, 1902-11-01
C~ORTHELL'S

denial tina Mr.. Corthell is the editor
that paper. 1t is something to be
ashamed of. we will admit. and yet
he is not the editor. who is?
a short time ago. when Mr.. Place
left the paper. it was stated that Mr..
Lynch would look after the matter of
gathering ,Ity news. leaving the in
creme at least that Mr.. CnrthcIl was
to assume tE" editorial control, That
he has written many Of the editorial
articles he will certainly not deny. But
If he is not the editor. We will make
an abject apology for charging him
Herewith. For tn" sake of his family
he ought not to have the disgrace put
upon him.
In rclation TO the water contest, this
Taxpayer" alleges that MIR. y. T.. Cor
th"ll never made "A claim and The Re
publican knows it" What is tn" diff
ference? Mr. Corthell made tn" claim
or the Springhrook Land company. of
which he is one of tn" principal own
CTS. IL Is ms nSnl. Again TINS lhN
payer" chow conveniently Ii" has hid
den himsclf) a Y the claim doesn't
amount to anything. that Judge Gr""s-
beck has said so. If it is of no value.
why Toes Mr.. Corthcll cling to it with
such %tcnacity? Why dors he object to
withdrawing his claim?
He hopes to obtain "A valuable right
from the city springs. and that is why
he refuses to withdraw it. II this city
permits any person to aruUir" rights
there. even in the winter time. it will
be to the everlasting regret of the p"O-
pie. Every drop is needed. Right now
many of our people are COni"ndinE that
there is insufficient supply and that
we should makeo Il appropriation from
tn" river instead of the springs. Lara
ME should have a reservoir of suili
cicnt capacity to impuund tn"
waste water and hold it for
times when water is scarce. thus in
surfing an average supply tn" year
around.
"TaXpayer" says that while the
many contests involving the waters OF
the Laramie river and its tributaries
have all been settled, this one alone
should drag"
He wishes to convey the imprcssiO'
that it has not been heard for the rca
son that it was desired to make cam
paign material out of it. For Tax
payers" benefit The Republican g.
say the water commissioner has been
ready to try the case at any time suit
able to the attorneys. 1t is true
COrthell has ~cndeavorcd to submit the
matter on an agreed statement of facts.
but City Attorney GrocsbcCk has stead,
lily refused to do this. preferring to
try the case sQuarcly upon its merits,
both sides submitting evidence. At
torney GrocshCck has not beer ready
to go to trial of the contest for the rca-
son that Mr.. Carpenter has been alb
sent, He is an attorney in the case
and it would be showing great disrc-
spoCt to him to proceed without his
services. The delay has not been oc-
casioned by the official of the state
but by the attorneys in the case.
Taxpayer" says the cdict has gone
forth, "Anything to beat C%orthcil." and
alleges the men who have made I
Cdict have lone so because Corthcll
does not ride on free transportation.
If the truth were known. Mr.. Corthcll
did not cost him n cent quite as Of
ten as any man on the republican tick
ct. Within the past ten days we have
heard one of the best finanCiers in this
country remark that he believed Mr..
! Corthcll one of the very poorest men
who could be selected for the position
of county commissioner: that his judg,
ment in relation to real estate and the
expenditure of money was very poor.
1t is not necessary. however. to re-
fer to the statements of ~finanCiers. Mr..
Corthcll's own actions demonstrate the
fact. In 1894 he was the Wolsey of
the democratic gang. He was it,
Through his influence the democratic
board in that year made a tax levy
which failed to meet the expenses of
the county by more than n thousand
dollars per month and the people have
been paying it up since that date. His
advice at that time was for purely pc,
Ilitira1 nrrnnSas He HOLLYWOOD tho moo.