The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-24


Logan is to be dismantled and moved
to Salt Lake county if plans of the
Smoot-Cutler state machine are car
ried out. All that will be left at Logan
will be an experiment farm, provided
the legislature can be induced TO ap
prove the plan and the people ratify It
at the polls. The Republican machine
proposes to punish President W. J.
Kerr of the agricultural college, an
object which it has been pursuing for
a long time, even though it be neces-
sary to amend the constitution of Utah
to do so. Mr.. Kerr, be it remembered,
Nrked valiantly for HammOnd's
ID Iination for governor at the time
I liter was nominated and it is said
Governor Cutler and his crowd have
never forgiven any person who opposed
/ him.
The commission appointed by Cover
nor Cutler to consider the ACCESSIBILITY
of consolidating university and the ag-
ricultural college, or of preventing du-
/ plicatiOn in their respective courses of
study, will hold its final meeting in
OONGTtlOT Guli6T > Office IODlOTTOW- -aC-
! cording to reliable advices this COM
mission viii report in favor of consol-
/ idation- It was appointed for thai DuT-
/ pose It was known when it YVES aD-
/ pointed that a majority of its merl-
bers were either pledged to favor con-
solidation or were known TO favor II.
Wanted Special Session.
/ Machine politicians such as g. II.
Z 4 a1T ser41
son and others, who are managing the
/ fight to take President Kerr's scalp by
virtually wiping his institution Oft the
] face of the earth. planned originally to
call special session of the legislature
Immediately after the commission made
its report. They figured that the s5moOt
crowds grip on the present legislature
IS stronger than il win ever be on an
other one, and that now was the time
to have the matter submitted 10 The
people.
More mature consideration caused the
abandonment of this plan, however. II
was feared 10 inject such an issue into
the campaign this fall. and it was
finally decided to pass the matter I'D to
the regular session next winter. A a
result Of this conclusion Governor cut
Ter announced yesterday that no spe-
cial session would be called to consider
the matter.
How Commission Stands.
Tie first day the commission met
this was about three weeks ago the
statement was made that no business
of any Importance was transacted that
day. It has developed that this was
not true. An informal or tentative bal
lot was taken that day on the question
of consolidation. and, according 20 III
formation which comes directly from
the inside. the result was to in favor
Of consolidation. Governor Cutler, who
was presiding, did not vote, although
he is firmly committed to cOnsoiida-
ton, and one member was absent
After holding meetings for several
days, the commission adjourned until
tomorrow. Then, it is said. the report
will be agreed upon. It viii be turned
over to Governor Cutler, and by him
transmitted to the next legislature with
an executive recommendation.
Put 1t in Sugar House.
The plan of the smoot leaders. Il is
said, is to abandon the buildings at Lo-
gan; TO put up few small and cneap
buildings in Sugar House ward or that
vicinity In Salt Lake county, where
strictly agricultural branches viii be
taught, and to put all the English, sci
entific and other branches in the uni
versity.
1t is claimed that the university au-
thorities are straining every nerve 10
have this accomplished. md that Jney
are working in complete harmony with
the Smoot machine in the matter
The commission, which is supposed
to carry out the wishes of the mach,ns..
is composed of Governor Cutler, H
Bullen, jr., of Logan, DR.. A. S. Condor
of Ogden. George A Eaton Of Salt
Lake, John NJ. Mills of Salt Lake. Rev.
+. c. Goodwin of Provo. Bernard Macs
er of Beaver, J. G. Walters of Loe1n
and Peter Sundwall of Logan
President Kerr Badgered.
Some time before the commission met
informally it visited both the univer-
sity and the agricultural college. and
prOpounded questions both to President
J. T. Fingsbury of the university and
to President Kerr Of the agricultural
college. The questions propounded to
President Kingsbury it is said. were
so brief and simple that they could al
most be answered on single sheet of
paper. Not so with President Kerr:
the questions propounded to him were
so numerous, so involved and so jntri-
cate that it took him several weeks TO
prepare his answer to them, and the
answer consisted of a thick wad of
typewriter manuscript paper.
f. Benjamin Andrews. chancellor of
the University of Nebraska, is in the
city. and It is said that an adroit at
tempt has been made to secure from
him some expression of opinion favor
able to consolidation. DR.. Andrews.
however. has gracefully sioestepped the