, 1906-10-18

Yesterdays Cheyenne Tribune had
the following, which every sensible vot.
err in the state will endorse:
In the Laramie Boomerang John C.
Hamm, democratic candidate for con-
gress, publishes a tract, the burden of
which is Common Honesty The
Cheyenne Leader heralds it forth to,
day as the keynote" of the cam
paign.
Among many other stanzas set to
Mr.. Hamm's refrain is the following:
THE endorsement of such person
for reelection to the high office OF
United States senator by a state con
free tickets, is not common honesty"
As will be easily shown this anti
pass, Common Honesty" screed of Mr..
Hamm's is the hughest Joke of the
campaign. 1t was launched in the Lar
Boomerang and will prove a
boomerang indeed even to the undoing
of Mr.. Hamm. 1t will require some
thing more than f~ormaldehyde to save
Mr. Hamm from dissolution" at the
hands of a discriminating public.
But This is Even Funnier.
No reader of the Leader should
miss reading the logical, powerful and
eloquent plea of our candidate for con
gress, Hon. John G. Hamm, in behalf
of civic reform, purity in politics, and
Common Hanesty' in the administra
ton of Wyoming's public affairs. What
he says needs no explanation, no elu
cidation. 1t speaks for itself. Each
sentence M like a bullet from {
rife, straight to the mark, propelled
by the explosive power of a heart anC
soul in sympathy with the common peo
ple.'-Leader.
Yes, MI. Hamm's burning words
contain great explosive properties and
have a recoil- like a Krupp gun.
When the Light is On.
Now what are the facts as regards
Nj. Hamm and passes? Mr.. Hamm
for years has been in the habit of rid
ing on passes. If he has not done so
since his nomination for congress that
is a mere subterfuge.
In September, 1904, Hon. John q.
Hamm of Evanston as state chairman
took charge Of the democratic cam
paign and opened headquarters in the
Normandie hotel in Cheyenne.
One of his first official acts vas tc
make requests to the Union Pacific
Burlington, Colorado and Southern and
other Wyoming railroads for free
passes for himself and the democrat
ic candidates and the railroads granted
passes in accordance with Mr.. Hamm's
request. The facts touching this mat.
ter are on record. Mr.. Hamm's preach,
ment is a farce. 1t is not sincere and
it will carry no weight.
And There is More Light.
AS a member of the state senate
Mr.. Keister, democratic candidate for
governor, did L tall talking about
graft and railroad influence, etc, YET
Mr.. Keister used an annual on the Col
orado and Southern railroad during
that time and in January of this year
came into possession of another on the
same road which he is still using.
But this is not all. Senator Keister
democratic candidate for governor, at
tended the democratic state convention
in Cheyenne, September 10, and used
his Colorado and Southern railway an.
nual in coming to this city for that
convention. Does Mr.. Keister deny
this? OF course not, for it is a matter
of record What has Mr.. Hamm to
say now? We are not saying there was
anything dishonest in the mere using
of this lass and so far as we know Mr.,
Keister's work in the senate was not
impaired or influenced by using a pass,
hut it is not honest for Mr.. Hamm to
charge bad faith against republicans