The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-01
COLORADO'S QUEER BATTLE
The Political Struggle in Mates Bail
iwick Unique in Every Respect.
THE WOMEN ARE POLITICIANS
They Make Rat,lins stump speakers, Are
Alert in Organization and Have In.
troduced n New Era in
Western Politics.
BY the United Press.

BY the United Press.
Denver, Oct. 81.
Colorado has had campaign Of sur
prises. The reelection Of Governor
Waite would be the most sensational
surprise of all. The Popullsts are as
enthusiastic at the close Of the cam
paign as they were at the outset. They
are fanatical in their assertions that
they have carried not only the state,
but the entire west. They even now
talk of Waite for president, and declare
that he cannot be beaten.
Tom Patterson, the former dictator
Of the Democratic party, is another of
the campaign surprises. At the outset
of this campaign he was intolerant in
his enmity to Waite. Now he is stump
ing the state in the interest of the
ticket and speaking words of praise
for Waite. 1t is claimed that he does
this IN the hope that with majority
of combined Democratic and Populist
votes in the Legislature he will be elect
ed United States senator to succeed
Wolcott.
The Women Voters Arc Active.
nous registration made of the woman
vote. In Denver the woman vote out
numbers that Of the men and on cleo
tion day the women will all go to the
polls. What the outcome will be no
one can safely predict.
Another surprise in this campaign is
the interest shown in public meetings.
Two years ago in the great silver cam
paign Republican speakers in many
places were almost mobbed when they
attempted to talk. They We're reviled,
insulted, interrupted and disturbed: !:
this year they are given respectful
hearing. The Republican party in this
state never sent out 50 many takers
Senators Wolcott and Teller have been
compelled to travel throughout the en-
tire state, speaking often twice day to
audiences which never before had the
pleasure of listening to them. Teller
and Wolcott have made the campaign
upon the local issue that Colorado must
be redeemed from Populist misrule and
anarchy.
Governor Waite has made a remark
able canvass. He has travelled from
the first day of his nomination, making
! long speeches, often several in a day.
and never hesitating to travel at night
to save time. Everywhere the Popu-
lists have received him with the honor
OF hero returning from war. He has
been carried on the shoulders of miners.
he has been drawn In carriages by
howling men and his addresses have
been cheered to the echo Curiosity
has drawn many to hear him, but no
candidate ever had more enthusiastic
supporters.
Women the Best Orators.
a surprising feature of the Populist
campaign Is the fact that the hest
| orators have been women. The Repub.
lican party has developed no stumr
| speakers among the women, but it has
found in them the most active and per.
sistent workers. They have made poIi.
! tics social fad, and in Denver ali the
! society leaders of Capitol Hill have
been active in campaign work. They
have formed campaign clubs in every
precinct; they have organized great
mass meetings where society turned
out in full array; they have held in
Vulnerable afternoon receptions where
candidates and clever speakers haY,
told of the evils of Populism and hay,
applauded the virtues of the grand ole
party; they have visited from house tr
house to solicit support for the part,
and for the purpose of interestint
the women in political affairs: and the,
have through a county organization
made the most thorough canvass of tn,
city ever known. This the women hay,
done with the aid of q single cent O
campaign money. Equal suffrage il
Colorado has demonstrated one thing
The candidates as u general rule hav,
been men of better class than tn,
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