, 1907-06-04
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SOME SUNSHINE.

1t is said that every cloud has n sill.
yer lining and that even the greatest
trials of life have their compensatiols.
These sayings are unGuestionably true,
and 1t is with considerable satisfac
IRENE northern portion OF the state
standing squarely for right, justice and
decency in connection with the recent
scurrilous attacks made upon our state
university. 1t is needless to say that
the quotations made herein will not APP.
pear in Mr.. Corthell's paper. The Cody
Stookgrower and Farmer says:
About the most contemplate piece
of political jobbery yet instigated by
the Cheyenne Leader is its recent a..
tack upon the state university. Not a
single specific charge is made, but n
lot OF far.fetched generalities are drag.
ged in head and shoulders in the hope
of injuring our state school, for pc.
litical purposes. A rigid investigation
will probably be made, and it is hoped
a suit for criminal libel will be insti-
tuted by officers attacked.
1T takes time to build up a higher
educational institution in a new state,
n the individual or newspaper that
will attack such an institution simply
for the purpose of creating political
capital lacks every attribute Of good
citizenship n loyalty.
1T is a sure thing, however, that
the university will come out of the
investigation stronger and with more
loyal friends than ever.
1T doesn't take brains, integrity or
talent to find fault with public men
and measures. The man and party
that does things must have these quail
tiles.
These 1--we facts account for the
facility with which the Cheyenne Lead
er, Sheridan Enterprise and Sheridan
Post continue to discover CD new
mares nests every few days. Every
one who does anything for Wyoming
or the nation is open to their attacks.
From our local boosters to the presi-
dent, no one is exempt from the polu-
ton Of these m~uck-rackers.
The only satisfaction to be derived
from the ~disgraceful spectacle Is found
In the fact that the intelligent citizen
ship of Wyoming continues to refuse
to be stampeded, N the only recourse
left the conspirators Is to turn like a
wounded ra~ttlesnake and strike their
fangs into their own worthless person
alities."
The attention of Mr.. Corthell is par
ticularly directed to the closing para
graphs of the Stockgrower's article,
which are peculiarly pertinent at the
present time:
Now, friends, this course don't pay.
We ali despise a person who is al.
ways ~back-capping his neighbors.
knocking his town and maligning all
persons who may be entrusted with
public duties. And in the end the
knocker himself is the most uncom'
Portable person in the whole bunch.
He finally gets so he hates himself
We can generally find what we are
looking for-if not, We imagine we
have found it, which is just about as
bad for our own peace Of mind and
that Of the community at large.
1T really pays to be decent. Every
one likes the optimist, and, by the
same token, We all abhor the pessimist
1T pays to be kind, speak well OF
others, boost your town and country
and be cheerful"
The thanks of the friends Of the uni
versity are due this northern editor.
He has stated the case with great
clearness and power, n his words
shine out like a ray of sunshine
through all the dark and muddy stun
that has passed through the newspa
per sewers of Laramie, Sheridan and
Cheyenne.