, 1907-05-21

duce the affidavit of a single man en-
ployed by the university during all the
years of its existence to the effect that
there has ever been any ettempt TO
control his politica action. or admit
that il has told a willful falsehood for
no other purpose than to gain n mean
partisan advantage.
The charge that there has been finan-
cial jobbery and graft is even more
contemplate. University accounts
have been passed upon year after year
by people high in authority in the
state and nation and every penny has
been found to have been honestly, ju.
diciously and economically expended.
At one time a legislative committee
made full investigation Of the manner
in which the funds Of the institution
were used, ana it was found that the
president of the institution, the Rev.
A. A. Johnson, had actually used a bot
tie of settler water at one of his meals
while making a trip in the interest of
the university and he was required to
pay for 1t from his private account.
According to this newspaper nothing
can save the university from utter de-
struction but \ complete political revo-
luton in the state. The Union Pa
cifc piratical machine has everything
and everybody by the throat to such
an extent that their political tongues
are sticking out n they cannot speak
above a whisper. Isn't it a little
pervades the university and 1t is well
understood by the best people of Lara
mic" that Mr.. Gramm is again and
again endorsed by the people of this
city by a vote that is practically unan-
imous? Are all the best people of
Laramie in the job to destroy the ed
vocational institution?
And tho contemplate filings at Miss
Hebard are no less illogical. For years
she was n member of the board Of
trustees. Because of personal differ
ences with President Smiley She de-
cided of her own volition that it would
be the part Of wisdom to withdraw
from the board of trustees. She did
so and her place was filed by the ap-
pointment of Miss Harriet Knight, a
lady of high educational attainments
and splendid executive ability. Since
that time Miss Hebard has been acting
as the clerk of the board Of trustees,
a position she has filed with ability
and honesty. Her accounts are always
right to q cent and she is an office
with whom the board Of trustees would
not care to part. 1t isimportant that
the place should be filled by one thor.
oughly familiar with all the routine
of the entire institution. She has moth
ing whatever to do with the hiring or
discharging of anyone, and the insin'
uation that she Is the dominating pow
err is as silly as it is uncalled for.
Even If she we're, that power woul
Mt all times be used for the highest
ends of the university. She is one q
the very few capable women of Wyo-
ming who have been recognized in a
political way and 1t is unmanly to as
sail her without reason. No newspaper
having any regard for honor or de-
cency would do SO.
In the University Of Wyoming the
board of trustees is the controlling
power. 1t is composed of competent,
honorable men and women. They con-
duct it's affairs without regard to polit'
ical or religious affiliations.
1t is true that some Wyoming stu
dents are sent to eastern colleges; 1t
is also true that they are not in the
race of life rising above the graduates
from the home institution. All over
| Wyoming there are capable young men
and women who are competing in ed
ucational and business spheres with
the most talented of those educated
| abroad. Can the editor of the Leader
point to brighter, more capable men
than Brees, Land, Coburn, Joel Tay-
lor, Rice, Bramel, Gillette, Abrams,
Cordiner, Merriam. or half a hundred
others that might be named? Can he
point to any young women Of the
state with greater capacity as public
educators than the large number IT
young women who have gone forth
from Wyoming's college?
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