Show IS A FAIn FAm IJ One Ono of tho ho last official acts nets of 01 Governor Got Gov of or Colorado was to commute tho the sentence of a a. convict Inthe in inthe the tho penitentiary from ten to two years Tho Time prisoner had been a bank president ident i- i dent nn and l had looted his concern and hurt his people to a total measure 1 of near two million dollars He lie ha had been tried b by his ills peers found guilty an and given what might 1 bo be 0 regarded e as a n alight alight Jl light ht sentence considering the enormity enor enor- amity mity of or the tho defalcation Governor Buchtel excused c himself for tor his act b by saying fraying tho the man dl did not have a l fain fah trial I public sentiment wc was wag too too toon much C aroused against him hint at the tho time of ol his trial If there Is any soundness ss in the logic of that position it follows that a a. defaulter defaulter de de- de- de faulter has onI to steal outrageously and thus Inflame public sentiment against him and he lie will wUl bo be excused Tou You all remember tho bool school poem of tile the boy who asked his pa how big was Alexander tall taIl Tile The father explained The bo boy couldn't understand how ho- taking human li life could make a man great rent Ho pointed out that Abdel Young who killed his n neighbor training day was put Into jail Jan and hung The Tho paternal c. c explanation ex cx- was Oh no not In War For he who kills single man His Ills neighbors all aU abhor Whereupon hereupon tho the bo boy with childish directness and Buchtel philosophy reL rejoins rejoins re re- re- re L joins Why Vh then if I should kill a manI man I Id I'd kill klU a a. hundred more I t should be great and not get hung Like Abdel Young before Colorados Colorado's late lato executive seems scorns to think himself more capable of ot a ad administering administering ad- ad ministering Justice than titan the men who wh presided at the tho trial Ho He believes there was too much hatred of 01 the defaulting defaulting default default- ing banker hanker Does Docs not he give gl too much protection to the defaulters defaulter's crime He lie says the acCuse accused dl did l not get ct a lah l. l fair ah trial Is the culprit getting justice from the governor Most Jost of the legislators are new to tho the business 8 But m most st of ot them theft also are aro working very faithfully to discharge dim dis charge their duty to their constituents Indiana Is going to try trio a a. bank bank- guarantee law similar to that of ot Oklahoma Oklahoma Ok Ok- lahoma with an art effort to cut out tho the features which havo rendered that measure assailable in tho the courts I Tickets to tho the Lincoln day l banquet at nt the Kenyon will bo but two dollars each cacho There will be no invitations excepting ex ox- tho the general published invitation invitation tion lion to every try lover lot of oc Lincoln The Thc hour is thirty six on Friday evening February 1 12 And tho the ticket a admits to dinner and all the tho a admirable program pro pro- grant gram that has been arranged |