The Meeker herald., 1894-10-13

HE II ERALD E6CelVeu lne lOHOWlnp
communication the other day and cheer
fully accords it space in our columns
WHITE RIVER, Colo, Oct. 2, 1891.
| To the Editor Herald, MeclSer, Colo
| DEAR SIR:-ln your issue of September I'D,
you refer to my being chairman of the Demo
cratic county convention as IL / had been out
of the Democratic party for the past two
years "browsing In Pop,iIistic pastures during
thnt time.
| beg that you will correct the statement and
| lot my many friends throughout tho county
know that was IL Democrat before the editor
OF the Herald was born; Democrat while
said editor did not know what his politics was.
and expect to remain better Democrat since
the aforesaid editor has got over on tho right
side of the fence and shown himself to be
| good honest Republican.
If the Democratic party in Rio Banco county
could be purgcd Of few more, who arc Demo
crats for revenue only, tho Populist party
might live only as memory. They would all
| be Democrats as Populism is the offspring of
| Republican misrule.
If my "many friends throught the county"
| should Ike to know why voted the Popuist
ticket in 'D2 yousive them the information that
all good Democrats in Colorado supported II to
turn down tepublicnnism. If they should
inquire why voted 1t in '03, you may sny /
was like one "between the devil and the deep
sea- with the mongrcl Dcmo-pubiicnu on the
one side md the strnightout Populist on the
other. greatly preferred the deep sea, hnd
tried tho devil long enough
You may also inform them thut should vote
1t in "a did we not have II good, clean cut,
straight out Democratic ticket to vote. A
ticket that can call ours and feel proud of
| tI,ft,f u, . uI,, ,,.,tu
C. W. FouEMAS.
Following Is the item Mr.. Foreman
takes exceptions to:
After two ycnrs browsing In Populistic
4 pastures, the many friends of &, W. Foref,l IN
throughout the county, viii be glad to sec him
bnck again In tho Democratic ranks. Mr.
Foreman chairman of the Democratic
county con7cntion lust Saturduy.
Seems to us that it would take quite n
stretch OF the imagination TO twist the
above item into anything other than
what it really is and was intended TO be,
namely, an item of current news, but
Mr.. Foremen has construed it into a
reflection on his Democracy; hence, he
Is given the same privilege we give to
everybody who may think they have q
grievance against THE HERALD-the
use of our columns FOR "yindication'
purposes.
But since Mr.. Foreman has seen lit to
rush into print to ward off an imaginary
attack on his spotless ~ Democracy let
us turn on the light for u moment and
examine the brand and car ar.marks: In
the fall Of '0l Mr.. Foreman presented
, himself TO the Democrats Of the county
for denomination FOR the Office OF sup.
erptcndent of schools; he went into the
convention (which was the largest ever
held by the party in the county as n
Democrat and was badly beaten; he
then went ont of the convention and
declared he was done with DemOcraCy;
organized the lrst Peoples party move.
ment in the county and ran IN its candi.
date for superintendent Of schools. But
it Is not necessary to repeat so much
, that is well known to our readers.
, But to como to '02 and 1913, Mr., Fore
man again "kDifed'' the Democratic
| nominees on the county ticket because
they were endorsed by the Republicans,
or, as he puts it, "the devil and the deep
sea, standing over him in the attitude
, Of guardian angels, prevented him from
committing the political crime of voting
, for Democrats endorsed by Republicans.
However, his holy horror Of "cnd0rBe.
meDts" did not prevent him from com.
, ing up to the recent Democratic county
convention and asking that body TO en-.
dorse Judge Rucker, Populist nominee
for district judge, and this in the face
of the fact that Judge Rucker had but a
short time before reDounced and de-
nounccd the Democratic party from u
public platform in Aspen. In this lat
! ter case "the devil and the deep sea-
must have dBcrectly kept out of tho
way. Comment is superlluous.
In conclusion we will state that if
during the nine Years past, in which we
have edited The HERALD, we had paid
half as much attention TO revenue NJ
wc did to helping alleged friendB, the
little bit of property we have worked SO
hard TO accumulate would not now be
covered with notes and mortgages.