Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-01
Evans Repudiates Walters
And Bullen Bias Charges

To the Deseret News /, may no
properly he my preroalive 10 repll
20 the sensational charges ~ Messrs
Walters and BuIlsn. Of bias. hair-spit
tins. and dishonesty on the pant o.
the other members Of the commission
but since Profs Eaton and NILS refusO
TO say anything public about the mat
ter at present and since no one else
apparently cares to take up the CAN'T
lei thrown down by the gentlemen
from Logan / prefer 10 do SO myself
rather than 10 see the people of Utah
misled by what ! know To be- "a CONE
plete Misrepresentation of the facts
In the controrrrsy over the Agr.cul-
tural college and the University Of
Utah.
a THEATRICAL PLEA
The charges Of Messrs Walters
and RulIen might appear damag.
ing to the cause OF cousolida-
tion. But a lstle reflection in The
light Of the facts VIII serve TO
show not only that that cause is in
no danger but that the whole letter
Of these northern gentlemen Is a wall
OF despair from those who see the
breakers ahead. Why did not these
members make their objection 10 the
governor at the time when they first
perceived themselves TO be Imposed
upon by the other members Then
matters would not have been permit
ted to 60 on In that way
LOOKS LIKE 4 PLOT.
The letter on lts face bears the im.
press Of a plot The Logan members
knew THAI Cache valley expected them
10 work for The retention a. the cq.-
lege and that II they did not 90 an
IN their power 10 this end irrespective
Of where the facts might lead them
they would better move 10 another To-
Ssiltv I nat such is the case is evil
Dent from what the Logan Journal
said recently. II accused the "ma-
chine" Of working for consolidation, and
went on to say something 10 the effect
that II Messrs. Walters and Bulen fell
IN with the machine they need not show
their faces again 10 the Logan people.
They knew, moreover. these two MEM
bers. that facts as they came 20 light,
tod against their predetermined plan
Bat they said nothing OF the matter
AT the time. They waited till they
could spring these charges sensation
ally before the public And. be-
sides. the letter reached the governor
after its publication IN the salt Lake
pagers.
HAD ACCESS'TO ALL MATERIAL.
The Logan members complain that
there was certain material which was
In the possession OF the majority menu
bers and TO which they aid not have
access. Mr.. Eaton. IN the very letter
which they quote, assures them that
all matters actel upon by the COM
mission with the documents referring |
thereto were In their possession, "eX- |
ftptng the report Of the subcommittee. |
relating'to the investigation al the TINT |
vcrsity OF Utah and the Agricultural |
college. April n, and 2s. 1906" which |
had not then been filed with the secre. |
larry. And this was subsequently fur
nlshed them
MISUNDERSTANDING.
II Is the matter Of the correspond.
,noe. however. that creates the Rreat.
,st soreness. In ALL more than a hun.
1red letters were sent out. together
With certain facts 10 be used as "A basis
'or the answers Sixty eight replies
we're received. To show the deliberate
Of fact by Messrs. Wal.
lers and Bullen, | have only TO poInt
out two things First, that one Of
.hese letters-namely that from Dean
OF Missouri-Was received
m the last day OF the commissions
existence. Certainly. the Logan menu
'ers could not have been handed thai
etter. Second. ] observe that I'm both |
he majority and the minority report
'ertain quotations are made from the |
Price communication. How did they |
Iet this II they Gid not have access to
he correspondence? As a matter Of
act they should have told MS that they
themselves sent letters. and | presume
acts "a eastern college and univer.
ity presidents. receiving IN return
duplicates Of those which had already
zen sent to'the other members But
his admission would not have served
heir purpose,
Messrs. Walters and Bulleu. did YOU
ot have some matter that you did
OF submit 20 the commission?
TENOR or LETTERS.
out OF the 6s letters received. only
0 advocate separate maintenance OF
he Agricultural college and these
'ere from college presidents The
University presidents OF these same
iates advised combination. An the
presidents believed In "a ,
Mon OF the two schools. But only 10 ,