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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1910
Page
12
The text questions funds drawn from Wyoming treasury for traveling expenses of state officials with passes and pocketed money. It notes delinquent tax advertisement costs in Laramie county for 1909 and 410 totaling 123.75 dollars. It mentions political stakes with Carey and Democratic ticket and machine media manipulation fears.
Democratic county commissioners tout econom y and savings for taxpayers while denouncing a Republican state administration for heavy state demands. They cite 1908 09 revenue shifts from Laramie County and compare total expenditures under both parties to argue voters should back the county administration in the upcoming election.
A controversial figure linked to Capitol Avenue labeled as a publicity agent for a malign group denounces alleged chicanery and fraud, denying any wrongdoing and challenging the credibility of opponents who accuse party officials of misusing funds. The text portrays a heated political dispute with strong insinuations and denials.
The text accuses no one directly of dishonest acts, instead using veiled insinuations about Sheriff Lew Hughes Public Prosecutor Charles L Rigdon Treasurer Luke Voorhees County Commissioner William Storey and William Dunstan. It argues the piece aims to vilify officials through insinuation rather than proven wrongdoing.
A critical electorate questions the Brooks era cost increases and public funds used for private pleasures and official outings. The piece cites tripled costs, 82 percent rise under Brooks, 80 percent tax hikes, and treasury paid activities by officials, urging scrutiny of William Mullen and the machine’s candidates.
The paper denounces the political machine as a whipped dog that deserts state issues and targets Democratic county candidates with baseless innuendo. It predicts defeat for the machine and its followers in county, city, and state races.
A verbose critic attacks official notices of horse inspections as improper because advertising is not published exclusively in the Tribune. The critic argues the issue is not the act but the law and political motives behind public advertising by Democratic county officials.
Port Chester New York October 14 Obsessive thoughts that no one loves a fat man led August Chopalik six feet tall at 260 pounds to buy a revolver He planned a nine hour self infliction campaign with a small cheap weapon Police Chief Donovan intervened before harm came and Chopalik decided to live
A day of fatalities includes Francisco Romero killed by rock during a blast at Las Vegas New Mexico. M H Mc Coy dies on a roof in Colorado Springs. Deputy Sheriff Thomas Glenn kills himself in Deming after prison escapes. William Flowers in Tule Canyon Nevada surrenders after fatal duel with his father. James Goag drowns after cave in near Tucumcari while rescuers watch.
A dense list of candidates across state and county offices including state auditor treasurer superintendent of public instruction and sheriff. Also features county ticket items for senate representatives clerk of court commissioners coroner road supervisor and local city ticket for Cheyenne mayor and council wards.
Houston officials ban storage of carbide within city limits after a warehouse fire. Water interacting with carbide released acid and gas, burning firemen and forcing hospitalizations. The blaze burned for seventy hours and a fire ordinance now restricts further carbide storage.
Mrs. James Bremmer learned by telegram that her husband had died by his own act in Kansas City. He was en route when Mr. Bremmer walked into the front door in Upper Sandusky Ohio. The origin of the message remains unclear.
A question arises over County Commissioner Dunstan collecting mileage for travel from Pine Bluffs to meetings. The issue probes whether Capital Avenue’s power organ can allege graft against Dunstan for these reimbursements.
The item surveys broad political themes including labor law and public works eight hour day initiatives, direct primaries, recall, and anti graft measures. It references officials like the state labor commissioner and campaigns for United States senators and land and resource laws amid a bipartisan reform mood.
Republican platform denounces Democratic policies including double taxation and convict leasing, condemns political bosses and machine rule, opposes corporation campaign contributions, and calls for reform of state land and state engineer offices amid Wyoming Central issues.
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