The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-08-21
MORE EvENCE.
The Count Going to
Dest ction.
DENVER IN UPROAR-COUN-
GIL BET SIS THE PUBLIC.
Oaths, Pledges and the Recent At.
tempts at Lynching Forgotten
in the Recent Scramble
for Doodle.
THE CORRUPT RASCALS FLY
THE TOWN.
'(Chicago Times-Herald)

'(Chicago Times Herald.)
Denver Aug 13.-In the presence of
5000 indignant taxpayers, the Denver
board of aldermen defeated the Burpee
water ordinance late this afternoon. For
nearly two hours great crowd of people
had witnessed the spectacle of their sup
posed representatives playing shuttle
cock with the rights of the people. Pa
tiently they had endured the insolence of
the men they had elected to Office upon
a solemn pledge to readjust the water
rates.
Before the clerk had announced the re-
suit of the vote the crowd knew it and
broke into yells Of derision. The men
who had hidden for months, now without
pretext or excuse, openly, in broad day
light, in the presence Of their constitu-
ents, had violated the sacred pledge CIV
en- six months ago. Yells of "Boodlers,' -
Thieves - Traitors" filled the air. Men
pushed forward that they might be near
er the men who had betrayed them and
be heard by the traitorous eight above
the noise and clamor. There were shouts
for each of the individuals to stand up
and account for the action of the men
and women who had elected them. Both
sexes we're in dead earnest. 1t was as
respectable crowd as ever assembled in
Denver. There was talk of another or
dinance being prepared, but this was
throwing chaff in the eyes of the con-
sumers, and the mere mention seemed to
drive them crazy with rage for they re-
newed their cries for the aldermen to
come out and account to their constitu-
ents.
BETRAYED HIS CONSTITUENTS.
The proceedings were in the nature of
a gross farce. A report of the ordinance
was read as it came from the hands of
the water companys attorney, and when
the crowd called for the author the fact
that it eminated from the water COM
pany was admitted.
The turning point in the vote was dis
closed when it came to the turn of Aid
erman Emery to cast his vote. He form
erly was counted on for the water COM
pany, but after his constituents dragged
him from his place of retreat one night,
with three policemen to save him from
lynching, he yielded a promise not to
again vote for the water company side of
the rate question. He was aware that
the change of vote might cost him his
life, or cause him to flee from Denver for
the rest of his days, for he wavered when
called to express himself Quick prompt
ing came from the water company, and
then he allowed himself to go on record
Cc dyynd troif q anI11d ho 110y
be heard as he recorded his vote, but the
people who sat and stood around the
walls of the hall strained every nerve
and knew that he had betrayed them A
great roar went up and the crowd sway
ed in the direction of the railing that di-
vided it from the aldermen, but Ser
geant Tuttle and large force of men in
citizens clothes came to the rescue and
restored order.
1--WE will get him yet" was the cry that
rang in the ears of the faithless rep
resentative as he listened to the surging
of the masses and remembered how the
rope looked when three weeks ago he
was allowed to see it dangling in front
of his eyes with whole lot of determin-
ed men at the other end. He may have
recollected how his knees sank under
him at that ime and how he pleaded
with the people to let him live long
enough to redeem his pledge and oath
taken before the election.
POLICE CLEAR THE HALL
He was travelling in thes pleasant an
ticipations when the order was given to
clear the hall, and the police went to
work with will. The attendance was
too respectable to justify the use of
force, as there were too many women
voters, all of whom represented real es-
tate interests With a little wheedling
the police succeeded in getting the peo-
pie away from the floor The treacher-
Gus aldermen retained their seats until
the coast was clear and a strong array
of deputy sheriffs had been summoned
to take them to their homes.
Aldermen Ames and Sewell, two Re-
publicanS, representing the party that
had carried the election, and who had
remained true to their pledges, made
impassioned speeches against the water
company and every sentence was cheer
ed to the echo by the audience, which the
president threatened to exclude. Then
some one in the back part of the hall de-
fed the president to carry out his threat,
and the remark was withdrawn ON the
suggestion that a thousand people out
and that they would wipe the earth with
anyone who tried to exercise little
brief authority. This showed that the
citizens were in no mood for trifling,
and good care was taken that no further
incentive to riot was offered.
Alderman Ames recited the fact that
the company charged Is cents for each
pupil of the public schools, while Chi
cago made no charge, and there was no
reason for the tax on children when they
paid for water at home. He called at
tention to the ordinance which he said
would transfer to the pockets of the
water combine from $100, 900 to 5000, 900
a year, equal to the interest on two or
four millions of capital.
ALDERMEN LEAVE THE CITY.
He concluded eff the contract is no
good to us, throw it away, but deliver US
from ever making another with the Den
yer Union Water Company But what
will be the results? Why, when the polls
close on the next election day the good
people will have elected such ticket
that will come down to these chambers