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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1910
Page
4
The piece attacks graft in the state capital and denounces a machine dominated judiciary. It promotes a public Capitol talk for questions and asserts county commissioners saved taxpayers $11,543.40 in their first eighteen months. It warns of flood of campaign misrepresentation literature from the machine.
An historical comment declares that on November 8 independent voters in Wyoming will repulse and rebuke a corrupt system seen as prostituting public offices, naming Mullen Schnitger Baird Cook Forsythe and Potter as servile to the machines.
The piece accuses a Capitol Avenue figure of veiled insinuations rather than direct allegations against a county official seeking reelection. It highlights campaign figures showing Wyoming government costs rising from 284 551.95 in 1900 to 908 637.50 in 1910, with Brooks administration increasing costs by 427 070.16 per year from 481 567.16 in 1904 to 908 637.50 in 1910.
The piece brands the Republican central committee as corrupt and desperate, accusing it of malice, deceit, and intimidation. It criticizes campaign tactics including covert messages to voters and attempts to list candidates on official ballots, portraying the leadership as in deep straits.
A harsh critique claims a campaign apparatus promotes crime and cowardice in defending charges. The piece labels the Republican machine as terminally desperate and asserts its defeat would be a public achievement.
The letter attacks City Engineer incompetence in Cheyenne's waterworks project. Alderman Nimmo and Carlisle are blamed for bungling the million dollar system. It urges voters to elect Lawrence Bresnahan mayor and a council to end mismanagement.
The State Leader prints key voter questions targeting Democratic county officials up for reelection. It urges readers to judge whether those officials have served taxpayers better than their predecessors and to decide based on their records, ignoring publicity aims.
A Hartley Iowa incident reports Lee Jones aged 15 and Howard Kellum aged 16 badly injured when a pop bottle filled with blasting powder exploded during a Fourth of July celebration. Doctors operated for hours and over 490 stitches were required to repair faces and bodies. The boys, rushed to Coleman hospital, suffered extensive glass wounds with serious head and chest injuries. Authorities describe extensive lacerations from flying glass and a perilous proximity to the heart and vital organs.
Two young boys playing with matches caused a blaze at the St. Louis Tiressed Beef and Provision company. The fire did about 75000 dollars in damage and threatened nearby structures as winds worsened the flames.
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