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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-01
NOTICES!
Fresh Havana Cigars.

A fresh stock of choice Havana
cigars will be found at Sol Coleman's,
near the corner Of Main and Monroe
streets. They embrace many brands
Of the choicest favor, and all tastes
can be suited. These cigars have been
selected with the utmost care by an
experienced dealer and are guaranteed
to give satisfaction. Mr.. Coleman is
determined to keep up his reputation
as a cigar merchant, and with this
object in view cannot afford to allow
his line Of Havana brands to be any
thing but the purest and best.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-01
Fish fOrLent!

100 kits extra fine Mess MackereI
500 kits Nos. 1, 2 and 5 Mackerel
100 hlfbrIs HTacEerel
20 cases Mackerel I'm Mustard
rs c Brook Trout
% SOused BHackereI
200 cases l Id HOLSTERS
200 1 ID Mackerel
200 l Id Salmon
Clam ChOwder, Irish ChOwder
DeviAed Grabs, Goldfish Balls
CLAIMS, ShrimPs, etc.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-01
Attention.

The Chelsea Baptist church is in
receipt of new minister. Ever since
the epidemic of '78 the church has
been withouta shepherd, and we know
from experience and general obserya-
ton and as general rule, that sheep
90 astray when they have no shepherd.
So with our little church without a
shepherd, it has ever been in a state
Of retrogression-the members have
wandered far away, and we hope that
our new shepherd will get on the trail
of the missing ones and bring them
back to toe fold, and we hope the
time now is that we will see our little
church flourish once more, and that
the members, one and all, will come
to the front and assist our Brother
Stewart in gathering up the relics Of
our once hourishing little church and
uniting them together as one body.
The Rev. S. Stewart is graduate in
the Oxford University, Oxford, Miss
He will hold forth services tomorrow
morning at II and at night at q
o'clock; Sunday-school at $50 am
Parents, let your children come to thu
Sunday. school.
TSigned1 INTERESTED PARTIES
I
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-01
Spring lamb Spring Lamb!
And Green Peas,
Finest Kentucky Reef;
Fall assortment new Vegetables.
H. SEESSEL, SIR, IL son,
Corner Jefferson and Second SITS.
Experiment This Afternoon.

Experiment This Afternoon.
An enterprising photographer, who
keeps we'll postedas TO discoveries and
progress made in his line, proposes to
makes novel experiment this AFTERNOON
about quarter to five o'clock. Sta
toned at an upper window in the
Clark building, he will take an instan-
taneous photograph of the crowd
on Main street, using a
powerful electric current on a
snail photo sensitive plate. At the
moment when all is ready the sash
will be raised, and the impression will
be taken in a small fraction OF Ia second.
The plate will afterward be placed
under powerful magnifying glass and
photographed on a heavy card board
three feet by two. 1t is believed that
the faces of people thus enlarged will
be made as plain as an ordinary pho
tograph. If the experiment is sue
cessful, the picture will be framed
and placed on exhibition in a few
DAYS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-01
Tax Notice.

Tax Notice.
III III will be at Clark, johnson & Co.,
5IO Shelby street, on Wednesday and
Thursday, April 9th and 9th, TO col.
lect taxes for Crittenden county, Ark.
JAS. I. BARTON,
50 Sheriff and Collector
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-01

LADIES, WAIT!
The numerous patrons who have for
years given a generous support to the fav-
orite house Of
Menhen Brothers
will please be patient, and in short time
the brightest novelties in the Eastern cit
les will be displayed at the old stand, and
all at popular prices.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-01

First-class watch aud jewelry
repairing by j. N. 1IuIfOrd d Co.,
S8S Main. Watch Crystals, 25c.
10St
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-01
PERONAL.

REkkONALs
Mr.. Sloan has received his spring
and summer stock Of shoes, embracing
all the latest styles for gentlemen,
ladies, misses and children. AS a
practical shoemaker Mr.. Sloan's
knowledge of the business enables him
to select such goods as are certain to
give satisfaction. Shoe wearers should
call on Mr.. Sloan, 221 Main and exam
inc his elegant stock before making
purchases.
The elegant stock of seasOnable hats
Just received by Martin Cohen, 2l9
Main, are such as are needed by every
hat wearer in the Taxing District.
These goods are not emily new, fresh,
stylish and elegant, but are being
offered at the lowest figures, Mr..
Cohen making it a rule in business
never to be undersold by any COM
peiitor. AS the warm weather is at
hand, everyone, to secure comfort as
we'll as a stylish appearance, should
get hat Of Cohen.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-10-22

The Sun had meantime attacked
Mr.. Posts record in connection
with not establishing or not pre-
venting the discontinuance ofmail
routes in Wyoming. 1t said: GA
mail service may be authorized
by congress, and a failure to es-
tablish it ensue, as is now the case
with Cheyenne's mail route to the
Black Hills"
The LEADER answered as fol-
lows:
SHOW, what are the facts? Is
there no such service? Was any
such authorized by the postoffice
department?
"The mail route via the Chey-
enne and Black Hills stage com
pany's route was discontinued in
1880. Mr.. Posts term of office
began March 4th, 1881.
"Route 37,103 was established
in 1881, in accordance with a con-
tract advertised in October, 1890.
1t authorized n mail to be carried
seven times a week from Chey-
enne to Horsehead, Dakota, on the
Sidney road, there connecting with
a route running further into Da-
kota. Before the bonds were sent
to the contractor, the postmaster
general ordered the mail to be car
ried but three times a week from
Cheyenne to Rawhide Buttes, and
to be discontinued from Rawhide
to Horsehead. Through the per-
sistent exertions of Mr.. Post, who
urged the importance of frequent
mails to the miners and cattle men
of this region, the postofice de-
partment increased the services to
Rawhide to seven times a week
and put on a mail twice a week to
Buckhorn.
"There is now running a mail
from Hat Creek to Spearfish, Da-
kota, which was secured through
the services of Mr.. Post"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-10-22
THE STORY OF THE LOTTERY
BUSINESS.

A LEADER writer happened to
meet atalEative and wcll-informed
Cheyenne man the other day,
when the latter ran on thus:
Good morning, | see that
our friend, the Sun, don't try to
reply to the inquiry you LEADER
people made about Jack Mel
drums course on the anti-iottcry
bill. / have no doubt that you
have all the facts at hand so far as
they can he given by official doc
umcnts. But behind them there
are also lots Of ugly facts which
men know, and which can be
brought to light. Pm an old
timer. and ] know all about them.
Why, bless you, | saw the very
beginning Of the notorious lottery
scheme, on which a lot OF fellows
filled their purses without ever
paying Il capital prize. The man
that started the nctarious lottery
business in this territory was one
Pattec, who had been in some dis
reputable or bogus lottery schemes
in Omaha. He was shown up by
the Omaha Herald, and had to
leave the country. lie came out
here to Wyoming and established
himself at Laramie City. He
had money, and got himself the
kind Of friends he wanted to serve
him. In the territorial council of
1875 bill made its appearance
which, if passed, would give the
countenancc of law to lotteries.
1t was not brought into promi-
nence until the last day of the SEES
sion, when, Of course, there was a
rush of bills and much disorder
among the members, Bills were
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-10-22
W. MELDRUM.

1t has been no doubt observed
by the attentive reader that no
charge other than such as affect
the details of the work of a dele
gate have been made by the op-
position to Mr.. Post. The ques-
tons put to him were the outcome
of ignorance of what had been
done by Delegate Post in Wash
ington. They simply served to
bring to light the labors of
an Industrious and conscientious
man bent upon a thorough per-
Torrance of his duties. .Repub-
licans who had been associated
with him were satisfied with what
he had done tor them and for the
territory. His tireless attention
to the smaller details of his work
as delegate, which might easily
have been neglected,-such as
writing letters, clearing up small
mining or desert land claims,
sending government publications
to out of the way settlements,
providing the farmers with seeds
can be testified TO everywhere in
the territory. He worked not
for a single district nor for one
clique or party, but for Wyoming.
His personal efforts, backed by
his strong common sense and ster-
ling character, went further with
congressman and heads of depart
ments than would the question:
able haranguing powers of a
Conkling. The result is that the
PEOPLE of Wyoming are en-
Enthusiastically engaged in the task
Of again making him Wyoming's
representative at Washington.
The large class of independent
voters who recognize that the
man to go to Washington should
be distinguished by high personal
character and a clear record arc
attracted by Posts course while
in congress. Thousands of re-
publicans have expressed their
intention of voting for him as the
best of the two candidates. They
have been comparing the two
men. They have read the politi-
cal discussion in the newspapers
and have talked it over at home.
They see on the one side a citizen
against whose career no political
opponent can utter a word. On
the other is j. w. Medium, a
political wire puller, who has for
a year been working for the nom
nation, and who, in so doing, has
showed aside men who by right of
ability and their standing in the
republican party mightreasonably
have expected to become the
standard bearers of their party.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-10-22

to engage in sheep raising, in
which he invested largely when
the industry was yet in its expert
mental stage. He was also instru-
mental in establishing a market
for wool in the territory.
"Mr. Post is as well known as
any man in Wyoming, and his
election to Office whenever he con-
scented to run is due to the fact
that all who do business with him
or have intercourse with him So
cially are won by his sincere man.
ner and evident manhood, as well
as to his excellent record as a
public servant.
"The functions of territorial
delegate i'll congress being differ
ent from that of a member of
congress from a state, a delegate
cannot point out to his constitu-
ents his speeches or his vote on
public questions and be Judged
by that record. But in the field
to which a delegate is restricted
Mr.. Posts eXertions have been in
dcfatigable. In establishing mail
routes, in securing appropriations,
and in encouraging farming, he
has been successful. Among the
mail routes established the pres
ent year are the following: From
Bordeaux, by IVA and LaBonte,
to Fort Fetterman, "a miles and
back, once a week. From Fort
Laramie to Central Springs, 10
miles and back, twice IA week.
From Hat Creek to Spearfish
City, $50 miles and back, once Il
week. From Cheyenne to Silver
Crown, % miles and back, twice
a week. From Fort Laramie to
Hartville, 20 milesand back, three
times a week. And he also pre-
vented, through his influence, the
cutting down of the daily route
from Cheyenne to Hat Greek to a
maui route of three times a week,
and had it continued 'as a daily
route.
''An appropriation of 5000
was secured for completing Fort
Mckinney.
believing that, in the distribu-
ton of seeds there should be no
loss or mistake, Mr.. Post secured
double the quantity usually issued
to a territorial delegate, and saw
personally to their distribution
throughout the territory.
"What has done much to secure
Mr.. Post the good will of all
classes in Wyoming is the readi-
ness he has shown to attend to in
dividual interests while at Wash
ingten. People who have written
to him on all sorts of questions
with regard to mining claims. the
classification of land claims, in
quiring about government publ
cations, arranging for new mail
routes and appropriations-have
in every case received an answer
at once prompt and satisfactory
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-10-22

weight with it when he is before
a congressional committee. 1t
soon becomes known in congress
what crowd a man trains with.
1t is well for a delegate to have
the reputation of a man of sense
and of independence. 1t is not
so well for a man to have in con-
gress the reputation of being one
ola family of politicians who run
with a gang of schemers and job
bers. The argument of Meldrum's
friends that he was in with Chat
fee, Teller, and the rest of that
swe~et-scented pack was a most
unfortunate one for him."
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-10-22

drum now, when he is a candi-
date for congress. Perhaps the
Sun did not think, at that time,
that Mr.. Medium would so 500
aspire to congressional honors.
But now that he is a candidate.
the fact itself does not weaken the
position taken by the Sun at that
time. 1t cannot now wipe out the
stain that it then cast upon the
honor OF John w. Medium.
'It must not be supposed that
the citizens of our territory are so
weak in memory as to forget the
war made upon lotteries and also
the strong opposition to the anti
lottery bill shared in by Medium
in the legislature. 1t is a matter
of history that lotteries cursed the
good name ofthc territory; and it
was to the good order of society
that the bill suppressing them was
introduced. Onprinciplc, no man
could object to the anti-lottery
bill. However, it is plain to be
seen on what other grounds OBJ
lection and active opposition in
the Legislature could be based.
John w. Medium opposed the
bill, and the public records of the
territory attest the fact. Was his
opposition the o%utgrowth of an
honest yearning for the public
veal? Did the Sun so consider it
at the time? When that sheet
spoke of the opponents Of the bill
as men who were influenced by
ill-gotten gains that were deiraud-
ed out of the earnings of hard
working and ignorant men and
women all over the country, did
it not make such a charge against
John w. Medium? When it
said that II band of bold and de-
signing men conspircd to tarnish
the fair fame of Wyoming terri
tory by opposing the bill to sup
press lotteries, did it not include
John w. Medium? When it
spoke of the opposition as men
that consorted with blacklegs and
gamblers for the slums of Balti-
more, did it not class John w.
Medium with them?
"These are 'childlike queries
according to the Sun.
"But do the masses consider
these queries childlike? Didthey
consider it II childlike matter for
Medium to camp by day and by
night on the trail of the bill and
carry on Il guerrilla warfare
against it? Did the Sun consider
it childlike when 1t poured out Walls
of wrath upon Medium in 1879?
"The Sun either owes Mr.. Mel
drum an apology for its abuse of
him in 1879, or it merits ccnsurc
for now supporting a candidate
whom it then declared was Il man
fit only for the companionship Of
blacklegs from Baltimore. There
is no abuse to be heaped upon the
Sun for its course in 1879. Its
actions were for the benefit ofgood
society. But it is certainly la
mentable to see it swallow up a
good record and-to borrow its
own similc-go wallowing among
the slums. One would suppose
from IL reading of its files Of 1879
that the Sun was a monument of
virtue and good morals, and that
no man with unclean skirts could
ever hope to enter its sanctum
with favor, much less to parade
through its pages in columns of
counterfeit glory.
"The editor of the Sun should
review his own files and see how
he stood as to Medium in 1879.
Then he could the LEADERS
query. But as he hasn't done it.,
the disagreeable task is here in
part performed for him.
cit is doubtful ifthe Sun wants
more than one query Of this sort at
a time. 1t is one too many for
Mpldrum."
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-10-22


We have on the one hand. a
maIr who is a representative citi-
zen of the territory, and on the
other Il representative Office
holder. Morton f. Posts offices
have never been a source of profit
TO him. j. w. Mcldruln has
earned q livelihood as a profcs.
sional tax-eater. Post stands for
citizenship: Medium for '.Boss-
ism" Considering the signif-
canoe of these terms NOWADAYS,
and considering the one spirit
that moves all voters who are tired
of maintaining an ohice-seeking
class in power, it is by no means
a difficult task to determine what
the voters of Wyoming would do
if these were the only arguments
to be set before them.
But a charge is laid at
the door of Jack Medium. When
he held at one time the Office of
legislator, what evidence did he
give that he was capable of being
faithful to the trust reposed in
him? He was a member of the
Wyoming council of 1879. The
very first bill introduced into the
council of that session is now a
law. 1t is printed us chapter So,
Laws of Wyoming, 1879. The
bill was known at the time of its
passage as the anti-lottery bill.
There had been in existence
before that wear a statute permit
ting lottery dealers to do business
in the territory. The statute was
IA disgrace to Wyoming, and un-
der its provisions the most infa-
NOUS swindling had been pursued
as a business by IA gang of
thieves, under the title Of lottery
dealers. Some strong men in the
council, in 1879, undertook the
task of passing a bill which would
kill the business of the lottery
dealers. Others opposed their
proceedings, and became the
! champions of the lottery men.
who had become rich enough to
attempt lobbying in the lepisla-
ture. One man in that council
was arrayed against the anti-lot-
terry bill, and was always found
voting on the side of the interests
of the lottery dealers. The rec
ords of the council to-day bear
witness to his votes. When the
anti-lottery bill came up for pas
sage on Nov. %, 1869, j. w.
Meldrum's vote was recorded in
favor of the interests of the lot
terry dealers.
These facts were related i'll the
LEADER OH Friday, the 18th inst.
The LEADER, having answered
every question put to it by the
Sun, then began to question the
latter newspaper. The query was
put, Why did j. w. Medium
vote in the interest of the lottery
dealers?
No notice was taken of that
question by the Sun for a week.
Then it answered as follows:
Give US Something Hard.
"The LEADER announced with
much bravado that it would pre-
pare a series of questions for the
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-10-22

Mark the character of this ans
wer. After putting to the LEADER
a set of questions about Post, (which
i'll themselves were a confession
that the Sun and its hackers knew
nothing against Posts character
or his official career, the Sun at
tempts to run the gauntlet of the
LEADERS, questioning by such bal
dcrdash as the foregoing. article
contains.
The Suns silence had damned
itself. When it opened its mouth
it blasted its candidate.
In one more instance did the
Sun stultify itself. The following
article, printed in the LEADER Of
Thursday last will show how the
editor of the Sun stood in 1879
and how he stands now:
The Sun Against lack and The Sun for lack.
"The inquiry ofthc LEADER res
pecting the Suns position on Mr..
Meldrum's lottery record in the
legislature of 1879 paralyzed the
editors OF that paper for a week;
but it now demands II bundle of
interrogatories, when, to save its
maudlin soul, it can't answcr the
one already put to it. The LEADER
well understands the silence of the
sun regarding its query. The
Sun fears to set up at this time its
record during the winter of 1879
80 on the lottery question, because
Jack Medium was then berated
for his opposition to the anti,
lottery bill, in language that
would greatly i%niure Mr.. Mel
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-10-22
THE SUNS TESTIMONY.

The Suns sentiments on the
same subject last winter were
these:
delegate Post is putting in his
time at Washington to some pur-
pose. Mr.. A. II. Reel received a
letter from him yesterday, stating
hat after considerable effort he
secured the promise of the post
Office department to advertise for
service on three new routes,
namely: from Bordeaux to Fort
Fetterman,, three times per week;
from Hat Creek to Speartish, and
from Fort Laramie to Central
Springs. Mr.. Post also got them
put on the route bill, which will
soon be passed by congress.
"The terrible streak of econo-
my that struck the ~postoffice de-
partment came nearly carrying
off the entire mail service north
of Cheyenne, and it has been diff
ticult to get a reconsideration of
the adverse action of the depart
ment. The Sun therefore con-
graduates the settlers along the
three routes above mentioned
upon the restoration of their priv
ileges, and in their name extend
thanks to Delegate Post for his
earnest labors in their behalf.
"The re-establishment of the
route from Hat Creek to Spear
fish is of especial importance, as
it gives Cheyenne direct commu-
nication with the Black Hills"
All questions, charges and in
situations being answered, the
claims made for Mr.. Post the day
after his nomination at Green
River, as well as those made in
the LEADER when it declared its
intention to support him, stand as
proved. The following is the
| sketch of Mr.. Post which APP
peared i'll the LEADER, Friday, Oct.
9th:
VI. Il. POST.
"Morton E. Post, of Cheyenne,
who has just received the nominal
ton for delegate from Wyoming
in Congress, was born in Monroe
county, December %, 1910. He
received an academic education.
In 1860 he emigrated to Colorado,
driving a team from st. Joseph,
Mo-, across the plains, at team
ster's wages. In 1867 he removed
to that portion of Dakota which
is now Wyoming. In 1870 he
was elected county commits,
sioner of Laramie county, and in
1872 he was Endorsed by the OPP
posing party and reelected with
out opposition. He was elected a
member of the Legislative council
in 1878. He was also elected to
the forty-seventh congress as a
democrat, receiving 1907 votes
against $3.50 votes for A. ii.
Swan, republican.
"Mr. Postis engaged in business
as a banker and stockgrower. He
was one of the first i'll the territory
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-10-22
THE SUN.

In the course of this article the
Cheyenne Sun has been recog-
nized as the mouthpiece OF the
republican party. All that conld
be said for Medium and agai INST
Post has been said in the Sun.