The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-13
MACHINE SAYS
KERR MUST GO
Lively Session Of Agricultural Col
lege Board.
POLITICIANS PLOT KNOWN
STUDENTS AND FACULTY, EX-
CEPT TWO, FOR PRESIDENT.

4 OGAN, UTAH, May 12--ProfeSsor
W. J. Kerr must be removed from
the presidency of the Agricultural
college. This IS the dictUm of the Re
publican machine of this state and to-
day the first move toward carrying
that intention into effect was made.
When the board of trustees met six
members were present. namely. Nc
Aliister.. Whitmore, StOhl. Smart and
Gates President Mccormick being i'm
Europe. Mr.. owen named McAIlister
for chairman aud there was no 9th r
candidate. but on the vote AIessrs. Gates
and StohI and Smart voted against
organizing at all, thereby compelling
an adjournment
The old members of the board. all of
whom are firm supporters of President
Kerr, tried TO persuade the new mem
berS to effect an organization and pro
coed with the investigation of charges
against the two members of the faculty
who are reported to be out of harmony
with the administration but it was Of
no await and hence an adjournment
had TO be taken at once 1t Is net
thought that another meeting viii be
held until President Mccormick re-
turns and then if is said the auti-k arr
people Will be routed. It IS known that
President Kerr will recommend the
dismissal of at least one member of the
faculty and it is argued that knowing
the president would be prepared to
Substantiate his charges they re-
fused TO permit them To be made by
declining to organize President Kerr
made his position plain to the board.
asserting with emphasis that in de
Gliding TO weed out the obnoxious
members in the faculty he had b OH
prompted only by his duty to the insti-
tuition but that by utilizing political
and sectarian influence these members
were trying to develop feeling against
him by way Of retaliation. Every effort
was made to keep the proceedings
secret.
Following the board meeting the
students made a great q monsj ration
at chapel exercises in honor Of PreSi-
dent Kerr. MeSsrs- owen and Nc
Allister of the board Of trustees made
vigorous addresses CONNIE ding the &C
ton Of the students and deplOring the
presence Of political feeling in the ac-
tiOns of the new members of the board.
Mr. McAlister was much wrought up
and insisted that the traitors at the
school must go.
Union and progress are our watch
~
those who impede our progress they
must go We have made great progress
and as a result rival institutions are
jealous, a fact that accounts for the
origin of this UNDERSTANDINGS
Petitions signed by all the students
and all the members Of the faculty save
two, and heartily endorsing President
Kerr and requesting his retention were
presented to the board members. Feel
ing is intense here and it has become
embitteTed by political prejudice since
it became clear today that the Howell
Cutler machine has gotten behind the
diStuTbeTS at the college Congressman
Howell is in the deal according to re-
liable report He argues openly that
the state administration should control
the college, and as Mr.. Kerr is persona
non grata to the governor he should
go. The old members Of the board
under whose management the school
has made rapid strides will resist
fiercely this contention and viii fight
for the school rather than party