Show IS A MEETING CALLED TO DECIDE A LOCAL SCHOOL TAX QUESTION AN elk ehl ELECTION C MR IR ray rai BOULDS FELLOW TRUSTEES DEFINE THEIR position SALT LAKE CITY utah bet oct 31 1884 editor deseret news in your last evenings issue we observed a clipping from the tribune of the dinst ovel the signature of our fellow trustee mr benj G together with the copy of a letter written by him to the utah commissioners on Se ultimo asking them to give a ruling on the question af after ter referring to the school law as amended I 1 if then a polygamist property taxpayer whether male or female resident in the district entitled to vote at a meeting in the district called for the purpose of levying a tax on the property of the dis dig district triet to purchase build re repair I 1 r or furnish schoolhouses school houses or for otea other er purposes in his bis communication he says my associate trustees are members of the mormon church and were of the opinion that polygamists were entitled to vote at said meeting so far he states our position on this matter correctly he then goes on to say but at the same saint time expressed their willingness to abide by the decision of the commissioners miss loners ners if we could obtain it in relation to the last statement we can only say that the tha firt fir tir t time we saw anything of the conter center es cy of the communication muni cation which he i addressed to the commissioners was last evening in the NEWS NF WS that letter was sent to the commissioners upon his own responsibility he never consulted us in the matter neither did he intimate to us his intention to write to the commissioners on the subject he met one of the undersigned undersigner under signed during the d dax day of the of september after he be had ad sent his letter to the commissioners and told him what he had done and that he was expecting an answer to it he rie was told by ht his s fellow trustee that in his opinion the commissioners had bothin nothing 0 to do with the question mr ray Kay bould is certainly mistaken when he be says that we had expressed our willingness to abide by the decision of the commissioners ifft if it could be obtained respectfully ISAAC M WADDELL HENRY WALLACE |