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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1910
Page
12
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The Cheyenne Electric Street Railway and the Colorado & Southern Railroad reach an agreement allowing trains to run to Froquet park. This resolves the city’s transport hurdle for Frontier Days, enabling prompt turnout and wider public support for the event.
Reports recount successive aviation feats as pilots push boundaries in the air. From solo flights with passengers to channel crossings, aviation is hailed as a fast moving science with global interest and demand for further development.
The piece accuses a dominant political machine and corporation influence of blocking party reform by resisting a date change for the primaries. Business leaders allegedly asked for a postponement to aid favored candidates, but the change was not made.
Vow of partisan power amid a factional clash over planned nominations. Report cites a secret agreement between machine factions the "capital crowd" and "federal building bunch" to ram through delegates and deny Independent Republicans a seat, with primaries held tonight to disenfranchise business Republicans.
A column of scattered notes mocks Cheyenne electoral intrigue including calls to boost visitors, questions about Grant and the Midgley boom, debates over renominating Mayor Cook, and insurgent talk tied to Frontier Days. It cites Roosevelt Taft tensions, machine politics, корe.
The Democratic state convention will meet in Sheridan on September 20 at 10 a.m. to nominate candidates for governor secretary of state auditor treasurer superintendent of public instruction supreme court justice and U S representative. Delegates are apportioned by county based on votes for Hayden M White in 1908 with totals by county listed and 142 delegates overall. County conventions will appoint delegates and electors may be named if unable to attend. The Democratic State Committee casts the call with Chairman TD N Stickney and Secretary HH Hunt.
Car enthusiasts gather at the park as drivers and mechanics camp for the big race. Warm-ups reach seventy miles per hour on the Cheyenne track while the public remains unaware of growing records. Seat sales start at Capitol Avenue Theatre Monday morning with many reservations requested through Edward Stable.
Governors from Nevada Utah Idaho Washington Wyoming and senators from Utah discuss conservation policy. Governor Brooks of Wyoming urges broad western representation and says states should send their strongest leaders to the conference.
In Chicago on August 18 H B Richardson of Boston won the national American archery championship with 221 hits and a record tied only once in history by Horace A Farm of England fifty years earlier. Miss L M Witmer of Ohicado won the women's short range title and Miss Julia J Sullivan captured the national long range championship.
The piece claims a broad split within the Republican party between Roosevelt and his opponents, alleging a planned conspiracy to eliminate Roosevelt. It describes a political battle between the “ins” and the “outs” as factions align around Taft.
Aug 18 reports from Beverly Danville and Washington describe a growing split in the Republican ranks. Longworth says he will not support Cannon again, while Cannon vows to press on and enter the caucus as a candidate despite mounting opposition from some party members.
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