The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-26
W. j. Lynch and W. D. Cand-
land Appointed Members of
State Land Board.
EXECUTIVE PRER0GATIVE
OF RECESS APPOINTMENT
Men Twice Turned Down by the
Utah Senate Receive
Recognition.

Twice rebuked by the Senate Of the
Utah Legislature for sending TO that
body for confirmation the names of W,
j. Lynch and w. d, Candland, as mem
bers of the State Board Of Land Com,
missioners, Governor John G.. Cutler
yesterday availed himself of the execu-
tive prerogative of recess appointment
and named the rejected men for the
commissioncrships.
The act of the Governor is one Of
defiance of the rights and wishes Of
the people rs expressed by their rep
resentatives, the Senators. tt is re-
peated insult TO that body and is con-
sidered an act Of insolence toward the
whole people.
After a careful judicial inquiry, a
committee of the Senate found w. j,
Lynch, brother-in.law to Governor Cut
Ter, and chairman of the Land Board
and w. d.. Candland guilty of gross
negligence IN permitting to be carried
on III the land Office serious irregulari-
ties, which were known to them but of
which they took no official cogniZauce
So serious and fragrant were these ir-
rcgularities, and that is a mild term
with which to characterize them. that
the Senate passed measure covering
them and making them punishable. The
evidence, the Senate held, clearly
showed that Harry Anderson, r clerk
III the office of the Land Board. was
using information obtained by him Of
ticially for his own benefit and either
himself or with the aid Of relatives fore
stalling citizens in fling upon certain
valuable lands, This became known to
Lynch and Candland, but they paid no
attention to it officially, and their acts
justified the assumption that they in
tended to do nothing to remedy condi-
tions. All this and more was known
TO them, but it was left to the Senate
TO Investigate the conditions and pro-
vide remedy,
Senate Rejects Names.
After these disclosures Governor Cut
ter sent the names of Lynch and Cand.
land to the Senate for confirmation.
They were rejected. A day or two
elapsed and he repeated the insult by
again Transmitting the names TO the
upper House. On the second occasion
several Senators scored the executive
in no uncertain terms for his repeated
lnsolence ard arrogance. And now that
the Senate has adjourned the Governor
and audaciously names the
twain as representatives on the State
Land Board. II is an unheard- of pro-
ceedlng and beyond tolerance.
IN tlle proclamation IN which he
names Lynch and Candland he also ap.
points Harry S. Joseph to the State
Industrial School Board and makes sew
eral selections for commissions in the
n. G.. u.
Following is the proclamation;
Whereas vacancies exist I'm appontIve
offices as follows: Adiutant general OF
the National Guard of Utah. assistant adj
tutant general, two members OF the State
Board of Land Commissioners for the
two-year term, and one member of the
Board of Trustees OF the State Indus
trial school for the four-year term. and
Whereas the constitution and the law
make IL the duty of the Governor to fiji
such vacancies by appointment:
Now, therefore. |. John c. Cutler
Governor OF the State OF Utah. do hereby
make the following appointments
AS adjutant general Of the National
Guard of Utah, Colonel f, a. Wedge
wood, Salt Lake county.
As assistant adjutant general Colonel
III. M. II, Lund, Salt Lake county
AS members of the State Board of Land
Commissioners for a term of two wears
William ]. Lynch OF Salt Lake county
w; j. Candland OF Sanpete county.
AS member of the Board OF Trustees
Of the State Industrial school for a term
Of four years. II, S. Joseph OF Salt Lake
county.