Show WYOMING POLITICS A BITTER FACTIONAL FIGHT AMONG THE DEMOCRATS the cheyenne leader heretofore a democratic organ declares its independence labors enemies there never was a campaign in the bast history ory tut lor Wyoming in an which the trend of affairs appe appeared aLred ea ao favorable for re an success as they are at ab the present time the democratic Demo cratto party Is hopelessly demoralized said there are not sufficient populist votes in the state to make that party barty a factor in the tha contest there has bas been a bitter factional in the party of this state slat since the failure of the legislature to 0 elect I 1 elect lect a successor to Sen aitor F rands francis E warren both fael factions lons were in it a mci Bure successful in the recent democratic socratic state convention Congre congressman seman colleen coffeen was the he balance of the ticket bring being nominated by the administration anti and faction T tle aie nominations aroused no enthusiasm in the ranks of 0 the party and the men who were placed mated at he beadon head of the campaign have shown the utmost diffidence in getting the party machinery la in motion on oa the other band the republicans have nominated a ticket which co commands in the confidence dence and respert of every citizen of 0 the state and e very one et cf the candidates have entered u upon pan an aggressive campaign the wn ale of the northern portion of 0 the state stale appears to be arrayed against congressman coffeen because vt of his duplicity and treachery in the matter of the aba abandonment ot of fort mckanney in johnson county the congressman has a trad tract of land in the vicinity of sherlian sheridan and it was na scheme to have the fort ouster custer montara montana and fort mckinney posts consolidated at Sherl sheridan dan in ortre irn his scheme he belittled the tha advantages of mckinney as a military station to the authorities at washington ills his efforts to have mckinney il abandoned were successful but bat he did not have euln clent influence to secure the location of a garrison at sheridan the tha counties along the line of the union bacille are opposed to sir coffeen cap especially dally tt portion odthe ot the population who are in the employ of the union pacific railroad Ra Ral troad road and the union pacific coal company because of his vacillating vacti lating course when he was called caled upon tor for an expression of opinion during the recent strike coateen made great of being a knight of labor and friend rland of the man when making his campaign two years ago but the rho laboring classes now put him down as a demagogue demag ite of 0 the worst order the only time a was called upon for ony any as istance he declined to respond sending his telegram te eitam of reply to the local Ann andrican rican railway union lodge with 10 charges to collect HOSTILE TO LABOR TV holladay the democratic nominee for governor nas has a record as an employer af t convict labor in this state that does not inspire the laboring men melt with much n u ch en V it I 1 in I 1 his behalf general av W A richards the republican nominee Is a ran ranchman cleman ini in the BI els horn basl basin a in re johnson johnann co county anty ile he Is 13 enthusiastically ived wherever he goes frank AV mondell the tha republican nominee for representative in congress 91 ess is an energetic ener gello young man of cal commanding arr iLy iding presence he and general are making an aggressive campal campaign on a tree free sliver silver and rec tama iliyn of 0 the tha arid lands the balance of this the republican ticket Is made up of reprise representative n dative me meni L an and J an educated and progressive woman there la 13 no question about the elcus ck caloo of hie entire ticket by the largest majority ever given in the state A k friday morning a bomb was thrown in the camp ot of the opposition the cheyenne Cne yenne leader eader Li which has haa for awen ty fur years been the leading organ ot of the democratic party parly announced that hereafter it would ibe be bound by no party ties in his proclamation Procla mallon ot of freedom the tha td alcor ter of that paper says mys 11 zac Is enough to say that we aliee ce no good reason to believe that past eap exp picric will irell to be profitable ablo or even een serve as a barning that ihal breakers brea kera are arc close ahead there la Is nowhere any unanimity ot of feeling too many small mm men bru ares carrying lir rods too big biff for thim them iott or of them woul r accept republican success with moch more equanimity than democratic success and the added certainty of a democratic rival ink the plums for two years a guerrilla warfare has been in progress and the real working democrats Demo crata hale hae been targets for or in enlist gut tor snipes of nt obscurity the result of 0 exit all this tulsi with will decent democrats indifferent to party success which would mean only the endorsement of political floaters noa tera many thoughtful men have been confronted hillh ith the proposition of whether heth there was wa not in an undeveloped state MCC this ibis some thing which alch transcended in importance even lo 10 local c al political via toles loles in this emergency the leader has ha felt the be influence of party atnita t ions it has publicly approved elih re solve aei vo some things which privately it favored lust just because those angs happened to be originated by civens of ii some other political baltie every editor who conscientiously does hla his duty has keenly mt these limitations and whenever he lius has tried to leave lave fihe be aaen path abed by party prejudice ha has S met wit with it criticism which was oftentimes as harsh as it was with malice toward nono none mid and charity tor for all we will from this time thres forth follow tho the road which circumstances and inclination have marked out for us GEORGE W PERRY cheyenne Che chenne Penne wyo sept 29 2 9 1691 1891 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