Show OUR SCHOOLS on trial before the tribunal of f the third thira detriot boum OB on allegations that religious Be liponi tenet veneta ais are taught i th therein draing ogaden of den school schools in a for 6 share of this th testimony judo zaue baue opt opened nel hu ilia court ait a blia iii yesterday ye berday after the brier holiday oliday rec recess ts and gnit the thel cm e that caneup came up b lure ture him W vs cm ove 4 fal rb ny interest gift reil to the I 1 ll hilis litant s of the entire territory it was that of the G mile of tho the seventh IN district strict against the tru trustees istenes aki asking lor order reb training the latter fram in ill arcing 1 acm the tile collection of mch cawl I 1 taxes in in the district Diati ct the rhe I 1 I 1 is d given a by the 7 it 1 omat I 1 lake T I 1 herald iely d us the substance 1 of 1 the answer ifil iati has 4 wy my till to 10 the ill legations allegations of the it ilia signed by henry wallace oil one of the tiu trute ii and 6 by sheeks allind aw lind W vh fit with AUX judge w are tho air ir the na the defend antio it will be awo get up a denial io in their answer to all the c charges they deny that the tile plaintiffs did not hare have notice of the as that thit they had tin no op anity of appearing before the board of and allege that thit the publication of the tile notice as the tile limn the trustees sat an that board I 1 waa was ample and sufficient flent dear deny bat on information aud and belief that the we church haa has always asserted asier ted and now doea does anart ita its authority authority over ita in temporal us as well aa in spiritual natt ry deny that the church exercise s the right to make app int ruenta to public of off licen icis or that it asserts the r right fight to the bettle meta of contro on personal riksto sol except di depatra patra airs between ita its members mea iberi which it trat deny that the church through iia is atara otara and ind cl claims alisis tile matia gement of the public school H or that it c controls 0 antro og the ap kriti nent of school off officers ivers or that every person who is not a st beli believer evor in mormon doctrines doctrin esis is excluded from the po position of teacher deai deny that the church direct any of the dis 4 brict in their methods of thought or study ednd deny that the jim children of the minority are nane nf ne ceis sity excluded from the district Sc hoole deny that any of the schools enga pein in devotional exercises du dudjoc ring school lit houra hourc arp deny den y that any relic U teneta tenets have been in the seventh district deny abat school la Is tn in any way guv private or neo rel lari arian ats and allege that it is i public and ojen open to all children illren rh entitled to its benefits under the lan law defendants conclude by alleging in beneral lerma that their inana cement 7 of the seventh district has been entirely free from any religious diorec tion and that they have it for the tile best beat interests of the reci denta dent of the district bt bey they therefore deny delay that the was or is null and void voad from the voluminous te testimony setin given in the first day of the griat trial we are unable to glean gloran more than evidence deposed with regard to school I 1 ts in oden ogden city we V glean from the interesting ion renting account of the S L hem A A leonard of salt aake city stated iu in the caurie of hia his as follows fol lowe I 1 next applied for a position which I 1 aad informed wan vacant in the be central school at ogden received an encouraging reply from mr air stanford one of the trustees went up there and made a formal application when I 1 reached therland there and lie learned that thata 1 was not a mormon he eaid said ike the matter was referred to john faylor and tit they were awaiting hia his answer before rivina a decision tn in the mat ter an answer finally come from him referring t the I 1 te matter to larf mr shurtliff hurt liff thy the president of that stake yaw sir mr on my way down here helas be wax on she same train and slid he tie laleta eo so favorable thail began to tw preparations to togi go u up there but I 1 in it a day or two afterward after afterwards wara I 1 pot got a letter latter stating that they had decided not to nive give me site tho the situation stan fird furd stated the reason it had been referred to president taylor was that there had been a it gentile enraged in one of the school se hool and anti that the bishop had advocated that the people wit withdraw hd raW their children and he lie waa was t compelled to dismiss st si hool mhd be bei fire he employed 11 any more gentiles Is he wanted lime authority than hi ilia own for so doing next came mr 11 io griffin of ogden I 1 live in ogden am a produce produs dealer beater oi there have been there since 10 0 lenniett I 1 came there ere asa as a teacher and tati taught alit beveral months in the fourth varal I 1 was wall enga gord by the trustees tera for nin nine 0 months tin n bondi condition tion that I 1 was neutral on religion and sa tory 1 told vold that they prot erred nien f taft mormon church I 1 only ervid served three month months the thi Trus lets aeb mr it stanford mr stuart and slid mr lr pingree rame to me we and t told old me thel they were obliged to di dispense dit pense spens a wit tuy iny services Fer vices that Prig Aident D li pet rv had old told them the authorities in salt lake hd had eaid that an ainsil der could not be employed ed thiu its wa was in school ou on a wednesday mor mornine nina nono of hn the pipits herd heard what was mad to roe each ad it tho lh ik hool and informed the wh olare that I 1 would give S all P the school at the end and of that week ut aligning ami gning is reas na mr stu a art once nee intimated to me that he would like to hare have the opened with prayer I 1 aida I 1 might make up ni amp gome gene general rat words of prayer hut but he said that was n not ot sufficient they wanted a mormon p prayer rayer when 1 I was the Truit tees said ty have hate preferred if I 1 had been a it mormon athe they y said t thay bay prate credit tar forche the 11 abelos ap that and liked to have ina nien ibern elra of their own faith in their school dVe 4 could not airree on it a ne neutral aral ot 0 universal prayer affie wits 11 bif div e n 1 em ik ll 11 klisit f took up a it i a t M hool w I 1 the e in majority J aty of my were those who cr bad d attended ny ply fuerth rth digit achoo 1 I recoiled lip flip of the he central Sch school norin in uden it waa in july or Ati augost gust 1879 but I 1 was in logan at the hatime time eitai ither mr stanford or mr afterwards hat he wan erry J hadrit had haap xit ot beep P present tto to mak e a apt to th thir I 1 an t not exactly the line mera 1 and V Y wil wi hd to follow and he witness wag r ip r to mr ar Kaw jin I 1 waa was to bearlin eai ii n doctrines ec I 1 f it und no ls so ks in tile nc achl hl there had 1 bean Is aks adopted in it finif ahe herfi werd book in c ul eating d carine mr nr stanford Stan forn theirl I 1 nah was objections to mati my tt ach ing came from allt lo lt lake about nitie pay scholars are jure of alor mon r I 1 feel predty ersty ure sure that thery were alio also the Tiu trustees expressed regret that lidd io 6 discharge me I 1 caid sald ti to them gentlemen you vu know I 1 have u V dj part of our contract can golding holding chool school if i I 1 chooro 0 hey Y rearmed responded that tha would be lull up hill wark work fur bortne me to mr Vari anThey ther held sunday primary iary nit etnia ii and sunday eveni evenin ey enin fig K in the tho as the ischook I 1 had to ilive op ap the thi school ono one day luevery mouth for fast inKi arl id an A religious dava ort sort ot ivAll f jp df enow dryly not exactly a festival foist val continued I 1 waa was told it was cna cne tom tomary 1 ary to use the schoolhouse one d day in I 1 evera every for fast meeting I 1 ilon dont t know k f who w is told t 0 I 1 d inc e A third who referred to the sch scholastic blastic ola itis t I 1 of the junction city waa was thornas W lincoln lincola I 1 who deposed d I 1 have resided here four yeara years I 1 hive eniz aged in all ill that witt time I 1 was once aref ent at a if the high school in ogden I 1 think etwas it la april 1831 1881 1 I went at the of mr air monch who conducted me ine through the school I 1 visited the he several departments de of the school mr monch a wile wife conducted boine for my benefit such is alstine who the fi first rat frer ident of the ilia Cli was 1 and who the presidency were the tile angera wera were joseph hand john tallor ta i lor fien Q ican cannon non and joseph F smith wan was asked about the tent pie and the leading I 1 noticed that the tribune was not honed I 1 wok t iok note of all these benatis be caufie it wan was tho the first time I 1 had heard such exercises in a public school croiss Croes examined by mr rawlins 1 remained oed in lit the cieli school about an hour aid mid a quarter 1 i awas was princ rinel K pal of the ogden et at that time mc M 11 c monch sut suspended the regular exercises of or the to g go through the catechism rate chism I 1 have mentioned I 1 understood it wan a for or my particular benefit she he did not irk who xai he president of ilia he united was about were presedo present this wai not a sunday school Sch dol after several more wit neM se s had hild been heard the case was adjourned till fill 10 am to io lay day |