, 1908-04-11
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LAME TRIBUNE LOGIC.

ming Tribune proceeds to take us to
task for not advocating those things
which are for the highest and best in.
ter5sts of the Wyoming university. II
The Republican has been guilty of such
practice. it was m error of the head
and not of the heart. with The Repub.
lican the institution stands first and
foremost. individuals are only of pass.
ing moment.
The Tribune fails to see wherein its
aid and comfort at this time would
have been beneficial in any other role
than that which It assumed. The RAJ
publican viii point out.
In a recent editorial the Tribune
suggested that the board stood in
about the same position as a British
cabinet that had received a vote of
lack of confidence" and should re-
sign. The only difference between
such a ministry and the board of trus.
tees in this respect was that the
board of trustees received a vote of
entire confidence from the non-par-
tisan commission which made an e X
animation of the institution. British
ministers do not resign when they are
given a vote of confidence.
The Tribune makes two or three
suggestions in the form of "ifs." 1t
says that the future success of the in
stitution is the only thing worth con-
sidering and "if a non-partisan board
will accomplish that end, all well and
good" Now a ~non-partisan board was
recommended by the commission al
most a year g and was agreed upon
by everybody. it being the understand
ing that the governor would make the
board nor partisan as rapidly as
vacancies occurred. The resignation
of Mr.. Aber leaves room for n demo
crat and there will be three vacancies
next winter, providing room for two
more democrats, or the minority rec
commended by the commission, Mrs.
Stone of Evanston, one member of the
board, being a member OF the minor
ity party. The commission did not as
sumo that It was important to make
a sweeping change at once, nor did the
governor take this ground. Six
months or a year is unimportant in the
life of a university, particularly when
the management was honest and eco
nomical, the corps of professors good
and the equipment excellent, as found
by the commission. Even az late as a
month ago, Rev. Leon C. Hills. in his
letter to Dr. Tisdel, did not suggest an
immediate change in the board. He
said: Il realize that a complete
change in the board COULD NOT BE
MADE ALL AT ONCE. If the COVER
nor were to ask certain mes to resign,
it might appear as though they were to
blame for some misconduct. But when
terms expire it would be far better for
the educational interests of Wyoming 70
appoint men or women who were known
ences.i And that was the general un,
d~erstanding. The board could not
with credit to itself and justice to the
university resign in a body, and it was
not desirable from any standpoint that
it should, as the same end could be
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more sensible manner
The Tribune advocates a change in
the law providing for the appointment
of the board of trustees so that three
need not be appointed from this coun
ty. That suggestion was first made by
this paper, hence there has been no
falling down on the part of The Re.
publican there.
The Tribune recommends a change
in the rules, sc that the president OF
the university may have greater pow,r
A mere change in the rules will moi
suffice. The powers of the board OF
trustees and the president are defined
in the law. 1t is desirable that the
legislature should change the law ant
give the president of the university
free hand, subject only to the board o.
trustees, which must at all times BIZ
the governing power.
The trouble with the Tribune's argu
ment is that it recommends nothing IL
positive, straightforward sort of a wa!
but qualities every suggestion with al
If" "and" or a but" reaching NJ
sane, logical conclusions, with the sin
gle exception that it finds that there
is something radically wrong. In thi!
we are not so sure that 1t is correct
The university has had as good supper
as other state universities: its gradu
ates have taken high place in business
life, in the army and in the navy. Per
haps the board has been unfortunate
in the selection of presidents, but the
salary has been small and Wyoming t.
remote from educational centers ant
experiments had to be made. Three
of the failures came from Cheyenne
Two were ministers of the gospel ant
n was a WORKOUT politician.
But to get to the real point. There
is but one man upon the university
board whom the democrats or the dis
turbers would care a fig to have re
sign, and that gentleman is the Hon
Otto Gramm, who has done more fol
the institution than any other indivi
dual in the state and who has evel
had an eye single to its success. They
have not dared to come into the oper
and demand his resignation, for the
reason that there was no ground TO-
it, hence they have demanded the res
igQatiOn of the entira hoard some