The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-04-06
Thursday, April 6, 1911.
WHY DO THEY DIFFER?

WHY DO THEY DIFFER?
1t is a great exertion to do
much thinking these bright, warm
lazy spring days, but the Globe
scribe has found such a wide di-
vergence of opinion existing be-
tween two of his brother editors,
that he has been compelled for the
time being to break over the rule
and allow himself to wonder why
it Is that men of at least average
mental equipment and fairly
good reasoning powers, as edi-
tors are all supposed to be outfit
ted with, can take the same evil
dence regarding the conduct of
a person and arrive at diametri-
cally opposite conclusions.
The editor of the New Time,
at Mountainhome, sees in Cover
nor Hawley the perfect model of
a governor, just as perfect and
infallible as though the editor
himself had fashioned and form
ed him for the work whereunto
he was called. He says:
I'VE fail to find a flaw in the
official acts of Governor Hawley,
up to the present, and, if he con-
tinues as he has begun he will
have made the best governor
Idaho has ever had and as good
as any state has ever enjoyed.
True he has vetoed two bills that
the club women championed, but
his reasons have been ample. If
any of the women are bowling
they should be classed with the
disgruntled papers in the state
school towns, that have gone on
the theory: "Gore the taxpayer 4
OK to death, If you wish, but
don't interfere with our school
loot Of the state finances. l."
Then comes forward the editor
of the Moscow Star-Mirror, who
deposeth and says:
"Governor Hawley has over
looked no opportunity to throw
il into the educational institution
Of the state, cutting down the ap
preparations in violation of law
yet he passed as matter Of
course, without trimming, items
like $50, 900 for the maintenance
Of the state capitol. To neglect
the lawn around the governor 7
official residence would hav,
been an awful sin, but to spend
cent for the Improvement of ed
vocational institutions is waste o
public money. Governor Hawle!
has compelled the University o
Idaho to get along on just twic'
the sum he has thought necessar,
to maintain the lawn and keep u
appearances at the capitol. Prob
ably this is an indication of wha
the man thinks of education. On
thing about it is that the Star-M
ror will never have to answer +
its conscience for having helpe'
to put this man in the governor
chair. We did all we could t
prevent his election. The onl
thing is that Hawley is 10
worse than we ever imagined b
could be-"
This confliction Of opinion O
the part of the brethren of til
pen, is somewhat disturbing t
the mental equilibrium of tn
reader; and still it is not unres
sonable to persume that the lac
les of the state pretty generally
and those who count themselve
friends of the educational inst
buttons will side with the Mosco'
editor, while those who believ
absolutely in lawns and beautiful
landscape views, will take up tn
cudgel for the other editor an
the governor. One thing, it
most refreshing to see the child
like faith manifested by the Ney
Time editor in the infallibility o
the governor, and places one a
once in accord with the sentimer
of the poet in his yearning apes
Backward, turn backward, ol
Time IN thy flight,
And make me child again JUS
for tonight.