The sun., 1918-09-23
WYOMING SENATE
CANDIDATES LOYAL
Senator Warren's Votes On
Prohibition One of Issues
Of Warm Campaign.
BRYAN AID ENTERS RACE
Representative Mondell On.
posed by Editor lie De.
feated 8 Years Ago.
Special Despatch 10 TIVE srx


CHgYENNE Sept 22-wvomlre rr
be the battle-ground OF a most interest.
Ing political contest this autumn. FROM
the fact that the campaign will h.
waged along personal lines with M
dominating issue. Republicans hay,
elected for State chairman T. Blak,
Kennedy OF Cheyenne. a lawyer who 10,
six years has served the Sta:s com.
mittee In turn as secretary, treasure,
and vice-chairnan.
Mr.. Kennedy stands high In tratern,l
circles, In In close touch with party
leaders, and intimately familiar with
the detail work Of the committee,
The Democratic chairman Is Raw x
Lee OF Cheyenne, whose political exp..
| rience 10 nil. In recognition of this, how,
ever. the Democrats have named a viee.
chairman for each OF the seven judicial
districts OF the state as an advisory
board to aid Lee.
Chief interest centres in the Senatorial
contest Senator Warren, Republican,
seeks reelection, and will be opposed by
John f. Osborne OF Rawlins, First As.
sistant Secretary OF State under BRYAN
Senator Warren Is running on his record
! Of twenty-five years In tho Senate. dur.
AHB thlo Hc risen 10 second
ranking Republican in that body Warren
has supported the Administration war
programme throughout and his record on
this point cannot be successfully at.
tackled
Wet ana Dry Votes an Issue,
The Democrats will seek to line IN
the Prohibition element against Senator
Warren by citing his wet votes In the
Senate. The Senator has now declared
himself dry. and supported the war pro.
hibition measure in the Senate recently
1t Is expected the opposition to Warren
will revive some Of the old charges OF
the misuse OF Sta'e and public lands by
the Warren Live Stock Company, which
have been widely used against him IA
previous campaigns.
Osborne In his campaign will lay
stress on his having been First Ass stan.
Secretary Of State and therefore "nt-
mately associated with and In entire
sympathy with the Wilson aims and
policies"
Osborne has thus early charged War.
! rem with being q reactionary and mot
in sympathy with WILSON," and has pub
lished a brief note from President WI.
son in which the latter politely con-
. graduates Osborne on his nomination
to the Senate. but goes no further.
The Republican line OF attack WI
centre on Osborne's alleged untitness !.
will be pointed out that during osbornc's
incumbency OF the First Assistants Of
fice he was never permitted TO act IN
the Secretarys absence. but that ~.
other below OSBORNE in rank always do
so: that his duties In the ofti'e wers
purely clerical or In the aid of his chief
= Bryan, In seeking places for deserving
Democrats.
Osborne's record Of having lived Ia
Denver from 1905 to 1917 maintaining
home at 1921 Sherman street, also vi"
be used widely. When he retired from
! the Washington position Osborne Wcr;
| to Rawl!ns and built house.
Editor Running for Congrr.
The contest for Representative in Con.
gress Is one sided. Against Congress.r1a
Mondell. with a record Of twenty-five
years service. the Democrats have pom
! mated Hayden W. white. editor OF .
country weekly at Buffalo. White was
1 the party nominee for this on e.
| years ago. but made a very poor snow
Ing against Mondell The Buffalo ed.
| tor Is an avowed wet, which will fur.
| Their handicap his candidacy in 4 S,1.s
where both parties have declared ,o-
prohibition.
The Democrats will attack Monde. 4
reactionary and on his votes On var
measures. charging that he is opposed -
the Wilson war policy. Extracts from
the chart of the National SeruT'"
League, showing how Mondell voted IN
| eight war issues. are being published =
Democratic newspapers. Mondeis j..
fence. already appearing in the kepuo,l'
| can press. vigorously oontroverts ~
charge that ne is opposed to the Al.
ministrat!on war policies, and declares
that since the declaration OF war b.
has supported every war measure the
President has asked for.
Mondell has always been the best vote
getter In the State. Two years ago
| when the Wilson "he kept US out -
war" landslide carried the state for ,-a
Democrats, Mordell pulled through A.
the Wilson majority two years ago vas
approximately 1000 out of a total {"
$4,000 votes cast 1t will be seen Monde
| has some strength.
Republicans Again United.
| For Governor the Republicans Rave
! nominated Robert D. Carey son ~ -
/ former Senator and Governor TN'
nomination appears to have hr1uEN' ..
! gether for the first time sin Carey -
| holted the party and went over - -.
Democrats bag and baggage cic5' s''rS
ago united Republican ol"Dtnri'A
Young Carey is practical ran.'raT
and stockman, operating a large ran
near Douglas lie Is n good mixer AZ.
| as far as can be learned his nominal