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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1889
Page
12
The sixteenth annual convention of the National Women's Christian Temperance Union will be held in Chicago from November 8th onward. The event gathers delegates to discuss temperance advocacy and related social reform efforts.
Internal Revenue receipts for the first quarter totaled 34,685,000, surpassing the prior year by 3,771,000. At this pace the year’s total would reach 145,000,000, about 14,000,000 higher than last year.
Searon Sherman in his Or ville speech stated he objects not to tariff revision but to revision toward free trade. The remark clearly expresses the Republican position in concise terms.
Tuk Boomerang notes growing opposition to woman suffrage in Laramie. He says the suffrage clause will cost the constitution votes in Albany county and many who would vote will stay away from the polls because they disapprove that section.
The Laramie Boomerang reports Auditor M N Grant will urge repeal of the livestock valuation board and transfer duties to the territorial board of equalization. He critiques revenue laws, calls for detailed county reporting, and suggests significant retrenchment including abolishing the territorial stenographer, attorney general, and mining inspector posts. Grant seeks higher salary and expenses for the auditor, with broad reductions across several contingents and offices.
A proposal lists reductions in many contingent fees and offices including inspector of coal mines and territorial library contingent. Other cuts target the penitentiary commission immigration commission and supreme court judges. Total potential savings amount to 33,200 over two years, with Mr. Grant asserting no public service detriment.
In reply to Tanner, Nouwe argues the issue is what should have been done when the judgment was rendered. He warns that granting large sums without valid facts risks exhausting the government surplus and notes thousands of re-ratings and weekly applications.
Eight Salvation Army members were arrested after a Saturday parade with drums tambourines and flags. They posted bail and were released pending a Monday trial before Police Judge Henderson with J M D Livesay to defend. The group claims the ordinance is void and the case may become a test.
Clement G. Morgan, a colored Harvard freshman who worked nights in a barber shop, rose to prominence as class orator and earned college beneficiary funds. He captivated audiences as a Cayleston prize finalist last year and won first prize.
General Raum, a gallant soldier, served under President Grant as commissioner of internal revenue and is described as one of the best who held that position. He is also a lawyer.
The text notes that by profession the individual has served a term in congress, and his legal education alongside varied official service would make him more conservative than might be expected for someone without such advantages.
A proposed meeting of representative colored men in Chicago next June is regarded as a movement with important results. The effort aims to rally the intelligence of the colored race for the occasion.
The opposition to the constitution over a literacy requirement argues that English need not be the language of literacy. If a man can read in any language he is qualified, the text clarifies.
Brew Harte's social and literary appeal in England grows as he becomes a handsome ruddy white haired figure. His fame rests partly on mastery of Western slang and his eloquent yet unrefined, humorous speech.
The Glenrock Graphic urges ratification to end the Cheyenne ring and push Wyoming toward statehood. The Rawlins Journal commends the constitution as favorable for governance and officer pay. The Lusk Herald notes Editor Dan Kimball’s hostility toward Governor Warren and J M Carey amid partisan attacks.
News and Notes report mixed reactions as Germany greets the czar’s friendly visit while Montana races to align with the president’s statehood proclamation. Observers note Harvard seniors pick a colored student for class orator and political shifts emerge from Langston’s Virginia stance.
Friends urge H Bams to seek the Republican nomination to succeed Frank Clark who resigned, creating a vacant position.
T B Adams, previously named as a potential representative, withdrew his candidacy from the Republican committee. Adams was regarded by many as an efficient future member of the house and his withdrawal will be deeply regretted by friends.
A terse Washington dispatch sent to the Associated Press late last night outlines a tax review connected to Governor War ren. The message highlights key figures and fiscal policy moves, signaling potential shifts in state revenue plans.
A report praises Wyoming's bid and its value to the territory and people as statehood grows more important. The synopsis notes the report’s merit and the territory’s developing significance in advancing statehood goals.
Hon Horace Plunkett seeks British understanding of Wyoming women’s vote through a four page circular. The Sun summarizes local views on female suffrage including voter ratios, marital influence, independence from men, impact on corruption, and activity across local, territorial, and federal politics.
The writer notes that women voting yields benefits for home-makers as a conservative force against public extravagance, yet after twenty years the effect on marriages social relations and political status remains unclear. Suffrage is treated as a right rather than a tool for specific aims and await further responses to Mr Plunkett’s questions.
Mr Bowser resolves to shave himself after a failed multiple tries and mishaps with a left handed razor. He endures a half hour of lather and laughter as he scrapes and stumbles through several stabs at his beard. He finally discovers his effort leaves him with a cut chin and a damaged mustache amid much sighing.
In a tense exchange Mrs Bowser accuses Mr Bowser of a plotted scheme as he battles a lopsided mustache. After a frantic scene with a shaving incident he leaves, vowing to discuss business in the morning while the razor ends up discarded and a girl uses it to peel potatoes.
A roving government agent enters the post office and rushes a clerk with boasts of Dickens bindings, pays a half-dollar, then exits. Later, he encounters diplomats at the state department and offers to pull teeth for a quarter, only to be frozen out and removed from the scene.
A Baltimore Sun note explains the time spent in daily routines by a typical man at age fifty. It calculates hours devoted to sleeping shaving dressing and dressing preparation, estimating totals over a fifty year span and illustrating how small daily choices add up to years.
The Columbus Journal recounts Gen Burnside’s dinner with an elderly East Tennessee farmer’s mother who proclaims she is a little over 1000 years old, explaining her long life by having lived there all her life.
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