, 1886-05-20

The mamie of the new Land next call
for a-ttrnliuu. tn INV mind IA mn,r
distinctive feature of society has b.eu
Its cusmvpolltan character. Americans
fiom every stat. m..t unon the h,sis of
| American priuciples ana reciproc,l in
terests to engage in lie work of mould
ing the destiuirs of "A new ommou wealth
Peculiar prediudlce melt, Def ia this
muul,e. and even party differences arr
adjusted in spirit of mutual respect
Mt ouly lom .yery state of lie Un,nn
but from every bid. world hive of work
cis waiting for "A chance-from every
land iuL,utited by whites and dominated
by Caucasian influeucr. are immigrants
invited 10 come. The laws are liberal
and GENERALLY resprct n. fully
AS in older communities. The native
savage has ceased tn Inc hostile. and is
now herded on his Ieser yliion to await
the rrsul; OF the wise attempt to educate
and civil T.. rather than to exterminate.
which Is now for the first time to be
tried upDu The basis of common sense.
Cities and towns are generally cunsid-
erred as the peculiar workmanship of
a people, and are supposed to indicate
its individual chara,teristics-tle old
adage. you know, God makes the coun-
try and man makes the town In this
light, Wyoming in the array of her
active and growing committeeman
fear "A comparison with no country on
earth, though ten years would be far
too large an average to allow for the
term of their past existence. All flour
ish, and the capital, Cheyenne. Is typi-
cal. This city stands, without suburbs
or surrounding evidence of support, in
the midst of tha Great american Des-
eIt,n which in the Biographies OF our
iatIeTs stood for the very abpmination
OF de~solation. Yet to. day IL shames the
theories of the past, Just AS progressive
future ma shame III the eyer Ut our
children, the ideas and beliefs many OF
us regard rs beyond cavil or doubt.
To enumefate "A few salient cuaract-
eriatics ot this growing city: two sys-
TENS OF electric lighting. iii addition To
gas, Cheyenne being the first city
III the world In which electricity pre-
coded gas; improved streets and ample
water works; al extensive sewerage sys-
TEN; "a hundred aud fifty thousand dol
lars worth OF commodlOus school build
lngs, with modern improvements and
ornamental grounds. To serve the uses
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TIE PRESS: ITS TO PAKTf.
But | have already CONSUMED more
time Than 1 had intended-led away 10y
the tempting facility OF the theme-and
must II collect that | am not hire To
lecture on Wyoming and its resources,
however matchless The one or marvellous
the other, but to discuss some topic of
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association.
such, | apprehend Is the duty of the
hour, and | nave chosen for my subject
The Pres: It's Relation to Party, aud
wish to consider 1t from as high a stand
point ~ | can possibly attain. To do
this | assume In the very beginning,
( that no matter how partisan III teach
ing aud tone tie press may br, it should
IN all essentials be thoroughly independ-
ent and self controlled otherwise Its
opinion becomes as worthless ~ hired
advocacy, aud Its testimony little better
than tina, of of "A suborued witness.
In the mysteries of ancient Egypt,
truth was represented as "A yelled Image.
and CURSES were denounced upon hun
WHO with protane hand should dare To
inf the ven, but in this unfrtteIed age
and this free laud the metaphor ceases
to apply. Whatever il, must be 81 Ell
aud known, nor is there any priesthood
tOIntetpTct or explain, but every be-
holder must think for himself. The
hight of opinion must remain inviola;e
even to question, for who can think
Alright or need To think at all who does
not recogniz. it rs IA duty TO follow his
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