The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-27
The Work Of Needy Politicians.

The Work Of Needy Politicians.
The Black Hills papers bring us daily
reports of public meetings in various
portions of the Black Hills, in support
of the movement for the organization
Of a new territory. The principal
workers in the movement are not the
hardy pioneers and miners who dared
to enter the new Eldorado agar or two
ago, but the latest arrivals of the needy
and homeless politicians who have
chosen the Black Hills for their field of
operations. We know Of nearly a
dozen of these carpet-baggers who have
only recently taken up their abode in
or near Deadwood City, who have en-
tered into a compact with certain poll
ticians in Colorado to create among the
Black Hills people a sentiment in favor
of a new territory, which is to absorb
the northern half of Wyoming, thus
leaving the southern portion an easy
prey to Colorado, which wants it en-
bodied within its borders, not because
Colorado loves Southern Wyoming and
its people, but in order to tax the prop
erty found there.
The Colorado tax-gatherer can be kept
at a distance, however, if the people of
Wyoming will speak out boldly and
declare their opposition to this scheme
of disintegrating this Territory. Con-
gress does not change tie map of this
country at the beck and call of any
scheming politician who happens to
want a governorship or to go to Con-
gress. A few weeks since the writer
met two of these seedy wire-workers at
| Washington, who claimed to represent
the people of the Black Hills. One of
them had been Il short time in that
country, but the other, loud-mouthed
and very cheeky in his protestations in
behalf of his people, las he termed the
pioneers of the Black Hills had meyer
been west of the Mississippi river in
his life. This couple circulated around
Washington for several weeks, impor-
tuning members of Congress, address
irg the committees On territories, re-
modelling for the latter the map of the
great west-in the committee rooms
and making a nuisance of themselves
generally with their impudent asser-
lions and bold Interpretations. The
result of their scheming was a report
from the Senate committe o n territories,
in favor of the bill for the organization
of the territory of Lincoln; but the
Senate paid no attention to the report,
as it was understood that the member
of the committee who had charge of
the bill, was an applicant for the gov
ernorship of the new territory. The
bill had not the least chance for pass.
ing the Senate, and the House was
equally opposed to it for several reasons,
Notwithstanding the assertion Of the
self-appointed delegates from the Black
Hills, that in that body they had a
majority for their bill.
The Forty-fourth Congress adjourned
without satisfying the aspirants for
positions in the Territory of Lincoln,
and a new plan of action had to be
adopted in view of the coming extra
session of the next Congress.
\ ring of a dozen office-seekers was
formed, consisting of men from Ne
braska, Colorado and Dakota; combina-
tions were made with two or three
Senators and members of Congress, and
a delegation from their number was
sent to the Hills-several passedthrough
Cheyenne recently en- route for Dead
wood, and two left here yesterday
morning--for the purpose of manufac-
turing public opinion there in favor of
their scheme. OF course these willy
politicians do not uncove their plans
before the people; they do not explain
the Black Hills, that it is necessary to
enthuse for the purpose of securing fat
offices for the speakers; they do not care
to state the fact that in order to carry
through their:schemes, the Black Hills
people must cut the threats of their
best friends, the people of Wyoming;
nay, they keep these things well hidden,
and only portray to the minds of theil
dupes glittering generalities and a state
of sublime political independence to be
secured by the labors of these very dis
interested ringsters, who have gone to
the Hills to induce the people there tc
pull the chestnuts out Of the fire fol
them, and to pave the way for fat ap
pointments and jobs for a set of schem-
ing politicians, who have been dis
carded at home and sent adrift by their
former constituents.
1t would be well for the Black Hill
people to wholly ignore these impudent
fellows, and to join with Wyoming in
an effort to organize a grand, prosper
GUS commonwealth in the great North
west.
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