, 1907-06-07
Of Subscription.
WHAT HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED.

The sum total of the investigation
made by Mr.. Harry b. Henderson,
state examiner, may be summed up as
follows:
Financially, not one cent of the uni
versity money has been misappropri-
ated or used in an extravagant manner.
The charge against Mr.. Gramm to
the effect that he has received favors
from the experiment station without
giving compensation therefor has not
beer sustained by Mr.. Morton's evil
dence. Mr.. Morton was the gentleman
who kept the accounts and rendered
the bills. Mr.. Gramm, as appears from
Mr.. Morton's evidence, paid every bill
= presented to him. The charge in re-
lation to trips is n~onsensical. Mr..
Gramm gave his time and unquestion-
ably spent n great deal of money upon
these trips in the interests OF the uni
versity without any return whatever.
1t is not for Mr.. Morton to say whether
the time was well spent or yaluable to
the university or not. He is not the
Judge. Everyone who knows anything
about such matters is well aware that
the university should be represented
n it could not rave selected a more
able or worthy representative to at
tend a stock meeting thar the presi-
lent of the board of trustees. 1t Is
also well to note that Mr.. Gramm was
able to save the institution n large
sum in the matter of transportation,
he at that time being able to secure
transportation from the Union Pa
cihc on his personal account as coal
agent. Morton's political charge was
not mentioned.
The charge against DR.. H.. l.. Stew
ems was completely refuted by Prof.
Morton's own testimony. The bill
against Mr.. Stevens was a trifing one
and Mr.. Morton admitted that the doc
tor had been called to the station sew
eral times to render professional aid.
1t was so manifestly improper that he
should be required to pay when his
legal offset was perhaps two or three
times greater, that Director Bufum
very properly told him to give the bill
no further attention. The threshing
machine charge was another round
about allegation that had no weight,
It being shown that Mrs. Maxwell had
borrowed the machine n there De-
ing TO direct evidence that it was dam
aged while he was using it. No bill
was ever rendered to Mr.. Maxwell for
using tho machine, as it had been the
custom to accommodate ranchmen and
others whenever pOssible.
1t was shown from Mr.. Morton's tes-
timony that Mr.. Corthell had returned
a machine to the station in a damaged
condition and that he had given no
compensation to the station therefor,
There e to have been no attempt
on the part of the Boomerang to re
port this. Although not stated at the
hearing it may be said at this time that
Mr.. Corthell has not served the uni
versity in a legal capacity for nothing,
He was paid $3.50 for his services In
the agricultural college case before
the supreme court, though he made no
further charge for his services in as
sisting in taking appeal to the supreme
court of the United States. Anything
he received from the university ap-
pears to have been free; anything he
did for the university came high. His
attitude in this respect is in marked
contrast with the members of the board
or trustees of the institution, whose
character he has been assailing. They
have never made a charge for m ser
vices rendered, professional or other
wise, according to Mr.. Morton's testi-
mony.
The charge against Miss Hebard ap-
pears to have been so trivial, even in
Prof. Morton's mind. that he did not
press it at the hearing.
And his appears to have been his
entire case. His insinuf tions relative
to possible financial revelations have
gone glinlmering. Upon this fimsy
preteYt he has deemed it wise to go
before the people of the state and fill
the yellow journals with columns OF
stuff derogatory to the university. One
gentleman remarked the other day that
IL Prof. Morton could live to be a thou
sand years old and devote his entire
time to the service of the university
he would he unable to repair the in
jury he had done it.
The main investigation is yet to
come, but the groundwork is now laid.
The Republican sincerely hopes that
the commission suggested may be COM
posed of men of high standing in the
state and without political prejudice.
and that their findings shall be Of such
a conclusive nature that the people
of all shades of politics will accept
them as true.
The board of trustees, Mr.. Gramm.
Mr.. Stevens, Miss Hebard and the uni
versity have nothing to fear from the
truth.