, 1889-07-20
ACTS, NOT FIcTIoNs.
These Are What the People of wyo-
- ming Ycarn For.


To the Editor of The Leader.
CHEYENNE, July l9.-Through the
columns of your paper we wish to speaI
our little piece respecting the Warren
Peck controversy; not hat we have any
i'll will towards either gentleman, but
rather. because we wish to see Justice done
though the heavens fall"
In all candor, we wish to know what the
warmed over mess of hash. printed In the
Sun during the last thirty days, has to
do with the real facts in the case?
If it is true that our governor has OBJ
tanned possession of public lands unlaw-
fully, does it change the fact or make the
act less criminal because he (the GOVERNOR
is the pet ofthe editor OF the Sun? Again,
does it change the fact or make the act
less criminal because the editor of the
Sun is now. and for years has been. a
malicious enemy of the man who first
made it known to the public2
If a man murders his fellowman, cheats
his neighbor. steals from the government
that appoints him to high Office, the
crime remains the same whether made
known to the world by a very good man
like the editor of the Sun or a bad man
like Judge Peck.
1t would appear that the only question
that admits of discussion is whether Gov
ernor Warren has, or has not, obtained
public land by false representation. That
Judge Peck is, or is not, the mean, super
ANIMATED, old cast off imbecile the editor
of the Sun has more than once, or ten
times, affirmed, has nothing whatever to
do with the real fact.
A few months since one of our most
esteemed fellow citizens was appointed
governor of Wyoming. He was allowed
to hold the Office but a few weeks. 1t was
alleged that he had unlawfully fenced in
government land. and for this reason he
was deposed from the high office to which
he had been appointed. Now if our
present governor is guilty of fencing
government land; yes, and more, if he
is guilty of false swearing for the pur-
pose of obtaining a slice of Uncle SANS
domain why should not the same AK that
fell upon the neck of a former fellow Cit
zen divesting him of the governorship,
fall upon the neck of our present COVER
nor2 If not, then we shall have to admit
that "the sauce that is good for the goose
is not good for the gander."
If El..z- Cl-ul
mould public opinion by the publication
of such a mess of slang, slush and non
sence as has appeared in the Sun of late
he is doomed to disappointment.
Our governor is charged with a crime
committed against a government which, a
short time since, he took a solemn oath
to protect.
Now the question is not what "Wordy
Windy Pecksniff'' ordered for luncheon,
but whether or not the charge against the
governor can be sustained. If the charge
can be sustained, if it is true hat the
governor has periured himself by false
swearing it is a serious matter, and no
amount of personal abuse y mud throw
ing through the columns of the Sun can
hide it. II the charge is false, if it has
no. foundation in fact, why, in all reason
does Slack make such a fuss about itP
Why does he not keep still rather than
futter so like a wounded duck in a mud
hole2
He slack says that sincerity is the
basis OF success in journalism, and with
the graeS and cheek of the fractions mule
that advised the old farm horse not to
kick, he advises his fellow journalists to
be very sincere or expect an ignomin-
ious failure in the business. 20 consis-
tency, thou art a jewel"
o, Slack, before you set yourself up as
a teacher of honesty, sincerity" and
other kindred virtues, we beg of you to
throw that old white. wash brush, that, OF
late, you have so often used On two or
three of Your pets out of your sane
Jun. Yes, and that old mud trowei, too,
that, during the last ten years, you have
used to throw mud at Judge Peck, a man
older, wiser, and much more honest than
yourself. Throw it to the dogs and be a
man, Justice"