Show School Elections SALT LAKE CITY June 201883 Editors Herald Being interested kin the coming school election for trustees on the second Monday of next month I read and reread the letter of Secretary Secre-tary Thomas in answer to enquiries by Supt Kuttall and am compelled to ask for some further informa tion which if you can furnish will I am sure be general benefit The reply of the secretary says t I am directed by the Commission to say that as there are no election officers under the school law and there is one point that stumps me The school law provides for the holding of an election to elect one school trustee and status how the election shall be governed and con ducted Are not the trustees of the district the election officers at that meeting and empowered to conduct the election and are not the judges of that election officers and is not the trustee elected then and there by the ballots of the voters of that district an elected officer Again the reply says Inasmuch as a registry list has been prepared under their direction as the basis of school meetings they are of the opinion that no further action on their art is necessary If the reg istry list has been prepared was it not under the regulations growing out of the Edmunds bill and are not the Commission the they referred to and where are the prepared lists to be obtained for the basis of school meetings If the Commission Commis-sion are of the opinion that no fur ther action on their part is necessary neces-sary what action have they taken 1 that is to govern the school meet I ingsLet Let us have the thing rightly un derstood and then we may move right At present the reply is am biguous to me and confess to being in a fog Yours trulyA A TRUSTEE |