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not come in play. the republican party
triumphed? Those who have taken the
trouble to analyze the returns Of the
election of 1906 know that Mr.. Cor
thell's reasoning is not sound.
Mr.. Gramm does o have TO refer
to the votes a for others to judge
OF his popularity in this county. The
demand for his public service has been
constant n insistent. For the sew
enth successive time he has been chos-
EN- a member of the board OF education
of his district. Some Of these elections
have been bitterly contested, but the
result has been the same-practically
unanimous on the part Of the people.
Six years ago Mr.. w. H Holiday, the
most prominent democrat in the state
OF Wyoming, went to Mr.. Carter and
said that he hoped he and Mr.. Gramm
would consent to remain on the school
board, that their services there were in.
valuable to the people of this district
and entirely satisfactory to the demo.
cratic party. They did consent to run
and there IA no opposition. Three
years ago there was a contest-per-
haps the most bitter one Mr.. Gramm
has ever eXperienced-and the result
was that he received more than four
ffths of the vote OF the largest school
meeting ever held in the district, the
opposing candidate being Mr.. Holiday.
This year there was another attempt
to contest the election, Mr.. Corthell's
paper advising that the committees of
the literary and woman's clubs nomi-
nate three democrats, and Mr.. Hazen-
kamp urging that at least two demo-
Gratis be nominated and that Mr..
Gramm's name be left of the ticket.
What was the result? Seven of ten
constituting the committees named
stood for MI. Gramm and when the
vote vas taken in the school meeting,
his choice by the people was beyond
all question, he not only receiving the
highest vote, but practically all the
votes cast. If 1t is the desire Of the
editor of the Boomerang to analyze
Mr.. Gramm's popularity or standing
with the people of Albany county, let
him take Mr.. Gramm's personal record
and not draw unwarranted and silly
conclusions from the vote of other
candidates. If he desires, he may go
beyond the realm of politics and make
reference to Mr.. Gramm's record In
the business organizations of Laramie.
Less than six months ago the CONNER
cial club, Of which Mr.. Cortheli Is a
member, reelected Mr.. Gramm as pres
ident by a unanimous vote.
BY endorsement, inference and in
uendo, Mr.. Corthells paper has de-
~nounced the action of the board of
trustees of the university for deposit
ing the money of the institution in the
First National bonk and for purchasing
coal of the Laramie Coal company, a
director of the bank and the president
of the coal company at the same time
being on the board. Does the same
paper condemn the library board for
letting the contract for the Carnegie
library building to the Holiday COM
pany while Mr.. Holiday was a mem
+ Der Of that board? Does 1t condemn
the university board of which Mr.. Hol-
liday was a member for buying seats
and other supplies from the Holiday
company? Its position is too nonsen-
steal to be given a second thought.
In Justice to the University Of Wy
oming and to the city of Laramie, this
question ought to be discussed, If at
all, from the standpoint of truth and
reason, without all the coloring usual
ly attendant upon the assaults OF vel
low journals and without false charges,
insinuations and inuendoes that can
not be sustained. The truth is fair
and it should be adhered to. g.
Mr.. Corthell owes it to the people
of this community and to the Univer'
sity of Wyoming to inject into his news
paper some of the logic he uses in the
practice Of the law.