, 1889-12-22
RATES OF ADvRRTIsING.
JSo. =. CARROLL Editor
TOPICS.

TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
The Douglas Budget has seen so many
and so conflicting rumors published re-
garding the extension of the Cheyenne &
Northern that it prints a batch of them
under the appropriate head OF Chest
nuts" While there is now no doubt
that the Cheyenne & Northern will be
extended in the spring so many ridiculous
rumors regarding the immediate COM
mencement of the work have been pub
lished in irresponsible catchpenny papers
that the people interested have naturally
grown disguised. The present intention
undoubtedly is to commence work in the
spring but grading outfits have been re-
moved from Wendover to Utah which
might have found employment Just as
readily in Wyoming as in Mormondom.
We fear that the work will be delayed I'M
til so late in the spring that the company
will lose much of its haul on cattle ship
ments and other business while the people
interested will experience scarcely any
appreciable benefits at all next season.
The Laramie Sentinel is of opinion
that the sessions of the legislature have
degenerated into a grab game, and says
that it would create universal surprise ifa
member from any county would arise in
his seat and say his county needed so aud
so, but as it would impose an unnecessary
burthen on the people if z oil Of such @
character were introduced he would op-
pose it. AL Of this Is inst as true Of al
ALBANY county as p Laramie county rep
resen,ati7e, but When the some paper as
serts that Cheyenne has always wanted
every 1g L is entirely too much for the
people 70 stomach. The Albany doieqa
ton at the ias' legislature we're exceed
ingly alitui:nous in ,heir demands and
sought territorial aid even 20 TIE czcIu
sion Of every other section. But there Is
nothing gained by cgiuI.lati1r5 and 70.
ordinations. Legislationi is 100 frequently
a matter of barter and sale, aud we havo
never noticed that the people OF one sec.
ton we're a whit more patriotic and high
minded than those OF another section.
The temper of the people at this moment
is unmistakeable. Taxes during the past
two years have been inordinately high,
considering the general condition of bust.
ness. Big appropriations of all kinds
will be vigorously opposed, and an effort
.Ia,lI 10 nnol. a., ~ lsrnatTnn nFy-TAT,r
out the fee system aud reducing Official
salaries 10 somewhere near the limit pro-
posed by the recently adopted constitu-
ton. The LEADER will lust as yigor
ously oppose any appropriation for ills
county which is not absolutely needed as
it will unnecessary appropriations else.
where in the territory.
Nearly every new member takes his
seat in the legislature with an honest de-
sire to be of some benefit to his constitu-
ents. He Is anxious to make a record for
himself and of course he is concerned
chiefly in benefitting the section from
which he has been elected. Frequently
he forms a mental resolution that he will
support only such measures (outside of
his own Is his reason convinces him will
be of general benefit. If he is a new man
he soon discovers that "the third house"
or lobby, exercises an extraordinary in
huence on legislation. Somehow, and he
can scarcely figure out how, bills, except
in rare instances, do not become laws
upon their merits. Much too frequently
the passage of bills is the direct result of
a you tickle me and III tickle you" som.
bination. If he has a pet measure to get
through he will find fewer members to
support it on its own merits than will
prefer support in case he supports the
pet measure OF some other aspiring states
man. Before he gets through he realizes
that selishness and personal ~aggrandize-
ment are at the bottom of more legislation
than patriotism. He leaves the legislature
disguised, with a firm resolution never to
run Tor the office again-which resolution
he will probably break the next fall, if he
gets a chance.
The Newcastle Journal, which has Just
come to hand, manifests every evidence
OF prosperity. which is therefore an evi
dence Of the prosperity of the community
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