The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-13
LIE is PASSED
AT INQUIRY OF
SCHOOL BOARD
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tne meeting. He charged that he had
ny ny Deeh treated fairly. but had been
- @ssed INTO a trial and every tech
iliCo point was being raised against
MN Ali this, he said was due "a
nothing but animosity on the part OF
members OF the board.
Mi Thomas objected to an emplova
OF tne board being allowed to refer
nus 10 board members. and Judge
henderson, on inquiry by H c. Ed
wards. who Is Bridwell's legal adviser
SAID that Mr.. Bridwen would have
every opportunity to meet every
charge with any evidence or state
ment he desired
BridWelI continued his address. talk
ing about insinuatiOn by board mem
bers and personal animus until Mr.
Ihomas demanded that he be called to
order.
A reference was made to an inter-
view between Mr. Thomas and Mr.
Bridweil in the office Of the former last
august, when Mr.. Thomas had told
the superintendent that the bogus
names must not be used or the super
intendent would get into trouble.
c. 5. Martin brought this UP and
asked f Mr.. Thomas had not said this
at that time.
Mr.. Thomas said that he had. that
Bridwell had told him about these bo-
gus names and furthermore had told
him that Mr.. Newman had told him To
do it,
W. J. Newman here opened his
mouth for the first tine during the
inquiry; Did he say that?"
Yes" said Mr.. Thomas, ''and he said
more than that about you"
Newman subsidized for the time, and
Mr.. Thomas told what happened in his
Office. He said that Bridwell had not
told him he would change the names.
and he had said positively that these
names were being used TO shield W. J.
Newman. also that Newman suggested
it. Newman had also asked the super
intendent, according to his then state
ment. to reinstate his sons after they
had been discharged. For himself, he
had then become aware of only one as
suned name, and the present condition
Of the pay rolls he did not know until
he had seen it in the press. On March
he went over the pay rolls and was
shocked to find them as they are.
Newmsn's Explanation.
Mr. Newman then wanted to speak to
d question of privilege, and began 70
talk about the dictatorial attitude of
Mr. Thomas. Finally, after motion of
Oscar W. Moyle. he was allowed to
make his statement, but was told to
cOnfine himself TO the subject. He said,
in part:
In August last two or three of my
sons were idle and asked for work re-
pairing the buildings. Being handy
boys, the superintendent employed them
under their own names, and they
worked several weeks under those
names. Then word came from a mem
Der from the Fourth ward, who was do
ing all the talking now, that there were
too many Newmans on the pay roll.
When this charge of nepotism was
made, this member from the Fourth
ward made the excuse that his re-elec-
ton would be impaired as he belonged
to the same body as myself who had
so many sons working. and that the
Americans would get shin and lend
him lemon. To avoid such a dire ca
lamity, ! called my boys off.
They fell out, but had more man
hood about them than I had, and went
back again against my direction. 1 defy
anybody to say that I suggested their
working again under assumed names.
At another time two sons of mine were
working as TheO Newman & Brother.
I told them to stand on their own feet.
All that has concerned me in any Of
these cases was. Did you earn the
When the kangaroo Investigation
was started some time ago by the com
mittee of which that man was chair
man (excuse me, Mr.. Hammond and
Judge Henderson,. no evidence 20 the
contrary was shown.
There had been a judgment against
my son in a kangaroo court at Muir
ray, and I allowed one son to take the
name of David Crockett. I have pro-
tected my own men against that court.
and would do so again"
Charges Against Thomas.
This is interesting information" said
Mr.. Thomas. Il presume that the in
formation regarding my fears about
reelection came from the same source
as the threats that I had taken a plural
wife and that this fact would be used
against me if I proceeded with this il
vestigation."
BY this time everybody was laughing.
and Professor Byron Cummings tried
TO get back to business by showing thar
Bridwell had not stopped the assumed
names in August. but that they were
also on the pay rolls for September and
October. This was admitted. though c.
) Martin tried to show that Mr. Sr:d-
wei had made the corrections OF the
names on the later pay rolls
Then it transpired that Mr. Bridwe II
had handed checks for one David
Crockett" direct to ". J. Newman. who
had receipted for them.
On voucher 1895 MIR. BridweH admit
ted that Ed Green was Ed Newman.
and that Arthur Smith. who receiptaI
as Arthur Smith, was really Arthur
Newman.
Mr.. MOyle then asked if members of
the board had not known of all these
assumed names. and Mr. Bridwell said