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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
8
Public notice outlines subscription rates for the Daily Leader including yearly and quarterly options. Contains typographical errors and partial pricing data but identifies Cheyenne Wyoming as the posting location and reference to a 1907 post office notice.
A collection of satirical notes and brief items mentions the University Glee club, Speaker Cannon, and public life. It cites Joe Cannon as a former presidential nominee possibility, New York scientists testing a snake serum, and hints of Roosevelt versus Congress tension amid other society and political jabs.
Henry W. Rogers of Yale College argues the Roosevelt plan would shift power from states to the national government. He says abolition of states is impossible but forces exist to reduce states to mere administrative units like those of France.
The Enterprise condemns the Wyoming Republican machine for pressuring delegates to support Taft and branding dissenting papers as bolters. It argues the central committee acted aggressively to influence the party’s presidential choice and warns of jeopardizing Taft’s Wyoming prospects.
The Enterprise supports Taft in nomination but refuses to back instructing Wyoming's delegation for the war secretary. It anticipates Lander's May 6 meeting to instruct for Taft, while criticizing the aggressive push by a faction viewed as harming Taft's standing.
The Salt Lake Herald says Roosevelt faces a deep clash with Congress as leaders doubt his leadership and message reception turns cool. Many in both parties view his unchecked interference as eroding legislative rights and seek to dethrone him.
Mr J W Rodgers of Crook county declined the governor s offer to be trustee of the Wyoming university stating he cannot accept the appointment. The Sheridan Post notes that good men avoid such boards while influence remains dominant and suggests new appointments would follow once the influence is removed.
The Cheyenne Tribune says it has received a preload of print paper and claims to be the only Wyoming publication buying paper to car lots. It notes Sagebrush Po phy is printed on car order paper, a practice it says has been ongoing for years.
A collage of humorous quotes from Baltimore American Washington Star and Cleveland Plain Dealer. Jokes about monkey tricks whiskey art and misread applause. Caesar Brutus and curves in marriage provide light satire from historic newspaper humor pages.
Frank Gould says wealth has been a curse yet a divorce action seems unlikely as it would loosen his fortune. William Dudley Foulke of Indiana is noted for abundant adjectives in speeches. A Chicago man beat a shooter of a daughter, the father arrested, who then killed himself in jail. Wesley Markwood, 81, after 55 years as a government messenger, remains in service. Prof. Wallace Atwood of the University of Chicago is appointed to survey Alaska coal fields for a navy coaling station.
Four foreign miners from Dietz are in Sheridan county jail charged with seining trout in the Tongue River. Special to The Leader reports the incident from Sheridan Wyoming dated May 1.
A visiting Spaniard in New York reportedly killed a bull for sport. The remark about an abattoir implies a violent, sensational tone surrounding the incident.
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