The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-03-07
FROM COLORADO.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly's Letter
Continued.

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Continued.
1t is great pleasure to find ones
self in state that gave, at the last
election, 1000 majority for the Peo-
ple's Party ticket. We are accus-
toned to living where the Populists
and theirdoctrines are sneered at and
ridiculed on every hand. Here they
have all that dignity and respectable
ity which power gives them.
GOVERNOR WAITE.
One Of the marked characters,
brought to the surface of affairs by
the new revolution, is Hon. Davis Fl !.
Waite, governor of Colorado. He is
an elderly gentleman, gray-haired,
spare of figure, with a clean-cut pro-
tile; an exceedingly able, earnest
and honest man; widely read, with
positive views upon all subjects; an
original thinker and sincere lover
of his kind. Many of his utterances
have been circulated all over the
World,-notably that wherein he
said that rather than give up our lib
critics, we should ride in blood up to
the horses bridles." The slaves of
the dominant caste raised dreadful
howl over this expires ssion:-it was an
archism, Unreasonable, criminal! But
the sober second-thought of all sem
sible people showed that it was pre-
cisely right. The founders of this
republic pledged their olives, their
fortunes and their sacred honor" to
maintain it's existence and poured
forth their blood like water in it's de-
fense. Only the coward and the slave
will dare to say that we should not
flood the world with blood rather
than submit to oppression and in
justice.
For what avail,
Is flag or sail,
Or land CT life,
If freedom fail?''
Gov. Waite is a fit leader of the new
Observation-Disclosures, faithful, en-
ergetic, honorable; not to be switched
aside by plausible pretences; refusing
to "palter with eternal truth for
power or sacrifice great principles
for temporary successes. We need
more like him: and we will need them
more and more as the battle grows
hotter. He is, of course, ridiculed
and presented by our enemies.
This is the seal of faithfulness set
upon him, by those who know
him best. If he was willing to be-
tray us the insults and abuse would
cease at once and the heavens be filled
with his praise.
His associates in the administra-
tion of the state are all able men.
In fact this little mountain-w world is
full Of bright and capable spirits,
brought here by natural selection,
from all parts of the world. Mr.. Chas.
T. Philip, president of the Populist
club of Denver, is one of these. He
is the author of a profound little
treatise, "Our Money False
Measure Of Valve"
THE SILVER QUESTION IN COL
ORADO.
The demOnetiZatiOn of silver has
been a terrible blow to the people of
this state, since the silver output
was the life-biood of the whole COM
munity. It arrested Colorado most
cruelty in the very midst of magnif-
icent career; and has left the people
overwhelmed with debt. Denver
contains about 125, 1000 inbabitants;-
it's mortgage Indebtedness is$107 ,OOO,-
600, aohich is more than its ,chole assessed
Udl,tata0n. You ride through it's
beautiful residence quarter and pass
house after house, handsome, stylish
edifces, that would adorn any city
on earth, and you are told that almost
every house is incumbered, not with
a mortgage but a trust-deed, by which
the title is in the hand of the money
lender, and likely to be fOreclosed, on
a few days notice, ecith only fifteen days
for redemption! A cruel and most in
iquitous system. Here as elsewhere,
under the rule of hireling lawyers in
Legislative halls, and on the bench,
the moneyed-class has been industri-
ously engaged, concentrating all
power in their own hands. Twas told
of one case where splendid block Of
stores costing over 500, 200, had been
foreclosed upon for half that sum,
and the short period of redemption
had expired before the owner found
it out, and $3.50, 900, were gone forever.
IT. iC q dicoraco tO civi1iZ9tiO that