Show TOO SMALL FOR THE PLACE The governor of Wyoming is not getting out of the ugly box into which he stopped when he took a band in the rustlers war Hie excellency committed a very grave blunder when ho appealed to the President at Washington for military assistance to preserve the peace It was a blunder because be-cause the resources of the state had not been exhausted had not oven been employed em-ployed The civil authorities were not given an opportunity to assort themselves and the state militia wero simply ignored and treated as if they were untrustworthy and lacking in patriotism Tho passing by of the militia has resulted in thu selfre specting officers surrendering their commissions com-missions feeling that they have been insulted In-sulted and disgrace brought upon the state i = The mistake having been committed the governor finds himself in an ugly predicament predica-ment The cattlemen who invaded Johnson John-son county as an armed mob and who wore rescued from their perilous peril-ous situation by United States troops are being held and guarded by federal soldiers subject to the order of the governor Complaint has boon lodged in the court of Johnson county Against these men and the civil authorities have mado formaldemand for tho surrender of I the prisoners but the governor declines to i give them up although there is absolute peace in the county the courts are open and the officials declare their ability to maintain order and see that the accused are given fair trials Just what the outcome of the business will be nobody can foretell but everybody concedes that Wyomings governor has given ample proof that he ought to be in some other position than that which he occupies Tho office is entirely too large for him |