, 1906-08-21
CONTEST PRACTICALLY OVER

The republican state convention will
be held in the city of Casper ext week,
but so far as the head Of the ticket is
concerned the fight is now just as good
as ended. There viii be u few brushes
here and there and n gathering up of
odds and ends, that 1t all. During the
last week the results were disastrous
to the aspirations of Mr.. Cosgriff. Thus
far the die has been cast in Uinta, FIRE.
mont, Big Horn, Natrona, Converse,
Crook: Carbon, Johnson and Weston.
leaving Sweetwater, Albany, Laramie
and Sheridan to hear from, OF the
claims all but Carbon and there APP
pears to be no question about the &C.
curacy of his figures. This means 20
votes for Governor Brooks and 10 for
Mr.. Cosgrif, OF the remaining coun-
ties, there is little question but that
Albany county will give its delegation
to Governor Brooks, and the result in
Laramie county could mean nothing
less for him than a split delegation.
Sweetwater is claimed by Mr.. Cosgriff,
as well as Sheridan, but they Will be
of little value without the delegations
of several other counties.
Nearly all the republican papers of
Wyoming have within the past few
days published Brooks news, indicat-
ing that there is no longer any ques-
ton as to what the result will be so
far as the head of the ticket Is con
cerned. Following are a few of the
paragraphs in question:
There is no longer any question rs
to the selection of a candidate for gov
ernor, by the republicans In the state
convention, and there is a strong pos
sibility that only the name of Mr..
Brooks will come before the conven-
ton. While at the road the editor had
the opportunity of meeting many men
prominent in the republican ranks and
he can truly say that there was hardly
candidate. The Union Pacific counties
with the exception of Carbon are con
coded to MI. Brooks, while there APP
pears TO be no further question as to
the action of Sweetwater, Uinta and
Albany. The governor has more
friends in Fremont county today than
he ever had, and it is hardly expected
that any attempt will be made in the
rpuntu convention a, mt u ctra M in
the way of his denomination and cleo
ton. The northern counties will be
almost a unit for Mr.. Brooks.-Pine-
dale Roundup.
So far as a be ascertained the del
egates elected to the county conven-
ton are all for Brooks, except pos
sibly two or three of the M~eeteetse
delegates.-Cody Stockgrower and
Farmer.
Crook county republicans are evil
IDENTIFY for Brooks for governor and Mr..
Gillette for treasurer or state secre-
tary, as may seem to the best interests
of the party. This was the outcome
of the mass meeting last Saturday.
Crook County Monitor.
In the coming republican state con-
vention to be held at Casper, there will
be 141 delegates N the vote of seven
ty-one will be necessary to nominate
the candidates for office on the repub-
lican state ticket
On Saturday primaries were held in
johnson, Fremont, Albany and Natro-
na counties and the county conven-
tons in Big Horn and Weston coun-
ties. AS a result of these conventions
and others preceding them Governor
Brooks this morning stated that he is
certain of siXty-three votes and is con
fdent that later reports will give him
eighty-two votes.
The Big Horn and Weston county
conventions adopted strong Brooks res
~olutions and will SEND Brooks delega-
lions to the state convention. Con
verse, Crook and Uinta counties have
already endorsed the present admins
tration.
There was a hot fight in Natrona
county, where the friends of Mr.. Cos
grin made a determined effort to get
control of the county convention. Mr..
Brooks this morning claims that of the
forty-five votes to be cast in the county
convention he has thirty-one for a GER
taiRty and several precincts are yet to
be heard from. Mr.. Brooks comedies
six votes in the Natrona convention to
Mr.. Cosgrif. This means that Brooks
will get the entire vote of Natrona.
The Fremont returns are not all in,
but Mr.. Brooks declares the contest
there was a local affair and not against
him and that he will get the seven
votes from that county. Albany coun-
ty has held only it's country primaries,
but their trend has encouraged the
friends of Mr.. Brooks to declare that
Albany county will send twelve Brooks