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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1908
Page
8
The Cheyenne Leader summarizes its publishing schedule as a daily newspaper except Mondays. It notes its status as the official city paper, with circulation details, delivery, subscription rates, and contact points for delivery issues and complaints.
The document lists the Democratic presidential ticket William Jennings Bryan for president and John Worth Kern for vice president, with Wyoming electors and congressional, state senate, and house candidates named. County offices include sheriff clerk treasurer assessor attorney clerk of court and others with several county locales noted.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger correspondent notes a shift toward William J. Bryan among voters displeased with high tariff and rising living costs. The letter writer says Bryan and the Democratic platform serve the masses, predicts a large popular vote, and cites widespread tariff concerns as key to the race.
The piece argues protectionism benefits workers and industry only to the benefit of trusts, while consumers pay higher prices. It cites Speaker Cannon as beholden to predatory wealth and says Bryan's tariff stance dominates the campaign. It analyzes congressional seat shifts, predicting a Democratic gain and possible end to Cannon’s influence, with Republican divisions across states.
The column mocks Republican panic and predicts fallout if Democrats win in November. It notes Roosevelt's anger, Bryan and Taft debates, water theft in Kentucky, and editor Hearst deflecting oil disputes while urging accountability for political actions.
A well known physician notes complexion and teeth reveal habits of life and refinement. He argues both are under individual control and can be improved through persistent treatment. Visit Dr. S. H. Sweatt, up to date dentist, Bresmahen block, 1617% Ferguson Street.
Daniel Guggenheim, head of a banking family, sold his West Fifty fourth street dwelling for 175000 to F W White of Mutual Chemical Works. The five story American basement house sits on a 25 by 100 foot lot and stood near John D Rockefeller's home. Guggenheim had lived at the St Regis Hotel for almost a year.
Cholera statistics released in St Petersburg show fewer new cases but more deaths than yesterday. Fifteen students from the Javlovak literary academy are listed among today's cases, and the master at arms of the aristocratic school of pages died from the illness. Scholars at this institution come from the highest court families.
Returns from the first canvass of the far west under a system by Hitchcock and Hayward of the national committee indicate, state agents at headquarters report, that Washington Oregon California Idaho Wyoming and Colorado will be carried by Taft and Sherman.
Andrew Carnegie plans to create a hero fund in the United Kingdom after the success of his American program. He intends to place 1 260 000 in the hands of trustees, signaling a significant philanthropic effort to support brave individuals.
The piece attacks the GOP for labeling Bryan as a calamity shouter while urging restraint in campaigns. It notes a Globe-Democrat call for careful stump rhetoric to avoid predicting disaster if Bryan wins. The writer questions accountability for current crises amid a decade of Republican rule.
John Murray Dowle aged 83, father of John Alexander Dowle founder of Zion City, died at the home of Dowle's widow Mrs Jane Dowle on Whitelake Muske gon county. He had lived with her after his son dissented and Dowle had been in decline.
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