, 1885-01-20
The Witches in Macbeth 0utdone
by Cheyenne Politicians.
Patriots Who are Willing to Endure
Official Drudgery.
Why the Candidates Mill Have an
Agonizing Suspense.

prescriptions, with the manufacturers
name blown on the bottle. which would
make their cauldron burn better than all
the snakes tongues and frogs livers in
Missouri.
To begin at the short end of the pro-
c~ession:
The Republicans will hold a caucus in
the second ward and nominate a council
man to fill the vacancy caused by the
election of F. E. Warren as mayor. The
call for the caucus will probably be made
to-day and the Democrats will probably
select a candidate during the week. Until
the ~councilmen from the second ward is
elected, and seated in the council, that
body will not be complete. The election
will not occur until next Tuesday, but the
city council will meet tonight What
will the council de- Tonight
Nothing.
Or at least nothing that win relieve the
the expectant candidates and the inquisi-
tive public. Mayor Carey will retire with
infinite grace and a speech, Councilmen
Draper, Griffin and Keefe will take their
places at the long table. and the meeting
will adjourn. 1t may be cruel to thus add
to the straining anxiety Of the 200 or 300
nervous and eager candidates for city
Offices. but at this time of the year the
frozen truth must be told if it sends the
price of coal up a dollar a ton. Were a
single member of the council out of the
city that august body would proceed to
transact business with perfect GOODNESS
and more or less harmony, but now, with
a Democratic majority Of six to two, the
council will accomplish no business until a
representative of the Republican second
ward is seated. Therefore nominations
for city clerk, and city treasurer,
and city marshal. and city attorney. and
city this, that. and the other will not be
made tonight But the horrible details
are as a tale yet untold
Let us proceed to twist the tale.
A compromise will probably be made,
to the end that the mayor may send in
the names of officers who will be confirm
ed and a deadlock avoided. 1t will take
considerable time and no end of intricate
calculation to effect this, and in all proba-
bility the suspense will be suspended
for a month, or perhaps two months.
During all Of this time the candidates will
be obliged to hold their breath. Speak
ing Of candidates for the Offices within the
power of the council to give, prods slum-
bering memory to a realization of the fact
that a man could be found in this city,
who if properly approached, might be in
duced to accept a city Office. Are there
many of these patriotic citizens who are
willing to sacrifice the Injuries Of private
life for the hardships of official drugery?
Hang onto the cheffoniere while we
smile.
To enumerate. For the office of city
clerk there are eight visible candidates
who admit their guilt, besides several who
are trying to get a toe hold so that they
can climb oyer the wall, instead Of going
in at the front door. Among the former
are two clerks. a bookkeeper in a manu-
factory. a clerk in a grocery store, a cat
tleman, a county official, a city official, an
honest taxpayer and a Chinaman. Each
and every one of these has a coterie of
social friends, business associates or hope
full creditors, who are giving them moral
encouragement and taffy.
The strife for the marshalship is not ex-
tended over so wide a field, but is all the
harder. Marshal Schnitger has the pole
and is trotting to beat the record. He has
the advantage of holding over in case of a
deadlock and has hopes in the event of a
compromise. A saloon man, a detective,
an official and one or two modest men are
also standing around and stamping their
feet to keep warm. while they compare a
hard winter with a marshal's fee padded
salary of 81 1856.
For city attorney there are four active
and eloquent attornies who might stay up
nights and draw an ordinance
once in four weeks for $75. All
joking aside, there is hardly a candidate
for city attorney who cannot ably per-
form the duties of the office. City Attor-
ney Riner sent in his resignation some
time ago. He is also United States at
torney and the rules of the civil service do
not permit the United States attorney to
hold anyiother office. Mayor Carey didnot
accept the resignation when it was tend
cred, but Mr.. Riner will doubtless now
withdraw.
The hunt for the goose hat lays the
golden egg, ycleph the city treasurership,
as a tenderfoot college graduate or an
English writer on the New York Herald
would say, is being conducted quietly and
stealthliy, and when sober people are
asleep. Like Marshal Schnitger, Mr..
Bergman has the pole-and the office. He
is waiting for the cat to jump and as he
has been in training for some time he is
liable to catch it.
Then there is the city engineer, an office
that Mr.. provinces may or may not ac-
cept. new ordinance applying to that
Office, which has been prepared for an APP
pearance Of one consecutive night only,
will doubtless have something to do with
This decision.
Then comes the city sexton. and the
superintendent Of bitches, and the police
and so onldown the dim vista of a double