| Show I LETTER TO TOTE THE THETo POPE OF UTAH I ITo To the People of Utah Attorney i Johnson stated slated fact when he lie said that the Thomas case being tried before tho the people Ordinarily the lie people are itle i barred from active participation In iii legal affairs by the tho bugaboo contempt of court Therefore being bein unversed I in the technicalities of the law it Il bo bOo behooves hooves hooes us liS to treat the matters which come before us In an every lay day rut mat mattel tot tel of oC fact way war in order that thal lruth may be revealed and justice justi e done Citizens of the state slate in mass meet meeting meetIng meeting ing assembled preferred charges or of manifest agaInst II H H II I Thomas and demanded deman ed his Ills immediate removal from tho superintendence of or I tho the Industrial In school Upon receipt I of the data upon which tho citizens P based haell their demand tho the governor I prompt appointed Yit nu to 10 hear the for a n Mr Thomas and decide upon h of thi th VI 1 is I II I I 1 r J J It 11 J 1 The ThC Sc I I no menus ll a X l court of oC last reso t I Thanks to a peculiar oversight on tho the part of the governor Mi Mt Joseph Mr I Walsh and Mr Peery PeerS trustees aro arc to sit in judgment ju on the time past con conduct I duct and present qualifications of Mr Thomas with whom they ther arc aro jointly responsible to tho people for what has haR taken place during their theil terms On the other hand lIand the thc citizens aro ato without representation on Oil the com corn committee Without any reflection on the character or om motives of oC tho the above abovementioned mentioned gentlemen it may be said that they the have huo been very van Indiscreet or thoughtless to o 0 allow themselves to be placed in such an au embarrassing I position To save lime time and secure n a t larger argel audience an art attempt was made to have the meetings in iii the City Cit Hall lIall I IThe The citizens and a majority of the governors committee were willing to have the sessions down hoWl town lown and ob oh obtained tamed the governors consent It is I significant that no change was made and In consequence witnesses for the lie i defense have ha e testified with Uli ill dis triumph that discipline at the institution has been heen been beu shot to pieces by the investigation tion Mrs Irs witness for fot the de defense defense defense I voiced tho the apparent attitude of oC j the committee tov toward ard the citizens when she site said sal 1 People is too nosey nose I Ither they ther tIme interfere with Ith other peoples business Witness expects employ employment mont ment at time the institution I Mr Mi Ir Thomas is trying to lo hold holtI his job jOl Since counsel for the defense has declared that practically all the tho witnesses for fOI the prosecution are aro ex cx It ii may be here stated that practically r all the lie tI e witnesses w the p I arp gJ present rn n or o iP 9 job or office holders Mr 1 tr r 1 1 nJ Mr t h Acl Ackett Miss I MaryDale Mart Ml Lulu h Mft f Thomas ar P Mii ft all l J I thi da class s h Cl U iT i i were interested lo to 0 the tIme ex x t tent ot or protecting the time quality of the time goods they the institution I hilo Mr Mm Ir T B 13 Evans had to lo do tho time same and antI face his responsibility as J u I member of or the time hoard The witnesses for tho time prosecution I in this cause have hae all been heen questioned as to their reasons for bearing evi ei evidence evidence dence against Mr 11 Thomas Two Iwo of oC them Mrs Crosby and amid Mrs Malan ate arC interested as parents As A to lo the others It makes maltes no difference In the weight of their testimony whether they quit the time Institution of their own accord or were weme justly Justl or unjustly dis dismissed missed by b the superintendent in iii InI I either case their sworn vorn statements are bound to hold until they the are arc proven to be untrue The rhe fad fact that thit most or of orthe the thu witnesses for Cor the e aro are bound not to quarrel with their bread breal brealand I and butter buller is so glaringly self evident that any nuy questions along that line Hue would be ue superfluous sup Any An extended examination of time Iho evidence at this time lime would bo he out of place It is up to counsel to hJ argue tho the I case anti and then it will be up Ull to the committee to decide whether or not they the can recommend H H II Thomas as a u fit Incumbent nt for the done of the tho Industrial school As the tho case stands it seems to lo pe re pea rea e ea a question of o veracity between Mr Ir Thomas and the substantiated state statements ments monts ot of o three women The rhe he commit committee tee will probably be he called upon to I decide as to whether or not brutal I treatment of defenseless children is I justified in Utah Itoh on grounds s that thai I it is 15 the rule elsewhere Signed Si uell I EUGENE A BATTELL LL |
