, 1890-07-29
ENTHUSIASM

tuClC hao DCCu kOOu uCal c1lu lAlcS
about the extraordinary amount Of enthus.
iasm which prevails in the Republican
ranks. A club is organized and the Suns
local reporter candidly confesses his in
ability to adequately portray the uproar
Of delight, the chunks Of harmony, the
whirl OF gaYety and ,umult of joy which
characterized its birth. Last night 4 gen
eral meeting was advertised TO be held at
Keefe hall The meeting was not CON
fined to Republicans. but included Demo.
Gratis and mugwumps. 1t is no exagger-
alton of partnership to say that this meet
ing was cold and ~listness. Nobody was
aroused to any enthusiasm, not even the
speakers. The hall was not more than
two-thirds filed.
A few days ago when Judge Carey
reached town with the laurels fresh upon
his brow. there was not that tremendous
popular %outpouring to receive him such
as his friends reasonably expected and
such as his services to his party certainly
invited. We allude to this reception with
no desire to disparage Judge Carey nor
to draw any invidious comparisons, but
SO much has beer said on this particular
subject OF Republican enthusiasm that
we desire to keep the record straight as a
matter of local history.
Much of the so-called Republican en-
thusiasm is more apparent than real.
There are more defecuons from the party
than the Republicans themselves are will
ing to admit. and the utmost exertions Of
the political whippers.in are insufficient
TO drive the recalcitrant into line. As
Mr.. Henry Ellis says. Only about s per
cent Of the population are Office holders,
so why should the 95 per cent run of
their legs in the effort to heap political
honors on them" There are many other
quiet voters who don't say much but
they have begun to ask themselves the
same question. Some Of them have lost
sleep. spent money and shouted
themselves hoarse in past politi-
cal campaigns-and for what? Sim
ply to advance the political ambitions
of Joseph M. Carey and Francis Z.
Warren. They have seen the govern
mental machinery of the city. county and
territory in the past oiled by their patriotic
endeavors, but working for the sole behoof
and benefit of Me and +. E." They
have seen the same men year after year
holding public Office. with political honors
heaped upon them, and they have seldom,
if ever. seen lightning strike any but the
machine. Occasionally some enthusiastic
exhorter on the blessings of statehood,
like Billy Lee, falls out Of the good
Rrsces of the ring, runs Independent and
is elected to the Office of ~justics of the
peace, but this Doesn't happen very often.
Conventions are generally manipulated to
suit the purposes of the gang and the
people are hoodwinked into cutting the
patriotic caper of voting for the, slate.
II have watched the thing for q good
many years." said a Cheyenne citizen
yesterday. II have used nv lungs and
shoe leather election after election in the
endeavor TO put men into Office. l
imagined L was patriotic and that in
serving my party as it was here con-
stituted l was serving the best interest of
the government 1t finally began to-
dawn on me that the same men had a
happy faculty OF always bobbing up
~serenely. The thing began 10 crow
monotonous. If it wasn't Warren and
Carey, it was Carey and Warren. / have
finally taken a tumble to myself. Let us
have some rotation in Office. 1t is a
curse to any country to be owned
politically by one or two men and
for my part l am willing to
see = change. The grangers are kicking
against high taxation. They are begin
ming to discover hat the taxes bear heav-
ily upon them not only because of extrav-
agant legislative appropriations, but be-
cause. as a county commissioner openly
admitted. there is one assessment for the
rich, S to rs per cent and another for the
poor. rs to 100. Those $4,000 sheep are
beginning to cut quite a figure in the
minds of the people who pay the taxes
and some fine day there will be such a
popular uprising that the perennial office
holders will be forced to take a walk"
There may be Republican enthusiasm,
no doubt there is, but note it carefully
and it will be found that it exists in ,he
same old quarter, there are the same old
wheel horses, the same old Office holders,
the same old gang. the same crumb grab
bers-an1 back OF them all stand. Me
and F. F." quietly munrhing the chest
nuts as they are obsequiously handed
from the fire.