, 1906-11-05
A SPLENDID WELCOME.


bany county, but never more SO than at
the present time. The welcome given
he and Colonel Schnltger at Maenner-
Choir hall Saturday night was complete
evidence of this fact. The audience
was not only the largest accorded any
speaker here in recent cars, but was
attentive throughout. During the en-
tire address of the senator, aside from
the voice of the speaker, silence was
complete and every auditor took In
all that was said. There was no bois-
ferrous Clamor, no rowdyism at any
time-just a magnificent, a~ppreciative,
intelligent gathering of Laramie's best
citizens, The people were there for
instruction, to listen to an accounting
as it were of the stewardship they had
placed in the hands of Wyoming's lead
ing statesman and his colleagues, and
right well were they repaid for their
attendance and earnest attention.
For the first time in this campaign,
Senator Warren turned aside for a mo-
ment TO pay his respects to the man
who, during the last legislative SEES
sion, called his integrity in question
and made a desperate attempt to black
mail him before the people of the
state. 1t was fitting and proper that
the matter should be taken up before
n Laramie audience, as It was because
of the agricultural college fight in the
legislature that the attack was made
upon Senator Warren. His reference
to Keister was dramatic and the keen.
est interest was taken in this portion
of his splendid address. The references
TO him by anonymous circulars issued
by Keister and his cohorts in this cam
paign, charging crimes against the stat
utes were branded as UNANIMOUSLY false,
but the climax came when Senator
Warren told the people how they We're
characterized as hogs by the gentle
man now making a feeble attempt at
running for governor.
Many people here had not believed
that Mr.Keister could so far forget him
self In debate as to brand the popula-
ton of a county as hogs and arraign
them with the most bitter ridicule and
sarcasm at his command, but the evi.
dence is still extant and is doubtless
very fresh in the minds of Senators
McGill, Johnson and Bramel, who We're
opposing Mr.. Keister on the floor of
the state senate. Senator Bramel had
made an able address in favor of the
repeal of the Lander bill and Senator
John McGill had delivered a powerful
plea for the act, in which he had re.
ferred to the various agricultural pro-
ducts that could be raised with sue
cess on the Laramie plains, among 9th
ers being hogs, when the senator from
Fremont (Mr. Keister) took the floor
and with all the irony at his comand
said that the senator from Albany had
referred to the raising of hogs in the
county Of Albany and from his knowl.
edge of the swinish proclivities of the
men from there he was willing to ad.
NIT that hogs were Albany's leading
agricultural crop.
Mr.. Keister then summed up the
amount of money paid to the university
through the agricultural college, talk
ing all the amounts received from the
founding Of the institution-something
like $500, 000-and said that the result
from this entire expenditure was the
graduation of one agricultural college
student. Where is this fair-haired,
blueeyed boy?' he asked. Certainly
he is not now following a pillow. There
is too much money invested in him to
waste his intellect upon a farm"
Defeat in the legislature caused Sen
ator Keister to feel very bitter toward
all those who had in any manner be-
friended Albany county in its fight and
he sought to vent his spleen upon Sen.
ator Warren, who has ever been friend.
ly to the state university. Day after
day the hired Denver Post continued
villainous hbels emanating from Wyo-
ming's capital. These attacks were in.
stigated by Senator Keister and his
personal advisers then at Cheyenne.
The Republican believes the hogs
of Albany county will not be driven
into Mr. Keister's pen. Democrats, re
p~ublicans and socialists should stand
together on this proposition. The man
who led the fight against us and who
is still pushing the case in court with
all the power at his command has no
reason to expect aid and comfort here
To put the shoe on the other foot, sup
pose. that Hon. John McGin were run,
ming for governor, do the readers of
this paper believe for one instant that
the people of Fremont county would
stand behind him, whether they were
republicans or democrats? Why, they
look upon him as the enemy of all that
they hold to be for their best interests
and would spurn his candidacy as a
thing vile and contemplate in their
sight. Then, how can Mr.. Keister, the
leader Of the fight against Albany coun.
ty, hope to gain support at our hands
from the very people whom he has
held up TO bitter ridicule and whom he
characterized as hogs" before the PEG.
pie of the state, and whom he would
still fight with all the power of the ex.
ecutive office should he be elected
The Republican believes the people
who listened to Senator Warren Satur-
day night wen home with their op-
position to Mr.. Keister greatly
strengthened. He would not only make
for the people of Wyoming a weak
governor, but he would at all times be
a~ntagonistic to the vital interests of
Albany county. Let every democrat
consider this question from the stand.