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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
8
Editor entered as second class matter at Cheyenne post office September 6 1907. Subscriptions and rates for Daily Leader are listed for six months three months one month and one year with pricing details.
A compact collage of quotes and brief notes spans Memorial Day weather, Kipling fits, Thaw debts, Bryan on negro disfranchisement, Hobson ship subsidy, and a Springfield editorial questioning the president’s party alignment. Notable names include Kipling Thaw Bryan Hobson and a Cooper Union reference.
The Sheridan and Cheyenne communities urge building a north south line to bind Wyoming and attract Colorado and Southern to extend its railroad. Cheyenne Industrial Club hosted officials for talks on railway facilities, aiming to secure state-wide support despite Sheridan’s absence. The effort demands persistent, intelligent work and funding.
A poem by Damon Harvey honors fallen soldiers of both sides, urging unity as veterans decorate graves. It reflects on shared sacrifice and mourns the loss of war’s toll while invoking May flowers and equal reverence for the Northern blue and Southern gray.
The Chicago Evening Post condemns Joseph G. Cannon as a self styled autocrat who dominates the House. It argues the speaker speaks and acts for 286 men whom the people chose, discarding majority rule and turning legislation into a hollow democracy.
In a House debate Pollard of Nebraska accused Pinchot of saying California officials sought to create a reserve to supply Los Angeles with water. Smith and the California delegation denied the remark and promised to rebut. The episode mirrors Pinchot's past public misstatements.
A collage of jokes and quips from Puck Freeneya and various papers reflects humor on dead reckoning bar bills color fast fabrics happiness politics and senatorial methods. The exchange contrasts wit with practical views and satirizes election influence.
Ex Secretary Leslie M Shaw shown pessimism while Armour, in Berlin, reveals only 2.50 in cash. P M Hubbell, Iowa’s wealthiest man at 70, signs a 20000 note for the Iowa Home for the Aged payable ten days after his death. Senator Foraker to attend Fort Meigs monument dedication on September 1 preceding Toledo G A R encampment parade. Joseph E Ralph, new head of the national bureau of engraving and printing, born Allegheny City 1863, raised in Illinois, educated at Georgetown law.
Forecast shows showers Saturday and Sunday then fair. Local data for 24 hours ending 6 pm May 9 1908 report max 65, min 37, precipitation trace. Palmer, Section Director, Weather Bureau.
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