Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-08-29 | Page 4 | Government Should Make Good the Losses.

GO GOEn GOVERNMENT En SHOULD MAKE AI GOOD ThE J LOSSES Yellowstone park is a a. part of ot the ground of or th the national government The Thu United States of or Amor- Amor Ica lea has ownership and control over every foot o of th the place and what rules tho nation mak makes the people In fn the park have hae V 1 I O Ono Oo o of ot the rules Is Ia ta ho ne neI I visitor may carry firearms Visitors who coi ild I d t care of ot th themselves thorn them moles m- m solves selves in any collision with highway robbers aro are compelled d 10 to n l kavo th ir guns suns at the Inn before they start on tho the tour lour of ot the park That implies that tho the government nt will keep all aU visitors safely will t take taic caro care of or them will viii pre pro proy prevent y vent nt their Ir being robbed and will return their guns to them later That Is a necessary consequence of or the disarming The other day a a. number of or visitors 1 to tho the p park clU citizens ns o of t f t the o United States persons persona who have havo aright a u. aright right there thero w were ro robbed by a n. highwayman with a ason No so guard had met him and taken his rub away from him 1 The authority which had stopped the citizens and them had not stopped aud ard disarmed d tc the fJ robber It seems a a. reasonable conclusion that tho the got gov government o should pay to tho the losers tho amount Q of th their lr 10 losses Of or course the government will wUl find tho the robber It tc po possible and will Ill properly punish him But nul there U is is little form formality of oC squaring accounts account ac ac- ac counts count with ith who ero left helpless in tho the presence enel o ot a robber whose exclusion from tho the place was an nn Implied promise of oC the government JO S There were men In that party and party and there were Women too too who If It armed would defend their property from nn any lono tone highwayman that ever cr worn Wor hair If It they aro are not permitted tho the means moans of or taking care of ot themselves then tho the authority which 18 ih over them thorn should make good their una unavoidable losses