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Show majestic oratory and' sway the senate. It is the great republic's nnnature, where, in the bright cocoon of childhood, child-hood, dwell the poet, the philosopher, the warrior and the statesman of future years." , Mr. J. H. Harris spoke of the low development of the Salt Lake schools, and showed that Hailey, Idaho, has a bettor svstem than this city. For three years, with the taxes at 0 per cent on ihem, the Hailey people have added voluntarily 2 per cent to their taxes, to maintain its local schools. He scorched the saints for their blundering and underhanded un-derhanded work in school legislation, and explained how the -new law would be made a nullity if the Mormons were allowed to capture the election. The speaker did not see how any .American who saw the Hag at half mast on that nicmorablo Fourth of July could ever vote any other than' the Liberal ticket. afford to pay taxes for anything, can you not afford to pny it for the education ed-ucation of your boys and girls. The time has come for a change for the better, and this change can be effected through the election of a Liberal board of school trustees. Mr. J. H. Harris spoke to the point. His address was forcible, and excited some indignation among several members mem-bers of the People's party among his hearers. The schools of Utah, he declared, de-clared, were so contemotablo that they made an American's blood boil. The people of Utah didn't know what a good school was. The enthusiasm for good schools had never taken hold of them. The brand of a big overgrown country town was stamped on Salt Lake City, and so burnt into it that it would stay until the public school system sys-tem was remodeled. The speaker declared that the school houses of Salt . Lake City would be a disgrace to any country district. Their teachers were men and women whose only qualifications were that they were members of the Mormon church and that they taught the doctrines or Mor-monisiii. Mor-monisiii. "You're a liar," excitedly shouted one of the crowd. "I see that one at least of my hearers is a member of the People's party. He is a good example. That young man certainly ueeds to go to school for a few years yet," continued Mr. Harris, quietly. "Elect the Liberal candidates for school trustees and better days are sure. Look at the People's party record on the school question ; look at the domination of Brigham Young, who declared that the people did not need free schools and can you hesitate how to cast your vote? Win this election elec-tion and you establish the American principle in Salt Lake City. Mr, Morris made a brief address and referred to Hih chart widen bancs in FOIlffllllllliLDMN. Brave and Noble Minded Men Battling lor Their Eights and What Belongs to Them. THEY MUST BE GIVEN EDUCATIONS Free From Bigotry and Teachings That Are Corrupt and as Poisonous As the Upas Tree. A very small sized citizen sat among the throng in front of the Eleventh ward school house last night and feverishly interjected the word "rats" in a low, apologetic apolo-getic voice. Tho cause of his prickly heat was the language and arguments employed by P. L. Williams iu showing the diff erence between the two parties, tho People's and the Liberal, especially as regards the present school situation. The former party, ho asserted, is allied to Interests entirely foreign to a free school system. The advocates of the parly deny this, and declare that it was the Mormon legislature which passed the present territorial bill for free schools, and to that, parly the credit should go. This, 'Air. Williams said, is a cheeky and impudent assumption. Free school bills had been pieseuted to the Mormons for years, but no action was vouchsafed. At last the congress of the United States was appealed to with a duplicate of the interior department, at Washington, Washing-ton, showing by its shading tho ignorance igno-rance or inlellig(;uce of the various sections sec-tions of tho country. There was, he said, no blacker spot'on it than the territory ter-ritory of Utah. Last fall, he said, a nine who was iu the audience, came to him with his son to have the young mau registered. The boy was born aud raised iu the Sixth ward of this city but could neither read nor write. "Is there anything," he asked, "that I can advance ad-vance as a better argument for free schools." lion. Frank Hoffman spoke to the crowd from twenty-two years experience experi-ence in political life in Utah. His ud-dress ud-dress was quiet and convincing. He cared not to what party nor to what church a man belonged, but appealed to him in behalf of the welfare of his children. It was, lie said, just as much an advantage to the Mormon to have the (ieutile children educated as it was to the Gentile's advautage to Have Mormon children educated. Both had come to stay. Both will look to Utah as their future home, and it was our duty to educate them so that they would make it a home to be proud of. The schools, he said, had been controlled con-trolled by the People's party, and there never was a Mormon who did not belong be-long to that party. Gentiles had paid their proportion of tho school taxes, but he called in vain for anyone to mention men-tion a single Gentile's child that had ever been educated in tho building in front of which he spoke. This must be remedied; the schools should be free for all, aud the way to make them free was to elect tho Liberal candidates for school trustees. IN THE TWENTY-FIRST WARD. How Free Schools for It ah were Obtained Intelligently Explained. At the Twenty -first ward meeting Mr. Allen told of the love of the Peoples' party for free schools by citing their retirement to privato lifo of Representatives Represen-tatives Farnsworth, Helm and Kiter, who voted for the bill in the legislature. This is the same bill as was drafted by Mr. Williams.- It was Senator Edmunds in tho United States Senate who brought things around. The introduction in that body of a liberal bill was followed by the scampering here to stand from under. Whatever feeling in favor of free schools the Peoples' party may evince it is solely for political reasons, the past fully bearing out tho assertion. Ho placed the responsibility for high couuty assessment against the Mormon county officials. The Liberal city administration ad-ministration has nothing to do with it. Mr. Allen expatiated on the failure ol the Peoples' party to do anything in the past ami saw no promise in tho future. Mr. Williams and Joseph Lippman also addressed the meeting. THE TWENTY-SECOND WARD. Earnest Speeches iu Ilehalf of Better Schools How They Do It In Idaho. City Sexton Dunne presided at the Liberal rally at tho Twenty-second ward school house last night. Tho Liberal band was in attendance and added variety va-riety to tho exorcises. Tlierewas quito a largo crowd present. Hon. Frank Hoffman was the first speaker. Ho said this was more like a family mectiug where we should all be friends, and tlio theme was, what can we do for our children? They iu a few years will constitute the community and on them will depend the future of this territory. Wo should always remember re-member that we are all American's and that Utah belongs to the United States. We want to educate children so they will always recognize their American citineuship, and that they are a part and parcel of the United Slates, aud iu a short timo there will bo another star ou the Hag with the name of Utah behind be-hind it. Judge Powers spoke carucslly in behalf of free schools. lie said: "If you would build up and perpetuate our natiou, improve and magnify tho district school. If you would make Utah lit. for the crown of statehood, place her schools in tho hands of Liberals. Would you know upon what tho grand fabric of this republic re-public is buHi? It is the common school, open to all, where tho offsprings of the rich and poor upon equality stand and begin the race of life together. Thoso laughing children which you see, are the embryo men and women who will guide the state. The poet here, with his dimpled feet, bared to the blistering sun, runs his race with the inventive mind which will be the future Edison. The childish crys of yonder boy will some day crystalue into the present bill. The opposition, realizing that it could not with safety butt its head agaiust this stone wall, communed with itself and determined to yield the point which was forced from them aud seemingly acquiesce for the sake of political capital. In further proof of the position of tho People's party on the free school question, ques-tion, Mr. Williams declared that the smartest, shrewdest candidate on the ticket is Richard Young, who was educated edu-cated abroad. .At a meeting held some time ago a free school advocate had presented a free school resolution. It fell with a thud, uot getting a second in all that Mormon array. And Richard Rich-ard Young, who is now posing on a noisy free school platform, to show his love for free schools, instead of saying a word iu favor -of the resolution, gained the recognition of the chair and succeeded in adjourning the meeting. Colonel S. A. Merrill, Frank B. Stephens, 1). R. Thompson and C. E. Allen, tho father of tho free school bill, also dispensed logic to the voters. AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING. Bright Bonfires, Good Music, Eloquent Speeches and Earnest Pleadings. The Liberal rally at the Seventeenth ward school house last evening was an enthusiastic affair. Tho meeting was held in the open air. A bright bonfire burned in front of tho building and a row of torches, that Dickered fantastically fantasti-cally in tho wind, decorated the fence in front. Quite a crowd collected to listen to the addresses, aud it was a crowd that, with one or two exceptions, seemed in perfect accord with the views of the speakers. Mr. J. W. Morris presided aud speeches were made by Judge Powers, J. II. Harris and Hon. Frank Hoffman. Excellent musio was fur-niahed fur-niahed by Keut's band. Judge Power's address was an eloquent elo-quent one. He plead earnestly for the children. "The issue which we are now discussing," he said, "is a far more important one than that of the memorable, unique and picturesque campaign of one year ago. Tho question ques-tion then was, . who shall control this municipality? This campaign pertains to the children to the education of the youth and to the party that is striving to place them on a higher plane of intelligence in-telligence aud culture. "That party is the party of importance at the present day. It is the children who will iu future control this country and they will be what you make them today. This country although yet young, is the wonder of tlio world. Cities grow at its bidding. Trade and commerce spring up where the people will. The desert of yesterday is totlay gilded by fields of golden grain. The wonderful spell of progress is cast over the whole laud. In all vocations of life we have excelled. "Would vou know upon what this grand fabric is built? Let me picture to you a simple building. From within its'walls comes a drowsy hum like that of busy bens. From out of Its wiudows look the bright faces of children who have for a moment evaded the master's eye. t is tho common school, the great republic's miniature, the cornerstone corner-stone of all that is grand in this grand nation, and that for which the Liberal party is pleading. The faces that look from the school house windows are the faces of tho future, men who will guide the ship of state. The liberal party is the party of free men, of free speech and of free schools. Utah's school history is not one of which to be proud. It is marked by low, adobe walls, narrow windows, and still narrower advantages. advant-ages. Those who have controlled it, the People's party, hae turned tho mouey into oilier channels. Not a single school district in the territory has furnished suflicient accommodations accommoda-tions for its children. The Liberal parly asks for sonielhitig b'etter iu the future. Every man who desires the interest, of his children should vote for that party's candidates for school trustees, i appeal to every mau aud every woman to place the schools in the hands of men who are pledged to do something for education. Think how your schoolrooms havo been crowded and neglected. If you can |