The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-03
4 POLITICAL BOMB.
1t Exploded in WyOming's Cap
ital Yesterday.
GOVERNOR OSBORNE INSTALLED.
lie Takes Possession of the Governors Office
Issues Proclamation, and will SEQ
That the Vote is Canyassed.

CHEYENNE. Wy. Dec. 2-ISpecial. T.
Governor-elecs John E. Osborne vent
quietly to the capitol building at s O'Clock
this morning and took the oath of Office be-
fere Notary Public D. w. Gill. The oath
was administered in the state library In
the presence of Chairman New Of the state
Democratic committee, George A. Draper,
Z. S. Johnston and several other citizens
AS soon as he was qualified, Governor Os-
borne went to the governors Office and
took possession. He Immediately issued
the following proclamation.
TN obedience to the constitution and
laws of the state Of Wyoming, !, John
E. Osborne, do hereby make proclamation,
that having been duly elected by the quail
fed voters of the state Of Wyoming to the Of
fee of governor Of the state to I'LL the vacan-
cy in the Office occasioned by the resignation
of Francis e. Warren heretofore elected
and qualified as governor; and there being
no board Of state canvassers authorized to
canvass the returns and declare the results
of said election for governor, and the re-
turns from the several boards OF county
canyassers now on file in the Office of the
secretary OF state showing that I have
been unquestionaDly elected 20 the Office of
governor, l have duly aud legally qualified
as governor of the state and am now said
governor, and do call upon all the true
and loyal citizens Of the state to respect
my authority as to such Office and to aid me
in enforcing the laws and seeing that JUS
tice in all things is done. Done at the Office
Of the governor at Cheyenne. capitol OF the
state On the End day Of December Ammo
Domino 1892 (Signed) John E. Osborne,
governor Of the state of Wyoming"
Governor Osborne then sent notices to
A. W. Barbour, secretary of state, c. W.
Burdick, auditor, and Otto Gramm, treas
urer, who, with tbs governor, constitute
the state board of canvassers, that the
board would convene on Monday to can
vass the vote cast at the late election.
Shortly after Governor Osborne took
possession Of the Office R. H. Redpath, pri-
vate secretary to A. w. Barbour, who has
been acting governor for the past two
years, came in. He had key to the outer
door in his possession and locked himself
and the governor (Osborne) in the room.
Both have remained in the Office all day.
The Republicans have invoked the aid OF
the capitol commissioners, who have a
deputy sheriff stationed at the Office door,
A volunteer force Of fifteen to twenty
Democrats remain in the lobby Of the cap
itol building and viii protect the governor
from any violence if it is offered.
The action Of Governor Osborne nips in
the bud the conspiracy of the Republicans
to defeat the will of the people of the state
as expressed in the late election. Osborne
carried the state by 1.SOO majority and
clear Democratic majority of the legisla-
ture on Joint ballot was elected. Already
the county Republican caDvassing board
had by frauds unseated enough Democratic
Legislators to give the Republicans ma
iority.
Taking advantage Of loosely constructed
state laws regarding the manner and
methods of seating q governor elected to
fill vacancy the Republican state board
of canYassers intended to canvass only the
legislative vote and not canvass that for
state officers.
This scheme, If carried out, would have
enabled the Republican managers to con
troll the legislative and executive depart
ments of the state government indef-
nitely. Now q canvass Of the state vote
will have to be made under the supervis-
ion of Governor Osborne, and every legis-
lator and state official elected will take his
seat.