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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
8
The notice identifies The Leader Publishing Co as proprietor and official paper of the city with daily morning publication except Monday. It lists subscription options, delivery by carrier, and contact for delivery complaints to city circulator T. Joe Cahill and society editor by phone.
A heated critique of standpatters backing Taft and tariff policy. The piece argues the 1908 platform disguises a plan to tax the people to boost trust profits, tightening protectionist aims while enriching U.S. industries via higher duties. It warns that a Tift presidency could push tariff schedules upward.
Congressman Hepburn recalls an 1880 atlas placing the Great American Desert across Kansas and parts of Iowa Missouri and Nebraska and notes how eastern Nebraska was once arid. He cites dry farming and westward agricultural expansion pushing habitable area beyond the desert.
The Leader cites the Big Horn County News praising the emergency currency bill as a reckless step. It allows banks to issue wild cat currency in peacetime, likened to 1857 panic and Civil War era measures, criticized as a libel on citizen intelligence.
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson funds study by Professor N F Hansen to travel to northern Europe and Asia to locate grasses or alfalfa that tolerate dry conditions. The aim is to boost cattle capacity in Montana Colorado the Dakotas and neighboring western states by transplanting hardy plant varieties.
The Worland Grit argues that daily and country newspapers shape public sentiment but risk becoming tools for political parties when editors hold federal jobs or rely on patronage. Dependent papers lose independence and steering power, drifting as ships without pilots.
A satirical note contrasts cloudy wet GOP weather with promise of sunshine from Democrats. It cites 112,500 people seeking Denver convention seats for a 12,400 capacity hall, implying 100,000 disappointed. A US Treasury report shows a 144 million dollar deficit for the year ending June 20. It also references Whitelaw Reid and a related court assignment.
The column notes delegations touring, jokes about Eddie and freezer cream, and political quips on secretary of war and Rooseveltism. It observes workers on the Panama Canal forming a historic club and previews baseball interest as campaigns begin. It also praises Laramie’s sidewalks and cement walks for a prettier western city.
A compact collection of quips and cartoon captions from Chicago Daily News-Him, Catholic Standard and Times, Life, Simplicissimus, Baltimore American, Yonkers Statesman and others. Jokes touch on singing, marriage, self-made men, and courtroom antics with light satire.
Del Rio Texas reports no firing on the Mexico border today with Mexican troops keeping the situation under control and all is quiet.
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