The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-05-07
scAB AND scABRY.

Il
ton, is happy in the possession OF
an excellent heart, but unfortunate
inasmuch as the operations of his
mind are not always directed by
that organ. This is not only mis-
fortune, but really an extraordinary
circumstance. for, while a good brain
is often associated with malevolent
heart, it is seldom, indeed, that the
order is reversed. We feel sure,
though, that only very small .por-
ton of Mr.. McMillan's brain is af-
fected. One cell, it would seem, is
still subject to the hypnotic power
of his distinguished Secretary.
A week or ten days ago this ma
lign influence seems to have had all
of Mr.. McMillan's faculties in sub
lection and it prompted him to say
things, which, for his own peace of
mind, we hope he may be quite un-
able to recall upon regaining normal
consciousness.
During this period of passivity,
acting through suggestion, Mr.. Nc
MILAN gave to a Boise newspaper
an interview rejecting seriously up
on the official character of Mr.. J.
G. Dressler, State Sheep Inspector.
He was made to charge, indirectly,
thatMr. Dressler is not a fit person to
hold the Office of Inspector and in
consequence of this unftness, the
sheep of Idaho are become sorely af-
tlicted ofthe scab. He also, Indirect
ly, charged that Governor Morrison
is guilty of culpable indifference to
the distress of the sheep and the mis-
ortune of their owners. He said that
heretofore when the sheep became
scabby all he had to do was mention
it to the governor and the thing was
attended to forthwith. That was
certainly very nice of former COVER
nors, and, no doubt, any good gov
ernor, upon being apprised of the
existence ofscab, would drop every
thing else, get him tub of dip and
go forth to exterminate the disorder.
But, it appears, that in the present
emergency, MIR. Mcmillan failed to
give Governor Morrison an oppor-
tunity to emulate the benevolent
spirit of his predecessors; for, instead
of informing his excellency of the
state of affairs, he sought out a
newspaper reporter and poured into
his sympathetic ear the scabby tale
of woe. This was not like John
Mcmillan. He would never rob a
governor of an opportunity to dis
tinguish himself and then complain
because the distinguishing act was
not performed. But let that CO..
Mr. Mcmillan seeks to spread the
impression that the scab among
Idaho sheep results from the inen-
Gent administration of the inspectors
Office. If our memory serves us
Alright, Mr.. Dressler was appointed
in pursuance of a formal resolution
of the Idaho Wool Growers associ-
alton. The president of the associ-
alton is therefore acting in bad taste
when he condemns that appointment
without the same authority that
recommended it; and he is certainly
laying himself justly liable to a |
charge of meanness when he seeks |
to discredit Governor Morrison be-
cause of it. Mr.. Mcmillan is NOR
mally, too big and generous a man
to do things like that.
Scab is calamitous thing, but
those who suffer from it
are responsible for it. We new
err knew a citizen, however de-
PRAYED, to poison the ranges with
scab unless he was a sheepman.
Why doesn't President Mcmillan
hunt out the members of his associ.
alton who committed this act of per-
fdy and visit just punishment on
theme True, this might involve
the president himself, but a little
thing like that would not deter John
Mcmillan from laying the ak to the
root of the evil.
AS to Mr.. Dressler, we don't Der