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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1910
Page
4
The piece attacks the Brooks machine and urges votes for Carey and his ticket. It claims the waterworks should stay under competent leadership and calls for eliminating machine influence from public service. It notes November 1910 as decisive and argues for reform at the state capitol and penitentiary contract scrutiny.
State Leader prints an interview with Thomas Tynan a former state superintendent of public instruction who opposed the Republican machine. The piece portrays him as an independent Republican who resisted corrupt influence and criticizes the ring’s control over the party and public offices.
The piece condemns a penitentiary contract as a device of the Republican machine. It notes DeForest Richards, Chatterton, Tynan, Hay, and Grant and details how supporters profited from convict labor while dissenters faced political ruin. It urges Wyoming voters to defeat ring-backed candidates to end the system.
The piece condemns C C Carlisle for unfitness as Cheyenne city engineer. It accuses an arrogant Republican-led administration of preserving him, causing wasteful drains on the public treasury, costly water works delays, and looming litigation. It links Carlisle’s tenure to the Ninmo campaign and argues for change.
T P Morse of Sioux Falls, once a convict serving twelve years for manslaughter, recounts his conversion and rise to superintendent of a rescue mission. He cites marbles pool cards and drink as past downfalls and credits prison church services with his salvation.
Fragmentary slate shows W A Moas of Cheyenne for Congress and Joaeph M Carey for Governor with unclear spellings for other state offices including secretary of state and attorney general. Reading is garbled with multiple names and places unreadable.
A fragmented county notice lists elected and appointed officials including county surveyor and constable candidates. Names such as Martha Metferon, John Flint, and Thomas J. appear with titles and wards referenced, though several lines are garbled.
The State Board announced plans to list Ring Circle Books for sale after a buyout, noting arrangements for auction and possible involvement of NAVER beer in the title. Names and dates are unclear in the fragment.
The text outlines varied reform and governance ideas including labor laws, direct primaries, anti corruption measures, public publicity for corporations, and calls for non partisan state institutions. It references voting reforms, convict compensation, and public works practices amid a broader debate on state governance.
Republican platform denounces the Democrat party and double taxation while condemning convict leasing, Payne Aldrich tariff, and political machine misrule. It calls out corporation campaign contributions and state offices personnel and follows Wyoming Central matters as state authorities.
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