, 1891-06-18
'%nsyBnne Daily Leader.
IS ne S~ATLSFLEDP
THURSDAY. JUNE IS. 1891.

II Is 20 DC nCped that MI. >. u Bard
Is now completely satisfied. lie ran for
councilman last January. 1t was a job
which would rave paid him the munif-
cent sum of thirteen and a fractional part
of cent a'day. One can therefore freely
aequIt Mr.. Baird's co~unciImauic ambi-
tons Of any element OF cupidity which
could attach to them. But the nomina-
tinn was in a way an official recognition of
Mr.. Bard. He had but lately aposta
sized to the Republican party and he
wanted to have the sign manual placed
above his ovearchiug hrows. In Mr..
Bard case 1t was a sort OF rehabilitation
One Of his earliest public acts
upon coming into the territory was to at
tend a Republican territorial convention
held at Laramie. OF course he went only
as a proxy for Mr.. ;. A, Bristol We do
not know If what he =aw at that cOnvcn-
ton caused such a revulsiou ia his feelings
as to even affect his political affiliations,
but he was certainly elected on the Demo
cratic ticket as prosecuting attorney soon
alter his admission TO the bar. a date sew
eral years subsequent to the holding Of
the Laramie convention.
All this Is preliminary 10 saying that
Mr.. Baird Lad -loughed his Democratic
skin only q short TIME before he was given
the Republican nomination for member Of
the city council last January. Ii is for
this reason that We say we do not believe
that Mr.. Baird was actuated by any sci.
fish monetary motives in accepting the
nomination, but rather looked upon 1t in
the light ofan official party endorsement
and an acceptance OF himself, for better
or for worse, into the ranks Of the Repub
lean uarty OF Wyoming.
Having nominated him, the more i'm.
portant question Of e]lecling him still re-
NAMED 10 be settled. Mr.. Baird is
suffering from a rather aggravated case OF
political stringhalt, which necessarily
counteracts any tendency to rapid running
about campaign times, What was to be
done2 Il wouldn't do to have this new
risen orb OF Hepublicanism beaten out of
sight in a race for such a minor office as
city councilman. A "~workiugman's
candidate was therefore thought Of II
tho big D,mocr,,;, w-,rk,,sm,n,s vote ON
the South Side could be split up on a side
,ssr. R,;r5 I'll, ,,,., - 81 H. IA.
mining opaIities c,uI5 bo unclaimed win
lusty lungs from proud Republican throats
a, oy.r, .,r.., ,,r,. tn .,bouo ya.
t,iad bnt I'll, ,,ilod no tbro, votos oyo,
,bou,b R,;rd ,ori,,ry i, Dory,r
cr,ised his limbs nui,e vI,,r,u sly i, tho
First ward oI Cbcvcnrc
S,mob,dv c,ro a,v, with . drn s;.L-
enipg tbpd spro enough nm, thor, v,s
still one rcsour,c Ieft-,n election comics,
A r~e,i,,o, v,s s5tto, ~, ,,h s;,,,od by
GALAXY az RcrobG,,p LAWYER. eminent at
the bar and some Of Them but lately
SEEMED from bigb indici,I G,rctions In
this document was related With crea, mar
tieul,rtv features or tho late citv election
partieulnrly AS il related IA the first and
second rrccincts n, tho First ward and ,s
# concerned Mr. .Jobn g R,ird and Mr.
UE Ross rival, and on,,s;,r o,ndid,,os
II was related viii, a decree Of ,s.nr,nco
and de6nitoncss which certainly lacked
potbing lint rrooi IN be CONVINCING that
Mr. R,i,J v,s or,itIod N soyor votes
more than he had officially credited IN
him in the first rrccipct and ten in tho
second or scvo,tocr i, all Fr,m those
statements il thcrcr,ro orrc,rod accord
inc IN tins n]ct,,ion. that tho RcnubIic,p
INDIES or whom there had been a moior.
i,v in both rrrcincts had ipadvcrtantIv
given Mr. Rand the worst or,t. thotit was
rorrI,r dsIusioD that Mr. Ross had been
elected nv a majority of three votes AS had
baon o,t,s,eS bv thc cIccrion officials far
matter If e,ct Mr. Rid had h.co
electcd Inv c,ur,esp votes
Now this seemed a ye,v scrious matter
and yb., M Ross and his friends car,
terminated the arrov orlegal talent backing
Mr. Rair5 and considered Mr. R,ird'-
ovn ,bil;,ies ,s r%oli,;c.I sn,;n,er n say
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