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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1908
Page
8
The Cheyenne Leader announces editor I. Bartlett and lists subscription rates for six months three months one month and one year. The paper notes postal registration and matter of second-class entry dated September 6, 1907.
A fragmented column mixes social satire and local notices. It mocks fundraisers by glee club benefits for Hanna sufferers and lampoons tariff fines and political balloons while mentioning Milwaukee mayoral flair and irrigation fights.
A heated exchange unfolds as a young man berates a woman for a repeated proposal. She remains calm and defies his pressure while he insists on a response, implying likely marriage. This scene from Young's Magazine for May presents a tense social interaction with sharp dialogue.
The Lake Herald attacks President Roosevelt for exiling Colonel William F. Stewart of the coast artillery to Arizona without a hearing. It argues shifting him to Florida after deeming him temperamentally impossible violates republican rights and echoes autocratic practices. The piece condemns due process denial as alien to the republic.
The remark notes government branches facing limits as the leader pursues expansive actions. It criticizes the handling of Colonel Stewart as emblematic of an autocratic approach and consolidation of power.
The Thermopolis Record endorses reform in Fremont County politics as Republicans tire of one man control and seek harmony this fall. The state papers join calls for a broader party leadership after years of centralized management and limited electoral success.
The President announced that any individual or corporation wishing to dam a stream for power must pay a new privilege fee, signaling a ramp up in bureaucratic authority and revenue efforts during the Roosevelt administration.
Sheridan Post calls for President Gramm and Secretary Hebard to resign, arguing the press reflects public desire. If resignations do not occur, the paper suggests administering the same medicine it has prescribed for President Tisdel and others.
The Worland Grit notes Roosevelt enjoys strong Western support across parties yet questions why Gifford Pinchot holds sway over him in forest reserve policy, calling Pinchot a humbug and suggesting influence without merit.
A tongue in cheek note from the Buffalo Voice suggesting the Laramie Republic and Cheyenne Tribune clash over university affairs. It jokes that if tensions rise, the best government may need two floors in Cheyenne’s federal building to accommodate the Cheyenne land office.
Large Easter Sunday crowds filled the M E church with beautiful decorations and fine chorus music. The annual free will offering reached 600 dollars. In the evening Bishop Robinson, missionary bishop of southern Asia, spoke on mission work in the Orient. He heads to Baltimore for the Methodist conference beginning May 6.
George B. Snyder a Union Pacific telegraph operator was slugged twice by two hold up men in Rock Springs Wyoming. He lay unconscious for hours before being found with $60 stolen.
F W Gooding president of the National Wool Growers Association from Shoshone Idaho passed through Cheyenne Sunday on his way to Chicago. He met with secretary G G Walker during the trip.
The G A R circle hosts a Keefe ball supper from 6 until 9 tonight priced at 25 cents. Proceeds go to the Hasna sufferers.
A mosaic of jokes and quips from Chicago Daily News Brooklyn Life Philadelphia Ledger and Harper's Weekly including topics from politics to trains and teachers. It blends satirical lines about elections seating on trains and a teacher’s spelling exam with era specific banter.
The Democratic State Convention will meet in Cheyenne Wyoming on May 14 1908 at 9:00 a.m. to nominate presidential electors a U S representative for the Sixty first congress six delegates and six alternates to the Denver national convention and conduct other business. Delegates from Albany Big Horn Carbon Converse Fremont Johnson Laramie Natrona Sheridan Sweetwater Weston counties will vote and 100 delegates are apportioned by county votes for Hamm. County conventions will nominate district judges and mayors may appoint proxies. William B Rows chairs the Democratic State Central Committee.
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