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Show TRIBUNE REVERSES ITSELF; After Investigation the Tribune Sees Dif- ferently to Former Stand. i A week or mote ago. The Salt Lake Tribune sent Mr. Frank Sef ret to Logan Lo-gan to get facts in regard to the tight against Pres. Kerr, of the Agricultural Agricul-tural college. Pretlousl), The Tribune's Tri-bune's columns had been tilled with statements ery damaging to Mr. Kerr and the college, and the Logan press and prominent citizens knowing the falsity of these articles, protested vigorusly. The Tribune becoming convinced that Its special correspondent, correspon-dent, a Salt Lake )oung lady without great experience as a ncwsgatheier, had been Imposed upon, sent Mr. Scfrlt here. That gentleman came with twenty ears of newspaper experience back of him, and necessarily without prejudice. After two or three days here in which lie Interviewed practically practi-cally every prominent person arrayed for and against Mr. Kerr and thecol-lege, thecol-lege, he sifted fioni tho gossip and statements, letters and records, what experience led him to believe are facts. It took a whole page of Sunday's Tribune Tri-bune to present his findings to the public, and that his article Is In direct contrast to the former attitude of The Tribune, is somewhat of a vlntll cation for the press of this city and others who protested. The ItiU'UiiLiCA.N's attitude in this matter has been the result of a belief that individual politicians, individual chuichmcn, two profcssois with personal per-sonal grievances, and certain others with disappointments and gilevanccs rankling In their bi easts, had united foices to oust Pres. Kerr summarily, without a chance of being heard, without the opportunity of defense, without Just grounds. The Tilbune article proves that Mr. Sefrlt found Just such a condition here, and lie be-lleveshefoundagieatdeal be-lleveshefoundagieatdeal more. Tin: ItKi'UiiLiCAN objected to political Interference In-terference there, and it seems that Is not to be at present: this paper objected ob-jected to Individuals with grievance triumphing against right and honor, and Itsecms that these will go down In defeatatpresent;TiiE Rkpuiilioan objected to anything but a squaie deal for Mr. Kcir, and it seems he will get that when Mr. McCoi nick returns. "Tiuth" lias ceased its misguided clamorings, and The Tribune now shows a disposition to be fair, at least so far as Kerr Iscnnenrnnil. Tiik Hki'Udlican has no further concern in the matter at present, as that for which It was fighting is gained, tern-piorlly tern-piorlly at least. The Tribune's article is too long for cither discussion or reproduction, and we present here only a brief outline of what the Tribune's correspondent found here by Interviewing Profs. L. A. Merrill and John A. Wldtsoe, Congressman Howell, Pres. Kerr, and numberless others arrayed on both sides of the present contention. Tiik Ukimiiilican picsents this synopsis without comment as to the coricct-ncss coricct-ncss of the findings and gives It meioly as the findings of one who came to get facts and went to both sides for his Information. In-formation. Fhst he finds that Pres. Kcir's Indisposition In-disposition to live In poljgamy at rays against him such a force as Apostle Menlll. The failure of a son or Piof. Merrill to get along with Kerr adds to the activity of Apostle Mcnill. That tho Moimons do not like the AgtlcuHuial College because It l a government school. They would like to secure It as an addition to the church system. Apostle Menlll has nine wives, and ! foui sons have taken plural wives. Prof. L. A. Merrill Is an alleged polygamlst, but that he denies It and courts investigation. That there Is a letter In existence that is Incriminating. J M. Tanner visits the home or a professor and there meets a lady Instructor In-structor at the college. Said piofes-sor piofes-sor denies any Improper relations be-twecu be-twecu the two. ThatSupt. Tanner was trailed on the night of June i by two young men and that ho met said lady instiuctor in what is known as Gcrmantown. Tanner has conspired against Kerr since the day Kerr succeeded him as head of the school. That Susa Young Gates Is a champion cham-pion uf polygamy, dislikes Kerr and I stands up for Merrill, .she Is a moth- er In-law of Dr Wldtsoe and proposes to use him as iiu Instrument In ousting oust-ing Keir That Mrs. Gates wants her biother Wlllard Young, now of New York, to succeed him That Merrdl said to Mi Sefrlt that he was against Ken because of his lack of sympathy with the agricultural agricul-tural department and his falluie to glc It the proper encouragement. That Merrill "fluked" when eon-fronted eon-fronted with his wiitten indorsement of and heartveommendalloii of Keir's policy last December Tliat politicians ate llgurlng In the light, desiring to use the school for political purposes. That Kerr opponents who sav he Is perniciously acthe in politics cm deal only In gcneraltles. That McAllstcr,w as against Kerr but was won ovr by his fairness and competency. com-petency. That Merrill Is cordially hated by the student body at the college. Meirlll lays this to Pres Keir, and Kerr's friends say he is the only man who could and did keep the student body from doing bad things with Merrill. Mer-rill. That Gov Cutlei would hate been treated to a ride on a rail, but that Kerr held the students let el. "Opponents "Op-ponents Including Merrill," say the President Incited the reeling. Hetlred professors, numbering eight or nine, write and telegraph that their dismissal was not due to Keir as chaiged. That he did everything possible pos-sible for them. That Congressman Howell denied that theie Is politics hi the light. He said that it is quite natural the republicans line up against Kerr because be-cause Ken's inlliicnce In politics in Logan "Is inimical to the success of the republican paity of Cache county." coun-ty." Congiessmaii Howell sajs: "Well, there is no use Ignoring the fact that Apostle Merrill Is a powerful man in this community, and the college should at least have his encouragement encourage-ment and moral support." That Wldtsoo's opposition to Kerr Is based on "the purpose of the college president to make of the agricultural department a branch of the institution secondary to tho unlvctslty courses. This threatens the permanency of the institution and rcquiresanexpendituic of such sums of money as must ultimately ulti-mately be denied by the people of the state. Joseph K. Taylor, one of the lecent graduates says the proper attention Is not paid to the Agricultural department, depart-ment, and that while the faculty is giving its loyalty to President Kerr many of the professors are privately bitterly opposed to his administration. That Mrs. Gates was appointed on the Hodtd of Ilegents at the instigation instiga-tion of Senator Smool, James II And-cison And-cison and Kd Callistcr In a summary the Tilbune coi-respondent coi-respondent says: 'Politics and poly-gam), poly-gam), Inseprable terms today In Utah, more than anything else, are apparently the cause of the liiptuie In the Agricultual college Doubtless fiom interviews with man) men who aic familiar with the alluiis of the college, theie Is need for lefonn The institution Is not so strongly an agii-cultural agii-cultural college as its friends desire. Indeed, it Is said that Unlverslt) students stu-dents arc taught hi tho choice locations loca-tions of the building, while the agricultural agri-cultural department Is relegated to the basement. It Is pointed out that the larmer boy, entering the college, Is impressed with the splendid appointments ap-pointments of cotnmeiclal and classical classi-cal dcpaitments and once seeing the glamour and tinsel of these- departments depart-ments finds It hard to convince himself him-self that he should go away down stalls and take up studies that deal w ith soils and bugs and such undesirable undesir-able tl'lngs as go with the tilling of soil and the pruning of tiecs." |