, 1898-07-15

Cheyenne, Wyo.. July 15.-(Special
the time for
holding the state convention APP
proaches. the political pot is beginning
to sizzle with considerable energy. AL
thought there are a number Of candi-
dates mentioned. nothing in the nature
Of slate-making has been attempted
and everything is still at sea. Fol-
governor. Hon. DeForest Richards of
Converse county appears to be the
leading candidate of the republican
party. hut there is many a slip 'twiXt
the cup and the lip" and convention
day is too remote for anyone to lay
claim to any position on the ticket.
There has been considerable talk at
the state capital of late concerning
Senator John McGill. and the under
standing thai he is not a candidate has
been received with many expressions
of regret. Wherever he is known he
is honored for his sterling worth and
strict integrity.
So far as candidates are concerned,
the democrats appear to be just as
much at sea as the republicans. but it
is now practically settled that Thomp-
son munst have the congressional nom
ination. Alger is showing considerable
strength for governor, and Johnson is
tagging for superintendent of public
instruction. To boost himself into this
place he will use the influence he is
supposed to control by virtue of what
he don't know about finance. OF
course. when the final test is applied,
Osborne will be the arbiter of the Cen
tire cheese" as the summer girl would
say. Everything will be su%bordinated
to his senatorial desires and as he has
the national pull at the barrel it is
gang will jump when he pulls the
string. The silver republicans, of
whom a bakers dozen nay be found in
the state. will also dance to his music.
"
Cheyenne has beer having a spell of
warm weather. with occasional heavy
showers. keeping all nature green and
beautiful. The oldest i%nhabitant is de-
prived of his time-worn saying to
strangers from the sweltering heat OF
the effete east. that in Wyoming a
man can always sleep under a pair OF
blankets"
Ore day this week Captain Crawford
of the state land board chaperoned the
writer to a semi-private fishing pre-
serve away over on the Black Hills
near Ragged Top. The place is private
Cheyenne are too tired to go that far
and the people of Laramie find better
fishing nearer home. We went to Iron
Mountain station on the Cheyenne and
| Northern and from thence were pilot
ed by that prince Of jovial fellows.
Hiram Davidson. to the fishing
grounds. Mr.. Davidson also provided
us with a nice lunch and a good team
and Mrs. Davidson filled our hungry
| stCmachs with a splendid supper on
our return from the mountains. Cap
tain Crawford is a daisy with the fly
and the result was therefore a big catch
of trout. At nightfall We started on the
return trip down the mountain n
then our troubles began. The weather
clerk had advertised showers, but we
did not believe that he knew anything
about it and were felicitating ourselves
upon the beautiful day we had chosen
when the torn gathered. 1t was at
first an .unpretentious sort of a cloud
that presented itself. but it contained
about the wettest rain that ever fell
and some hail-enough to lend empha-
| sis to the remarks Of Jupiter Pluvius.
which were enunciated in the light
ninc's flash and the %thunder's roll.
The night was dark. but this did not
deter the intrepid horseman from max
ing about twelve miles an hour with
his team down the mountain side. The
storm seemed to aunt us during all
that perilous ride. After it had passed
over it would redouble in its violence
and give it to us again. Captain Craw-
ford happened to be generally on the
storm side and there accumulated in
his corner of the seat about a quart of
water, which added greatly to his fish
erman's luck as it swished to and fro
at every lurch Of the vehicle. But there
was pleasure in store. A light in the
window guided us to a bountiful sup
per. the warmth Of the Preside and dry
clothing. Kind friends and sunny dis
positions turn disagreeable conditions
into pleasures and the sorrows of life
are changed to joys.
The recent action Of the convention
Of republican clubs upon the financial
question has knocked the wind clear
ont of the Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures. They had
Al idea that the republicans would not
unite upon the financial question, and
the resolution, unanimously adopted,
of the aforesaid convention was there
fore a body blow to the demagogues.