAL ELECTORS ON THEIR men known as religious barkers say into the house, it was referred to the TICKET. THEIR ACTIONS AND our schools are going back with WORDS on THEIR DONT house committee irrigation, cent teachers who are Presbyterians composed of seven Republicans PLEASE TAKE NOTICE Methodists, . Baptists. . Holy . RoUses and four Democrats, THAT IF THEY WANT TO VOTE Holy' Ghosters and Mother . Bddyites, Oregon,- - Mondell . of FOR THE REPUBLICAN ELECTORS it's time we gave a chance to Mormon Reader, of Kansas, THEY MU8T PUT THEIR X MARK teachers. We taxpayers are paying of ;Utahf - Ray of ; .New York, a ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET IN over $300,000 a year to the Gentile Jfrom Massachusetts and a THE CIRCLE BENEATH THE RE. , teacber- - or what? . I. ask. EMBLEM. 8EE TO representative from, Wisconsin were PUBLICAN is hls be investi. . If lime shbqld, the republicans on that committee. THAT. gated:7 'Continue the good work, so Newland of : Nevada, ..Underwood of that we will get all the facts in con- Alabama, and two others whose names INCONSISTENCIES OF SENATOR nection with the schools of our city, we. have .forgotten were the Democannon. Respectfully. cratic' members. The bill was. dis"7 JAMBS JOHNSON. . cussed and amended in various ways : Cannons address before Mr. by that committee Sutherland of the Kearns Kickers at the theatre on (Mr. Johnson is somewhat radical. Utah prepared section 9, which providWe' do " not think 'the board of educa- ed for the Expenditure of money for Monday afternoon was not by any ' tion " makes' any religious distinctions irrigation .works from the sale of the means the triumph which the Kearns arid lands, of , each state .within that organs reported it to be. It was not in the employment 'of teachers, and we state and .insured an. equitable division received with even ordinary enthusiknow the' superintendent does not. It of the appropriation among the several asm bv the audience. The strain of is purely a question of merit The su- states.; . . ; ; and misrepresentation . President. Roosevelt took great and insincerity perintendent or theifiembers board do not know anything about unusual interest in the measure and marked it so strongly that it .had not .help and persistence.it the affect on the audience which the the' religious beliefs of the teachers would. nothishave become a law. K. Ks. hoped for. afid that is. ah it Should be. The schools So deeply interested was the' presir are not deteriorating On the j con- dent? measure that he twice sent To begin .with Mr. Cannon charged for. Congressmen Sutherland, Mandell', that the change in conditrary, the stafid&rd is higher than it Reader ' ther-rigatio-n and tions in Utah whereby a Democratic .Tongue, members of ever was: " The large number of Genf and went over the majority of 61.000 in ' 1896 became a committee, tiles employed as tetters Jg account1 bill With them line by line. The presi- Democratic .ed-fominority in six years was in fact dent the that the made by 'east; suggestions, some of whlcb to church influence is not a Where the population is dense, there is were incorporated' in the bill. One of owing a plethora of good, teachers, better Roosevelts Ideas was "that 'the bill fact The facts are that in 1896 the than the average Salt Lake teacher! should be- for the benefit of Individuals entire west including Utah, ran wild Mormon or Gentile, who cannot get settlers and not' to enable on the silver craze. A few years after employment at home' and are glad, to large corporations and' railroads to acthe Democrats announced that they comp, west.. The fact that so many quire large tracts .of land. He no-rof the teachers are Gentiles is incorporation of a-- clause re- - werp cured' of their insanity and were flection on the ability of the Mormops. quiring-tha- l beneficiaries, of .the- water clothed and. in their right' senses. The The Mormon teachers' tralfiecT at borne should live on die" land to be fillver Republicans who went culti nt t : . - . . it-ha- . d con-ditio- -- . k - ' - . - -- ; . non-Mpriq- on - . . 83-pe- AGREE-VOTER- i - . . rep-resentati- ve - . ; : Ex-Senat- or -- . . - of-th- . e , but-fo- r " in-th- e the-politica- - -- r -- - - and-genui- ne Bug-geqted-t- he e i so-call- ed l S off with the Democrats made, a similar announcement The conditions in Utah were similar to those In most of the western states. Enormous Demo, cratic majorities were changed to Democratic minorities in the siw producing states and in other free giL ver states as well. Will Mr. Cannon seriously tell us and expect us to believe that the Mormon church caused those changes in Kansas, Nebraska. Nevada, Colorado, Idaho, Washington and other states. We think net. The same causes made the change in Utah as in all those other states. Mr. Cannons eulogy of Senator Kearns was most ludicrous. I have watched, him during four years and I have seen that he has grown bigger and stronger and his ideals have been advancing step by step. Mr. Kearns' ideals lad vancing! .Thats real funny. If it is .true, it s a mighty bad thins for Mr. Kearns ideals are the lowest and most base. In what way has Mr. Kearns grown bigger and stronger? physically or otherwise? Physically he has. grown more gross and his mental growth may have kept pace with his physical. Mr. Cannon to discoyer any improvement must be clairvoyant He sees what nobody else does. Thomas Kearns, is not an ignoramus, said Mr. Cannon. What on earth then is he? The record is imperishable that Senator Kearns has accomplished more of the great things demanded of a senator in the same length of time than his colleague, said Mr. Cannon. Tell us, please, one just one great thing Mr.' Kearns has done as senator from 'Utah. We will be satisfied with less than one - -- great thing. ..Tell.us, please, just one mediocre thing that Kearns has done for Utah.- Mr. Cannon may have a different idea to the majority of people as- to what constitutes the great things demanded of a senator. Mr. Kearns did some great things, but they are not very creditable things. And he (Kearns) shows his superior devotion now to the state he loves, when he., offers freely as a sacrifice any aspirations of his own to continue - - , in public life. Doesnt everybody know that. Kearns, like an employee who proved unfaithful, resigned as a candidate to avoid being ignominious-lfired? Yes, we all know it. So does Mr. Cannon. In' proof that Senator Smoot uses and relies on church influence, --Mr. Cannon said that Smoot stated at Washington six months or so ago that Kearns would not be reelected senator. Truth said the same thing more than a year ago and didnt need . any. .revelation or church influence to find.Tt out. The whole course of the man since he was elected senator has made it impossible for him to be by any decent, community. Mr. Cannon said that Moses Thatch- e er was adjudged guilty of unchristian-likconduct by an ecclesiastical court because he said, No legislator can keep his oath of office if he or she allows the officials of an ecclesiastical actions organization, to control his within the province of the state. The he who day .must come in Utah when holds a (being an officer in the state) of any higher allegiance (to the chiefs than alien or church organization) that to which (under his oath)a lawlongs to the state, must not he Suremaker in the halls of the state. was no ly Mr. Cannon knows that it s y , self-respecti- re-elect- ed for those utterances that Mr. fellow-ecclesiasti- Thatcn-er- decided to cs he had been guilty of un-Christia- dont know whether was guilty of car like conduct or not and we don t too conduct. .We .un-Christi- an - . but we know it was not for statements that he was adjuag guilty In giving a resume of the senatorreelections in Utah, with particular gard to the rise of church influencftP those elections, Mr. Cannon, to M modesty, made no reference own election as senator. That was . .- e . -i k! |