, 1907-06-04
PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD DELAY
Ed WHILE REPORTER COULD
BE SUMMONED FROM Of
FIcE OF ORGAN.
Man Who Mads Wholesale Charges In
sisted That He Would Not Talk
Until Two O'Clock and Then Only
in University Auditorium-eitins
Resolutions Unanimously Adopted
BY Board at Forenoon Meeting.

BY Board at Forenoon Meeting.
The board of trustees of the univer.
sity mel this morning in the secre.
tary's ofice at 9 O'Clock, there being
present Hon. Timothy F. Burke and
Miss Harriet Knight of Cheyenne,
Hon. A. j. Mokler of Casper, Hon. j
F. Crawford Of Saratoga, Mrs. Eliza
beth Arnold Stone Of Evanston, Honor.
ables Otto Gramm, A. c. Jones and H
l.. Stevens Of this city, together with
DR.. Tisdel and DR.. Hebard, the former
being ex-oficio a member of the board
and the latter its secretary. The only
absentees are Hon. w. George Aber
of Sheridan and State Superintendent
of Public instruction A. D. Cook. Mr.
Cook was prevented from coming by
illness in his family.
State Examiners Report.
The report of State Examiner Harry
B. Henderson, who has recently made
a thorough inspection of the univer-
sity, was read in its entirity, Mr.. Hen.
derson being present in person to an
swer the questions Of the board. This
report formed the subject of the morn
ing deliberations.
Morton Notified.
After q full discussion of Mr.. Hen
derson's report, upon motion 1t was
ordered that the president of the uni
versity be requested to e Mr.. Nor
ton and notify him that the board is in
session and to ask him il he has any
charges to mska Of Encouragement
before this board or any corrections or
additions to the charges he has
made through the public press,
and II he has not, he be re-
questef to present his expense ac-
count In coming here, with the neces-
sary vouchers In connection with the
subpoena OF Mr.. Henderson to appear
before this board.
Opposition Paper Delays Proceedings.
Mr.. Morton was then invited in by
DR.. Tisdel. A representative of The
Republican asked II he might be ad-
mitted to the proceedings. This was
objected to by Mr.. Morton, who
thought that a Boomerang reporter
should also be admitted were any 9TH
er newspaper men let in.
Upon motion of the board, it was de-
cided to allow the representatives OF
the press to come in, and Mr.. Morton
telephoned the Boomerang and the
proceedings were delayed until a re.
porter Of that paper arrived.
Questioned BY Burke.
At this point Mr.. Burke, who was
presiding, questioned Mr.. Morton. He
told Mr.. Morton why they had asked
him to be present and inquired wheth-
er he had any statements OF charges
he wished to make to the board.
MI. Morton in replying said that he
wished to make a statement to the Ell,
feet that he had been subpoenaed to
appear before Mr.. Henderson to be
examined by him publicly, at 2 p. M,
in the university auditorium, and that,
therefore, his present appearance be
fore the board was voluntary on his
part.
Wanted to Save His Fire.
With reference to the charges ne
had made, he said that he had moi
made them carolessly, but that he was
not willing to go into the matter fur
Their until this afternoon.
Questioned as to whether he would
produce this afternoon the affidavits
he had mentioned In his newspaper
charges, he replied that be probably
would, were the investigation an oper
one and what he considered a fair one
Mr.. Burke also asked him if he wer'
not a member of the faculty and in tn
employ Of the board Of trustees at TIT
time he made tho charges.
YES" said Mr.. Morton.
Mr.. Burke asked him why he dit
not take up the matter with the ex
ecutive committee, to which Mr.. Nor
ton replied that, rs his charges wer'
against two Of the members of tina
NOrnurItAAn hn AtA MT think there
would be any use in so doing.
He further said that he made hi
charges in the name that he did, an
at the time he did, for two reasons
hrst, because he thought it was tn
only way he would get a hearing, and
second, because, having been employ
ed by an institution Of another state
he felt that he must act before he LET