Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-22
UTAH 5 DISPLAY
At PORTLAND.
Chairman of Local Commission
Will be Chosen Tomorrow
Afternoon,
HULL IS OUT OF THE RACE.
Representative Kinney and Man Nam
ed Greeu, From Ogden, Now Men.
toned as Candidates

Utah's display at Portland, for the
Lewis and Clarke exposition, will be
arranged for very shortly. Tomorrow
afternoon a chairman Of the state COM
mission win probably be chosen. It had
been thought that Speaker Hull Of the
house OF representatives, was a candi-
date but he is now out OF the race.
Others who are mentioned for the place
are Clesson g. Kinney and a Mr. Green
OF ogden.
This morning at II o'clock the Port
land' Fair commission held a special
session in the Office of Governor Cutler.
1t resulted IN the interesting discovery
Of a grave errer in the report Of the
house investigating committee. The
committee In It's report charged Direc-
tor General Whitaker with selling the
brass railing that surrounded the con-
centrator In the mining exhibit, for a
nominal sum, when they should have
been kept for the Portland commission.
The ratings today turned up IN good
order, with the concentration and ready
to be transported to Portland. What
really was sold for the nominal sum
was a trifing amount OF ratings, un-
necessary TO the mill, and Of small cost
to the commission, Mr.. Whitaker said
today ITO get the s45 for this railing
was Ike finding 1t for the state. The
investigating committee knew too little
Of the problems and facts OF the fair
commission to properly Investigate
them. The language of the investlga-
tors report follows;
ut further appears that there was
paid for brass rails used In connection
with the building the sum Of s5OSSS;
that Mr.. Whitaker sold the whole Of
them for s45 Inasmuch as the same
rails could doubtless have been used by
the Lewis and Clark Centennial expo
siton and Oriental fair at Portland, II
would appear 10 the committee that
they should have been returned for that
purpose,
The discovery that thc~alllngs were
In Salt Lake and that the Investigators
had made a big mistake came out I'm
the meeting, when Director General
Whitaker was making a statement OF
the needs OF the Portland fair the
space required the kinds Of exhibits on
hand and their location in Salt Lake.
He was reading from the invoices OF
the railroad company containing the
list OF things shipped from St. Louis,
and read among the others, the item or
brass ratings for the concentrating
mill.
WALTON SMELLS A MOUSE
excuse me-" interrupted Senator
Wesley X. Walton OF the new commits
sion, but aren't they the ratings the
house investigating committee accused
You Of selling for S46
yes" was Mr.. whitaker reply,
"and the ones I did sell for Si5 were
merely tinsel affairs not at all neces-
sary at Portland"
The appearance Of Mr.. whitaker be-
fore the commission came at It's inyi-
tation. They wished to avail them-
selves OF his knowledge Of the sltua-
ton and the problem Of making an eN-
hlhit, and for that reason invited him
to make such recommendations az he
saw 1t. His main point was that in
addition to what was already on hand
the main exhibit TO work up and give
prominence was the educational display
WILL TURN PROPERTY OVER
Tomorrow a formal meeting will be
held 10 elect director general, and
Saturday Director General Whitaker
Will turn over the property from the
81. Louis fair. which will finally wlnd
up the business Of the former commits
sion
SENATOR'S CONTENTION.
when seen after the meeting this
mornlrI Senator Walton, who was
chairnn.a Of the Joint investigating
committee which eXonorated the mem-
hers of the st, Louis fair commission
and found them free from any wrong
| doing said 10 the News.
Time Will vlndicate our committees
report. 10 was not at all case o.
! whitewashing, but report Of actual
| conditions. our authority allowed US TO
investigate the expenditure Of money
| By the commission 20 ascertain II II
| was all properly accounted for The
public does not fully understand
| that IL was orders and not
| vouchers which We're forged. and
that there Is a vast difference IN
| anal results. We proceeded IN our in
vestigatlon by charging the commission
] with all the money given II ~ the state
we then checked against that money
the vouchers which were properly
signed. certifying that the money had
| been expended for the public good ana
1 myself carefully inspected each Of