, 1898-11-15

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Cheyenne correspondent of the Denver
Post:
Some fault was found with the recent
political campaign in Wyoming on ac-
count of the apparent apathy which
characterized it. No such complaint
will lodge against the senatorial cam
paign which has already opened and
will be conducted with vigcr until
January next. when a United States
senator will be chosen for Wyoming
to succeed Clarence d. Clark, whose
term will expire March next. The leg
~islature which will elect will be over
whelmingly republican. In the senate
the democrats have at the present time
four hold-over senator's and in the re-
cent election elected one more, making
the membership of the senate five dem
ocrats and fourteen republicans. In
the house. which is composed Of thirty
eight members, the returns 10 the pres
ent time give the democrats but three
members, making the membership of
the Legislature on joint ballot eight
democrats and f~orty-nine republicans.
1t has already been tacitly agreed
that the republicans will settle the SEN
atorial question by caucus and if this
is done twenty-five votes will elect the
senator.
The candidates who have announced
their candidacy or whose friends are
pushing their claims are: Senator
Clark, the present incumbent; ex-Sen-
ator Joseph NJ. Carey, Governor w. "A.
Richards, Colonel Jay l.. Torrey, John
C.. Davis, Otto Gramm, Judge NJ. C.
Brown, Secretary of State CIV. Bur-
dick all of whom have claims upon
their party for the position.
Senator Clark, who will probably go
into the caucus with nineteen votes,
has represented the state in the senate
four years, having been elected in 1895
to fill the vacancy caused by the failure
of the legislature of 1898 to elect a SEN
ator. He has made a good record in
the senate and his friends are confident
Of re-electing him.
Ex-senator Carey will probably have
the support Of the Laramie county dele
cation, nine in number in the caucus, to
start with. Senator Carey represented
| Wyoming as a territory in congress and
was largely instrumental in securing
statehood. He was OF the first sen
ators elected and served until 1894. He
has been a constant and persistent ad-
vocate Of the gold standard and the
present election has in a large degree
justified him in the stand he has main
tanned on the financial question. He is
a man of means and has a national
reputation on account Of his financial
views.
1t is not definitely known whether
Governor w. A. Richards will be a can
didat' for the senate. II he should be
he will command considerable strength,
his residence being in the northern por-
ton of the state. which will have no
other candidate. Governor Richards
could have had a denomination for the
position he now holds but did not press
his claims, and his friends o hold
that he is entitled to the s%enatorship
for this and many ether acts OF party
fealty. Governor Richards has a facul-
ty of securing whatever he undertakes
to get and il he should be a senatorial
candidate he will be an important fac
tor in the fight.
Colonel J. l.. Torrey, who is we'll
known nationally as the author OF the
T'orrey bankruptcy act which was be-
fore congress for many years. and as
the organizer and leader Of the Torrey
rough riders of the late war, is in the field
in the senatorial race. Four years ago
Colonel Torrey was a formidable an
didate for the s%enatorship, which even
tually was secured by Senator Clark.
Colonel Torrey's ability as an organizer
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