The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-13

| lrOlll0S judicial acIlOHS. s. Inc QepdI u
| nlentS are but coordinate. And have we,
! in the last analysis, any guaranty that
| in the end this or some similar commit
/ tee will not be appointed to supervise
| the work of courts and juries?
1t would seem as though it is high time
for the people of this state to declare
| anew by some as yet unheard-of mani
| festo some new declaration of independ-
| ence their adherence of this system OF
government, or failing that, to reiinquish
in dark despair all hopes OF free 1nstl-
| tutions. E. B. CRITCHLOW.
e. b. Critchlow was seen yesterday
afternoon and said:
Il do not care to say anything for
publication at this time. My senti-
ments were fully expressed in the let
ter which l gave to the Tribune, and
beyond that I have nothing further for
publication.
but you must have some knowledge
upon which to base the assertions
made in the paper mentioned; do you
not care to give them 50 people will
know of what you were talking?"
mot at this time. Whatever know
ledge l have / shall reserve until
deem it wise to make it public. l
wrote the letter advisedly and with a
full knowledge of what the statements
were. made no mistakes in my effort
to convey what 1 said,
THE UNIVERSITY BILL.
1t is stated upon the best of author
| ity; the word of men whose word is
as good as their affirmation, that when
! the university bill had been vetoed. the
/ cabinet referred to held meeting in
the Office of Hon. F. S. Richards, in
the Mccormick building There were
present Mr.. Richards. Mr.. Penrose, Mr..
Ritter, Mr.. Sharp and Judge King.
Mr.. Kerr the man who was inter-
ested in the passage of the measure,
was also present and argued for the
passage of the same over the veto of
the governor, which was made but a
day or so previous to this gathering.
When he had completed his remarks,
motion was made by one of the
party, that we do not recede from the
advice previously given"
On vote all voted aye, with the
exception of Judge King, who voted in
the negative.
Mr.. Kerr then announced his inten-
ton of working for the passage of the
bill. the veto of the governor to the
contrary Notwithstanding and was
asked if ''he knew what he was do
ing?" to which he returned an affirma-
| tive answer and added that the bill
was a good one and he wished it to
become a law.
1t is absolutely stated that following
this statement on his part, he was
asked if he knew the committee was
acting under the advice and direction
of the church authorities and its ac-
ton was such that it must be obeyed
To this he also made answer that
he did not know such was the case and
even so he did not propose to relax his
efforts in the direction indicated.
The proceedings of this meeting were
reported Immediately to two of the
leading members of the Salt Lake bar
by Kerr himself and he appeared to be
Very much chagrined at the turn af-
fairs had taken, inasmuch as he had
been very active in the support of the
HOW IT WAS. RECEIVED.
There was no denying the fact that
these statements We're received with
dismay all over the city, and all hoped,
for the good of the state, that they
would prove unfounded.
The Herald undertook to obtain inter
views from each one named as a men,
Der of the committee and succeeded, al
though The result is not as rea,ssuring
as it might be.
C. w. PENRosE.
c. w. Penrose. of the presidency of
Third ward meeting last night after
he had addressed the ward conference.
The gentleman's attention was called
to the sentiment of Mr.. Crftchlow to
the effect that the church had had
steering committee and was asked
what he knew about it,
There was no committee appointed
by the church that l know Of" re-
sponded Mr.. Penrcse. IL am somewhat
70, lfa,- Io--
members of the legislature occasionally
asked me for my judgment met with
F. S. Richards and we called in a few
other gentlemen, some Democrats and
some Republicans. Members of the
legislature asked US what we thought
of certain measures. That was all
there was to it. In some instances our
recommendations were not carried out.
We had no authority from ANYBODY
and made no alutempt whatever to
control the legislature. AS for the
governor, never spoke to him but
twice on legislation. In one instance
he had already made up his mind, and
in the other he took an entirely differ
ent view from the one 1 held, and of
course carried out his own IDEAS
JAMES SHARP.
James Sharp was seen at his home
his connection with the steering com
mittee.
Il am not aware that any committee
was appointed by the church authori-
ties. l have read the statement in the
Argus and Mr.. Crtchlow'S letter. but
there is no foundation, in fact, to Ell
Their of these when the statement is
made that the church eXerted undue
influence over the Mormon members of
the legislature for or against any
proposition.
las an old resident and for many
years a member of former legislatures,
I was consulted on several measures,
but gave my opinion and lobbied as a
private citizen; no more, no less. There
was no committee appointed by the
church-at least, not that know of"
w. w. RITTER.
W. w. Ritter spoke much the same
way. 1T is the supremest bosh,' he
said. ION two or three occasions
was consulted about certain measures,
but / was never aware of the exist
ence of any committee appointed for
such purposes as Mr., Critchlow in
Inmates"
J. NJ TANNER
J. M. Tanner again spoke differently
relative to the existence of 9 commit
tee but denies emphatically that it
was appointed with the object in view
to hold the ecclesiastical lash over the
heads of Mormon members of the leg
islature He said that at the time the
university bill was under consideration
II was general iv understood that the