Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1921, Page 6

Cbe Casper Daily Cribune Imsued every evening except Sunday at Casper, Natron® Ceuney, Wyo, Publication Offices. Tribune Buliding-. BUSINESS TELEPHONES ....... «--++-:-+-15 and 16 Branch Telephone Exchange Connecting All Entered at as second clase . (Wyoming) Postoffice mates November 23, 1916. MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Premdent and Editor Business Manager Editor +.- City Editor} ‘Advertising Manager Advertising Representatives Prudden, King & Prudden, 17203% Byeger Bidg., Chicago, 3B.; Sfo'raree avenue, New York City; Globe Bidg., Bo» fon, Mass. Coppies of the Daily are the New York, eee acme not insure deltv one month in arrears. AD wu! Daity Tribune will sion Member of Andit Bureau of Circulation (A. B. ©) Member of: the Associated Press The Associated Press tm exclusively entitled to toe for publ'cation of all news credited in this paper and the local news published Kick tf You Don't Get Your Tribune. Call 15 or 1¢ any time between 6:30 and 8 o’cloek p. m EB you tail br receive your Tribune. A paper =a Ziverod to you by special messenger. Make it your dut let The Trivune know when your carrier misses you, =e ABOUT THE GOVERNORSHIP. low starts out to take the political situ- Rab poletre show how it is made, he cught to be mechanic enough to do the job and explain how the old thing works. If the fellow who every now and then has a nis: mare and relates his experience through the sacre columns of the Cheyenne Tribune could only bring jhimself down to writing reasonable nightmare stuff might get by, but when he tells us about a group of Wyoming Republicans forgathering in Cheyenne ‘to do the worrying and map the future program oe the party he is asking us to swallow something that "si not true. There has been no gathering of Repu lieans in Cheyenne with authority to do or say any- thing. In. these dull times two is a group in Chey- enne and. both of them, when it comes to adjusting politics, are local residents. This’ writer of romance would tell the world that the Republican party is much exercised in fear of a contest for the gubernatorial nomination between John Hay and Robert Carey, and that Mr. Carey would ‘be willing even at this stage to withdraw, if Mr. Hay could be induced to do the same thing, all in favor of "pomeone else. The someone else being a Standard oil gon-in-law or a sheeep potentate of Park county, either of whom have ever taken more than passing ‘interest in Wyoming public affairs. It is Mr. Carey’s undeniable privilege to run for vernor or withdraw or do whatever pltases his and but why insult a man like John Hay by sug- gesting that he do any more withdrawing for anybody or anything. Mr. Hay is a candidate for the Repub- Jican nomination for governor by the grace of thou- snnds of party members all over Wyoming and of wome twenty odd of the leading party newspapers. The difference between Mr. Hay and Mr. Caréy is the former is answering a popular demand to become in candidate while the latter is not answering a popular demand to retire. ————————E 7 THE SPECIAL SESSION. The governor has been requested to call a special session of the legislature for the purpose of providing relief for certain interests in the state which have en- «countered hard sledding in their particular lines of business, particularly the farmers. The farmers’ sit- uation is unfortunate. So is the situation of many people engaged in other lines of endeavor. What the ‘state can do in the way of relief is very doubtful. It ‘cannot remit or reduce taxes at this time nor can it Joan public money for there is none to loan. There + is no existing statute under which help can be extend- ed to the distressed ard it is very questionable if the legislature, were it called in special session, could or would frame a law that would accomplish what is de- sired or expected. Public sympathy is not lacking but public money is Gnd it is presumed that the only help that is needed is money or its equivalent, ‘The legislature can be called, if the governor is in- @lined to shoulder the responsibility. Thirty or forty thousand dollars expense is not a whole lot of money, ‘but still these are days of economy or ought to be at Teast. F @ The idea is still too prevalent that legislation must ‘be had for all ills that arise. It. is regarded as the great American cure all. Better even than Peruna used to he. While the greater percentage of all legis- Jation is worthless, still there should be just one more ‘Wyoming law framed and adopted and that is a stat- ute making it a criminal offense to hold a session of the state legislature for a period of ten years. A legislative holiday, so to speak. F ——_o—____ MARSE HENRY. Henry Watterson has been gathered to his fathers. ‘He was the last of the great personal editors of the country which group included such brilliant journal- ists as Greely, Raymond, Jones, Prentice, Medill, Hal- stead, Dana and others. His father, Harvey Magee Watterson, was a member of congress from Tennessee d the son was born at the national capital in 1840. early engaged in newspaper work and was just} fairly launched in the profession when the war be- tween the states interrupted his career. He opposed secession from the unfon but went with his state when ‘Tennessee broke away, and entered the Confederate service, serving throughout the war. “When the war was ended he was among the first to mecept reconstruction and since that day the union has “had no more staunch supporter. “In 1868 he revived the Louisville Journal and con- selidated it with the Courier and in all the subsequent Years no paper had greater influence in the south than} the Courier-Journal and no editor was more widely read and quoted than Henry Watterson. He was a Democrat in politics and had much to do in shaping the policies of his party, writing its plat- forms and ‘selecting its candidates in-both state and mation. He was an original and independent thinker and many times was in disagreement with party leaders. He was intensely southern in his sympathies, but con- fee also his | effect intended,” observes the Kansas City Star. “It is aiderate, just and honorable to political and social friends and foes. | His editorials were classics in English; clear, con- vincing, brilliant, with a Sglicious trace of humor that nately as “Marse Henry” ty! everybody north and south. 7 He was as brilliant a speaker as writer and for years was a star attraction on the lecture platform. His lecture “Lincoln” was one of his greatest produc- tions and was delivered throughout the country. It was the thing in which he took grestest pride, He knew Lincoln personally just as he has known all men in national public life since 1860. Always a great phrase-maker, Colonel Watterson coined one during the world war which met with in- stant approval, “To hell with the Hohenzollerns and Hapsburgs.” It was carried at the, end of every war editorial in the Courier-Journal that came from Col- enel Watterson’s pen. But the colonel is gone, and his going has brought) regret and sorrow to many people who take it as a personal loss. Eighty-one is a rips old age and he was ready to go. ¥ The colonel was never reconciled to prohibition which he looked upon as an {invasion of personal rights, not that he cared much for liquor himself but that the whole idea was repugnant to him. While he had considerable to say about “mint juleps” and that particular beverage wes a distinctive and seductive product of Kentucky, the colonel was a temperate man and beyond sn occasional drink with a‘friend he cared nothing for liquor. There are no more on earth like Colonel Watterson. He was unique, giverl to us from a bygone peried. To the last he represented all that was best of the ante- bellum days. Peace to his ashes. ES ESSE PTV ENE TERE, SHOOTING TO KILL. What happened to the holdups in the little ventur they undertook out on Oak street the other night will be approved by all citizens ‘who have a thought for good order and safety in the community. It is regrettable that it became necessary to kill, but when men enter’ upon the property of another for the purpose of rob- bery or with other felonious intent they are paid for whatever happens-to them. And while the “Shoot to kill” order must be sparingly employed it is the one method of discouraging law breaking of the bolder character. Society has suffered sufficiently of late, the country over, and officers of the law have had their grief in struggling to protect it. Similar occur- rences with the law on the side of the officers and citi- zens will not only rid the city of undesirables but will have a discouraging effect upon law breakers who may remain with us. ———o———_—_- AND HIS TITLE WAS CAESAR. © “The publication of the letter of ex-Emperor Wil- liam to Marshal Hindenburg seems likely to fail of the the apparent purpose of this correspondence to show that William's flight fromi Germany was an act of self effacement, a heroic sacrifice of himself in order that the people of Germany might more successfully pla- cate the allies. “But William takes no chances with a single de- fense, strong as he may affect to believe it. He pro- vides a double defense in case of accident—a cau- tiousness that cannot fail to remind of the flight ‘it- self. His second defense is that his flight, whether it be accepted as the act of a generous or a selfish ruler, was advised by Hindenburg himself. There is ‘no doubt about Hindenburg’s loyalty. He permits this complexion to be put upon the act. He publishes his own responsibility, the ex-kniser’s letter in which William pointedly calls attention to the fact that he! sought refuge in Holland ‘only on the urgent repre-| sentations of you and my other responsible advisers’ and thus accepts for himself whatever censure may be involved. “But if that was the object of the correspondence it has not been achieved. There are certain responsi- bilities of which a ruler cannot divest himself. That is a principle that William himself always had upheld —rather noisily and with much circumstances—when he was on the throne., The world rejected many of his pretensions, but men everywhere, whether monar- chists or republicans, have conceded the virtue of lead- ership that consists in standing fast by the post of duty. “Good leader or bad leader, he is at least a peg! who sticks to his cause and wins or loses with it. , “William had spent twenty-five years proclaiming’ to a somewhat bored world that he was the leader of the German tribes, that his will was law to them, and that his crown was not bestowed by men or by par- liaments but by Heaven itself. That would be all very grand if the event had proved it to be true, but Wil- liam himself furnished the proof that it was not true. Heaven didn't advise him‘to run for it—Hindenburg did. If heaven gave William his crown he made a mighty poor return to the giver in permitting a mere mortal to take it away.. It leaves William's boast- ings of twenty-five years even poorer stuff than the world thought them at the time. “Of course, the truth is that William got his crown because his grandfather—whom no sensible man ever mistook for heayen—won it by war. William lost it by the same method. But he was a poor loser. There was nothing kingly, nothing majestic, nothing of the virtue of leadership in his downfall. He ran away from his army, his crown and ‘his people and made himself safe. He did that, for which the private sol- dier in his own army is shot. It is bad enough for a private soldier to run away, but a general, a king, an emperor! “There is an Italian proverb that says there is only one thing that will pierce the shell of the tortoise. It is neither fire, nor steel nor diamond—it is contempt. If William is content to accept the plea put forth for him in this-correspondence, then there bas been found in the Hohenzollerns a substance harder than the shell of the tortoise.” | ——————o—___ THE OLD WATER WAGON. Some years ago the favorite sport at about this sea- son of the year was to make a grand rush for the water wagon. It was a foolish proceeding, purely psychological, and reflected no more than the mob spirit of humanity which induces one to go along with the herd, after the fashion of a flock of sheep through a gap in the fence. It was a difficult thing to secure a place on the wagon and a more perplexing thing to retain it; As time went on room became less valuable from the con- stant desertion of passengers who found clinging on; an arduous task, until, when the old vehicle reached! the end of the journey which required three hundred) end sixty-five days there was no one left, oftentimes not even the driver. + . In view of the signs of the times, inquiry is made as to the propriety of greasing up the old wagon and starting it out on one more journey. Possibly the old rush could he again popularized. “ oo. The news reports of the Chicago packing house’ strike read like an ¢cho from by-gone days—“‘Alll sa- lcons in the neighborhood of the stockyards were ore} dered closed by the chief of police.’. Will Mr. Haynes, please inform us if this strip of country is “no man’s. land” or if the United: States has:at any time in the, past surrendered jurisdiction over its own territory? | a The postoffice has been the busiest place in Casper for more than ten days and we must say for! Post-| master Bean that clockwork regularity in handling the| public business is now thoroughly estab?ished. RAINE TRS age Lay . The displays of Christmas things was nover bigger or better in Casper than at present, Reports are that buying is liberal and the. better things are sought and‘ there is greater care in purchasing. i Ba : E 5 3 | 5 j $44 if ge R' eRe § 5 z i ‘ E tl ies H 3 i c if] BERR oy : ath g European Crash —_—— *¢ The Richter Music Co, Next Door to the Iris Theater Phone 306. The Home of the Brunswick Phonograph, Victrola and Lyon & Healy Pianos. Everything Musical The dark eyed children could hardly | ‘speak they were made so happy by the toys that Mary and Bobble had I've gathered up those dearer ‘With which I would not part, And laid them carefully away— Yet close beside my heart; Those things on Which Time has no lien, The things I love the best, The priceless things more dear then Mfe— ‘These are my treastre chest. and asked Mr. John to tell once more the old old story, before the little guests went home. ‘Russ Smugglers Berlin Problem My confidence in fellow manc« And my belief in God; The heritage of my old home Deep rooted in the sod; My rosary of sorrow, My beatitude of tears; The glory of my mother’s love Stil shining through the years. They Want And refers the buyer to our little store, wheré you will find a wonderful line of gifts that are most accepta- ble. For Him--- Cigars, 10s, 25s, 50s . Prince «Albert in jars Tuxedo in jars The fullness of the summer noon, The o'er flowing harvest horn, ‘The whiteness of a winter night, The flowers of April's morn; The soul that lurks within a song, The faith within a child, The beauty that all nature holds For one who loves the wild: The Casper Man a ufacturin wir g - and Construction Ass’n. | Burlington Ave. and Clark St. * monds, valued at millions of marks. , Another had a large diamond buried |in the heel of his boot. Yet another was munching a loef of breed which ‘was discovered with gold rubles, It is terribly unlucky to cut ber- Mere wisdom never can replace Milusions fatr of youth, S And yet these things I've hoarded Truck Bodies and Cabs - up And wrapped about with Truth) Of the fit and the eternal, Prince Alpert in 4% and res Sanaa Deep within my treasure chest. -Ib. tins + —Win 8. Denham Tuxedo-in 14 and 1-Ib. Lucky Strike in 14 UC. 2 or /1-Ib. tins Velvet in VA ot 1-Ib. tins Zi 8 Edgeworth in 1% or 1-lb. a ins f Serene in 14-or'1-lb; tins pees inY:or 1-Ib. .. PIPES: | ~ Meerschaum: is Dunhill’s Imported™ Fre dware Co, The: home of practical | |-and useful gifts for ev- 4 wy Wellington ery member of the fam- ® Clear celles! 4 ily. ; ‘igar Cases | x a Cleareite Holders f Have another shipment Cigarette Cases SAFETY RAZORS Gillette § of-sleds. Priced from "$1.95 to $7.50 A su me oys Toys Toys. Only ONE more day left to buy them before Christmas. You will profit by:seeing our line of dolls, before you buy elstwhere. Our stock is getting low and you can get any doll or teddy bear in the house at COLISEUM | MOTOR co. Get yours now because they will soon be gone, alas dy Ever-Ready Daylo Flashlights Cigarettes (all popular brands) Pocket Books Bill Folds Leather Cribbage Boards Key Cases Cards Poker Sets ~ Watches Donse Brotners SEDAN E Smoking ene 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT 8 é A complete line of children’s painting sets at popu- Hlectse terns lar prices. ~ Holmes to Homes Phone 601 ‘For Her--- Parker. and Waterman's 9 é Fountain Pens : ‘ Perfect Point Pencils Notice to All Children Marieisce Bele? : — Bridge Whist Sets. POPSOLOOODPOSSOSEOO OOOO SSESEOSOOOOTOHOS Souvenir Calendars Fresh Box Candy © (Sweet's, Brown and Haley’s Oriole and ‘Whitman’s) 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT ALL LEATHER GOODS 50 PER CENT DISCOUNT _CHRISTMAS CARDS Between the Ages of 4 and 14 CHRISTMAS DAY, SUNDAY MORNING Automobiles ‘will be: proyided to take you to the Christmas tree at the Iris and America theaters and you will be picked up at your school. So on-Christmas morning please go to your regular school between 9 and 9:30 and go right‘in the school build- ing asit will be‘open. If you know any lit- tle: boys-or girls who- do: not'go to: school take them with you to your school. COMMITTEE, B, P.O. ELKS. Building Materials We are equipped with the stock to supply your wants in high grade lumber and build- ers’-supplies. Rig timbers a specialty. Stanley & Call |? KEITH LUMBER Co. Conf ectionery Phone 3 232 South Center 2 1999S 0990000990 O00900050000005O