The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-05
SHARP MAKES DENIAL
Regent Attacks Herald Report,
Which Legislative Develop
ments Proves to Be True.
March T. 1908.

March 4. 1908.
To The Salt Lake Herald:
In your paper OF yesterday, II IS said
al lhe head Of am article Row develops
among regrets and 50 on
This article is made uD of mis-staIe-
ments from beginning 10 end. so far as
the board Of regents and all its members
are concerned. This statement is made
by authority of the board of regents. and
you are respectfully requested to make
JAMES SHARP. Chairman.
The above statement is published as
matter of courtesy. although The
Herald had, and still has, the authority
of a gentleman Of the highest stand
ing, who is familiar with the facts, for
the report of Wednesday. The regents
Of the university as a body may not
have had any difference among them
selves, but President Kingsbury did
urge the passage of the university bills
after Mr. Sharp and Mr.. Mccormick
had agreed on their compromise about
week ago. The question was dis
cussed by the regents and they did sup
port Mr. Sharp as published. 1t was
further agreed that Governor Wells
should have a statement i'm writing
signed by Messrs. Sharp and McCOr-
nick. setting forth the terms of the
agreement between the two governing
boards.
The story referred 20 said. I'm sub
stance. that President j. T. Kingsbury
had continued TO lobby for house bills
Nos. 20 and IS after Chairman James
Sharp Of the board of regents had
reached an agreement with President
w. S. Mccormick Of the Agricultural
college board Of trustees settling the
matter in controversy. that Mr.. Sharp.
hearing of this. had demanded of the
regents at a special meeting Tuesday
that he be sustained. and that the re-
gents had backed him up and agreed
that the agreement be reduced to writ
ing and signed.
Tuesday afternoon a meeting of the
house committee on education was
held To had been called for the pur-
pose Of considering the two Done bills
and TO give President kingsbury of the
university and President Kerr Of the
Agricultural college an opportunity to
be heard on these measures. The com
mittee went into executive session. but
The chairman. Mr. Done did not bring
up the bills. An inquiry was made of
him by "a member why the bills, for
whose consideration the meeting had
been called, were not taken up. Mr..
Done replied TO this that the board of
regents of the university had been in
session that same afternoon to COnsid-
err these bills and that until he heard
from the board he did not care to have
the house committee take any action
He spoke of the possible withdrawal
of the bills and I'm this connection gave
an intimatiOn that Mr.. Sharp had mis-
his authority i'm making an
agreement with Mr. Mccormick
Representative ID. r.. Roberts. a mem
Der Of the committee. offered yesterday
to vOuch for the fact that Mr. Done
made these statements, and other mem
bers of the committee viii bear it out
Before the meeting of the regents,
Mr. Sharp stated that he expected the
agreement between the Agricultural
college and the university TO be taken
up at that session.
Did Mr.. sharp tell you that he had
called a meeting Of the board of regents
to discuss the agreement you and he
had signed?" w. S. McCOgnick was
asked last evening.
II don't believe that he said he had
called the meeting for that purpose"
was the reply, but he told me there
would be a meeting yesterday, and that
be expected the matter TO come up.
THE agreement was presented to me
In writing later. and I signed il last
evening Tuesday,.
Following the meeting of the board /
Of regents. and in accordance with the
reached az that meeting.
Representative Done yesterday with 1
drew house bills Nos. rs and IS. The
first Of these defines the courses 70 be
taught in each institution, and the sec
ond cOnsOlidates the governing boards /
Mr. Done said he took this step at the |
request of the board Of regents.
81 am able TO give the house the graf I
flying Information" said Mr. Done /
that the controversy between the two |
Institutions has been practically set |
tied, and is in a fair way TO be entirely /
settled"
There was no objection TO the with |
iraWal OF the bills
Senator Harden Bennion yesterday
withdrew from the state senate his res
olutiOu for a constitutional amendment
uniting the Agricultural college with /
the state university.
The differences this resolution aimed |
TO correct have been temporarily adj
iusted between the two Institutions % /
announced Senator Benni0n. and /
therefore, j desire to withdraw the reso-
luton so that the negotiations may not
be embarrassed by the possibility Of ac-
ton on it at this session"
Joseph Henry shorthouse
London March t-Joseph Henry short