, 1896-09-08
vs.. DEMOCRACY.
A PETITION WHICH THE UNTERI-
FLED CANNOT AN
SWER.
The People Have a Cause for Action
for the Reason That the Bourbons
Have Betrayed the Populists and
for Divers and Other Reasons
Set Forth in the Article Appended.
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
The people of Albany county have a
good case against the democrats.
AS a general proposition, it is not a
good thing to quarrel. People who
quarrel most always experience defeat,
no matter who gets licked" We do
not even consider it good journalism to
throw mud" There are people who
think it is just the right article. espe-
cially in a political campaign; but we
think the time has come when 1t dosn't
count much, pro or con-especially pro.
But the foregoing statements do not
alter the fact that the great principles
of RIGHT and JUSTICE are not alto
gether passive principles-are often ag-
gressive. When a wrong exists, it
takes an active right to overflow it.
The science of government is fast be-
coming a dynamic science, and not a
static one. Hence, when the writer at
tended the democratic convention on
Saturday to ascertain what great re-
form this hydra-headed monster of a
party was going to spring on the I'M
suspecting public, he reached the con-
~clusion contained in the opening state
ment of this article.
We want to venture a few assertions.
The people of Albany county. the peo-
pie Of the commonwealth Of Wyoming,
and the people of the United States Of
America are each year becoming more
exacting and watchful Of the po-
litical machinery Of the country. It is
an evolution. People call this a cam
paign of education: it is a campaign of
evolution.
People are coming out of the indif-
ference Of the past. and are going to
undertake the running of their own
affairs. This will apply to all parties
alike. There is a tendency in all par
ties for a few certain politicians to get
the idea that they have an eternal cinch
on the politics of a community. They
used to have. but the time is very near
when they Will not have.
We want to say candidly that even
from a democratic standpoint the con-
vention of last Saturday took on the
somber shades of bad faith. 1t could be
plainly seen that the party leaders were
at a loss to know just what to do in or
der to get their ticket in. and at the
same time to keep the good faith of the
populists and disgruntled republicans.
To our certain knowledge, being of an
observant turn of mind, the democrats
treated the ~populists with to say the
know that at the first populist powwow
they nominated a man not a citizen of
the state of Wyoming for the state SEN
ate. This gentleman is a prominent
business favorite in the community, but
we rather incline to the opinion that
it is poor policy to dip too deeply into
the political hash of the democratic or
any other party until he is at least en-
titled to vote within our confines. An
other prominent populist Of the city
aspired to the senatorship, and was
handsomely turned down by some of
his W friends who had received over
lures from the democratic camp. AS
far as the matter of fusion is concerned
it was a bogus affair from beginning to
end. and Immediately after the election
Of the democrats will discover that they
made an unwise 10Y The populists.
though We cannot subscribe to many of
their doctrines, are not in nur opinion
such consummate idiots as the demo-
Gratis would have US believe. They
have Eyes and ears and minds and Wills
Of their own, and can reach conclu-
sions according to their own under
standing Of things. The maneuvers of
the democrats we're MOI so awfully
thoroughly covered up as they thought.
1t is perfectly patent to all what they
mean by doing out a few insignificant
places to their populistic allies, and
calling themselves 1.-The democratic
party Of Albany county, ct al" That
sort Of thing has been tried before. The
sentiments in their resolution, many
of them good and wise prima facie, r
as the sounding brass and tinkling
cymbal of the political artificer when
we know what is back Of them. The
following petition against the men and
the party who have thus e%ndeavored to
hoodwink their constituents must be
answered:
State of Wyoming.
County Of Albany. ss.
IN JUSTICES COURT.
Every intelligent voter Of the county
and state aforesaid,
Plaintiffs,
vs..
The democratic party of Albany coun-
ty, ct al"
Defendants.
Petition.
On this 9Th day of September, 1soe. |
come each and every free and untram-
meled citizen of the county Of Albany /
and State Of Wyoming, each In true
ON behalf Of himself, and
Of the defendant in this &C
ton as follows:
1. For the f1rst complaint against
the said defendants. plaintiffs allege
that on the 9Th day Of September the
held what was termed
,convention" At the court HOUSE in Lar
amie, aud that certain proceedings