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Show An alleged "non-partisan" plan has been sprung which is, in fact, a bipartisan bi-partisan plan to nominate for the School Board; the two old parties, both under Mormon control, purpose leading the voters into the tithing yard at the school election next month. It Is an old scheme, and one which haa done much harm to the schools of the city. A non-partisanship which is under the control of the political leaders of both parties, and which la worked out through the same old. partisan channels, has no claim whatever to be called nonpartisan. non-partisan. Besides, it leads the control of the schools to the church headquarters, headquar-ters, as the past has abundantly proved. Such non-partlsanshlp Is a sham and sneak. The people are not likely to be deceived any more by so transparent a trick. Mr. Thomas E. Watson, the Populist candidate for President, holds that after hia declaration that he would never support sup-port a gold standard Democratic candidate, can-didate, Mr. Bryan would have been Justified in bolting his party this year; but by supporting Parker he binds him-, self to stand by the ticket of 1008 even though tho conservatives remain In control. con-trol. "The election didn't release him," says Mr. Watson. "If the action at the convention bound him then, it binds him now. He can pnly be released by another an-other National convention, and that National Na-tional convention will not meet till 1908." There is very little to commend that view. According to its logic, there could never be aiue change in a parly's policy, or in a man's relation to his party par-ty or its principles. According to that Idea, the rcorganlzen? of the Democratic party were not within their rights In overturning the previous policy of tho Democratic party, and now Mr. Bryan could never "sjut up tho pins" to reverse them. There la no such rigid rule of Iron-clad party fealty ns that In thiu country, and the people are fortunate In that there Is not |