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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1908
Page
8
Editor enters notice about second class matter posting in Cheyenne Wyoming with rate details for printing and mailing options. Rates include one year subscriptions and other pricing terms.
A collage of July Fourth remarks and editorials notes from Wyoming and national sources. References include Cheyenne comments on a fake race stirred by Denver interests, Taft slur mudding Grant’s memory, and a Danville Illinois pork barrel line. Other items mention Sheridan Enterprise staffing and a posing fisherman ballad from the Atlanta Constitution.
An editorial from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat defends Grant’s memory amid Taft remarks about his career. It cites Grant’s memoirs to argue he resigned due to pay and family strain, portrays him as domestically devoted, and notes his early Mexican War service.
The commentary defends Ulysses S. Grant against accusations of drink and questions about his resilience. It notes his early fitness for duty in 1861, his leadership at Donelson ten months later, and the steady work of his career despite critics. The piece also rebuts Secretary Taft’s remarks as inaccurate.
The Rawling Journal questions why wool sales have halted in the county with a Republican president, congress, and tariff. It calls on state Republican editors to explain the market collapse and guide wool men who have followed partisan guidance.
The Nebraska retail liquor dealers, with 600 members present in Omaha, unanimously condemned the lawless saloon and opposed using saloon money in politics. The World Herald praises the resolution as a prudent stand for cleaner government and temperance.
The Lincoln News argues Congress may pass a patched Aldrich-Vreeland bill but Western lawmakers will need to explain to voters why Wall Street banking interests could prevail while proposals like postal savings banks and deposit guarantees are ignored.
A humorous montage from multiple papers features jokes about selling a car and rug cleaning as sensory substitutes, money signs in jokes, a vocalist quip about lessons, a hunter’s rabbit question, a royal ruler demanding funds, a treasury guardian’s sigh, and a pun about a fruit painting causing tears.
A playful verse recalls the 17th of June at a political convention. The crowd erupts as Taft leads with votes announced by clerks and officials from Alabama Arkansas California and others. The scene ends with Teddy Roosevelt emerging as the candidate amid cheering confusion.
The Lander Republican and Cheyenne Tribune discuss Fremont county Republicans split despite claims of unity. Rev. Walter Walsh of Scotland arrives in Boston for an American Peace Society tour, noted for varying height reports. A Saxonia crossing claim and a Chicago man wins $10,000 betting on the weather highlight playful local commentary.
J N Breyles prominent banker of San Marcial was arrested at Socorro New Mexico on an indictment charging embezzlement under false pretenses. The indictment alleges he received deposits at his bank after it became insolvent and the bank with 42000 dollars in deposits was closed two weeks earlier by the state bank examiner.
The Cheyennes and the Reserves will meet on the Arcade diamond this afternoon at o oclock. Proceeds go to the Cheyennes to settle a small indebtedness. Burr L. Miller, sculptor and son of Warner Miller, will carve a life size bronze orator of the late Thomas B. Reed for Portland’s city park.
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