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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
8
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The column riffs on Taft rhymes, Oklahoma and Wyoming railroad valuations, and a Standard Oil fine. It notes Sherman and Roosevelt in political lines, calls Oklahoma Bryan state and Wyoming a corporation state, and ends urging voters to govern themselves wisely.
A string of playful puns and wordplay appears in editorials and letters across Republican papers. The writers mock political rivals with fruit and vegetable jokes, including lettuce peas corn and beans, while noting humor amid partisan tension.
Henry Watterson in the Louisville Courier Journal attacks the G. O. P. ticket and platform. He mocks Taft as a “man of straw” backed by a platform built from “timber stolen from Bryan’s back yard.” The piece likens Roosevelt to a voice with Rockefeller hands and blasts party realignment as a fraud.
A 1900s op-ed attacks a Wall Street favored currency bill, denouncing it for omitting bank depositors' rights. It lauds William Jennings Bryan for backing depositor protections while condemning Roosevelt Taft and Carnegie for aligning with financier interests and warns voters against corporate control.
The note envisions a broad raffle to fund campaigns with Mr Sherman ensuring corporations contribute generously to the drive.
The World Herald notes Republicans from the Alleghenies to the Pacific will ask Taft why he supports campaign funding publicity yet blocks a convention plank on publicity. They query his stance on railroad valuation, direct senator election, and an expanded Interstate Commerce Commission. Philadelphia Record adds a wry exchange about knowing him well.
A collection of jokes and quips from the Louisville Courier-Journal Washington Star Philadelphia Press Chicago Tribune Chicago Daily News. The humor ranges from pun lines about kisses and practicality to bridge money talk and bunker misunderstandings.
Joe Ward city editor of the Denver Post, famed author of Come with Me Into Babylon, spent a few days in Cheyenne. He joined F H Barrow and G B Walker as guests of J H Walton, Tribune business manager, on an automobile tour to Fort Russell and the dry farming district. Ward praised Cheyenne’s beauty and natural advantages during discussions.
Mrs. G. T. Seabury wife of the former state veterinarian of Wyoming and now a Denver resident says she will rent rooms at her Denver home 1616 Downing Avenue during the upcoming Democratic National Convention.
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