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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1908
Page
8
Entrée as second class matter at Cheyenne Wyoming September 1907 under the 1879 act. Subscription rates for Daily Leader shown with illegible portions about cost and terms.
A collage of short items on politics culture and humor. Notes on executive orders and public mood in Ohio and Brownesville plus a provincial Iowa travel trend and a tariff debate. Includes a playful verse about spring and a Philadelphia marriage.
A Basin feature by Bet hails Basin Wyoming as a thriving county seat of Big Horn County. The piece notes the railroad’s arrival and local boosters, highlighting the Big Horn Rustler and Basin Republican as progressive papers under new and improved management and urging broad support across political lines.
The World Herald criticizes Taft as a corporation candidate amid a Taft-Corporation alliance in Ohio, arguing the alliance worsens political troubles and shapes Republican prospects through business influence.
Editors in Ohio grow wary of Taft and corporate influence as Toledo Blade and other Republican papers including Sandusky Register Medina Gazette Monroe County Register Mansfeld News attack Taft. Mansfeld News warns labor union, soldier and colored votes may cost Ohio's electoral votes by 50,000, urging a halt to the frenzy.
The text questions why Taft's candidacy gains corporate support and how delegate victories imply a reactionary triumph. It cites Nebraska Iowa and Ohio where Taft won with corporate backing, while progressive leadership was repudiated or bolted by papers, prompting the inquiry if Taft is a progressive.
The Cheyenne Leader urges voters to instruct themselves and opposes boss influence. It backs Taft as nominee but argues he can be beaten in key states. The piece notes western leaders oppose Taft’s imperialist policies and hints at political clashes before the state convention. Weather commentary follows on April-like conditions.
Emperor Nicholas of Russia via Foreign Minister Iswolsky sends sincere thanks for the commemorative volume presented to the institute building in Pittsburg on April 11 of last year.
A terse collection of jokes and quotes from newspapers and magazines. The piece notes witty lines about a promoter's fine new house on a bluff and snippets from satirical cartoons and city papers. It includes quips about actors, landlords raising rents, and misheard phrases.
The Buffalo Voice claims Grace Raymond Hebard, a key university figure in librarianship, history and extension work, could be made president as a joke. It lists her many roles including secretary of trustees and various university posts, suggesting she could manage as a side line.
The Rawling Republican defends Otto Gramm as capable and honest praising his work for the university. It argues against attacking the university leadership despite political pressure and criticizes Tisdel as an educated lobster while urging non interference to help the school prosper.
Notice announces the Democratic State Convention in Cheyenne Wyoming on May 14 1908 and the main convention in Denver Colorado on July 6 1908 to nominate electors a U S representative delegates and alternates and to conduct other business Delegates are apportioned by county results from the November 6 1908 election and county conventions will appoint delegates proxies allowed chaired by William B Ross of the State Central Committee
Miss Anale G Hall of Cincinnati daughter of the Arctic explorer argued her own case before the supreme court last week but lost. The dispute centered on a contract by which T B Paxton represented her as counsel in a matter arising from her father’s estate administration.
A member of the Washington baseball team suffers an early season setback described as the first real catch of the year. The report notes the team facing a pause in action as the player is sidelined.
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