, 1890-09-13
TIE RESULT OF THE ELEC.
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The election returns are as yet by NJ
means complete, but judging from thos,
which have been received aud closely ap.
proximating those vet to be heard from il
is probable that Warren is elected cover.
nor by from 1000 to l.2OO majority. a
tremendous falling of from the vote OF
two years ago, when Carey received a
majority of :, S9I.
The contest was fought FROM start to
finish with Gallautry by the Democratic
party. The Democrats started into the
campaign with fearful odds against them.
To begin with, the Republicans had the
prestige of having achieved statehood
through the grace OF a Republican congress
and a Republican president They faced an
organization which had been thoroughly
equipped by twenty years Of active service
and led by two men who have made prac.
teal politics a business for the past dozen
years or more. Tho system which they
set in motion was almost as complete
and thorough as that of a detec-
tive agency. Facing the Demo
Gratis we're men who personiiy the
popular idea Of m Monopoly, and extending
above and around them were the strong
arms Of corporate power as represented
by the two railroad companies. In the
western part OF the state the Mormon
vote was solidifed, as We believe, through
a direct barter made between Delegate
Carey and Delegate John T. Game, the
Mormon representative Of the territory of
Utah. Ia the northern pant of this
county a clear attempt was made to buy
up several hundred illegal -stes among
the graders on the Cheyenne & Northern
railway, the attempt being frustrated
through the efforts Of Sheriff Martin,
who sacrificed his own sure election by
his efforts to uphold the law. A similar
state of Affairs faced the Democrats in
Weston county, and the efforts to lrus-
trate the scheme were only partially sue
eessful.
After a careful consideration OF the
practical workings Of the election ON
Thursday we have come to the conclusion
that the popular wish may at any
time be subverted in a political contest by
tho two elements of organization and
money. The latter, notwithstanding the
law, was used freely. The course of elec
tons under loose laws which have hereto
fore prevailed, the shameless prostitution
OF suffrage and the undisguised barter
and sale Of votes, prepared the way for
the sights witnessed at the election Thurs
day when people positively refused to
visit the polls unless they wero paid for
doing 40. The corrupt methods Of the
past, the futility Of all legislative enact
ment and the ~indlsposition to bring the
matter to the attention OF the courts,
have practically placed the balance of
PsEsriaGty and county elections in the
hands Of an elemGut-ghoso suffrage Is
purohaseable. Il is though this medium
that the wish Of the people is oiteb dc
feated, that men who have deserved popr
lar rebuke are retained "a pSEsF and ar
crowned wItdd popularity that is as 6c.
n1ods IS II is vicious. Until this pur-
chaseable element receives the punish.
ment which the law provides for those
who invade the purity OF the ballot, un-
Ill popular contempt aud reprobation fol
low the candidate who seeks to corrupt
the franchise, elections IN Wyoming will
continue to show the domination of the
vicious and deprayed
10 so far as the recent election is con.
eerned, it has succeeded in more csm
pletely emphasizing the fact that the
Democratic party is the party OF the
people as opposed to the ~monopolistlc
leadership and tendencies of the Repub
lican party. While even some of our
own party have been slow to appreciate
the dangers which confront the people Of
Wyoming, a closer view which they will
now obtain Of the workings Of Wyoming
Republicanism will succeed in convincing
them and every citizen who honestly
hopes for a good, economical administra-
ton that there is very little to hope for
from the party Of Quay as it is at present
constituted. and that to have good govern
ment we must have thoroughly good, I'M
selfish men at the head of affairs,
So far as THE LEADER is concerned its
campaign was made more on the line of
conviction than so called politics. What
il then asserted against the head of the
Republican ticket it now rei,erates. What
it then asserted it now believes as thor
oughly and sincerely as it did then