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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1910
Page
4
Fragmented text outlines Democratic and Republican factions, machine influence, and upcoming Wyoming elections. Mentions Remington statue idea, first woman legislator, and suspected corruption tied to named figures, with warnings about corporate support and insurgent candidates.
Voters are urged to compare the Democratic slate for county offices with the opposition. The piece highlights character and performance of Beck and allies, suggesting support for the Gemurratic ticket.
Vielons machine dominates the Republican organization and controlled the convention where county officers were named. The only path to end the ring is to vote the Democratic ticket straight.
Two Cheyenne residents with large property interests announce Democratic bids for state offices. General Leopold Kabis seeks state auditor while Harry E. Gates seeks secretary of state. Their announcements mark the first such bids of the campaign ahead of the Sheridan convention on August 20.
The text quotes Theodore Roosevelt criticizing Taft and his allies over broken campaign pledges. It cites his Osawatomie speech warning that politicians who pledge promises before elections and do not keep them should be hunted out. Roosevelt portrays Taftism as undue corporate influence resisting reform.
Following his visit to Wyoming Theodore Roosevelt urged Arizona and New Mexico to craft easily amended constitutions. He criticized corporation lawyers who insert jokers into state laws and warned against rigid wording. Roosevelt’s remarks came at Pueblo Colorado as part of his broad statecraft critique.
Fragmentary OCR lists county offices and names including clerk treasurer attorney surveyor and superintendent. Several words appear garbled with unclear spellings and titles, suggesting a county government roster or election slate with term notes and a $20 amount possibly a fee or bond.
General Leopold Kabis, veteran Cheyenne and Wyoming figure, announces Democratic bid for state auditor. A longtime party activist, he served in Wyoming politics since 1893 and formerly ran a restaurant business before retiring to focus on public life and private affairs.
Joseph Mulligan, an electrical worker who lost a leg in an accident at Union Pacific shops, settled for 8000 after a 10000 verdict was reduced on a new trial motion. The case, filed in Pottawattamie County, drew attention as the largest personal injury award there, with both parties nonresidents and the railroad operating in Utah.
Denver reports the initiative and referendum measure passed the Senate with thirty votes for and two against. The status and date indicate early September action in the state capital.
The article reports on a Missouri political gathering where speakers denounced corruption across Missouri New York Illinois and California and urged the public to fight graft. It notes Colonel Roosevelt leaving for Omaha and Harry E. Gaths announcing his candidacy for secretary of state as part of the political discourse.
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