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Show iVHEKE ;HEAT MEN AVEKE TAUGHT. in Appeal for Free Schools and a Liberal Education. Hoyt Sherman, the president of the Thirteenth ward club, extended a welcome wel-come to those looking for light iu the Thirteenth ward, and introduced J. B. Waidon as chairman. The work of tho evening was begun by KraukB. Stevens whose expressed desire is to see Salt Lake enjoying the same free school facilities as the next best city in tho country at least, she being tho best and deserving of treatment at tho hands of a school board in accord with her position. posi-tion. The eastern schools call together children of the rich and poor alike, and it was in such academies of learning that Senator Hale, Daniel Wei ster, anil Vice-President Wilson secured the education edu-cation which fitted them to cope with the brightest minds of their day. He believed that had Utah established estab-lished a free school system forty years ago sho would now be a slate instead of a territory. Tho millions which have gone into the church with its uuliuished temple would make a school fund that would have educated all the ignorant within the shadow of that temple. Tho Mormons who had turned out to hear Mr. Stevens were earnestly adjured to break from the old lies so far as education is concerned and cooperate to Foeurc school advantages advan-tages for tho children of all in common. This is a common ground upon which the Mormon father and tno Gentile father stand together in equality of right the right to an education for their children. Tho royalty of the church could afford to export their children and import learning, but no laboring man or mau of moderate mod-erate means can do this. Tho only show for the latter is to declare by his vote that ho is in favor of having schools in Utah equal iu every respect to those iu the east. How foolish it were to again give the schools into the hands of men who have doue nothing for them in the past have permitted them to falter and fall iuto nothing the while they expended ex-pended fortunes in the erection of buildings build-ings for the practice of a faith alien to the spirit and letter of the law of the land, lie asked that men like Parlev Williams, C. E. Allen, C. E. Milchene'r and William Nelson be not ignored foi the worship of a brazen calf a call whoso brass is equaled only by its stupidity. stu-pidity. J. N. Kimball of Ogden told how tho new school law had had a fearful battle for life in the general assembly, and the Liberal party was the one which pulled it through. Having Hav-ing fought for better schools the party had displayed its ability to successfully guide tho affairs of the schools. |