, 1890-08-13
A REGULAR FROST.
Below Zero at the Republican Rati-
fiCatiOn Meeting.
Dull Addresses by Mr.. Carey and
Other Candidates.
Locked the Door to Hold the Audi
enCe for Carey.

After the heavy rain Of yesterday after
noon and the later light showers, the even
ing was delightful, if a trihe disagreeable
under foot, but the inviting atmosphere
could not lure enough people to the Re
publican ratification at the opera house to
decently fill the parquette and dress
circle. The gallery was a forest of vacant.
chairs. Superhuman efforts we're made
to get out a crowd. The meeting was
announced in alternating lines of the Re-
publican press, like sacrifice sale adver-
tisements, the city was flooded with
dodgers urging the faithful to rally, a
mammoth transparency wa hauled be-
hind four horses to every nook aud corner
Of the city. The band was out and played
Marching thrO' Georgia" but the Re
publicans refused to march through the
mud to hear mud-slinging. Not over 400
people, including curious Democrats and
boys, entered the play house, and fully a
quarter of them had retired before Judge
Carey had chewed of his tariff harangue
and abuse of Geo. w. Baxter.
George w. Hoyt was chairman.
He explained that four conventions had
been held in Cheyenne within the week,
and the meeting was held TO ratify the
work of the delegates. The first orator
would be a man not much known, but
one who would speak for himself.
j. NJ. Davidson was the first to ad-
dress the meeting, and before be bad
been taking five minutes men had been
dispatched to the basement to fire coal
into the furnace. HIS tones are icy as the.
sheriff when reading an attachment no.
tice. Judge Davidson uses choice Ian
guage, but he has not an iota of magnet
ism. He was a heavy frost to the audi
ence. and the meeting managers must
have felt dismal over the outlook for a
heartless session. Mr.. Davidson averred
that the task of leading or guild
ing was pleasing to him, as
he would have but little to
say. This was called a ratification but
should be a Notification. In the com
munity there is written on the faces of
the Republicans the energy and power of
a victory already achieved. This was not
difficult of explanation, for the Republi-
can organization was the party of the
people. Mr.. Davidson then proceeded to
state some facts and deny them. He re
peated several of the clear cut, honest,
patriotic declarations of the Democratic
platform and said they were not so, but
made no arguments, gave no reasons,
simply asserted. He said the Democrats
wanted its past forgotten, but did not go
into the party's history, being fearful of
detailing its grand achievements for the
whole people. Mr.. Davidson thought
this state should be in the Republican col
umn and said SO real loud. The tickets
are in the field and the ono for which he
shouted was composed of men
known to everyone and the
prince of them all. while slck,
must be followed by malice and contume.
ly. Nevertheless he is the prince and the
power that will lead to victory. The con
y%ention had endorsed J.. NJ. Carey.
Why2 He was the peer of all his fellow
congressman and impressed his personal
ity and the needs of his people upon
them, AS | am informed, know and
believe, the ticket is of the same material
throughout. But in a contest of this
sort it was not always a question of men,
but of principles. Republicans favored
the American system of protection. He
said there were three panics during the
sixty years of Democratic rule before the
war, but failed to give their causes or say
anything of continuous depression under
Republican rule. He announced with
great glee the natural increase Of home
products, corn los per cent. Nothing
was said of the contracted market or use
of corn tor fuel by poverty
stricken Nebraska farmers. The
remainder OF the Davidson ad-
dress was about the war, remarking that
it was Republicans putting down a Dem
ocratic rebellion. and that it was all about
land, In his opinion the Wyoming Dem
ocrats had no right to recommend pen
sions to veterans entitled to them. He
concluded with an appeal to vote for Re-
publicans on account of statehood.
Alphabet Groesbeck. the windy man
from Laramie, a clown who aspires to a
place on the supreme bench of
the state, was next to bat. He
had a copy of Yesterday mornings
LEADER in his hand, and spitefully spat-
ted for some time over mention of him
self in this papers report OF the Repub-
lican state convention. He said THE
LEADER young men complained that the
speaker wasn't handsome, and hat they
wouldn't be so pretty bat would
know more after this campaign.
Well, Mr.. 'Groesbeck, God has
lavlshly endowed some people with
CAB, but it is doubtful if he willed that
you should ever IN life know more than
you do now or be less windy. You think
you are too cunning for anything, but
your camp meeting oratory is like most
cheap things.
He said he didn't like to talk tariff and
then wrestled all over the stage with it.
He commended the force bill. Following
the tip given by Judge Carey Monday
night this man Groesbeek invaded the
grave of the honored dead and came back
with a falsehood. Senator Beck, a man
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