The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-08-24
THE UNION TICKET.
Views Of "one Of the Dissatisfied
His Arguments.
To he Eaitor OF The Lendn..

To The Editor OF Tie Leader:
When you started and advocated the
idea of making a s'fusionn ticket for
the sixth Legislative assembly it met
with the general appreciation of this
community, regardless of political
views. As it was but reasonable to
expect that in the event of such a cond-
promise the very best material in the
county would be chosen, men whom
all the electors of the county could
c~heerfully and conscientiously endorse,
the fusion has been carried out as adj
vised by you. But has the expectation
of our people as to the candidates
chosen been realizedas 1 answer, and
but echo the feelings of hundreds more,
it has not. The disappointment is deep
and wide spread.
There cannot, justly, be so much OBJ
lection raised against the action of the
democratic convention as to that of the
republican convention. The latter, in
stead Of consulting our leading and
most responsible citizens. merely ar
ranged the matter between themselves,
and concluded that as it was such a
''soft thing they had better nominate
the candidates from among themselves,
the Hon. F. E. Warren alone excepted;
this gentleman having positively re-
fused to be a party to the scheme,
although it is much to be regretted
that he did not accept, as his nomina-
tion would have given great satisfac-
ton.
Former delegations from this county
men who have been tried and found
true to the best interests of our people
must appreciate MI. Slack's opinion
of them; he says: "The candidates are
superior to delegations which have
heretofore represented the people,
Well this is an open question, and one
solely for the people to determine, Mr..
Slack's opinion in the matter not being
of much consequence. When that gen.
tleman was running a petty democratic
paper in a western town, and one of
the bitterest enemies of our county
and its interests, we returned delega-
tions to the legislature that our people
heartily approved of. 1t is not yet a
fact that such will be the case with all
of this delegation. There may issues
arise at the ensuing session that will
require men from this county in the
legislature-particularly the council
who a be depended upon beyond the
shadow of doubt to guard Il inter-
ests. 1t will not do to experiment in
the matter, or place men there whose
interests are divided between Cheyenne
and a prominent rival town, so that it
is immaterial to them (which way the
ball rolls" Let Cheyenne look to it in
time, and not have cause to regret it
when too late.
Mr.. johnson possesses all the requi-
site qualifications, except availability,
for a member of the council, were it
not for his other duties, no better NOM
nation could be made. But, / submit,
can he attend to the duties of a pros
ecuting attorney and the duties of a
councilman at the same time? 1t is
we'll known that the session of court
and legislature will convene at the
same time. Now one or the other or
both must necessarily be neglected.
We cannot afford to have our criminal
business neglected, as the expenses of
that department are unavoidably sufi-
GENTLY heavy now, and it is just as GER
tain that councilmen should give
their whole time and attention to the
duties of their Office. No ''absent''
among delegation will be tolerated.
From among the following named
gentlemen it is quite certain that some
two of them will consent to accept
nominations for the council, to-wit:
". w. Corlett, Thomas Sturgis, Henry
G.. Hay, Geo. L. Holt, J. W. Ham,
mond, E. Maggie, A. II. Swan, F. f.
Addoms, w. II. Hurlbut, etc.
There is considerable dissatisfaction
expressed as to some of the nominal
tions for the house, and although there
could be a decided improvement made
by substituting other names in their
stead from both parties, yet 1 think the
changes | have indicated are of the
greatest Importance, and should receive
due consideration, as there is ample
time to make any changes in the pro-
gramme that the people see tit. AS the
''fusion" scheme was agreed to, it
would be better to make the necessary
changes at once, if not, there will un-
doubtedly be another ticket in the field.
ONE OF THE DISSATISFIED.