The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-13
POLITICS In WYOMING.

The two political parties take a fair start
IN Wyoming. They both held state conven
tions on Monday and both put full tickets
in the field. ESQ far as we know the
nominees both parties have put their best
men to the front. The Republicans take
the present executive, F. E, WARREN, for
governor, while the Democrats make the
Hon. GEORGE w. BANTER their standard
bearer. The Republicans name G. d.
CLARK, OF Evanston, for Congress, and the
Democrats designate GEORGE T. BECK, of
Sheridan county, for the honor. The plat
forms are duly orthodox, each following
the lines of it's party. The Republicans
have slight advantage in this respect in
that it is able to claim that statehood was
conferred by its party in Congress against
the opposition of the Democrats; but then
the latter gets even by denouncing the Nc
hINLET bill as being in the interest of
monopolies as against the people. The
Democrats are also forced into silence on
the subject of woman suffrage, their party
in Congress having proclaimed against the
franchise for the sex: while the Repubi-
cans make point by commencing female
suffrage.
All in all, the start must be regarded as
absolutely fair, neither party having any
real advantage. The race will be short,
the election occurring on September IL.
There will be hot work during the next
four weeks, and if every voter, man and
woman. in the state is not found by all the
candidates, it will be because the voter
goes away and hides.
As to the outcome, it looks like case of
heads or tails. We defy the shrewdest
politician to do more than guess at the
result. Two years ago. at the Delegate
election. the Republican nominee had 2, 1894
more votes than the Democratic candidate,
out of a total of 1S,0iS; but that election
was no guide to the parry sentiment of the
voters. The Republican candidate was
Judge CAREY, who had served as Delegate
in two Congresses, and was personally the
most popular man in Wyoming. There
wasn't a man in the Democratic
party who could have beaten him
Unfortunately, the Democrats were
not united. tThey couldn't agree on strong
man to make the race for them, and the re
suit was compromise candidate, the nom
inee being unknown beyond limited cir
Gle. and having no claim upon the party
The party being divided and no consider
able faction being enthusi astic il support
of the candidate, as matter of course de-
feat came, but for the reasons here set fortf
the vote cannot be taken as an indication
of the strength of the parties at the polls
During the past two years there has beer
a considerable detection from the Repub
lican ranks in the western part of tn,
state, many influential men who have here
tofore worked with the Republicans nov
laboring enthusiastically for the Demo
Gratis. These men think that western Wy
oming has been unfairly treated by the Re
publican bosses who have all been partia
to Cheyenne which has been built up at tn
expense of other sections. But how mum
erous this element is cannot be told, befor
the votes have been counted.
, If Delegate CAREY were out of the bat
| tie The HERALD would feel no hesitancy Il
saying the Democrats would win, but it
understood that the Delegate aspires to
United States senatorship, and his appes
+ will be strong outside of his party.
The campaign will be about as interest
ing in Utah as on the ground, the state an
the territory being closely allied in man
respects.