, 1898-10-29
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tacks being made nightly by the
Boomerang upon Mr.. Gramm are an
insult to the honest intelligence Of the
people Of the state, a damnable out
rage upon the progressive people Of this
city. He is not a candidate for office
and has not been IN Office during the
past four years, and his only offense
III the eyes Of the democracy at this
fine is that he is . leader of the re-
publican party. They believe that il
he could be killed politically it would
be an easy matter to override the rank
and file of the party. They reckon
without their host. The people of Lar
annie love honesty and Justice.
Otto Gramm has been a resident Of
this county for thirty years. During
that long period he has come in con-
tact with all the people time and again,
and there are few men In the state
better known than he. Every public
benefaction has drawn literally from
his purse. and every public enterprise
has had the benefit Of a large share of
his time and money. He It ~ who Or
I'd and built up the Laramie vol
70 department to a remarkable
efficiency and maintained it
andard for many years. In
OF Laramie as the See City
o. |copal church and In the
building the bishops house and
grand cathedral, Otto Gram1ds was tt,
leading spirit. For eighteen yearsh he has
served upon the school board of Dis
trict No. l and during all that time the
affairs Of the schools here have been
managed in a faultless manner and
without a breath of suspicion. Again
and again he has been elected almost
by unanimous consent. despite carpine
partisan opposition. AS trustee Of the
public schools Mr.. Gramm has always
insisted that in the employment OF
teachers no other test than a high or
der Of efficiency should be applied. Otto
Gramm has served with distinguished
ability as member and president OF the
board of trustees OF the University of
Wyoming. In the management of it's
affairs nothing but the good OF the in
%stitution has been kept in view. The
nearest approach to partisan action by
the board was the discharge Of DR.. A.
A. johnson, who sought to use his in
luence as president OF the university in
an unseemly and futile attempt to
boost himself into a political office.
When the deplorable accident &C.
CURED upon Hutton's lakes, whereby
Fred E.. Scrymser and Matt. Dawson
lost their lives. the people Of Laramie
believed the rolling mill would suspend
operations. Mr.. Gramm had the bust
ness ability. the courage and the credit
to take hold of the enterprise and carry
1t forward successfully. During all the
dark days OF the democratic national
administration the fires in the furnaces
at the rolling mill glowed as harding
ers Of prosperity to the Gem City.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars have
thus been turned into the channels OF
trade in this city.
In all the varied relations of life, in
spite of the magnitude Of the interests
involved, there has never been a breath
of suspicion upon the character or hon
esty Of Otto Gramm. until Dow. the
Boomerang. whose editor Is a social
backlog, a man whose character Is a
travesty upon virtue, who is absolutely
devoid of all sense OF right, Justice or
honesty and whose oath would have
little weight in a court OF justice, at
tempts to besmirch him.
The man or paper who would delib-
e,ately lie about the leading business
man of a community for no other rea-
son than the hope OF gaining a parti-
san advantage, should receive the
righteous and lasting condemnation Of
every citizen, regardless OF party ami
attain