The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-17

| have preserved order at Rock Springs and
afforded all the protection necessary to life
and property But this was not according
| to the programme.
Warren was also governor of Wyoming
during the strike which occurred at Lara
ME City in June Of the following year,
when the Union Pacific was permitted TO
| import carloads of Pinkerton's men, who
| wore sworn in as deputy United States
marshals, and armed with Winchester
| rifles TO overawe shop and train men, nearly
every one Of whom owned his home in the
city, and would have prevented any riot or
destruction Of company property had it
threatened in self-interest. Thus the name
of Warren came to represent monopoly
rule 4
1t was during his reign that the Wyoming
| Stock Association, the greatest incubus
that ever appeared in the territory, -four
ished. This corporation arrogated to itself
the power To rule the range 1t ran down
and captured men accused Of minor offenses
and either hanged or shot them without
any trial or process of law whatever. The
score airy of the association declared that
the citizens of Wyoming were trespassers
on the range, which the Almighty had
given to the stockmen for their herds, and
refused to instruct his agents, who were
paid from the county treasures to respect
the laws of any municipality.
Warren was displaced by President
Cleveland for fencing government land, and
Baxter was made & vernon. But the latter
did not stand i'm with the monopolists,
aud thirty days after his appointment he
was removed through the misrepresenta-
tions of Warren's friends. Then Thomas
Moonlight, who had been at the head of the
democratic state ticket in Kansas in the
preceding campaign, was appointed gov
ernor of the territory, to the secret joy Of
republicans as well as democrats. Gov.
Moo hight came to Wyoming to administer
the laws, and soon found that he W as ex-
pected to do so only IN so far as they repre-
sented the Union Pacific and the cattle
ring. He had been a soldier in the war, and
lad participated in the early struggle for
freedom in Kansas, and when he found that
his determination TO conduct an honest ad-
mlnlstration meant war, he braced himself
for the struggle.
When the territorial assembly convened
in January, 1883, the territorial press was
arrayed against the stockmel's rule, but
the majority in both branches were either
members Of the associ atiOn or under it's
control. A few days later the two Cheyenne
dailieS, for value received, charged their
tune and sang the praises of the devil fish,"
The governor ia his message strongly urged
the repeal of The infamous stock law. 1t was
evident that something had to be done, for
aroused the Indignation of the people. s.
the association members Of the assembly
prepared a bill which, although innocent
on its face, was worse than the
old one, and passed it. Gov. Moonlight
promptly vetoed il. Then, finding that ne
was proof against bribery, the emissares
of the cattle barons sent him anonymous
letters of the most outrageous character,
threatening him with personal violence,
social ostracism and about every other form
of punishment they could think Of. But
Gov. Moonlight was not inti;nidatcd, and the
sturdy maintenance Of his position resulted
in the passage OF a law which e5topp d
payment OF tho agents OF 4 private cOrpO-
ration from the county treasures, aud pro-
hibit d the so-called stock detectives from
doing many things they had formerly done
without question. The chief detective re-
signed, and the association itself virtually
went 70 pieces in disgrace. A law was also
enacted, on the governors recommended
ton, prohibiting the importation into the
territory of PlnsertOn meu. He sabse-
quently made a gallant fight against the
biggest steal ever perpetrated from the ter
rltorial treasury, but it was finally effected
through a combination of republicans and
democrats, who were the tools of Warren
and mis- friends.
The territorial assemblymen went home
in disgrace, while Gov Moonlight was
praised by the respectable elements of both
parties. Monopoly hid its head, the terri
tory prospered, and the enthusiastic resi-
dents began to look forward to statehood.
The parties were very evenly divided, the re-
publcans having a small, but safe ms iority
so long as the ring rule was not in force.
Had man Of Moonlght's character been
placed in the executive chair by president
Harrison the future state would be repub-
lcan without doubt, but now the outlook is
changed. A governor with a monopoly and
Chinese record like Warrel'S can't keep his
party in power very long. Alien landlord
ism will again exclude the honest settler,
the range will again be ruled by the stock
mems patrol, and if Harrison persists in re-
tanning Warren, decent repu licans will
abandon their party, and Wyoming will be
safe to the democracy as territory aud as
a state for years TO come.