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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Sun
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1889
Page
12
Kalter notes a batch of seventy five land patents received at the land office on Friday, the first installment of a large invoice expected next month, signaling a continuing flow of titles issued.
The state constitution advances a district court system and a supreme court. Supreme Court judges will be appointed by the governor, establishing an executive role in judicial selection.
President Brown and committee chairmen expect to finish the convention by week’s end with careful effort and steady progress reported over the past few days.
In Cheyenne a lively demand grows for small houses to rent at twelve fifteen and twenty dollars a month. Citizens ask what happened to the Totman House company and why a hundred dwelling houses cannot be erected this fall.
Advertisement for proposals on page four confirms an iron wagon bridge over the Wind River. The structure will cost 9 600 dollars and span the river at 303 feet wide.
A taxpayer notes Tuere newspaper in Western Wyoming receives 1850 dollars yearly from county funds. He calculates a one mill tax yields annual revenue for the publisher. The paper vocally opposes statehood saying the people should be left alone and resisting change.
The author argues that settlers granted land patents should receive encouragement rather than penalties. With secure titles, they build permanent improvements and irrigation, deserve accessible financing, and warrant light taxation. The state should give premiums to promote land value and settlement success.
Tue Sus proposes a constitutional convention submission to authorize a state tax on all mineral products including coal soda oil and other natural resources. The tax would be based on output proportional to crude value with a one to two percent rate for state revenue and up to one percent for county maintenance.
A historic editorial argues that promoting enterprise that boosts permanent state wealth is vital, placing railroads as the foremost investment for community benefit. It asserts railroads deliver greater long term value than any other capital project.
Mr Potter argued for railway expansion to unlock Wyoming’s mineral and agricultural wealth, urging the convention to support rail access while protecting against monopolistic coal operations and unjust discrimination. He warned railways should focus on rail business and not gobble resources along their routes.
An 1880s Wyoming proposal argues wealth from coal iron copper and oil justifies a state government. It criticizes nonresident mineral taxation in Nevada and Colorado and urges a modest 1 to 1.5 percent tax on mineral output, citing coal valued at $2 per ton and potential revenue to fund state costs.
The text argues for a simple per barrel tax on all mineral products to fund state and county government. It claims Wyoming could finance government under this system, counters territorial admission objections, cites Nevada as caution, notes taxation fairness between foreign capitalists and settlers, and opposes heavy tax burdens on mining owners while miners escape with light taxes.
The Sun argues for lenient rules in forming new Wyoming counties and suggests lowering minimum tax able wealth to one and a half million dollars. It urges consideration of eastern sheriffs and clerks income, support from mineral yields, and a broad constitutional plan to promote regional growth. The Lux, while wary of capital city manipulation, supports the territory's prosperity through balanced governance.
The article explains Pennsylvania coal tax at three cents per ton with semiannual payments and a ten percent penalty for delinquency. It argues Wyoming should tax coal similarly, noting coal’s rising value versus cattle, and champions mining wealth as a broader revenue source. It frames coal as Wyoming’s new financial backbone alongside existing cattle wealth.
The speaker praises stockmen for creating counties and supporting schools in Wyoming and urges a new generation of courageous, unselfish men to advance state prosperity through solid foundations. He insists on a just taxation system as essential to achieving statehood, warning against timid approaches and petty fixes.
A committee of three northern Wyoming members urges ten state senators, one per county, a plan seen as unfair since it would give Sheridan County far less population weight than Laramie. The piece argues majority rule supports broader representation and notes another committee will handle boundary apportionment, questioning if the legislative panel has overstepped.
Arrest reports of Watson and accomplices influence rural observers. Boston loses lead as New York seizes top position in the championship race after Philadelphia beats Boston and New York defeats Washington yesterday.
Lawyers urge an independent Wyoming supreme court and seek a practical revenue source to cover its costs. They reject simply cutting county officer salaries and argue that shifting funds between holes won’t bring tax relief for the common people.
The discourse notes that taxable property values in Wyoming are not rising much as the main resource remains untaxed. It urges adopting a Supreme Court styled approach by building the judiciary from circuit judges, if attorneys offer no stronger proposal.
The Senate irrigation committee visits Wyoming and discusses unified water and land jurisdiction, repeal of desert land and preemption laws, and expanding surveys for arid districts. They support an experimental reservoir, likely the El Paso project, amid eastern skepticism and calls for cautious, statelike local governance of drainage basins. Major Powell to speak in Denver on home government for irrigation districts.
A Wyoming article notes the executive department trims unnecessary officers and predicts near unanimous ratification of the constitution by the people. It suggests statehood would influence district and civic matters.
A senate subcommittee in session at the capitol held a lengthy inquiry on irrigation capacity, land, streams and reservoir sites in Wyoming. Gov Warren and Sen Jones sparred briefly over the idea that irrigation benefits extend beyond state lines, with Warren stressing upstream water use could create reservoirs and benefit adjacent regions.
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