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A LONG O G STEP BACKWARD THOSE TrosE who contemplate dragging 1 the University of Utah controversy controversy contro contro- versy through the courts should ponder ponder pon pon- der whether the they arc are justified d in iu continuing continuing con con- cony a quarrel that can cati but hut in injure injure injure in- in jure the state whatever v. the outcome Jf lf they set the tho un uncertain gains against the tho certain losses we ve doubt whether the they will make good their threat Responsibility for a proceeding proceeding proceed proceed- ing that may map easily casily split Utah asunder asun asun- der ought not to be he lightly assumed Available A facts warrant the suspicion suspicion don cion cion that the agitators are arc less eager to serve servo the tho university than to satisfy satisfy satis satis- fy Ly personal resentment One of the prime prime- movers moyers in the plan to institute institute sti in-sti- tute tute- legal proceedings is a young oung in instructor instructor instructor in- in who spectacularly ly laid ulai his career upon the altar some weeks ago and nod has been burning his fingers trying to rescue it ever since His ills annoyance and 1 that of his associates is natural their desire for as ns' as euge- euge vengeance mice ance but he and they should reflect whether they can serve sere e anybody even cven themselves b by resurrecting an in issue all factions factions' and all creeds in Ut Utah have havo helped to bury hury Discussion of the known items of fact that environ irOll the university quarrel quarrel rd rel have havo become superfluous The reading public is conversant with them They havo have been ventilated ad almost ad d nauseam They have haye had to do entirely with general statements from wl which ch specific details details details de de- de- de tails l Have e been so carefully excluded as to warrant the suspicion there are none Obstinate re refusal to go further that reiterate charges of repression suppression and opportunism has characterized the conduct of the he malc malcontent malcontent mal mal- c content instructors tors from from the begin begin- ning Their persistent refusal to furnish furnish furnish fur fur- nish definite instances wh wherein rein they were repressed or suppressed ward war warrants rants the tho assumption that they will vill n not t bc because use they cannot I C proceedings proceeding with ce reference I to the university will turn the the Utah clock back hack a decade They w will j I revive ve the mistaken belief beyond state borders that Utah Mormons and n non Mormons arc are constantly engaged in ill a fierce fierce- struggle for dominance They will revitalize revitalize- the erroneous assumption assumption assumption as as- in the east that the home- home seeker and the investor would better g give e Utah a n wide berth because the non Mormon is at nt a disadvantage In ill participating in Utah life They will intensify at home borne the and jealousies the tho citizens of the state were learning to forget in the harmony harmony har har- mony of a common purpose All the theold theold theold old prejudices ices hatreds and animosities animosities animosities ties will spring into i vigorous exis existence eX 8 tence if the tIle courts arc are dragged into the university struggle gle on the tho plea that flint domination has hag dared obtrude into th the states state's glea great educational educational ti nal institution Without challenging the integrity of those who threaten appeal to the tile c courts one may be permitted to doubt wh whether ther they themselves believe belie the university struggle le arose because of sectarian control of the tho institution rr Their eh newspaper champions have nave earnestly deprecated such an idea i from t the e. e beginning They have lla repeatedly re ye- I declared l the religious phase Aid Ud not obtain except as it was waa in injected injected in- in into the discus discussion ion b by the tue supporters sup SUE porters of the president and the board hoard of r regents Their announcement announce announce- men meat ment of intention to enter the thc courts with ith alleged d ecclesiastical dominance as ng their issue is a n radical reversal l of their position O OTHER THEE attendant cir circumstances seriously question the sincerity of of the tim intended appeal tho university uni uni- he rescued from froin r religious B 1 c- c E. 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S. i I a activity itt in every Mormon anti-Mormon propaganda propaganda propaganda ganda in a decade has made mado him a natural and competent leader whenever whenever when when- ever er the tho old fight is renewed complained complained com corn at the Salt Lake theatre mass meeting that H discussion of politics and religion was vas tabooed at the thc uni uni- verity Ho lie saw in this fact the most serious indictment 3 against the tho president and the regents It t requires no argument to convince the tho Utah public that Mr Critchlow would have e lila his rhetorical clothing in frenzied denunciation on had he ho heard or suspected that Mormonism was being tau taught ht in the the- university In Jn the beginning of this controversy controversy contro contro- versy the agitators were careful notto not notto to allege sectarian control The They complained not because the university university sity sHy was conducted in the tho interest of some particular church but that the they were not permitted to discuss re religion ye- ye ligion at all They protested not that some soma especial political party was championed in the classrooms but that President Kingsbury would permit permit permit per per- mit none to be championed It was as not the teaching of religion to which tho they objected but to the suppression of such teaching teaching- In Jn view of all nil the facts it should not be unfair to regard reg-ard the allegation of or sectarian control as m merely a subterfuge sub sub- In view of the tho conte contention upon which the insurgent ent instructors stood in in tho the beginning one is warranted warranted war war- ranted in supposing supposing- that the tho plea pica of sectarian control if it be made the wedge by which the agitation may jimmy jimm p its wa way into court is but n n. pretext Tho The public cannot but assume assume assume as as- sume it to ho 10 the available instrument ment by which h resentment hopes to accomplish its own gratification Itis It Itis is no novelty in Utah for those who cannot rule to employ that instrument instrument instrument ment to wreak ruin More l often than elsewhere it happens here that those who cannot boss the house will seek seck to pull it down lown careless alike of the injury to themselves and md to others I. I THOSE THOSE who plan this court ourt attack I upon the tho university uni cannot hope to delude anybody not even cven themselves themselves them them- selves sel into the belief that their work is constructive c It cannot be other than destructive e If it gave o them a uni university such as they pretend to desire it would give them also a Utah once more moro prostrate under er the feet of adverse public opinion Every ery fact developed in court would be bo twisted in the telling abroad until the reports reports reports re re- re- re ports as they appe appeared red in ill the columns columns col col- coi- coi of outside newspapers would but confirm the once J prevalent but recently r dying impression that Utah is in some sonic way different from the theother theother theother other commonwealths of the Union Missionary work abroad by Utah boosters may as well be abandoned if the university controversy contlo is to drag its weary length through the courts The energetic gentlemen of the Commercial Commercial Com Corn mercial Club who I t have dreamed dreams dream of turning a n tide of home home- seekers and aud investors jn into the city and the thc n arid and d have labored ear ear- nestly to make mako those dreams come true truc may as well cease their act activities activities i ties ties ties' if this public washing of Utah men inen is to be continued in the threatened threatened threat threat- ened wa way Every dollar c expended in inthe inthe inthe the past five years ear singing the praises es of Utah as ns the land o ot of opportunity will have hae been wasted if the quarrel goes on CONTINUING A FEUD T D DEVELOPMENTS incidental to the sen sensational nt on I suit filed b by the i Rj Riggs National Bank of Va Wellington h against Secretary McAdoo and Comptroller Comptroller Comp Comp- Williams indicate a bitter bitler and dramatic struggle The court case is but buta a phase linse of the feud between hi high h government officials and powerful powerful powerful power power- ful New York financial interests The THo Riggs hank bank is practically owned by the N National City Bank of N New ew York which is controlled by the Stillman- Stillman Rockefeller interests Secretary McAdoo entered upon his duties two years yeara ago smarting under the disagreeable consequences of collision with a group o of New York financiers Ho tro had bad previously completed completed com corn the McAdoo MAdoo tunnels in New NewYork NewYork York but lut the failure of certain fi financial financial financial fi- fi int interests to support them sent t them e. e i into to bankruptcy n fr from m which i |
