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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1912
Page
12
A reputed national journal charges Senator Francis E. Warren with violating paper laws by employing relatives and private employers on the government payroll without reporting service. The allegation is linked to Colleague’s Magazine and is disputed by subsidized newspapers which refuse to answer, asking the senator what he has to say.
WARTUEN reports Mondelis strategy after Warn hed pursues a lead toward Pole Mountain and Fort Runsall. A young Fort Runsall officer is telephoned to The Laoder to uncover who betrayed him to Connolly, who spread the Colyers tale. The Leader dismisses the inquiry and hails his own strength, while officials debate Warn’s size and role. Warn seeks a chance to save the fort, but the secretary withholds cooperation and criticizes Warn as egotistical.
The senator and his advisers weigh a personal letter campaign to freed voters to boost the primary efforts. Critics mock the plan as a vanity move while the senator ruminates on strategy and public support as anger rises among opponents.
Laborers left unpaid after tunnel work suspension and contractor default. contract awarded September 16, 180% to Charbee Spear of Billings Montana. work resumed by the United States August 17, 1906. Unpaid laborers and material men urged to file statements with details of work, amounts, and dates.
Washington reports that a House committee investigation finds Senator Warren of Wyoming guilty of fencing hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands. The report, prepared during Roosevelt's era, accuses Warren of using his Washington position for personal gain and includes earlier inspector testimonies. The same committee also probes Warren over grazing sheep on government land bought for a rifle range.
The census bureau reports voting age women in six suffrage states totaling about 1.33 million. California shows the largest figure with 871,380, followed by Washington 277,727 and Colorado 213,426, with Idaho Utah Wyoming much smaller. The piece notes potential impact of a national suffrage amendment on turnout and timing differences for state measures.
A Texas frontier voice cites twelve years near Northwestern Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Wyoming to criticize federal land policy. The State Land Commissioner charges the current administration with obstructing settlement and damning any party in power.
The article accuses Senator Warren of Wyoming of extensive robberies and claims his colleagues aided him for compensation. It ties the expose to President Taft’s reliance on the Warren machine for crucial support at the Chicago convention. Ideal weather aided labor day picnics and large crowds attended Cheyenne events at Minnehaha Park.
The Wheitland Times argues Cheyenne businessmen and homeowners should back John B. Kendrick over Warren and Mondell to protect Fort Russell and state interests. It claims the next president will likely be Wilson or Roosevelt with a Democratic majority, and urges business leaders to resist political manipulation by factions aligned with big business.
Washington dispatch reports Hungat W. Pitnam of Andover Massachusetts killed himself on the eve of grand jury questioning about dynamite found during the Lawrence woolen mill strike. The piece notes suspicions about higher up employers using dynamite to sway public opinion, with John J. Breen jailed for refusing to testify, and adds Pitnam’s death deepens the mystery surrounding who ordered or approved the plot.
The Leader endorses the commission form of government for cities and criticizes the Tribune for opposing it. The piece notes nonpartisan issues during a heated campaign and recalls editorial notices about timing and representation. It urges readers to consider the commission plan despite political rhetoric.
Fragments from a Sherman company page mention window glass sun proof paints and varnishes. The readable items suggest generic product pitches without full details or outcomes.
Miss Helen Varick Boswell, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee Department of Woman's Work, argues that Milwaukee's socialist reforms wasted funds and bred graft. She cites overdrawn allowances, high wholesale prices, and faulty street paving as evidence against socialist governance and urges support for Progressive and Bull Moose candidates.
Congress has appropriated 42000 dollars for relief of laborers and others who worked on the Corbett tunnel in Wyoming. Claimants should send details of labor, supplies, or cash furnished to the contractor or sub-contractor to the secretary of the interior in Washington for examination and certification to the treasury for payment.
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