The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-10-13
For Delegate to Congress.
Z. POST.
A QUESTION FOR JACK.

Mr.. Meldrum, has from time to time
made inquiries of the LEADER about
Mr.. POSTS work in congress. 1t made
them because we had claimed that "Mr.
Post had proved himself highly capable
of performing the duties of the office
for which he is a candidate" 1t made
them because it thought that the mere
asking might bring as an answer some
thing like an apology or something like
a lame explanation of why things were
not done which should haye been done.
The contrary was the case. A series of
answers have been given which were
explicit, reasonable on their face, and
successful in proving every claim that
the LEADER has made for MI. Post.
The Sun wanted to know if the pos.
session of Large personal interests
was not an Objectionable feature in
the candidacy of any man for the posi-
tion of delegate. The LEADER then
wanted to know why the Sun had not
thought of that fine point when its ed
itor, two weeks before, nominated a
very rich man for the same position.
The Sun had sundry hints of derelic-
tion on the part of Mr.. Post in relation
tC establishing or preventing the discon-
tinuance of mail routes in the territory.
Though the Sun was unable to specify
by naIne any route needed or discon-
tinued, the LEADER published a list of
routes established since Mr.. POSTS
term of office, chiefly through his ex-
ertions.
The Sun thought Mr.. Post had moth
ing to do with the Fort Mckinney
appropriation. The LEADER proved
that Mr.. Post saw to it that the appro-
priation vas passed.
The Sun gabbled through a column
about opposition in the democratic
party to Mr.. POSTS denomination. 1t
went so far as to quote eminent author
ity in saying that Mr.. POSTS renomi-
nation was impossible. Where was
that opposition at the convention? 1t
was unheard of, except in a bogus dis
patch, written in the Sun Office.
The Sun started out to show that Mr..
Post was in Washington only during
a season of gaiety," and so it asked
more questions. 1t wanted to know if
he was there at the beginning of the
session, if he was there during the ses-
sion and if he was there at its close,
and if he promptly attended to the
matters referred to him by the legisla-
ture of Wyoming. The LEADER has
fully replied to every question of this
sort. The Sun itself could have an
swered them had it taken the trouble
to search its own files for the facts.
Lastly the Sun undertook to sneer at
Mr.. Posts ''eloquence. But the
SUMS sneers are of no account.
The Sun, after several of its inquir-
les were replied to, took the position
of the LEADER so far as to declare:
"Mr. Post is one of our most public
spirited citizens, foremost in all move
ments calculated to enhance the
prosperity of Cheyenne, and as a
business man he is hoRorasie and relia-
BILE IN all his dealings"
The kind Of queries put forth by the
Sun indicated that very little could be
said against Mr.. Posts public career.
If nc charge al be made, if nothing
can be done, in opposition to Post but
questioning blindly, and if his charac-
ter as a business man and a citizen is
all the Sun conceded-folks generally
may think that he is ali right for con
gress again.
The Sun now stands still.
Permit us to move it with a Ques-
tion. Our friend John W. Medium
was a member of the legislative coun-
Gil in 1879. Suppose we trace his
course in the legislature and see if he
enacted a part that was always that of
the high-minded statesman, bent upon
performing no act that was not above
suspicion.
The very first bill on the calender OF
of the counc.l-council file No. l, in
troduced November 6, 1S79-is now a
law. 1t may be found on page 113,
Laws of Wyoming, 1879, and is chapter
90. 1t affects lotteries. 1t is, indeed,
the famous act which vas passed to put
down a. notorious lottery scheme in
Wyoming, in which persons of tainted
reputation were interested.
Those who might otherwise have for,
gotten this infamous lottery business
will remember it in connection with
the exposures of it and the laundering
denunciations of it in the Cheyenne
Sun. That paper denounced the mer
connected with it by name, and by
names which we're not theirs. 1t wa
tireless in its efforts to show them VI
and howl them down. There was al
much public excitement over the bill
that was to put down the s~candalou'
lottery enterprise" as over any bill
considered during the session. But
four members of the council voted
against the passage of the bill, because
voting against it was equivalent to pro
noting what the Sun thought was
thieving device. The Sun took car,
that their names should he covered
with obloquy.
Now, why did Jack Medium yot'
against that bill
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