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Show ward and where is their sehoolhouse. Why does such a state of things exist! It can only be because those who haveboen in control do not want free schools. The Mormons, ho said, were not permitted per-mitted to discuss these questions openly. Their papers state, that tho people knew enough to dispose of the question without listening to speeches, and they were warned by the leaders of tho, church to stay away from Liberal meetings. meet-ings. Who shall control the schools of Salt Lake City, the Gentiles, who are in sympathy with freeschoolsor the M3r-, M3r-, i.'.ons, who have always tried to 'stifle them?" Judge Judd said was the question involved in this election. The defeat of Liberal candidates, ho said, meant the turning of the schools bodily over to tho Mormon Mor-mon church, and ho urged every voter in the Seventh ward to vote liimself, and then work to get ot hers out to the .oils. The territory of Utah, he said, could never be redeemed until the people were educated. Mr. B. B. Dollivar of Iowa made a brief address, in which ho .called on the jieoplo to support the party that believes be-lieves in education and the advancement advance-ment of knowledge, so that their children chil-dren might grow up to be an honor to themselves and a blessing to the najj tion. . j THE SEVENTH WAKI). Hon. C. 8. Varolii and Judge Judd Discuss j Iho Question of the Hour. Tho Liberal rally at the Seventh ward was oue of the largest yet held. A. L, Williams presided and II. II. Atkinson was called to tho secretary's desk. Hon. C. S. Varian made a brilliant speech, in which he outlined tho policy of the Liberal party on the school question. ques-tion. It proposed, he said, to erect aud maintain niagnilicoiit school buildings, and to employ competent teachers, who would send tho children of Utah out into tho world lilted for tho duties which were beforo them. It would submit sub-mit to no discriminatiau, but would open the doors to tho poor as well as the rich. It proposes to give free schools, and to do it by taxing the whole people. If elected, the Liberal school trustees trus-tees proposed to put in educators as teachers. The world has liio eil along and teachers that would so educate the children that they would build up the entire terrilurv into a free and lovtil state. Tho Peoples' par Iv had shown by its every action 'that it was unfriendly to this free and American system. Could any parent afford to allow tho education of his children to remain in such hands. Today, he said, tho schools of Utah simply exist. They arc not free. No attention is paid to the physical or intellectual in-tellectual wants of tho children. Auv kind of a school building has beeu gooii enough, under the People's party control. con-trol. Tho glorious future predicted for Salt Lake can never be realized until vou have a better school system. Take for example the Tweutieth ward. The sehoolhouse will not seat one-fourth the children. Take tho Eighteenth |