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Show THE COMING SCHOOL ELECTION. There are now two tickets before the people of this city for members of the Board of Education. There are six nominees on each side, out of ten positions po-sitions which comprise the "full membership mem-bership of the Board. Of these twelve candidates, six. represent repre-sent an actual non-partisanship. The nominees of that side are men of Independent Inde-pendent minds and Judgment, who recognize no superior control over them in their thoughts and acts. It would be absolutely Impossible for them to unite In any sectarian proposition to be carried out In the public schools, or even to agree to wink at any sectarianism sectarian-ism in these schools. On the other hand, there Is a professedly pro-fessedly non-partisan ticket, carrying six names. Of these six, four arc sectarians In such strict and bigoted decree de-cree that thev nrr nlwnvs nml wlilmnl I premeditated agreement devoted to the sect they represent, so completely, so unquestionably, that It can always be known to a certainty, beforehand, precisely pre-cisely what course they will take whenever when-ever any question arises which can In the least degree affect the interests of their sect, or of their fellow members in that sect. It Is hoped by those In control of this sect, to elect a sufficient number of their sectaries to continue the, dictation which that sect has already acquired In the "public schools, acting in con-Junction con-Junction with the hold-overs who were elected by the votes of that sect, and who have commonly acted with It. The whole matter Is now before the people, and upon them rests the responsibility re-sponsibility of the decision at the polls It will not do, In case this election goes wrong, to cry out afterwards, when the bitter effects that would surely follow were felt, that If it had beeen known what they would do, thosa men would never havp hpon nloMc.i It Is known already what the men of that sect would do, whenever the Interests In-terests of their church come In question. ques-tion. It is known absoolutejy that they would be with their church, and that the Interests of the schools would be subordinated. The church organization of their sectarian sec-tarian attachment to the public school system was fully shown by Mr. Crltch-low Crltch-low in his speech at Wednesday evening's school convention. That organization Is perfect, with regular presidencies, counselors, and superintendents. superin-tendents. It Is making use ofThe schools to advance its "religion classes." It uses the public schools built, furnished and heateed at the public cost, to hold these classes In, and give sectarian instruction in-struction in Mormon dogmas. Even In this city, as Mr. Crltchlow pointed out, there Is this sectarian attachment at-tachment to the public schools, though "religion classes" may be held elsewhere else-where than in the public school buildings. build-ings. But throughout the State, except in Ogden, there is no question about it. The school buildings are so used for that sectarian work. Now, this church use of the public schools for sectarian purposes Is growing. grow-ing. It will presently be a fixed Incubus, In-cubus, hard to shake off, and It will be as bad in this city as anywhere else, If It Is not resisted and shaken off. Will the people Interpose an Im-passsable Im-passsable barrier against this encroachment? encroach-ment? It Is for them to say. and to say by their votes at this election, and In the name of the non-sectarian school, dear to every American heart, we call upon the people of this city to decide this question right, while there is yet time to make their resistance effective ef-fective against this encroachment |