, 1888-10-21
A STRONG MOVEMENT.
People in the Country Precincts at
Last Aroused.
Professional Office Holders Must
Step Down and Out.
Pledges From Legislators to Fix
Definite Salaries.

Inc loloWlng letter, which explains
itself, has been forwarded to THE LEADER
by a gentleman who lives in the northern
end of the county:
Willow BEND, Laramie county, Wyo.,
Oct. II, 1S88.-In reply to yours of a re-
cent date, inquiring about the political
outlook in this vicinity, we would say that
at a meeting informally called this after
noon, of the voters and taxpayers in this
vicinity about twenty-five assembled to
talk over and decide who they could sup
port and vote for at the coming election,
more especially for the county officers and
legislative ticket aud make a selection
from both tickets in the field.
A chairman and secretary were duly
elected, and the meeting proceeded to
business. A large number present had
just received postal cards notifying them
of the amount of their taxes due, and 1
assure you a great many of the expires.
sions used we're more forcible than polite
to cultured ears. There seemed to be a
great unanimity that a radical reduction
VI SApSuuiIuLG nuSG NC ~luduS uTdlGu.
1t was unanimously agreed that a very
good place to start this reform was to sup
port no one for the legislative ticket who
was not heartily in favor and would do
everything in his power, if elected, to
support a bill in the next legislature re-
ducing the salaries of the different county
officials as follows: Sheriff, county treas.
urer and probate Judge, county clerk and
register of deeds each to be paid $4,000
per annum; assistants to tbs above, when
necessary, to be paid 81. 200 per annum.
Assessor and road supervisor to be paid
$1,000 each per annum, county commits
sloners to remain as at present. Prose-
cutting attorney at a salary of not over
$1,000 per annum.
1t was generally conceded by all present
that the immense income received by the
present incumbents in office is sapping the
vitals out of the whole body polite of this
county.
An old settler present torcibly explained
the lavish use of money, and corrupt
hSIAIOAo auOpbCu " Sdlly ClCCClOuS III ILL
county by some of the candidates; how
that months, long previous to the cleo
tons, deep schemes were, concocted and
INSCRIPTIONS henchmen were sent
throughout the county to see that reliable
dupes would attend the primaries of the
different precincts, and secure the proxies.
No matter how deep dyed a william the
delegate may be, he is used as a tool at
the convention to do his masters bidding
and cast his votes in direct opposition to
the expressed wishes of a very large ma
jority of the taxpayers of his precinct.
He also showed how an INSCRIPTIONS
man long used TO power, knowing all the
| different quirks of the law, can menace,
dictate and domineer over other officers
in different departments of the county
government which in time becomes I'M
bearable to the public in general. Such a
man, long used to power, in fact becomes
an absolute despot in matters belonging
to county, municipal, legislative and party
affairs, and by the patronage he can give
to his party newspaper he gets pulled up
and feels his power by long usage of the
immense income he receives from the de-
pleted taxpayer. He Is an antagonist to
be Stunned, and like a spoiled child can
little stand to be chided, corrected or
reasoned with by cooler and wiser heads
than his own, but boasts that he can buy
enough votes to put himself in power
again.
After expressing themselves gratifed
and instructed at the result OF the meet
ing they resolved to meet at some future
day and make up a full ticket for their
support on election day.
SOME OF VOTERS N TAXPAYERS
OF LARAMIE COUNTY.
?. S.-After a full discussion of the
merits and dement's of the different
county newspapers it was unanimously
agreed that THE LEADER should have the
first opportunity to print this report, rs it
was generally conceded that it was the
most public spirited newspaper we had in
the county, and ask to have it published
also in their weekly issue, as a great many
quiet meetings are being held all over the
county that the politicians will never know
of, until they see the result of them after
election. We are anxious and DESTROYS
they should know the sentiments and
feelings of the settlers at Willow Bend.
Ron Hallmon is in Nau Work and Man