The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-01-10


Post with great bitterness but observe that they
play the second fiddle the Post the very
Sweet orchestra.
IF you sincere afraid and stand your ground;
calumny won't hurt you, the
lette, returning the Friday long Illness
received by of all parties with loud ap-
plause, ovation such few have had
Every in that body knows that LaFollette
sincere what he means and that money
could interest him, much less influence him. 1t has
been with all And LaFollette wins his cleo
tions by fighting not by purchase, has been done
sometmes-Walter Brisbane
THE efforts being made switch Alva Adams from
the short term which he appointed by
Sweet, to the long in the coming election going
to raise storm of protest from all quarters of the state
There others quite desirable for
Mr. Adams While the Governors appointment of Mr..
Adams was generally approved. it confidently ex
pected that he would be willing for election
Mr. Nicholson's unexpired term His attempt switch
Offices will not meet with general approval
condition which gives aid and comfort the enemy
time when need to all energies and alay
all possible friction worthy candidates This edi
tor hopes Senator Adams will discourage the
begun We hope it, in the way hoped Gov Sweet
would stick to his job instead of reaching for something
else
HENRIETTA the sponsor and apologist for every
accused of wronging the public Auditor Stong
letter Geo Sullivan dictated by this
editor Just to dsabuse his mind will say that Mr.
Stong had the letter written ready give pa
tons defense from He and doubtless will take
of himself If his Investigations disclose anything
wrong with High School affairs will be just
in supporting him in advancing the investga
tion Of Normal School matters the county affairs We
forever of the of defending either
carelessness crimnality public Office Years ago
accused official democrat it supposed that
every democratic paper would defend him. guilty not
guilty Times have changed Politics no figure in
the of incoFnpetents those as pri-
vate road to wealth 1t is quite possbec that Mr. stong
may have the proofs he claims have.
closed them to limited their character But
he has made coed his claim of msmanagement
College to such extent that correction be
going be chopped off at the pockets for
funds by the next legislature Such wiful
occurred during the past three years go and
the institution prosper Such things sure to come
out sometime and there is earthly in trying
cover them While the subject might add that
the College is coming up formal hearing at
time the future upon charges so carefully
drawn and specified that the Board heard before
them will be compelled to take affirmative action
THIS issue contains the decision of the Supreme
Court in the supersedcas convicted commits
sioners While the decision will prove great disap-
poinment to the people it is be criticised
is clearly the right decision considering the faulty
dctment particularly and also to a palpable error in
the instructions of the The case all the way
though has been splendid example of how very hard IT
is to displace corrupt officials If you will the de-
cison carefully and understandingly you will that
with practically contention of the prosecution the
Supreme Court is in substantial because
tain things not questionable permitted to be in
cluded in the Indictment and because the Court
did not clearly separate them in his from
the real ofense, the matter back re-trial
Every claim of the defendants attorneys was turned
down the fatal Indictment Apparent
y the Supreme Court felt that it could have emi-
mated by instruction of the District Judge but be
that it may, the be and that
informal ion that complies with suggestions of
the Supreme Court Some have said that a new trial
would not remove these from Office early enough to
make material change in what they could do the
county it were better to abandon the submit
that this would be in conflict with public policy. They
should be tried and convicted and example set to
every officer in the state that such Office will
bring punishment The fact that these men purchased
sandwiches and music at the should not
be allowed to atone for spending public funds for
whiskey.
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