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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
8
Cheyenne Leader imprint shows editor entry dated September 5, 1907. It lists post office filing under the 1873 act and includes subscription rates for daily and weekly editions with prices for six months three months and one month.
Forty five minutes of taunting and applause for Roosevelt at the Chicago convention, Taft criticized with little applause. Cheyenne street railway construction promised, New York to Paris cars to compare American railroads with Siberia. Comstock attacks gowns, sclerin touted for snakebites, a fatal dress observation, and quips on politicians and society.
A Chicago dispatch notes a flat opening to the convention with scarce applause until Senator Julius Caesar Burrows secured Roosevelt’s name. An old-timer comments there is no Roosevelt wave, as reporters observe crowds and hotel throngs in the Windy City.
In Chicago the Taft and Roosevelt camps control the convention while the vice presidential pick is kept secret. Delegates show little enthusiasm for a nomination already shaped, and insiders expect the choice to be announced only at the last moment from Washington.
Denver News criticizes a new currency bill for omitting bank depositors. The piece argues depositors trigger panics and distrust, saying the bill fails to address the core cause of financial crises and would not stabilize the monetary system.
The Encampment Herald laments endless “tomorrow” in the copper rich Encampment district. It urges readers to abandon the delusion of tomorrow and seize present opportunities, noting workers’ hunger and daily life while waiting for future gains.
State Examiner Harry B. Henderson left Tuesday evening for St. Paul to attend the bankers' convention Thursday and Friday. He will also be in Omaha next week on business connected with his office.
Many Scottish Rite Masons arrived for the semi annual reunion in Cheyenne. The Rose Croix degrees from the fifteenth to eighteenth were conferred with Noachite or Prussian Knight first. The Council of Kadosh will confer the remainder. A dinner and reception follow with Mrs. Ollie Smith catering. The list of this year’s class includes members from Cheyenne Fort Laramie Laramie Silver Crown Encampment Rock Springs and other towns.
A local note lists reasons for Bryan’s nomination and accuses Willis Abbott of omitting Abbott salary. It cites remarks on meat prices, tuberculosis prevention, and a Minnesota G A R encampment endorsement for Samuel B. Van Sant. An Albuquerque clairvoyant tale and a Piedmont prophecy are also mentioned.
Post office department reports 200 blank money orders stolen on June 6 1908 at Schurz Nevada. Orders numbered 4601 to 4500 are being passed in saloons and stores. If any Schurz Nev orders appear, detain the holder and notify postmaster or local officers. Signed SB McKee Temporary Charge.
F W Ott of the Wyoming Industrial Journal tells the Lar amie Republican there is no foundation to a Cheyenne Tribune report claiming the Journal headquarters would relocate to Cheyenne.
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