The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-14
ALLISON R0ASTS
SPEAKER HULL
Senate President Calls House
Chairman Many Names.
FALSIFlER. SLANDERER, ETC.
SAYS IT'S WASTE OF LATHER TO
SHAVE AN ASS.
IN CELEBRATE falsidcr"
"slanderer


Enervescent."
Can't keep his temper"
Possesses animus.'
Guilty of Interior motive"
The foregoing are a few of the char
acterizations applied TO Speaker Hull
of the house Of representatives by Pres
ident Allison Of the senate in executive
session of the latter body yesterday aft
ernoon. The senate was considering
Governor Wells. reappolntment of An
gust r., Wright and Richard T. Hume
as trustees Of the state reform school.
After his references 20 the presiding
officer of the other house. President
Allison declared he was willing 90 be
held 90 "a strict and public accounta-
bihty for his statements.
Quotes Ancient Proverb.
And I am willing 90 add" said he in
private later, ITO quote the old proverb,
that it Is a waste of lather 20 shave
an ass
President Allis0n's scathiug castiga-
ton of Speaker Hull was brought about
b. objections made by Senator Barnes
10 the confirmation of the two appoint
any grounds upon which he based his
objections. merely saying that he
wished 20 go on record as opposing
their approval.
Several of the senator's jumped 90 the
conclusion that Senator Barnes oppo-
sition was due To the charges recently
brought against the management of the
Ogden institution and aired before the
legislative committee. Senators Nc
Kay and BeuniOn launched into an
elaborate defense OF the reform school
and its management and Senator Law
\ renee declared his opinion that no evil
-dence was produced before the commits
sion which should cast any reflections
on the trustees as unworthy of the APP
pointmeut Each of the three senators
argued that as the trustees manage
ment Of the institution had been made
an issue. and as they were eXonerated,
nothing less than unanimous conhrmd-
ton by the senate was due them
President Allison then left the chair
and called upon Senator Lawrence to
preside.
Time to Speak Out.
Tor special reasons I have kept sic
lenCe with reference 10 these charges
which have been made against the re-
form school management" said he "but
10 view of the assertions which have
Teen made by members OF the house
since the report of the investigating
committee has been made and accepted,
the time has come 20 speak out
II want 90 say and go on record as
saying. that the responsibility for the
misstatements and false charges made
against this institution rests largely If
not entirely with the speaker Of the
b Cad of Faf %
OF Utah. Out of personal animus OF
Speaker Hull grew the mass of sensa-
tioDal falsehood which was circulated
10 the detrimtnt of the institution and
the Islander OF the character OF its
trustees.
I'm his whole course toward the in
stiuution Speaker Hull has deliberate
u falsihed He is "a slanderer who mas
manciOusly circulated untrue state
mCnts with the purpose of harming men
against whom. FOR some reason, he en-
tertained personal anlmus.
"splutters Incoherently."
His attitude has been as ridiculous
and Inconsistent as il aas been ma
Ncious. He IS an ehervescenL who
splutters forth I'm incoherent wrath
without knowing what he is saying or
what he is talking about He loses his
temper as presiding officer of the house
nearly every day. If the accounts in the
newspapers are true, flying into rage
and making an exhibition of himself on
thu slightest provocation-
what I am saying ! am willing 90
stand by. and am willing 10 be held 90
full personal and public accountability.
7 am speaking advisediy, with fun
knowledge of the character of the ass
scrtiOns I am making and am entirely
willing that the ban of executive ses-
sion secrecy shall be removed So far ass
what I am saying Isl concerned,
Representative SpTy of the commit
tee is reported by the newspapers as
having said that the report made by the
investigating committee was made Boo
the way 30 was $50 as To- avoid scandal
What scandal was unearthed in that
investigation ] defy him TO point 90
anything IN an the testimony taken be-
fore the committee 90 support the use of
the word scandal TO was shown that
Mr. Wallace. the teacher, had done
with condemned youths exactly what
the average school teacher does with
school children who have not been sent
10 be confined in an institution. Was
that a scandal2 Why cannot Repre-
sentative Spry show disposition 90
De- fair2 The truth is that he worked
for the exclusion OF testimony which
could be- construed as favorable 20 the
institution.
Flying Into a Passion.
can Interior motive has been evident
an through this agitation. Speaker
Hull has been guilty of an Interior mo-
tive. That he possesses an anlmus
there can be no doubt so far as his own
public utLerances are concerned. lie
has been rushing into print about the
institution and the investigation, dying
into a passion about 10 whenever De
could get a chance.
'In this mornings paper he Is quoted
ass having said that 10 was an outrage
f0r the senate 90 have killed the bin
for "a reorganization of the reform
school board. Think of that gentlemen;
think of the presiding officer of one of
ythe branches Of this legislature dccus-
0ina the entire membership OF the other
branch Of having committed ana out-
rage In that 30 refused 90 pass "a bin
which would mean the removal from
office of the very men who had been
unanimously eXOnerate4 from all blame
by "a representative committee repre-
senting both houses. challenge speak
er Hull 10 show anything that has been
developed ln f"ilTct"H "+tH enc t"fe9-
fleation OF this Institution which could
warrant Tie use OF that word as APP
pIled TO the conduct OF members OF this
senate.
No Busisness Experience.
"Mr. Hull Is innocent and child-uke
in his methods. as impulsive and unac-
ccuntable as AN immature youth. BE
has no experience as "a business man
and lacks the necessary qualifications
q enable him to pronounce fair judg-