Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15
--IE name Of Bill Nyc ought
Z not to be allowed to TALL into
oblivion. This is the most
distinctiyely western humor-

ODllNltll. lUlS j. llt must
distinctiyely western humor-
Il ist America has produced,
and his writings, eNtrayagant though
they were, did much TO attract the at
tcntiou Of the great eastern reading
public to The new school OF tun and
the new literary spirit which have
since SO broadly developed the noun
tain and alkai regions
Edgar Wilson Nye was born in
He died ill., and was buried at
In 1881 Bill Nye was a bricilc.s
lawyer dabblng in country news
paper work at Laramie, Wyo. The
thing which drew him out of his OBJ
security and eventually made him
famous huromst with a good-sizcd
fortune, was the letter in which he
resigned his place as United States
commissioner That letter which was
reprinted everywhere, marked the adj
vent OF new comic writer and the
turn in the tide OF the affairs OF Mr.
Nyc Here is the famous epistle:
"To the Department OF Justice,
Washington, d. c.;
Several months ago I resigned as
United States commissioner OF tins
judicial district. The government
did not accept my resignation, thus
tacltly asserting lhat there was no
one who was considered competent
70 take my place IN holding up this
corner OF the national fabric
! now once more resign | do not
do So because ! am displcased with
the Government, or because ! am dis
pleased with public lie There is
no reason why the government and
myself should not continue 70 be
friends, but under the new regime
for United States commissioners OF
district courts, am compelled to re-
tire from the official capacity which
have SO long filled with SO mitch
skill and credit, both TO myself and
the United States
The department OF justice now re-
Quires me to furnish detailed state
ment each month OF all the business
done by the commissioner with
his official signature attached | am
also required to keep large volume
in my Office as q record OF the United
States cases examined by mcn | am
10 do this at my own expense in
order that the honor and high moral
tone Of the nation may remain I'M
smrched
All these requirements could, Of
course. comply with, but ] am cursed
with the horrible apprehension that
in the future ] shall be required 20 do
more of this till the expense will be
more than | can meet ! could now,
OF course, get little chores to do
around town, enough for necessary
funds, 10 buy the records, etc but be-
fore another year the government
may require me TO buy marble top
center table, and two or three paint
ings by The old masters, in order 20
give the popular amount oi terror "a
the United States criminals This
would compel me 60 60 without a
new oycrcoat aud uuderclothcs. oi
which 7 am sadly in need | had
hoped that with the financial pros
pcrity Of the past year, there would
be one case at least for examination
for which I could realize 50 OF 81, and
which would ease this branch of the
department of justice temporarily
but ! have been disappointed all the
way through could squeeze along
without the ovcrcoat 0 order TO get
the required record this winter, but
the underclothes ! icej as though
ought to have
might die suddenly when on In,
bench, aud /, would sound harshly d
the tclcersphie dspatchc, were tC
state that when The post norton wa'
held the jury found a verdict that Ia,
United States commissioner had dice
from exposure and temporary stag
nation OF undcrclothes