Show SCHOOL COJnilSMONEKS RE POUT THE Territorial School Commls fcionerof Utah is a standing Illus tratlon of a piece of gross injustice and a flagrant breach of American customs perpetrated at the expense of the people of the Territory lie is aii officer foisted upon them without with-out their consent but who > < salarj etc they are compelled to pay Were the office filled bj a man who desired to serve the hot Interests Inter-ests of the whole people and pursued pur-sued just and intelligent methods for the accomiJishment of that end the objectionable manner in which he is constituted an offi ier might be made less offensive to the American cltlzensoer over who e public interests he exerts an Influence Influ-ence But when the character the incumbent corresponds with the methods by hJch he U made such both are rendered more obnoxious The report made to the Legisla tire A embly on Wednesday last by Hon Jacob S Itoremnn Ihp precni Territorial School Coramis stoner is In harmony with the manner man-ner of his appointment afire In other words it is unjust and un American lnspmtinconsiitentwith the truth and alms to accomplish a purpose through theme of unfair means Only a few of its Inconsistencies Inconsist-encies with truth and withikelf will be noted here It gives the fol lowing tatistics The tollowing churehes have schools in the Territory i iz Pre byterlan33 Congregational New West schools 2J Methodist Episcopal ji ijoman Calholio 6 Protestan Episcopal 6 Evangelical Lutheran 1 Baptist 2 and 1 Mormon 6 The total number of children in these schools so far as I have been able to learn h about 8000 in non Mormon schools and about 100 iu Aiuniion Ecnoois The full reports re-ports are not made by the schools and consequently the schedules do not show the foil number From most of denominational schools no report C Is mads as to whether Ihe children are of non Mormon or Mormon ormon parentage parent-age Therefore although it is not l strictly correct I class all In these denominational schools excepting Mormon schools as non Mormon and those In Mormon schools as of Mor fl mon parentage j The popular claim is that a large If i proportion of the children in sectarian t secta-rian schools other than Mormon are of Mormon parentage But l accepting the Commissioners elsa Ii j siDcaUon as correct we have 5000 nonMormonand O 1500 Mormon children attending religious schools I 1 il in the i Territory It will be remembered 14 remem-bered thai according to the Commissioner 5 Com-missioner no considerable fortiori of theSOOO are beingtaughtlnsectarian schools for the purpose of alienating them from Mormonism they not r Loins from Mormon families It will also Ix noted that he givea a total of 93 religions schools In th C Territory exclusive of Mormon schools After mating this showing 5 treats upon what he alleges to be the antagonism of the Mbrmo 1 leaders to the district rcbools and quotes President Woodrufffas fo lawsWo We feel that the time has arrived I when the education of our children I bonld be taken in band by us ast m people IteligJom training practically practic-ally excluded from OUr district schools Tho remsaJ ot books thai we value as divine records Is forbidden Our children left to the training they receive in these schooU will prow up entirely Ignorant etthevs principles of salvation for which the atter < lsy Saints have made so many sacrifices To permit this condition of thIngs to exist among us would be iniinal He pursues at some length his criticism of the Mormon Church far establishing Stake schools charges tliat by so doing it is crip pUn the district schools and urges i that In order to check Its I iactess tile latter should fcc made free All this censure of the Mormon m Church is called forth by Its having ablisbcd < l six religious schools But the Presbyterians who have thIrty three such schools have done I thing totellOpulate nor n ul1onlze the district schools There is no word of censure for the Cougre tionalitts who Intro twenty bur nor for the Metlfwllsts I who have twentyone sectarian schools By the way the comnii I sioncr is himself a Methodist and while judge of the Second District Court at Beaver occasional occu1 pied the pulpit in the absence of i the I preacher besides carrying his I Metbodiitical prejudices on to the bench thus occupying the centra1 position of a rcligiojudiclal teeterboard teeter-board There is no antagonism towards the district schools1 the nuictyMrreinstitutions different I differ-ent denominations havo established in Utah for the religious training of tttcv youth in connection with I secular instruction but in the nz schools which the Mormons have I established fcr a like purpose to ecn a deadly menace to the public school system which calls for radical legislation Have not the Mormons the m same right that other sects have to m impart moral and religious Intruc tion to their children What sense or justice is there in saylngthat Uc I Mormons are opposed to the welfare wel-fare and jirogressof thepublicschool system because they favor the r talilkhment of private Institutions in which their children may be taught religious truths If the doing of this by the Mormons weakens the public schools is not the result the same when it Is done by the Presbyterians or Methodists Io not the reasons assigned by President Woodruff why the Mormons Mor-mons favor religious schools exactly ex-actly correspond with tho c which would be assigned by ttlnooet any religionist re-ligionist They certainly do and he had a perfect right to enunciate them and base upon tin m advice to his coworshippers Any attempt I ba ed upon that advice to make It apprar that he is an opponent of the public schools would be equally applicable ap-plicable to leaders of other religioui bodies and Is illogical and unjust |