The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-09-22


Him Going Forty Ways from Sun
day and that Is the Limit-News-
papers Should Be Sued for Grim
inal Libel BY the Government.
We get it from Mr.. Jake Horn
that Mr.. Walter L. Fisher, the
secretary of the interior, is not
such a horrible looking cuss as the
newspapers would have us believe.
We are glad Of it, and hasten to
give Mr.. Horns views on the dis
tinguished gentleman. Our es-
teemed postmaster, accompanied by
Mr.. H. A. Grifiths and others, went
up to Boise Saturday last for the
purpose of seeing Mr.. Fisher. We
will quote from Mr.. Horn:
''To look at the pictures pub
lished in the newspapers, one might
think that Mr.. Fisher was not al
ways there, so to speak. One might
imagine that his soul was drifting
through the picturesque haciendas
of livid Mexico, while his body was
snugly ensconced in the Owyhee.
1t is a mistake. You know how pic
lures deceive. There is Van Duyn.
You know Van Duyn. He is as
handsome a fellow as one would
care to meet, but his picture looks
more like a wilted turnip than any
thing with which l am acquainted.
And there is Secretary of State Gift
ford and Judge Ailshie. Look them
in the eye and you are enraptured;
look at their pictures and you
would have little use for either.
1t pays to cultivate Snodgrass. He
can make you look like Adonis, and,
he can make you look like a fiend
incarnate. Select your photograph
er with infinite care and pay him
we'll.
Secretary Of the Interior Fisher
has been grossly libeled. He is no
beauty, but he will pass. At any rate
he has the appearance of being in
telligent. The more you see of
him the less you think of him,
which next to vice versa, is the best
trait in any man. He makes you
forget and consequently he appeals.
You go away thinking that you
have met a bright, brainy man;
man who knows what he is doing
and why he is doing it; a man
deeply in sympathy with the peo-
I pie and thoroughly appreciative of
} his grave responsibilities. 1t does
one good to talk to Secretary Fish
, err"
) There it is. We do not know
that Jake Horn ever qualified as an
+ expert on manly beauty. We do not
: think much of his judgment along
that line. But you, kind reader,
may think differently. Be that as
D it may. Secretary Fisher seems to
n impress all with whom he comes in
il contact. Beauty is greatly to be
4 priced, but Col. Place says 1t never
v won him anything. We don't know
il how it could have. This is Jake
a Horns interview, and he is jeal
Gus of his prerogatives, Interior
ence is not looked upon favorably
y Transgressions may be forgiven al
:. though they are not forgotten.
l. The point is that Secretary Fish
It er is not so bad looking after all
l. and his discourse leads one to be
IS lieve that he has good, sound sense
y He is familiarizlng himself with tn
conditions of the country. To tn
west the secretary Of the interior 1
le the most important man in the cab
s. met He is final In all public LAM
IS matters and he has under him tn
n reclamation service. In both tn
r. west is vitality interested. H
in should be a western man. Whe
that is impracticable he should b
a man willing to learn. Such ma
n Is Secretary Fisher.