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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1908
Page
8
A collage of playful quotes and quips from The Laramie Republican and Boston Transcript riffs on politics prices and language. Jokes about lettuce peas beets and lamps mingle with references to trustees markets and crowds while a schoolboy asks about Kansas counties amid floods and satire on nomination day.
The Saratoga Sun lauds the Laramie Republican as the state's top daily with editorial columns far ahead of any other paper. This strong compliment highlights the paper's perceived quality and influence.
Lusk Herald notes Pinchot hosted a dinner and reception for about 800 people in Washington. Congress approved a million dollars for agriculture with half earmarked for his department to allegedly safeguard millions of acres of pasture land lacking timber.
A rustic lament quoted from the Denver Republican describes a lone life on the plains. The speaker mourns absence, dull talk, and the loneliness of the range, likening life to an empty can and fearing the task of hunting strays.
The Wheatland Times decries organized labor in Wyoming for backing political measures that serve wealth. It condemns workingmen who ignore appeals and side with interests, labeling some as "suckers" who kneel to bonuses and ride along.
The piece denounces Theodore Roosevelt's dominance at Chicago as unchallenged leadership of the Republican Party. It accuses Roosevelt of controlling delegates and platform, criticizes Taft allies, and warns of Mexicanization and moral decay if the public remains complacent. It calls Roosevelt ruthless, hypocritical, and capable of violating laws to advance power.
The piece urges laborers to support candidates true to workers' interests and cites Samuel Gompers on pledging political and industrial activity to elect officials who safeguard workers. It attacks opposition to organized labor and labels dissenters as tools or damphools.
A compilation of light quips from the Philadelphia Ledger Washington Star Houston Post and other papers. Jokes touch on airships work love matrimony and political advice with a wry, period voice.
A mining engineer predicts concrete will dominate home construction. He notes electricity will power heat and light, with hydroelectric plants enabling domestic use and irrigation. He stresses abundant rock and sand supply and the enduring value of forests for snow and power.
The piece notes Congressman M. R. Denver of Ohio as a key delegate at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. It recalls his father General James W. Denver, after whom the city is named, and mentions entertainment figures Modest Altschuler and Frank Seymour Hastings, with Hastings likely to receive the Order of St Stanislaus for promoting Russian music in America.
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