The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-29
THAT DENUNCIATi0N.

The Walters Bullen letter to Gov
ernor Cutler is rather grave in its ut
terances. While the majority mem
bers Of the commission appointed u
investigate the College and University
are not specifically charged with thorC
dishonesty and violation of public
turst, the Inference is that in theil
general attitude toward the minority
and their conduct of the investigation
the majority members were guilty oil
all that is dshonorable and reprehcn.
sible.
The minority members say the ma.
jority suppressed certain information,
garbled and misreprcsented the utter
ances OF prominent educators, secured
information by the presentation of so.
called statistics and facts to which
the minority members were not a
party, and presented report that in
certain instances is necessarily mis-.
leading because founded on msrepre.
sentation.
In support Of their position in this
matter, Messrs. Waters and Bullen
present copies of their request for
the information suppressed, disclaim
knowledge Of the so,called statistics
furnished eastern educators, and then
present in full certain letters which
the majority presented In abbreviated
form.
These facts seem to present concu-
sive evidence OF the prejudice and
general unfairness of the majority
members Of the commission, and when
taken in conjunction with expressions
by at least one member Of the sub.
committee as detailed in the minority
report, 1t seems impossible that the
findings of the majority are worthy
the consideration Of the public
The worth of the report OF any in.
vestigating commission depends upon
It's accuracy and its thoroughness, and
necessarily accuracy and thoroughness
are dependent upon the ability and
honesty Of the members of the COM
mission. A commission that is prelu-
diced can not present an unbiased re.
port, and biased report is worthless.
A commission that permits prejudice
TO distort, suppress or neglect one
TACT is In all probability sufficiently
prejudiced TO distort, suppress or neg.
lect other facts. 1t is impossible to
take any other position.
IL in this case the minority has
proved that the majority was unfair,
misrepresented eastern educators who
had furnished opinions. miSrepresent-
ed TO them the true status of matters
here, or deliberately withheld this or
any other information from the min.
ority-if either OF these charges are
proved, then is the work OF the com,
mission absolutely worthless.
AS the matter stands to date, the
case against the majority is proved.
Messrs. Walters and Bullen present
tangible evidence, evidence that word
contortions can hardly controvert.
They show in parallel letters that the
majority was at least prejudiced
enough 10 present only such portions
OF letters as tended TO support consol.
idation ideas. What ground is there
for believing the majority presented
any other findings with less prejudice?
May they not have garbled.and mis-.
represented other facts and figures?
Under the circumstances il seems
impossible that the commissions work
can be accepted as basis for the set.
Element of the present educational
difficulty, and 1t is certain that the
gentlemen who composed the majority
OF that commission stand before the
public branded Us men too narrow, too