Show T GOV CUTLER t J E i ifOR fOR INSUlT TO THAT BODY t I r Executives Communication Laid on the i Table Along With Appointments ts e of Candland and Lynch ii i i c In Open Session President Love and Others Voice Their In Indignation Indignation r and Disgust f i 4 If tr President Ix In vo The Th governors acton should not be b tolerated and aAd I l dont propose pr pose to have the thc stigma of making the these e appointments appointment placed up n t the senate 1 Senator S governors action is a direct t insult to this bedy dy ir Senator S I dont propose to have anything crammed down my k I throat t by any an governor president or r anyone else I Senator Lawrence The action oC or the governor should be resented resent by b th the 1 senate It is without precedent r 1 i Never has a governor of Utah hj been n en tn enso so severely scored as was w s Governor Cutler yesterday esterday by bJ the highest legis legislative legislative body in tho the state it tabled I his reappointment rea of W V D I and W J T Lynch as members of the state board of Dr land commissioners and incidentally charged the chief i I with ith haling before be Core him certain sen sent senators senators I in order to make them recede from their action taken in executive session last Monday when the appoint appointments monts ments were first acted upon Senators Benner X Smith Lawrence and Johnson and President Love Loe took tool turns at grilling the states machine governor and his kitchen cabinet and when the ordeal was finished d tabled a communication which they the forcel Corce 1 him hin hinto to make giving the reasons for his ac lC action action tion lion in sending back the nominations after they the had been once and refused to have hae anything more to do with the matter In the course ourse of oC his remarks remark Sen ien Senator ator Benner X Smith the author of or orthe the tho land board Investigation took oc ne occasion occasion casion caslon to state that he hc had laid his charges against Clerk Anderson be before beI before I fore the governor of or this state stat and aud that t at his excellency had expressed great preat surprise and regret It seems cerns how however ho however ever eyer that this was the extent of the governors solicitude Smith Ready eady for Them When hen asked to prove that any an mom bers hera of the senate had been haled bale 1 be before before fore forc the governor Senator S Smith re retorted retorted e that he would withdraw his bus statement It II all lI the senators would swear that th t they the tad had ad not seen him him Only Senators and John y T Smith who ho however were in ft fLOr vor of oC confirmation Monday and consequently cons did not have to be he seen remained si silent lent i nt It is only charity charlt for Cor ne ie to as assume sume ume that pressure has been brought to bear b ar on the governor go to renew these appointments said Senator mith in inthis inthis inthis this connection and I not be bc surprised to lo know that he had been oti officially daIly informed that the thc senate s n te had been Deen fixed and would ratify his ac action action action tion When the governor sent back hac t th ap appointments apI I the second time he did lid not II accompany them with any an explanation I for his action and this more than any anything an anI I thing else eie angered the senators so it I I was finally finalI decided to force the rho hf head hoo ad of the state to assign n his reasons renaming renaming ing Lynch t and Candland and a communication was sent to him ufe al noon informing him of the tho senates action The Governors Letter The reply was received In the after aCter afternoon afternoon noon and is as follows Hon Stephen H Love Lo President of the Senate Dear Sir I have hive the tho th non lion honor lionor or to acknowledge the receipt of r your our communication of this date dat in I I have been asked by b your our honorable body to state slate why wh in view of my hay hav having ha haIng haying ing been advised of your our refusal to con comi consent consent sent to the nominations of W J T Lynch Loch and W Yo G Candland as members of the state board of land Imd commissioners for the term of two years ears I again sub submitted submitted submitted the same appointments appoint or your our adice and consent In reply I have havethe havethe havethe the honor to state First That i no no official statement of oi the reasons for the refusal of confirma confirmation tion of o these gentlemen has reached reach me and I am therefore under tie tre necessity of relying on the comment of newspapers and on rumors which you yuu y u know cannot always be relied on as your our reasons Second S That notwithstanding this hearsay I am firmly convinced con that tha the gentlemen named are honest capable and worthy worth of or the confidence of the he cit citizens citIzens citizens I of or the state And this Conviction Is 15 based not on conjecture but on a It knowledge of or the Interior workings of the land office during the incumbency ncy of or the present board Thord That if rumor and conjecture are arc to be taken as f final nal proof even een the best b st of or citizens will not be safe from censure Fourth Until I shall bc b fully con convinced conI convinced vinced of the dereliction and unworthiness ness of these gentlemen I r respectfully I hold that their nominations nomination should be bo confirmed For it has been a rule of I my ni life not to condemn a man maii until In Indisputable InI indisputable disputable proof of his gUil has been iteen I produced Awaiting your our further action aid md advice I have hae the thc honor of ot being yours ours I 1 very el respectfully respectful JOHN C CUTLER Letter Settled It The letter settled things definitely and when hen the master was wa taken up in the afternoon ir T the I governors s communication together eth r with the appointments submit submitted ted tad t d were laid bald on the table without j a dissenting te I j ft M t It was a II complete turn down donn far fv Use 1 if chief executive and the debate In f t clearly that the senate Ie doe doo BOC V r relish his policy polie It Is III construed 1 M u fi e i u ui 1 death to the governor If th tM the com co i I blued influence of the senators IB is fd fr ii i clent dent to defeat his second term i il t Lions Throughout the entire s the t f 4 I f senate has bias shown its I independence of rf machine control In more mol than owe Ofte la i 1 istance i stance and its action on the tM cl d dy l r f of the session was perhaps the m t noticeable indication of that tendency tande ey 4 The governor it Is expected e x ted will Lf I heed he d the warning but will make recess recel f i Insult Says Johnson J 1 t Senator Johnson started the debate br hr braking J asking aking whether the senate had been beau Of asked to appoint th the met men turn down oo No o it has not replied Senator Law Lawrence j rence the governor simply simp s sent nt baek back a 1 s i communication Identical with Ith that in Ii which he made the original nominations nomination n n Senator then moved moed that th the tJoe L appointments be confirmed and this pre are a general discussion lon In a brief but pointed speech h Senator Senater i Johnson roundly scored the governor gO r fer far his action The governor he lie said has absolutely Ignored the action of the executive SOs ste sion and no matter what mv my m vote w sa s then I dont propose to have the of this body hody reflected re on In this manner manser J I 1 take tahe tl l It as a a direct insult to this body from the chief executive of or the tM state and aad a I will stand by Iy b the action of oC the enat t taken in executive session Ion after due de da liberation Senater Sanat r Lawrene teok another ap rap at atthe atthe t the states stats ruler although althou h he hc was net a t ao an emphatic e in lila hI remarks as lIS tha tle Flute I county man ma wise who wa boiling over ever with indignation atlon Senator Lawrence caM aUt caMI I think that the governor has oos hardly c considered the matter in the light that it 11 should be The senate by b virtue of oC die tho l constitution is made part of the tIN appointive tive power and the governor has bas ba en encroached i on the privileges of this body bedy 1 Ills His action acton In returning his Ills appointments without any an explanation should be re resented resented rt by b the senate His action WIll wan as highly improper r to say the least The proper action I think said Sen Senator Senator Senator ator Lawrence In conclusion Is II to by em embrace embrace f i brace our views in a courteous letter letterS U to Uthe t c the governor and ask him to give some seme tl J reason for his persisting pt in appointing these men menI I Smiths Fiery iery Speech The principal speech in opposition to a I confirmation of the appointments was wan made by ly Senator Benner leaner X Smith the Instigator of the land board investigatiOn In stinging words he denounced the eon con duct duet of the governor gOern r and asked the sen senate senate senate ate whether hether it wanted to let bet the people of the th state know that it approved of orthA th action of these commissioners He lIe said fald j I t had hope that It would not be necessary san sary to bring brill this matter up again I re regretted j retted to bring brin the charges In the he first jo o place but I thought it my to the people of oC time tile state to let them know knew J i how f his most important department hai ha ba J I been conducted I History of Investigation I Here Senator Smith recited the history kL ton tonof i of the investigation at some length I uI I 1 stated at the th time that the J thou was begun that there had b been en n mal mel t In public office he declare I and that certain members of the lami land board boar 1 had known of oC the charges and thaT I the lie board as a board knew kne of o them but butI I had not acted I stated also that toot I ex cx expected x I that the political associates of or the thO thOI board would try to protect them and thi I has proved true tru The governor has be beP turned dow dOl i and anul the thC senate l Pd its Us right and I cannot understand the tho thoI l I I present prEs nt attitude of oC the governor but f T j 1 assume out of charity that great pr r i j has bias been brought to bear upon him In 10 send S nd these appointments back again T j I know whereof I am speaking peakIng when wilen I Ba say I I that this thie pressure presure has hag been brought an and J I j I also know that certain members m of or this t I senate have been haled before the go gOY gov I and asked to reverse their action ir in r r executive session I have haye nothing personal In this mat matter mattee J ter tee and I T would not have brought the th charges If I had not believed it my duty dut dutto to t the people of the tho state I Did Dill not the land board hold a mertin to tOi investigate February 7 and postpone po It because one une on of the members was out of the state interrupted Wil Williams l llIam te lIam hams it They did replied Senator Smith but nothing ever r came of oC It On February H U 1 Judge C W V Hall Hail told me Inc about Ins his us client who had hall been deprived of or his hi rights be because 1 because cause of the aCtions of lark Clerk Anderson I and told me Inc the tho land board knew nit nil about it I recalled ac an Incident of or the jt same kind to a client of mine last sum lIum summer summer k mer roN and I 1 went to the governor of oC this l state and laid bald before heCor him the charges 3 The governor professed to be shocked and anti nt 5 expressed himself strongly I and asked me meto m e to meet the land board on February 19 This I did There Th rc were at that meeting Idi besides beside myself the th governor Commis Commissioners T f u Secretary DIx DIxon Dixon on Ot and an Ju We expected Ander Antler Anderson i son to be bc present pr nt but lint for some unknown tj reason rallon he did not appear The matter was t discussed and an Lynch I th thAn n told us that rr he had received information of or these 0 charges during the summer ummer H somewhat more emphatic he I Jt continued Tf Continued op Page 2 K ii l ITHE THE SENATE SCORES GOV CUTLER FOR INSULT Continued ed from Page 1 1 I was astonished to learn lear that a 1 public official would uld secrete a a matter of that character from August AUgst 1 to February 16 without speaking of or It i to a living being bIng The only explanation he gave ge of or his at attitude was that he went to Anderson and he denied denie the charges HAt At that time tm the board bad said sal that it would investigate and would hold a meet meetIng met meting meeting Ing on Tuesday February 26 1 I was con content content content tent although I 1 informed the board bard that it i must either investigate Itself or consent con ent to a senate investigation On Monday February 25 S I was informed over oer the tel telephone telephone ephone by Secretary Dixo Dixon that the board bard would w uld not me m meet t for another week I was not content with wih further adjournment clearly clearl seeing that It was the intention to postpone matters matter until too toil to late In the leg Jeg session slon for any Investigation so soI soI I J introduced the resolution on February 21 You know the results ni Another Anothy point In this connection Is II the fact that Illat the twos to clerks cerks in the federal land office who had the most complete t information as to An Andersons demons dersons derns deals dels woud have hae ha refused refus to tea tes testify te tiry before the thi th land board borl while the sen son senate ate afe could compel them to talk But one member of oC the board beard bard was as out of or the state persisted Senator Williams Could Have Investigated But ut it i was WS s not necessary to t ta have that one Oi member here to investigate Ime gat replied the Salt Luke Lake man with wih considerable show of feeling feln A of the board bar was in town during durn the entire entre period I Isee Isee ISee see from the time attitude of some of the sen senators en atoms ator that my m prediction Is true that these men would be bf protected by b their political This lost last lat sentence was added alde sarcastically How was wal Lynch informed of the these thee e charges chare asked aske Senator Clegg Cle who stands very vel close cose to the machine He tie II was s Informed by b George Gerge Mueller ler lerand and claimed that he went to Anderson and asked for an explanation He de do declared decare dared care that even if the whole matter mater had been b n placed place before beCore him he he would not ot have done any differently You mean nien men that he would take the clerks clerk word orl in reference to rumor commented Senator Clegg Standard of Morals Well Weli el if that is il our or standard of mor morals morals morals als lets let Jt the people ppl know it It shouted bock back bek Mr Smith Lots Lets Lt tell them that if ifa I ifa a board member hears bean charges hare against one o of his f that he h will wi believe bele the em o e without investigation In I re repent rl repeat it It pent peat P t it lets let thi th people know about Is it i not nt a fact fet that the aggrieved a par partie parties ties tie te forgot the th charges ebar e until you jou Ou brought pr them to their attention asked aske Clegg Xo o sir replied Mr Smith with some Ime i emphasis I Wat Wa W there any complaint made mad in writ wilt writIng wilting Ing asked aked Senator Seto Brinkerhoff There was nothing of the kind But flut IB is If that necessary neMI Well Yel I should shoud think that if It i was wa anything very el er serious the complaints would have been made In writing A Serious Matter Mater Dont you von ou think it I is serious when an official of the land office beats bet a citizen out Olt of land he has applied for 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