| Show TO STATE LEGISLATORS I A Plea far tire tonslllnllonat lllelil of Oullylnc tcliool IJIsirlcli 8x OEOUOB Feb 3 1597 To the Editor Before getting at the kernel of a nut it is generally necessary to break the thetl This must bo my excuse for preliminaries Tuu Comlllullon of life United States ia an agreement or contract entered luto or compact formed by tire sovereign people thereof each with the other and ooob state with the other aDd cannot lawfully annulled In wholo or In any I > art Ibereol or dissolved except by mutual content of all the parties to the compact Sola the Constitution of a tutu in said Union Each of Its clttzens IB f a parly Ihercte whether at the tlina of its na tubeless or organization or subee qu cut thereto No right guaranteed by that Inetru monl can be Iowlully Ignored oar can soy oumbrrnot even a oIOKI clllzeu 100 deprived 01 alll right except Iy true proctoks a law All are by II demud equal and pooeealog equal lights It then becomes every citizen t 0 make himself acquainted with the obligation celt imposed lie 00 aa n put 10 this compact and alio be 13C file ecrulng Ibellrom Theta 10 no much deliver likely 10 result rom Ignorance of or failure 10 claim our privileges ao Ii state or as Individual clllzerip ta from almoll any other cause Illegal tlUclil act with tacit lubmlsilou thereto become established precedents an1 acttnowl tUgod Interpretations of law Fjr instance In-stance Tho Constitution ol till State plainly declares that the common schools anal bu free Escu Bull every clllirii tbcreforo hes u right to hoiJ Ibo othtri thoBtutoaa a whole lo tbu fulfillment of thin couelllutlou al contract It should bo with tbe sparsely settled and Indigent tcbocl dlitrlctcltUtn equally with Ibo thick Iy populated Pool rich one mat when either ol tboio brings bla cull tj Ibo threshold uf thu constants ichool his xpcnsea far lulllou should ccaxo It la I grist eo ut present In Utah I ao credibly Informed that with the Citizens of small school districts not only tit Washington oiunty but ol Flute and all othur I presunu utter having met every obligation loyally Impoied taxti3t all kinds for the out port of common choohIb order to give Ihtlr children be banufl ot tiro terms 01 ecbol 1 03 Iho Iw rlolre P a debt Is cuulod to fluid to to which Ibo citizens ol the aild Uirlro have to co down deep Jlss to Ibell own own pockets to supply the deficiency Tbli la I proportionately double Uxuljii ol Ouch 011100 for the support 01 aim raontcbools and being uujcqunl lass tlon la unconstitutional nnd uujuit The State should therefore reluua the several amounts thus paid It may bo argued that each child In the State ol ichool age receives a pr capits or tho6ohool furnbor or that tho imall districts receive all they pay on that occuui and even more AJ souring till yet while that may up I liver hue It doea not Jolson the unci utcy nor the obligation Within list gcy lotion imposes In hthn 10 The Common ebool In these cases it I common School lullla the lunilanienta law applicable only lo the blati jooi ol lIt and sesondclaat elites Nor will acuuural Increase of taxation taxa-tion to that cud cure Iho Lomolnlujlu tile disparity wouU bu then as great Ihi area rich school dlltrlelo are or t proot obI 10 melllollln List the tmallerontatboulJ liavo Immediate couttltullonal relief My position on this question Is that tho btate having obligated Itself lo make lthoo ojmoion tcluol can only cancel that obligation by she creation lu fact of free conuunu < school every BChtol district ol lbli Slide That the payers cf the Htate and county school taxes lose their I Identical smountes these Placed III n common treasury for the lurtherunco of a com mou uljict Ont the tree CJEIMIOU school that where school Jlntncl Is rich It shall not aggrunJi Itself and give lo Its children an tuucatlou surpassing that ol the lourtoi gauntlet urp rijulu me Stage whohasiali or bss hnJ remitted equal tax on each uollnr of real unu persouil proptrt poeonedaa Ibo t parent or cltlzju of tin rich school district It seems that Ibo unification of the Inhabitants of the State or notion li DOW seldom II Overt taken IM can alderalloti by the leglilatlve solou 1nrJon film dlgreislon The common scuojls of first and second clans cltler according to my Judgment should aha bu fuppjrlej rom the Louimjii tchool filed aud nol aa Ratio run uepnrati aud apart trial Ibo law Eavernlug euju souoils other localities Methluks I heir the remark OVia shtulJ then logo our e4titcit great Units Wbut oollbtllulu the great ieta and grandeur of the Mlnouri river or the ruiguty ocean lu tributaries tribu-taries J not to witu Chits ol the lira Und eeooU Close A moments eurlous rtfltcJon unprejudiced un-prejudiced I > thould couvlucu any re < louabJe being of lit truth Why then should nor they assist lu maklug lIe common cbjol < tbruugii out the B atu successful and Ireu by uheerlully utenuiDx their aid to eLo1 I ilistncla which lu I llio nK risat cuu tribute BO much to their gruituoBt As bumule euppilaum this exprts tlon Is however not given but rouser to Induce tu every kind way Ihucill ell 01 lull Bute as a wholo lo lulllll in common with Unless their coielltii t after cu n tract It Is trusted that the present Lis4ft laturo will give the riuitirLompluiutd ol lu title comuiuulLatlou uudl Vided atto itlou Another wurJ Thero should be a change In the law rugaralnj the lime of trustees of ncuool ulstrlcti making annual reports 10 the clllUIIUCII meetings thin but larctciil Fur in etauci It Is I elect Ion day About 3 p I m In lue pretence of three or fuur satires trio trustees declare their meet lug open U hear their report Perhaps Per-haps a voter cameo In who can stay no louger than to case his vote 0 course the poll Is riot closed at that time and his vote polled Meeting proccede east again for the area cause It It I Interrupted Finally the buslnoj la unavoidably rustled through This sbojld boujrricted by legislation Josfiir Omoi |
