, 1890-08-03
TWO CHBHENNE SENATOR'S.

a w VIE 6EfN1 oL ON D.
De Forest Richards, the Douglas Re
publican who is making war on the Chey.
enne ring and the Converse county re,
Ecncy. announced in a public meeting at
Lusk that he had been offered the state
ss~natorship at the coming election if he
would pledge himself to vote for Francis
e Warren for United States senator.
This lets the cat put of the bag. 1t has
been bruited about Cheyenne for some
time that Warren would not accept the
nomination for governor. His friends
supplemented this statement with the in
formation that he wasn't looking for any,
thing whstever from the party this year.
IS he felt himself amply bonored for his
past services, To those who have closely
watched the governors glittering career
snd made reasonable deductions from his
actions in the past, this was tantamount
to saying that the governor was making =
still hunt for bigger game. No one
doubts that the governor has determined
to avoid accepting the e~ubernstorial nom
inaion IL be can possibly do 50. BE can
have il If he will scccpt. for there are few
mon in the party who dare attempt to
thwart his ambitions. but for some reason
or other the governor has in recent years
manifested a positive Dissemination to
test his popularity at the polls. The
coming election he cannot but regard as
one which, in the contingency that it
rel against him, might SKATER his high
est political prospects. Then again he
would naturally prefer to be United
States senator as he is perhaps surfeited
with gubernatorial honors. His sena-
torial candidacy would have scarcely any
reference to the wishes of the people.
With the legislature as a field he would
have only twenty-fv votes to secure 10
obtain the honor Of being one-of the first
two United States senators. In the
scienoe of working legislatures the gov
ernor Is a past master. He has all the
Establishments at his command and
possesses a full knowledge Of the various
Wh1s bhfoukh WhiCu luo ickioihuofb mhy
be worked. Naturally he prefers to try
his hand in the contracted legislative
field and for the big senatorial prize in
stead Of taking his chances throughout
the whole state for the ~gubernatorial
prize, which at best is but of secondary
importance.
II is = popular impression that Warren
would not object to putting Carey forward
to bear the brunt of the battle as head of
the state ticket. but Carey on his part
stands aloof with calm dignity and simply
declines to be worked. As. under pres
ent conditions, neither Warren nor Carey
will stand tor the governorsbip this leaves
the field open. Andrew Gilchrist and j.
K. jeffrey of Cheyenne, Col. S.W. Dow
nsy and Edward lvenson Of Laramie and
O. ID. Clark of Evanston are mentioned
in this connection. The latter is also
mentioned for congressman and he may
prove a formidable candidate for the
United States senatorship, although his
oration delivered at the recent so-called
statehood celebration. scarcely brought
him the prestige that was expected from
it. The only other known aspirant is
Judge M. c. Brown of Laramie. who is
said to be going about with his lightning
rod up and showing blood IN his eye. 1t
is generally conceded that if the legisla.
ture is Republican neither Brown mol
Clark will stand u ghost Of a show.
Warren and Carey heelers are
hard at work all over tie state, Billy
Irvine is looking after Converse and Ma.
trona counties for "Me and F. E" Sur.
veyor General Richards Is looking alter
Big Horn and Fremont. United States
Attorney Fowler is expected to take care
Crook and Weston, Leroy Grant .snd
Secretary Medium to handle Albany
county. Homer Merrill and Joe Rankin
haye already made a contract to CARR
Carbon county, and SO on all over the
state. Judge Van Devanter and Louis
Kirk have just returned from a flying tour
Of the west end of the state and the bal
has already been set in motion.
OF course Warren's candidacy will b.
vigorously denied, and by ION more Wig
orously than by Warren himself, but the
old time method of disclsiming all desirt
for preferment while c~overtly straininl
every nerve to secure it, has been worked
SO often that everybody now sees through
it. With the suspicious confirmed, al
they have been by the statements o.
Mr.. Richards, a new complication viii
be introduced on the Republican chess
board, the effect Of which remains to b,
seen.
THE Richards wing Of the Republican
party-and the several candidates who be,