The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-04
THE COLORADO CAMPAIGN.
QUEER EFFECTS or TINE POPUJIST
CRAZE IN THE ROCKIES.
The DoNoiory at n Political MeetiuE-The
waite HeIi-Csmpni9nInR In the Moss
talns-M Mnklnn snecnhea.

ulist party and Gov. Waite Mt Coliseum Hal
last Sunday night, he startled the great audi
ence by requesting them TO stand and Join him
In singing the doxology. A Populist oficeholdeI
under Waite advanced to the front OF the plat.
form and waved q stout walking stick as g
baton. The audience rose, and the doxology
was sung with all the fervor Of a camp meeting
assembly. Then a telegram was read showing
that Waite was having a triumphant reception
In Chicago. This brought forth tumultuous
applause, in the midst of which an old man with
weak eyes and a long white beard lesped upon
the stage and wildly brandlshed his arms.
God bless Gov. waitel" he howled, and the
cheers were renewed.
This Is but one OF many curious incidents that
have been witnessed In this most remarkable
campaign in Colorado. The name Of Waite is
always a signal for yells. The Populist cam
paigners know this so well that whenever they
zee their auditors becoming restless they always
drift around TO the old Governor. Instantly the
"Yipl yipV" is heard, and a peculiar howl, which
is known as the Waite yell" Is given by tho
enthusiasts In the audience. IL Is one Of the un-
solved problems Of Populism why this is so.
There are among the campaign speakers for the
Popullsts several who are opposed to waito's
administration who think Waite is an unsafe
man, a weak man, an erratic man, and they
have not made any particular defence OF his
Administration but when they refer TO the un-
wise and indiscreet methods adopted in the past
by the Republicans In opposing Waite, and
thereby happen to mention the name Of the
Governor, the Waite howl invariably arises.
Early in October when Charles &. Thomas, the
Democratic candidate for Governor, opened his
campaign with a magnificent address In Coli
scum Hall, he encountered this peculiar method
of Populistic demonstration and 1t disconnected
IE-, H. lAl 49,. ..-.I.aln. Ia Daa,,hlI,a,
party, and he said:
Now II you think that ] have called the
entire roll OF evils borne by tho people of
this state by reason Of the Republican rule, you
are mistaken; but wait"
At this moment an ardent Populist who had
not been paying much attention heard the
word walt" whereupon he opened his throat
and sent forth a tremendous Waite yell. The
result was amusing. Every Popullst In the
audience took up tho cry, greatly TO the dlscom-
future Of Mr.. Thomas.
waite's personal canvass this autumn has
been one Of the curious features OF the cam
Though more than seventy years OF age,
he has travelled about the State In railroad
trains, in stages, in open carriages. and on horse
back through the mountain and valley settle
ments, speaking often several times a day. He
rode eighteen miles one day in nm open spring
" oEuh oltcI huNlHg tTdNtileu u " ~ hiknb
In a narrow gauge car. and spoke for two hours
In a small. densely packed. and badly ventilated
hall. Immediately after finishing his speech he
by the same conveyance TO the
to keep another appointment with
loss OF time. He did not even rest on
sunday. No mountain trail was too steep, no
accommodations too rough. no weather too Sc
we're to deter hin from keeping all his
engagements. He went everywhere. and
wherever he went he met the Waite howl. He
vas carried upon the shoulders of brawny
miners in Cripple Creek, his carriage was
hauled by miners through the streets Of Aspen,
women focked about him at the small hotels Of
mining camps, receptions were given In his
and business was suspended while he
vas in town. 1t is certain that curiosity has
more people to his meetings than q
Iesire to endorse his administration.
Ex-senator Tom Bowen has also made an In
eresting campaign. When he first started out
,e adopted a policy OF friendly confidence with
Ne tyoT people r d ShGss votes ,S. R he u sSSIqsht, He made no
10 is running. on the Republican ticket. He
avored. he said, the issue of money until the
asking for only $50 per capita, Bowen's
afforded Gov. Waite an opportunity
"Now, We ali know Tom Bowen" he said in
ne Of his speeches. He never saw nifty
oliars in his life but what he wanted to go ten
lay Poker was AWAY iHs'y :" hugely @SEe %enjdpY rSPe"'''y 10
Bowen made D short tour with Senator VOL
~ companion. Their logic did not agree. VOL
OFT, whose bearing and profession as n railroad
tt1rney do not fit him for a popular campsigner,
inning camps as in the large towns. Down at
"a Jnnta one night he spoke and failed to arouse
make amends by following in a speech which
e started by frankly telling. the audience that
Z did not believe that wolcOtt had told the
lie had To disagree with the speaker. he
Aid. and then he riddled the Senators speech In
etail, TO Wolco,t's establishment and to the de-
Judge McIntire. the Republican candidate for
overnor. had "A very uncomfortable time upon
been urged TO go into the very heart OF the
opulist districts, where the miners We're sup
uded cams IL was nccessarv 70 Ia hhorHss g
eep trails at an altitude of more than
900 feet, and often, the journey, was per-
places the trails were So steep that the party
nd to dismount and stumble afoot over the
ate bordering upon exhaustion, the candidate
AL % speak In a small ROOM. His ~exertiOn in
,erg IN 2 hn Tarlasd It%osph S resulted IN
resume his journey in the chill air.
hen he reached Rico he was exhausted and
u speak the rumOr was romptl set afnat
the popnlists that lie was too drunk TO talk.
ld went to the hall where other members OF
IS PARTY were talking. He took the platform
III spoke Tor "a hhII hOur IN the most earnest
ld vigorous manner. As he LEFT the hall he
inted and did not recover consciousness for
yeral hours.
The women cRmpaigners have been greeted
lth the utmost courtesy. The men have
upon the appearance of women as stump
as u novelty 20 be tolerated and they
we listened Ia scathing denunciatiOns with
Q greatest complacency, seldom interrupting
EN- as they have done to the politicians OF the
her sex. The only woman whose utter
have riled the people Is PhHbe Cozzens,
lO, not understanding the Western ways of
&, has failed to get In touch with the frank,
mpaniOnable. and charitable Westerner. Her
eeches have not done the P0pulist cause much
cd, but IN no way has she been disturbed or
nnyCd. Women have spoken In small halls,
mining camps. before audiences composed en-
of men, and they have received the most
urteOus treatment.
An exception To the rule was the experience
Mrs. Alma LatfOFtY at NevRdayille. a cluster
mining cabins In "A gulch above Central City.
Ie had been sent through Gilpin and Clear
counties 10 organize wOmen's clubs and
ereby strengthen the Republican party, and,
a favorable opportunity. she concluded I
hold = public meeting. When she appeared .
the platform and began o. RttEck the Pop I
the men began to hiss and hOOt. She I
used for an instant, and then said that until I
At moment she had always asserted that No .
ISIS OF men were more courteous 10 women ]
an miners, but now she had discovered she !