, 1907-05-21
MUST FIGHT FOR ITS REPUTA
TION.

of the University of Wyoming were
combining to give that institution the
fight of its life. Assaults of a mean,
despicable, undetermined nature are be-
ing made in several quarters. h
charges are not specific in character
sufficient to do irreparable injury II
they are not met and refuted by those
who know the truth. The reputation
of an educational institution is as SEN
sitive as that of a woman lnsinua-
lions without proof, ~inuendoes and
knowing shakes of the head are suf'
ficient to cast discredit.
The latest and most contemplate re-
Elections are contained in an article
published in the editorial columns OF
the Cheyenne Leader of Sunday morn.
ing, as follows:
1T will be a matter of deep regret
all over Wyoming that the state uni
versity has been found to be a hotbed
of graft and political jobbery, and
what is still worse that the gang OF
cheap political shysters who have run
the institution in the interest OF the
Union Pacific party machine have sue
ceeded in destroying the educational
value of the university until it is now
but little more than an to the
Laramie public school system.
This is so well understood that the
best people of Laramie who are finan'
cially able send their>children to other
parts of the country for an education,
in this matter following the example
of Governor Brooks, Judge Rtner,
Judge Potter and scores of other lead
ing citizens of the state.
THE people of the state have had to
stand a good deal of political jobbery,
but If there is any place on earth that
should be free from 1t. an educational
institution is that place.
"The educational system of the uni
versity Is not only demoralized by
financial jobbery and partisan politics.
but it has demoralized the public
school system of Laramie as well.
These facts are not discoveries
they have been known for years
among those acquainted with the inner
workings of university and its rotten
political work.
THE domination of Otto Gramm and
Miss Hebard has been so absolute, po-
litically, financially and Internationally,
that the faculty from the president
down to the janitor are practically
afraid to say their souls are their W
This appears plainly from Prof. Nor
tons letter. Prof. Morton tells the
truth because he is free from the tic
that binds not because he has any
grievance. But what he tells is only a
mild statement compared to the real
facts that have existed so many years
The Tribune promised its readers
several months ago that Otto Gramm
would retire from his connection with
the university and practically admit
ted that his relation to it had de-
stroyed its usefulness.
But he is a pet of the gang of polit-
ical pirates that have control OF the
U. P. political machine and they still
needed HIM in their business. There
are financial disbursements, contracts,
selection of experts, employment Of
laborers, the control Of u hundred or
more votes, including their families,
and these especial privileges OF the
G.. o. p. state administration have
been worked to the limit.
AZ Ouc lilue luS Oulleu SldleS Hdu
to step in on account of the fraudulent
use of the funds supplied by the gov
ernment to the university.
That this r~ascally management Of
the institution has destroyed its educa-
tiona standards and general morale is
shown conclusiyeiy by the list of high
class men who have had positions In
teachers corps, or as officials, who
hoxn ha1 IN spuolr fhN Ylanlf H., n
standing remark in Laramie that no
professor or employe of the institution
can hold his job without being branded
o. X by Miss Secretary Hebard, and
whenever she DEGREES it the presidents
head will fall in the basket. This ty-
rannical and obnoxious supervision Of
affairs by a subordinate clerk is inter
nally and externally resented by every
person connected with the teaching
force and management of the univer-
sity.
otto Gramm is equally absolute and
imperious in his control of the finan-
cial and political business of the insti.
tuition
And there you have it. 1t will new.
er be investigated properly until there
is a radical change in our state poll
tics, and after the disruption of the
machine"
The foregoing political TRADE Is
damnable in its conception and Grim.
inally libelous in its publication. 1t
charges political domination, financial
~crookedness, graft and jobbery. I'm
less the editor of the Leader makes am
pie retraction of the utterances he
has made, he should be called to &C,
count at the bar of justice. The bust.
ness manager of the Leader owes 1t to
himself and to the institution in which
he received a great portion Of his edu.
cauonal training to tell the truth. He
knows, as Prof. Morton knows, that
there has never been at any time the
slightest effort made to dominate the
political action Of any person connecr.
ed with the university. 1t Is absolutely
free. When professors are hired they
are not e asked what party they
belong to, and thereafter no sugges-
tons are made as to their political &C.
tons. This Is a matter Of common
knowledge in the city Of Laramie and
is well known to the editor of the
Leader. The charge Is a base reflection