, 1888-10-10

liancy as a lawyer, but the Democratic
party nevertheless considers 1t presump-
tious that he, a life long Republican,
should criticize them for having placed a
man of their own party faith in nomina-
ton for delegate in congress instead of
stultifying themselves by endorsing a Re
publican whose bitter partisanship has
made him the political enemy Of every
Democrat in the territory. The Demo-
Gratis are not in the endorsing business
this year. They know that with a Demo
cratic house back of him Mr.. Organ
can accomplish more for the ter
ritory at large han Judge
Carey could ever hope to accomplish.
They not only do not endorse Judge
Carey but individually and collectively
will use every honorable effort to bury
him under their ballots on the 9th day of
next November. This is the kind of a
Democratic party we have this year and
those concerned may stick a pin in the
fact so that it will not escape their mem
ory. Organ is already endorsed by the
Democratic party and we believe by the
people as well.
Herman V. s. Groesbeck, a Laramie
lawyer, sometimes referred to as the Re-
publican buzz saw, but more familiarly
known as "Groesy," although evidently
not prepared with a set speech betrayed
more evidence of the oratorical faculty
than any man who spoke during the
whole evening. Two PROPOSITIONS ad-
vanced by THE LEADER in favor Of Mr..
Organs candidacy he endeavored to con-
trovert. The first was that the delegate
should be in harmony with the admins
tration. He believed Judge Carey
would be. Admitting this to
be true, which isn't even remotely prob
able, the house is Democratic beyond
even the possibility of question, and
Judge Carey has succeeded in doing
comparatively little with that body. His
second idea was that Organ could not be
elected. There is room for honest differ
ence of opinion on this point. The
Democrats believe that he can and we
believe will furnish evidence satisfactory
ever to Mr.. Groesbeck in November.
He told what great things Judge Carey
had accomplished for US. He mentioned
that he had secured an appropriation for
improvements at Fort Russell, but neg
lccted to refer to the fact that the orig
inal appropriation had been secured by a
Democrat and subsequent appropriations
follow as a matter of course. He had
secured an appropriation for Wind river.
What it was Groesbeck didn't know, and
seemed to have some doubt as to the To-
cation of the stream itself. He had se-
cured an appropriation Of $3.50 0 for
building an addition to the Laramie pen
itentlary-that is he believed he had, but
the money had not yet materialized.
He had secured the passage OF
= bill permitting the leasing
of territorial school lands. He
has done vastly MORE" said 'Groesy,"
I'M wild climax Of confidential e~lequence,
but whatever else our delegate has &C
complished he carefully refrained from OBJ
truding upon the attention of the audi
euce.
In introducing Judge Carey, Judge
Brown lugged in some biblical illusions
by saying that like Mrs. Potiphar of old,
the people of Wyoming would say: My
dear Joseph, go down to represent us at
Washington"
The alleged speech of the evening was
made by Judge Carey. The Judge had
evidently carefully prepared himself with
slabs of statistics that we're as long as the
lane hat has no turn. Perhaps even the
most unreasonable admirer of Judge
Carey will not claim for him
that he possesses the heaven born
gift OF oratory. As a public speaker he
belongs to the "dry-as.dust' school of
orators. He revels in statistics and frolics
with the dry bones of facts hat have long
lost their vitalizing principles. Lasteven-
ing he had the opportunity of his life
time. Surrounded by friends, his nostrils
shutting the sweet incense of ~flattery, light,
brilliancy and perfume all combining to
place him en- rapport with the people, he
arose to deluge them with a mass of sta
%tistics. And this is the man who four
years ago was sent to Washington in the
fond expectation of his party that he
would revolutionize our whole govern
mental system. This is the man who was
sent to the national capital to be devel-
oped into a statesman and returns to us a
bigoted partisan. A carpet Dagger him
self, who would probably never have come
to Wyoming if he did not have a commits.
sion as limited States attnrneu in his