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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1911
Page
9
The piece attacks the Schwoob Initiative and Referendum bill as a malicious scheme cloaked as a direct governance tool. It accuses lawmakers of serving predatory interests and hoodwinking voters to strip Wyoming citizens of direct legislative powers.
The Wyoming legislature pushed 20 bills and several joint resolutions forward as the Senate cleaned fees and prepared for final passage. The House, with many measures on file, eyed the Sibley local option bill as a key 2 pm special order while committees moved eight bills and one joint resolution to the general file. A notable debate over Leslie Miller’s railroad liability bill ended with its death blow and indefinite postponement.
San Diego reports say Tia Juana residents fortify the bull ring in anticipation of a rebel attack. About fifty soldiers are being sent from Ensenada to Tia Juana while rebels who seized Mexicali remain in camp. Imperial County guards edge the border at Calexico as Mexican Central trains halt and signals fail.
Severe weather ties up all railroads from Salt Lake City to California except the Southern Pacific. Washouts block the Salt Lake route while floods in Feather River canyon halt the Western Pacific. The Oregon Short Line reports a thousand feet of track washed out north of Brigham City and Rio Grande trains are delayed east of Grand Junction due to high water. Southern Pacific services run behind schedule amid high water and soft road conditions.
Chicago January 31 Professor R D Salisbury head of the geology department at the University of Chicago and editor of the Journal of Geology in an address before the University club at Durand Hall Lake Forest attacked the nebular hypothesis and offered a newer formation theory He predicted the earth will not freeze but grow larger and even twice its present size
Boston authorities announce a plan to move the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to Worcester with a proposed station in that area. A parallel proposal from Springfield suggests facilities near that city, reflecting a shift from the institution’s longtime Boston location.
New Yorker Paul A. Sorg announces a cross country horse coach journey starting April 1 from the Holland House New York to San Francisco. He disperses his show horses at Durland’s Riding Academy on March 31 with forty five horses and forty five handlers, an extra coach, a blacksmith, and aims to follow the New York Central Railroad closely, taking the summer to reach the Pacific.
The House chose San Francisco to host the 1915 Panama exposition. New Orleans sought a government exhibit worth a million dollars. Most Republicans backed San Francisco, while Democrats largely supported New Orleans. The measure asks no government aid but authorizes the president to seek international participation.
Governor General Forbes reports near Taal villages destroyed and hundreds killed by the eruption and tidal wave. The Philippine legislature votes 2500 dollars to aid victims as doctors rush to the scene. Military reports cite about 400 dead with unconfirmed higher totals amid ash covered lands.
The Senate confirmed five circuit judges appointed by President Taft. Names include William Hunt targeted by Montana farmers, R. W. Archbald, Julian W. Mack, John E. Carland of South Dakota as commerce court appointees, and Walter I. Smith replacing Van Deventer promoted to the Supreme Court.
A suitcase identified as J. B. Bryce’s was found at a news stand near the San Francisco Ferry Building. It contained dynamite caps and a clock mechanism and copies of papers dated October 1, the explosion date.
Friends say former Cleveland mayor Tom L Johnson suffers worsening liver and kidney troubles. Since losing the for mayoral race a year ago he has shunned publicity, appearing publicly only once with Governor Harmon during the gubernatorial campaign to urge Democratic support as intimates fear for his recovery.
Fragmentary forecast notes a Wednesday snow event and a Thursday forecast for Lora Weather data. Mentions a 6 00 PM end time and a maximum temperature unspecified. no clear locations or organizations are fully named.
Joseph C. Robin, accused in eight indictments for grand larceny, was found sane by a New York jury after five experts testified to insanity. Robin testified about his alleged crimes and interactions with Niehins, chief examiner of the state banking department, including a $4000 Oak for Hutchins. The judge warned the jury that denying trial would free all prisoners if sanity ruled.
Columbus Ohio January report notes the United Mine Workers pass an amendment forcing members to forfeit positions if separated from the federation. Mitchell says he will leave the federation rather than sever ties with the miners, despite calling the move cruel and unjust.
Los Angeles January 31 James Q. Wood a detective admitted in the Baldwin will case that he was to receive six thousand dollars plus expenses for his work. He testified he encouraged Mrs Lillian Ashley Turnbull to write confidential letters and had previously received twenty five hundred dollars for letters in a former case, with a six thousand dollar compromise in this case.
At the First Baptist church last evening under the Wyoming State Anti-Saloon league sponsor for the Sitley local option a discussion occurred on the bill now before the legislature. Supporters and opponents spoke, with club members urging public discussion and examination of the merits.
Mrs Edna Garfeld Della Torre Hutt files in New York Supreme Court for divorce from Henry Hutt the illustrator and famed ideal of American beauty. She cites abandonment and cruelty and seeks 500 a month alimony pending trial. The couple wed in 1905 after Hutt moved from Chicago to New York to work for Week in.
Denver reports the legislature cast a historic vote for a woman senator with Mrs Katherine M Cook, former state superintendent, receiving one ballot. The deadlock persists as Republicans shift North eatt 10 votes while Speer and Adams remain unchanged.
A suit filed in Trenton alleges that James Post illegally acquired and transferred National Sugar Refining stock totaling 310 million dollars to the Havermeyer estate, seeking return of stock or payment to stockholders. The action, brought by National Sugar Refining stockholders, targets the estate and heirs for improper transfer.
Reported incident states twelve workmen on the Center street bridge of the Pennsylvania Railroad were drowned when a section of the structure collapsed into the Passaic River.
Washington January 31 Edward Besle McLean son of John R McLean announced purchase of the Hope Diamond for 370000 through Cartier Paris. The 128 carat gem formerly belonged to Louis XIV Abdul Hamid and Lord Francis Hope.
Sacramento January 31 Senator Sanford introduced a radical anti Asiatic immigration resolution. The measure was referred to the committee on federal resolutions by a 20 to 14 vote. It calls for opposing the elimination of the labor clause in a potential Japan treaty and seeks to forever exclude Asiatic laborers from U S shores.
In Greeley Colorado Charles P Williams a project engineer with the United States Reclamation Service will visit after February 1 to select practical irrigation teachers for government reclamation projects. Candidates must pass an examination and may gain food paying clerical surveying and supervisory posts including ditch riders.
Madison reports a state health board backed bill making it unlawful for men with specified diseases to marry. A groom must present a physician’s certificate confirming he is not affected to the officiant before marriage. Penalty ranges from 500 to 1000 dollars. violation would not invalidate the marriage contract.
The piece contrasts the Schwoob initiative with the Metz referendum, arguing the Schwoob bill imposes a rigid 10 percent concurrence to invoke either power. It labels the Schwoob substitute as a strategic subterfuge aimed at limiting Wyoming voters. It explains initiative and referendum functions and cites Australian practice as a backdrop.
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