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Show ' f CiICOL- WILL 35 -ilAQE :te:i3fcfure p;:Inl$; Jclat 'Ccrnnittcc cf Seven to Profcc CIiargc LIadc Against Officials: i 2 Official investigation will be made by t'Se Legislature of conditions existing In t i State Industrial school In Ogden. The House bad s, bin pending drawn r with this- end la view,' and action' wa listened yesterday by the receipt of the -, : fbllowlng letter from the board of -trus- i - tees, addressed to both House and Ben-ate: Ben-ate: - ; , , Gentlemen: Because of the many eon ! ticttng reports, charges and stories made respecting the State- Industrial school by diftereftf members; of the State Leglsla-! Leglsla-! ture, and which have' been riven wide .. tfubllelty through the press, we demand , . r- .-' ..'.. : ' tnittee. - fie called. Senator ; Johnson to the chair and, taking- & place on the floors mored.that a committee 6f four be, named to inquire Into the management manage-ment of the home. The motion prevailed', and 'President pro tern. Johnson appointed Senators Loose, Lawrence. Bennion and Sherman Sher-man as the .committee. . . ,. As now arranged, the plans of the committees are to leave for Ogden Saturday Sat-urday morning; and devote that day and Sunday to the investigation. The committee com-mittee will take testimony as a court of inquiry, and submit a detailed; writ ten report. that we be heard, and therefore respectfully respect-fully request that a special Joint commit tee be appointed to make a thorough, , oomplete and official investigation of the i conditions existing at this Institution and to thereafter report their findings and con-: con-: elusions to each henae of the Legislature. . - V. aak this, feeUog that the trustees. superintendent and the officers have been v maligned and unjustly censured. ; Your very early cerfelderatlon of out fe-Y fe-Y quest will be appreciated. . 1 - A communication tn substance as the mf. foregoing has beenfrwsdedto the hon-f hon-f . orable fctate Eenalei, teepectfully. . r , . , A. T. WRIGHT, ' : President of the Board of Trustees. .Ogdea, Utah, March X 1903. .Upon the readdns; of this communlca- tion in the House some discussion followed fol-lowed as to which branch of the Legts- - latare should take the Initiative. The ? matter was finally settled by the adop-' adop-' tion of the following resolution by Spry: -, Be it Resolved, The Senate concurring, that a joint committee be appointed, to ; consist o seven mwnbers. three from the Senate and four fron the House, to in-'. in-'. veatigate existing conditions at the State i Industrial, school, tn accordance with the ' request of tbe board of trustees of said school. ' u - Speaker Hull appointed Representatives Representa-tives 8pry, Nash. Done and McFarland as the House member of the commlt- tee: : .-;,' . On tbe reading of the communication i In the Senate President Allison stated that he desired to have such an In-: In-: -vestlgatlon made, but. as he was the son of tbe superintendent of the InstN 1 tution, did not feel that it would be :' proper for him to appoint the com- |
