The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04
THE RUSTLERSAT THE POLLS.
LAST SPRINGS CATTLE VAR NEARLY
OVERTURNED WYOMING.

or Sllver-It Turned the state over 10 mo
| Democracy, and Mixed Things Generally
| CHEYENNE. Nov. 2S-lt was more than ma
tional Issues. more than desire for change
more than apathy OF Republicans and activity
| Of Democrats moro than an impulse to rebuke
| McKineysm. more than wish to sting and
crush party OF opuence and insolonce that
brought about the peculiar political conditions
now existing in this State.
| Wyoming was admitted into the Union in
| 1890 with tho distinct understanding that she
! would take place in the Republican column
and remain there undisturbod until further
orders. In September Of that year an election
was held. Every county was carried by tho
! Republican state ticket. Tho maiorities for
| Governor and Cabinet averaged LOO. F. f.
! Warren. a gentleman by no means invulner-
/ allie when il comes TO criticism OF public
record. was triumphantly seated In the Ex-
! ecutivo chair. He was subsequently canon
! i2cd or galvanized into q statesman by being
| elected to the United States Senate There
was little protest at this way OF monopoliz-
| ing tho choicest gifts OF the gods. but Warren
| is a man OF large parts and is we'll liked. and
the croakers were hushon. He made. as near
| as the people here were able to Judge a very
fair Senator. The other officers elected by the
Republicans in 1890 were attentive enough to
| their duties to escape unkindly newspaper
mention until short time before the recent
| campaign opened
| On the second election. with vote OF 19. OOO
| again Of about 1000. the result Is such as to
carry CONSERVATION and woe into the liepubli-
| can camp. Tho Harrison electors are saved
| by less than 800. The State tickets wore in
composition OF equal merit. Osborne. Demo-
crat. is elected Governor by majority OF
$500 C. D. Clark. Republican. rcnominated
for Congress. suffered n defeat that fairly
| chilled his Gi2zard He was regarded as being
| In II position to withstand any assault. having
| Il good record ana tremendous personal ropu-
| larity. The Leg stature. with only forty-nine
| members and with eight hold.ovcr Republican
| Senators. is now in the hands OF the Democrats
! and Populsts. Small fry Democratic leaders
fairly revel in on ,es all over the State 1t was
| terrific storm to brew in two short years.
Tho Invasion was the locomotive that
ran down the Republican train. teescoped it,
and dashed it into the ditch.
This issue became u thing Of life last April.
| Early In that month an armed party Of tltty-
four mon raidcd into johnson county. The
| avowed purpose OF the mob was the extinction
OF the powerful organization OF "rustlers."
cattle thieves. that had been making inroads
| into the beef herds Of the northern part of tho
State 1t is believed that the invaders were In
cidentaly to kill few mon who had aside
| from stealing. made themselves obnoxious to
| the range element. Marked for destruc-
ton were some witnesses against couple
of members Of the armed party who
had been summoned to plead to indict-
ments for murder. Aside from all alb
stract considerations of right and wrong;
conception. The mob was to shoot down
the marked men as it found them. The
hunted citizens were to DO considered as past
whatever, The thieves had been bad for ten
three years. There was some degree OF justi-
Gc cai for change Of venue to the court Of
TWENTY Of the White Caps were paid mer-
Senaries from Texas and the Indian Territory
Killed the seT na oanry S s snG' bsp
desperado. Smith had seven nGtches on his
six shooter when he died, These fellows
bounty OF $50 on each man killed. The other
members of the exnedition were cattlemen
The history Of the raid must be familiar to
all. After the invaders had killed two men
posse and held in state of siege until relieved
by the military Angus's army was recruited
men from four counties and was in service a
week, The settlers We're fired by the news
Armed force s and GelSet 0 much w"rss things as
about the mob than the known facts warrant,
cd 1t was Sn9nsh for thsss ransnmen and
men WHO had tyrannized over them The in:
rad"rs are now AT large on recogniZanceS and
| are to have trials early in January.
Stup"ndous effort was made to keep the inva-
> sion question out of politics No particular ell
fort wa, made to manufacture an issue out OF
thecrcumstance. This was not necessary, The
the summon the Republican party was so
bowed down with the weight of the invasion
, Superhuman exerton put the machine under
way. but it was imperfect. minus few wheels.
and. although oiled copiously. ratified and
i, ON the stump Senator Warren. Mr. Clark
' ana tn" lessor Reruh lican orators denied that
,tp had Txf n Al ha inv
| They cond emned the raid in unmensu!ed
, terms. and called attention to tho fact that
4 Gratis The people listened and winked the
r other aye.
= gently tut firmly. They para!leled the posi-
ton Of thu R"rubGan party With That OF Mr.
ha o h1 Wife tnrs HaI s%at
t jack. onians. and asked why they now flock I'd
Es@DSans VIE id sS tie S
!. Governor allow an armed body to enter the
r State n violation Of the Constitution? How
the expedition wien his bosom friend, Dr. C.
Il. Pcnr9sSe. accompanied the raiders rs sur
, tive had no official information Of tho rait
: when he was called upon by tho authorities Q
;. cai"d upon troops Tor tho relief OF the IN OF
!. when it was forced 70 cover BY the settlers
ut"r"i IN the o most Una % ps "
: the platform BY Democratic speakers, Thon
TIER and knS atN mnse b hSt TSn
!: something 10 do with the procurement Of tht
K military relief force Some Of the Democratic
n orators in addressing audiences in the In.
3 terror wero violent. bitter. and vmdictiye
: They called spade II spade and attacked Tho
o RcpuIlcan bigwigs in utter disregard OF tht
g hedging divinity. The people applauded. T.,
t convince, them that change was advisable
cation. These average voters in Wyoming nr,
: i thinking lot They did not become a sI
a tried TO traInpe on the masses" and they re-
4 sentcd it. 1t was not TINT two men bad beer
d killed 10y a mob They believed that the cattl
harons had been allowed to assume thu
9 most important function OF governmen
I, and to right maGnited wrongs. Somehow
S they could not no argued out of the position
o thai tie Republican state officers had advanc
y knowledge of the invasion.
= None Of the White Caps ran for office. II
q Johnson county several OF tho SO. called rustler
o we're on the local ticket. Jack Flagg. from
J. Texas, rode up to the X. {. ranch last April a
Il Champion and Ray were being killed He dis
!" appeared in shower OF bullets and is no,
r County Clerk OF johnson county. FlaCg ha