Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-09-30
being of sufficient Importance to partic-
ularize. [Signedl
WILLIAM HAYES WARD,
W. T. THORNTON,
JOSEPH T. Roy,

W. T. THORNTON,
JOSEPH T. Roy,
SIMEON GILBERT.
The members of this committee, who re-
ported as above stated, that under the
resolution they felt that they were author
lied only to examine the new testimony
to ascertain if it contained anything justi-
flying a change of the original finding.
Mr.. Thornton and Mr.. Burnett stated
that but for this they would have found
the facts as reported by Mr.. Fiske.
To the Board OF Trustees OF the University of
New Mexico, Santa Fe, N. NJ.
SANTA FE, N. NJ, Sept. II, 1885,
Gentlemen: A majority of your commit
tee to whom was referred for investiga-
ton and report the charges made by Rev.
II. 0. Ladd, president of this university,
against E. Lyman Hood, lately secretary
and now trustee of the university, are Of
the opinion that, under the terms of the re-
solution pursuant to which they are acting,
they have not the power to 20 behind the
report made June ii, 1889, upon the same
snbject by your former committee, Messrs.
Ward, Roy, Gilbert and Thornton, and
hence that they must confne their in
vestigation of those charges to that report
of June IA, 1889, and such evidence rela-
tive thereto as has since that report
been submitted by Mr.. Hood to your COM
mttee. A minority of your committee
dissent from that conclusion, and believ-
ing that the words of your resolution of
reference sending to this committee such
former report carried as a part OF such
report the evidence referred to therein,
and believing also that justice to the rep
utation of the contending parties, as well
as to the university, demands that such
evidence together with the new evidence
produced should be specifically pointed
out so that this board and all others may
be able to judge for themselves as to the
justice Of your committees findings, re-
spectfully begs leave to submit the follow
ing minority report, wherein for the con-
venence of your board the several charges
made with reference to the testimony,
exhibits and papers bearing thereon, are
considered in the order in which such
charges are made:
Charge l.. This charge, relating to the
publication of articles in certain prom
inent newspapers, is denied by Mr.. Hood
and your minority committee does not re-
gard it as sustained by the evidence.
| That the situation of Mr.. Hood was such
that he might have written the articles
therein set forth, and that he had an in
innate knowledge of the facts published,
and that one OF the articles was signed
"H" the initial letter of his name, are not
in the opinion OF your minority committee,
when taken alone or collectively, proof
satisfactory to it that Mr.. Hood did write
or cause to be published the articles men
toned, and it therefore so finds.
Charge l. This charge relates to the
alleged giving of false and injurious in
formation as to- President Ladd and his
work by Mr.. Hood to the general asso-
citation of New Mexico and Arizona.
Mr.. Hoods reply to this charge is
evasive and wholly unsatisfactory, leav-
ing it to be inferred therefrom that he
did make some Of the statements therein
charged to have been made by him, with
out stating which, and that he made such
statements with good intent and for good
purposes, without intimating what such
intent or purposes were; what specific
statements if any were made by Mr..
Hood are however not defined in the
charge of Mr.. Ladd or the answer of Mr..
Hood nor by any of the papers, exhibits
or testimony before US, and your minority
committee therefore, as to this charge, is
unable to find further than that it is not
sustained.
Charge 8. This charge relates to the
action charged to have been taken by
Mr.. Hood against Mr.. Ladd before the
general association of New Mexico and
-, nit nd fo NJ
injury Of the character of"Mr. Ladd.
To this charge Mr.. Hood in his answer
makes an unqualified denial.
That some serious charges were made
against Mr.. Ladd before the general asso-
citation Of New Mexico and Arizona and
OH which that association acted in sum-
mary manner without notice to Mr.. Ladd
by suspendlng him from fellowship as a
regularly ordained minister OF the Con-
gregational church, your minority COM
mittee is constrained in charity for that
association to believe. Your committee
can not believe that without some sup
posed serious charge that association
would have proceeded in summary way
to the harsh measures it adopted But
what that association acted upon and upon
whose motion is not disclosed by the evil
dence before it. Mr.. Ladd sought such
information from the members of that
ASSOCIATION, but the replies now before
your committee to said inquiries are so
guarded in their language that nothing
can be inferred from them, except that
from their referring Mr.. Ladd to Mr..
Hood for such information as he sought
it is apparent that, though Mr.. Hood may
not have made the charges before that
association, he was leading actor and
fully advised of what took place in that
curious proceeding. These replies are the
letter to Rev. &. II. Scott of Fl. H. Cole
of date October 20, 1888, and Rev. J. s.
Jewett of November s, 1888, to Mr.. Ladd.
Attention is also called to the letter of
Mr.. Hood to Mr.. Laid, substantially re-
fusing to give the information sought by
Mr.. Ladd.
That. President Ladd was by that asso-
citation tried, convicted and sentenced
without notice or hearing, and that Mr..
Hood was then present as member of
that association participating in that re-
markable and unjust action by which
three men posing as teachers of Chris
tianity deliberately and in secret meet
ing, without citation or hearing given to
Mr.. Laid, attempted to stigmatlze him
} as unworthy to pursue his sacred calling
and thereby hold him up to the scorn of
mankind, is undoubtedly true; yet such
was the secrecy of their proceedings and
such the caution with which the men,
bers of that association guarded their ac-
ton and closed to Mr.. Ladd all avenues
Of information thereof, that your commit
tee can not find with certainty from the
!, papers,. letters and evidence before it
what specific part Mr.. Hood took there
! in, and therefore do not report in favor Of
sustaining said charge. Your committee
does not report, however, that the action
J of Mr.. Hood in not protesting against this
star Chamber nroceedinp and Ia not adj