The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-12
! DIsGRAOEFUL QUARREL

appear that it is quite time that Colo.
RADIOS political atmosphere was sub
jected to q purifying process. That
State gained no startling advantage
nor contributed much to its fame OF
good name in sending Tabor to the
United States Senate. And now
that Hill and Teller have turned
their guns upon each other and are
making unpleasant charges it would
seem the time had come when a little
wholesome ventilation would do the
State good. According to the Den
yer Republican, which appears as
the champion Of Senator Hill, 1.-The
first acts of Secretary Teller upon
assuming control of his department,
was to create a large number of use
less offices in Colorado, which he
filed with q lot of strikers and bum
mers. These Federal ofice-h0lders
had no special duties that consumed
their time, their salaries furnished
them spending money, and they
enjoyed themselves in travelling up
and down the State at the expense of
the General Government, devoting
themselves principally to lauding
Secretary Teller and quietly stabbing
Senator Hill. They are simply a
grand army of political strikers, paid
by the general government This
being so it would indicate q bad con-
dition of affairs in that State which
should be remedied without delay.
AS long as the people believed the
fight between the gentlemen was
simply a personal one, they We're
content simply to look on and let
them have it out, but if it be n in
which "a grand army of political
strikers, paid by the general Govern
ment," is taking a part, the quarrel
loses much of its personal character,
and the people become Interested.
If Secretary Teller used the ma
chinery of his office to crush a Dem
ocrat he would only be following the
presidents set by his party, but to
use it to humiliate or defeat a brother
Republican shows a spirit on the
part of the Secretary which calls
for something more than a re-
buke from the press of the
country. The Gunnison Necs
hands the Secretary one in the fol-
language: "They cannot
blame Senator Hill, however, for
fighting back, for they know that,
for months past. all possible means
have been used by the Teller crowd,
and they know further, that much of
the fight made on Senator Hill has
been neither open, manly, nor just"
And the Pueblo News in COM
menting upon the part taken by the
Teller crowd" says: "Their plead
ings came too late. The defiance and
the challenge have been given. They
must be accepted or declined. There
is no intermediate course. The one
means war ; the other submission.
The submission not only ofSecretary
but of all his following. A
man may decline a challenge to per
sonal meeting without loss of honor.
But not q challenge to defend his
and to vindicate his right
to leadership. When the time comes
the leader must lead, or tamely con-
sent to give place to a better and
Drawer man. That time has come
with Secretary Teller. He and his
friends have effected to court the is
que. 1t is offered to them. They
have defied the Senator. He has re-
piled with a grave defiance. They
must fight for what they have got or
yield it without = fight. There is no
alternative"
So it seems the fight is to be carried
On. The Secretary, although backed
by the Government patronage, will
not find the Senator without friends
his own State. There is fun ahead,
md if it does not result in giving the
electoral vote of that State to the
candidate for the Presi-
lency it will be because the elements
If discord now so apparent will be
titled in the strife of the factions for
! further lease of power. But let
his be as it may, it is time that Col
'rado should be represented by diff
'erent men. She has been either I'M
ortunate in her selections, or she has
lot in the Republican party there
he calibre of men who can honor
Ter as representatives. The door is
'eing opened to Democratic states
men in Colorado.
PRO rECTION.
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