The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-19
TWO APPO|NTEES
ARE TURNED DOWN
Senate Refuses to Confirm w.
J. Lynch and w. D. Cand-
land of Land Board.
RESULT OF INVESTIGATION
MEN NAMED BY GOVERNOR GET
HARD JOLT.

The senate in executive session yester-
DAY afternoon refused to confirm the re-
appointment by Governor Cutler of w
). Lynch and w. d. Candland as men,
DtTS or the state board of land commits
Sioners- The action Of the senate is
ulfeGt result of the recent disclosures as
20 me methods of the board, as brought
OUT IN the investigation Instituted by Sen
dtof Benner Y Smith. that resulted in the
g5sIShatlon Of Harry S. Anderson, chief
clerk OF the board.
Inc senate also refused TO concur in the
appointment of $. T. Whitaker of Ogden
as member of the governing board of
me STATE art institute. His appointment
was objected to by Senators Hulanish
ana HOlllngswOrth of Ogden. on the
position
Trouble was threatened over the ap-
pOlhtment of members of the board of
regents OF the University. and the board
OF trustees of the Agricultural college,
S Snt II qld not come. Senator John Y.
SIGth objected to the appOintm emit of II
b. Cromar of Salt Lake as fish and game
commissioner to succeed Uncle John
sharp, but his protest carried little
weight All the other appointments of
the governor were confirmed unanimous
y.
Others in Danger.
W. II. THAN and H. N. Hayes. the other
members of the land. board. also narrowly
missed confirmation because OF their al
legged knowledge of the conduct of And
erson- 1t IS understood that the vote on
these men was a tie. nine 10 nine but
a second ballot was taken and one of the
senator's voting no before, changed TO
ave and thus saved them.
The vote on the confirmation of Lynch
ana Candland is not known definitely. but
II Is thought to have stood u against 6
Tor confirmation. Those voting for con-
confirmation are said to have been Sen
atOrs John Y. Smith, Seeley, BrinkerhOff.
Clegg, Callister and Rasband, and those
against Senators Miller. HollinesWorth
IB9enner \. Smith. Gardner, Park, Viii
lams, Lawrence, Walton, BulIen, Johnson.
Hulaniski and President Love
Session Was Strenuous.
Although only the senator's attended the
meeting, the fact that it lasted more than
two hours, and that occasionally sounds
or loud talking came from the committee
loom where they assembled leads TO the
belief that the debate was bitter. Sen
ator Benner Y. Smith, who started the
investigation of the affairs of the land
board and the alleged misconduct of And
erson, led the fight against Lynch and
Candland. He took into the room with
him the report of the testimony taken by
the special committee that probed the
charges, and read from it at length to
show that all the members of the board
and particularly Lynch and Candland
were cogn1Zant of the existing conditions
and remained passive.
The opposition was led by Senator John
II. Seely Of Sanpete county, a bTother-iI-
law of Mr.. Candlard. He took the DO
sition that the board had done all in its
power TO investigate the matter. and that
1t was not right to assume that either
Lynch or Candland had been dilatory.
a strenEqus fight was also made on
Hayes and THAN, but this failed because
of the impression that they were not so
much to blame as the other two members
as they had only been informed of the
charges in a very general way at a meet
ing Of the land board recently.