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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1912
Page
9
The Wyoming Tribune reports Senator Francis E Warren's evasive reply to Collier's Magazine charges. Warren is accused of pay practices, grazing land use, and political influence, with the piece detailing his denial and partial admissions across multiple items.
The report alleges Warren did not deny sheep owned by his company grazed on military and state lands. It charges appointments to judgeships on his recommendation, subsidized Wyoming newspapers, and that he lived far from Cheyenne while serving on the city council. It claims his son drew government pay while in Harvard and that others were paid while not serving, with an investigation into illegal land withholding and inflated tax returns.
Lyman Enterprise and Star Valley Independent publisher J. W. Allard reported on a train poll near Cheyenne noting Wilson 41 votes, Taft 15, Roosevelt 20, Debs 9. Traveling men and workers favored Wilson. Taft voters appeared prosperous. Roosevelt backers claimed theft in Chicago. Colonel Stizer was among passengers.
Utah Governor Spry and the state labor board met with miners in Bingham as 4,500 workers stay out. Deputy sheriffs, 400 artillery on standby, and a theft of 6,000 pounds of dynamite signal rising tension. The governor warns against unlawful acts and vows militia only if needed.
The Weather in Wyoming shows rain or snow clearing by Friday with rising temperatures for the weekend. Expect improving conditions as the system moves out and warmer air follows.
The article accuses Senator Warren of pressuring payrolls and salary disbursements for nonperforming clerks. It alleges he utilized funds to reimburse others, touting political agents and donors as part of a scheme. It notes Bonfils’ report based on Warren’s affidavit and cites payrolls of Charles M. Smith Hiram Sapp Fred HB Warren and others.
War Department favors converting Port D. A. Russell into an infantry brigade post. Two additional regiments, likely the Ninth and Nineteenth, may be ordered to Fort Russell soon as plans to concentrate troops on coastal regions take shape. General Wood Brigadier Edwards and Major Kimball discuss shifts while Mrs Edwards health affects travel.
A 12 year old boy, Harold Stapleton, died after a crab apple tree limb broke while he and companion John Cassidy shook fruit at 112 West Twenty-first Street. He fell twelve feet onto a cement floor. Rev Father Duffy and Dr. Conway attended him. life could not be saved. Survived by his parents Robert and Mrs Stapleton, and siblings Lorretta John Emmett and Roy. Funeral arrangements later.
In September 1890 Wyoming elected Warren as governor under an agreement not to seek a U.S. Senate seat. On November 4 a ballot maneuver led by Senator McGill blocked Warren until the seventh ballot, when Warren was finally elected to the short term Senate seat amid party turmoil in Albany County.
In Washington on September 19, J Butler Wright of Wyoming was placed on special duty at the State Department to succeed Hugh Gibson as secretary of legation in Brussels after Gibson, attacked by a Cuban journalist over contractor claims, was reassigned. The Cuba demand for punishment of the assailant remains unchanged.
The last Laramie county fair to be held in Wheatland ended after five hours of programs amid a chilly north wind. Platte county will form with Wheatland as county seat on January 1, and future fairs will be called Platte county fairs. About 1,000 attendees, including McCarty and Cooks wild horses, saw the final day despite poor weather and lower overall attendance.
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