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Show platform and disgusted with the unqualified un-qualified endorsement of the rustler element contained in the platform of the Democratic state convention. Moreover, the Democratic candidate for governor is not a strong man and does not command the confidence of the best elements in his party. Basing our estimate on information from the best sources we calculate that the Wyoming Democrats will lose more than they will gain by fusion and that the Republicans will carry the state in November by about the usual majority. THE WYOMING FUSION- Republicans need not be alarmed by the fact that the Democrats have combined com-bined with the Weaver men cf Wyoming. Wyo-ming. It does not mean the defeat of the ilAHKisoN electoral ticket. Wyoming is a Republican state under ordinary conditions. Politics are much cut up there just now as a result of the wretched cattle war. The Third party consists of about as many Democrats as Republicans, so that not more than one-half one-half of the strength which it w'ill carry to the opposition is drawn from the ranks of the Republicans. To offset this loss, which is numerically numeri-cally small, the Republicans will gain many Democratic votes from the better element of that party, who are opposed to the crazy doctrines of the Weaveb |