, 1906-07-27
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

Wednesday primaries were held in
Converse county and the result was
overwhelming victory for the Brooks
delegates. Word from there is 10 the
effect that he has practically all the
| delegates in the convention except
those from Lusk.
AS Converse county was the first to
take political action. the result was
looked forward to with more than us
a interest. 1t had been published
throughout the state that Mr.. Irvine
claimed Converse as his home county
mi that he would be nominated In the
state convention by its delegation. Mr..
Brooks decided that Converse ought to
be in his column and he and his friends
took up the challenge and fought a
good fight, the result on Wednesday
eliminating Mr.. Irvine from the ace
so far as the delegation from Converse
county is concerned.
The adherents of Mr.. Cosgriff were
also deeply interested in the result of
the first political skirmish. 1t was not
only a test of Mr.. Irvine's strength,
but IL was a showing of just how the
people in central Wyoming felt toward
the administration of Governor Brooks.
The fact that the latter has carried the
county by a majority little less than
astounding was not anticipated. Up
to the last moment 1t was claimed that
Converse was almost certain to go for
Mr.. Irvine. The Rawlins Republican
bearing date of July 20, the date of the
primary elections, said:
Converse county is today holding its
primaries and Saturday the convention
will be held to elect delegates to the
state convention. That delegation has
been claimed by friends of Governor
Brooks but It is now generally conced-
ed to Hon. w. C.. Irvine. Should he
win, the question of what county he
comes from will be settled, although
the Budget says he has mo- lived there
for seven years"
And this estimate was not unwar-
ranted, for the very good reason that
even Mr.. Brooks friends in Converse
county had reached the conclusion that
the contest would be a close n and
that the chances were favorable to Mr..
Irvine. The overwhelming defeat of
the Irvine delegates can only be ac-
counted for in one way. The governor
has made good and the people of Con
verse county feel that his administra-
ffpp Sbpu1d hn continued for fntr yaarS
more. The lines were squarely drawn
and there can be no mistaking the
meaning of the people. The interest
Mr.. Cosgriff had in the outcome was
in keeping the delegation away from
Mr.. Brooks. He knows, as does every
other Wyoming mar who has studied
the situation, that it is the governor
against the field, and if enough delegates
can be kept from him to prevent his
nomination on the first ballot, there is
a show for some other candidate.
The result in Converse county must
o be wrongly interpreted. 1t was
not a turning down of the political as
pirations of Mr.. Irvine, VINO is held in
the highest regard by a great majority
of the people of that county, but an en-.
dorsement of the splendid administra-
ton of the present governor. In other
words. they stand for the t~ime-honored
rule in this state that when an officer
makes good he is deserving of another
term. Converse county was a good
county in which to draw the line and
make the fight, The people there are
typical of the other counties. They
have the same hopes and the same pas
sions and prejudices the people of 9th,
er sections Of Wyoming have. Their
judgment is doubtless the Judgment OF
the people of the entire state, except
in counties where personal considera
tons and local pride are paramount,
If this deduction is a correct one,
then the name of the next governor OF
Wyoming will be written with three BIS.