, 1908-03-31
THE MILK IN THEIR CoCoANUT

about 10 be turned down. Boone
rang.
Right in the very midst of all their
deception and yelled political work,
when almost everything depends upon
the hand being played without disclos'
ing the real animus in the game, the
Boomerang a always be depended
upon to show its real purpose, the mo.
tive behind its understandable meth
DDS. Those who are at all familiar
with political events in this state have
known just why the Boomerang and
the Leader have taken such keen in
terest in university affairs. Their
sole purpose has been TO turn down
those who have been a thorn in their
flesh-a block to their political aspird-
tons-for many years. With the uni,
yersity board rs Il yelled weapon, they
saw an opportunity to deal one of their
most powerful enemies u blow ana
they have been swift to take ddvan,
tage of 1t. They probed to the bot
tom of university affairs m found
his record clean-that he had been
true to the trust imposed in him by
the people. Then they said it would
be better if he would resign anyway,
no matter how valuable or true he had
been, for the reason that some n
I've the state had at some time said
that there was too much politics con-
nected with the university, this in
spite of the fact that the non-partisan
board whom they applauded had the
manliness To say that they found no
faint of politics about the institution
They have said this thing and that
thing and the other thing, but never
anything that they could substaitiate
or prove, till at times they have real
ly thrown some of the friends of Mr..
Gramm off their feet. When they are
narrowed right down to facts, they
are in the position of Kipling's Tom
linson:
This | have read in a book he sail.
and that was told to me,
And this | have thought that another
man thought of a prince in Mus,
covy.'"
The latest charge, and it Is a terri
BILE one, is that it is incongruous-
and that's a high-priced word-for the
lessee of the state ~penitentiary to
serve on a university board, When
analysed, what is there in this propo-
sition? Is it any more incongruous
for the lessee of the state penitentiary
to serve his state on a university board
than it is for a prosecuting officer VINO
sends men to The ~penitentiary to serve
on such a board. 1t is entirely proper
for both to serve there. 1t is just as
consistent for Mr.. Gramm to be upon
the university board at it would be for
Mr.. Holiday who sells goods at times
for prisoners, or Mr.. Corthell who
sometimes ~prosecutes or defends pris-
oners. The whole thing is far-fetched
and lacking in merit or sensible argu-
ment. 1t is jusC as important to the
state of Wyoming that the poor unfor.
tunate people who are weak enough
to get behind penitentiary walls should
have a man in control with justice
and humanity in his heart and ability
to handle their affairs honestly and
well, as it is to nave such a man in any
important position, even in the COVER
nor's chair.
The Republican is not inclined to
blame the democrats of this county
for the n in which they have per-
siStently assaulted the republican
leaders. 1t is characteristic of mem
bers of that party that they are ever
ready to sacrifice the best interests
of the public for partisan ends. This
is particularly true of a~postates like
the half-baked democrat who is at
tempting to direct the political desti-
MES of the Boomerang under cover,
The meanest party man on earth is
the one who deserts his actual politi-
cal faith for hire. That's where con
temptibie partisan politics and incon
gruity get in their shining work, We
do get a little cut of patience occaS-
ionally with members of the republi-
can party who permit themselves to
be misled n made monkeys cats
paws of, only to be discarded and
laughed at after they have been used
1t was not so many years ago that
the leading democrats of this county
were willing to work hand and glove
with the leading republicans in the
only real political work ever done in
the interests of the university, and i'll
the organization Of that work and in
carrying ii to d contamination that
left no doubt for all time that the uni
versity was not to be dismemberej
MI. Gramm was the central figure. He
asks no credit for it; and fault-finding
and condemnation come only from in
CRATES.
Perhaps it will not be necessary ut
this particular time to call attention
to the fact that the organizing power
used so successfully in politics has
been Just as well directed in material
ways, but there may be those who
have overlooked the fact that it was
Mr.. Gramm who started the movement
for the %reopening of the rolling mill
the last time. After close consultd.
ton with him, The Republican pub.
lished a series of articles IN the de
STABILITY from the standpoint of the
Union Pacific to reopen these mills
The articles were marked and sent &c
the heads OF the departments of thu