The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-17

A Complimentary Notice for WyomiaI


the Chicago Times sends the following
dispatch to has paper on the 18th inst:
"Mr. Edmunds, from the committee
Judiciary of the Senate, reported a
bill to the Senate to-day to annul an
act Of the legislature of Wyoming re-
organizing the judicial districts of that
Territory. This bill is based upon a
memorial numerously signed by prom
inent men of Wyoming, setting forth
the fact that the redistricting act of
the territorial legislature was procured
by a ring composed of federal and
county officials, and by saloon-keepers
and gamblers who were anxious to get
rid of Judge Peck because he rigidly
and honestly enforced the laws. The
counties of Crook and Pease contain
no population, and are exposed to the
ravages of the wild Indians, and the
memorial sets forth that the passage of
the redistricting act was simply a farce,
because no court could be held in the
new Third district proposed by the
act unless guarded by United States
troops; and, beside that, there being
no population there could be no bust
ness for a court to attend to. The
memorial also sets forth that it had not
been the custom of the judges to per-
sonally examine the accounts of the
federal officers, but that Judge Peck
inaugurated a different system by ex-
aiming every account closely himself.
This was Objectionable to the federal
office holders, and they conspired to
GUST Judge Peck. The memorial
makes other charges regarding the
depraved condition of the Office holders
of that Territory. They petitioned to
repeal the act referred to. This act re-
districts the Territory, and made Crook
and Pease counties the Third district,
and transfers the counties of Sweet
water and Uinta, which formerly con-
stituted the Third, to the Second dis
trict, and in that way leaves Judge
Peck powerless. The bill for its repeal
vas reported to the Senate today, and
was placed upon the calendar"
The Times is nothing if not sensa-
tional, and in being sensational it must
necessarily often go beyond the truth.
Its correspondents are being paid for
dishing up news garnished with all the
varied fancies of the professional Bo-
hemian, and we need not be surprised
therefore, at this story of Territorial
Depravity'' which heads the dispatch
in the Times.
The facts in relation to the reassign.
ment of the Judges by the last legisla.
ture are so well known to our people,
that it is scarcely worth our time OF
space to reply to this statement, but
for the benefit of our friends abroad
and our national legislators in particu.
lar, we will correct the most glaring
errors in the Times article.
The ''rcdistricting act' was passed,
not by a ring composed of federal and
county officials, by sa~loon-keepers and
gamblers, but vas enacted after mature
consideration, investigation and DELHI.
GRAFTON, by the unanimous vote of boil
houses of our legislature.
The people of Sweetwater and Uinta
counties did not want to get rid OF
Judge Peck because he rigidly and
honestly enforced the laws, but for the
reason that he unjustly and arbitrarily
used his Office to Cypress and belle the
people OF those counties, and because
he threatened to bankrupt those coun-
ties by unnecessarily %prolonging the
terms of court in his district. All OF
which facts have been duly presented
to the President and Congress.
The covert insult to the other judges
of the Supreme court of this Territory
conveyed in the charge that they do not
personally examine the accounts OF
their court officers, and that Judge
Peck instituted a different system, evi
IDENTIFY emanates from the latter gen
tleman, and is in keeping with thu
character he has established since HI
came to this Territory. 1t is not neces
sary for us to say that this charge il
also a falsehood, and that the court OFF.
GERS did not conspire to Dust Judge
Peck. That gentleman was simply
sent by the chosen representatives OF
the people, in legislature assembled, tC
a district where his peculiar tactics
could do no harm. His usefulness as
a judge in Sweetwater and Uinta coun.
ties was ut an end; his continuance on
the bench in that district would have
been pregnant with injurious results to
the people therefore; and therefore the
legislative assembly sent him to q dis
trict where he would be unable to do