Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-09-29
A COLORADO REPUBLICAN.
1.-The Optics" Correspondent UT
There is One, First, Last and
All the Time.

To the Editor of The Optic.
PUEBLO, Colorado, September 27th
1S96.-Some weeks since, petitions
were circulated, and signed, through
out the state, requesting Senator Wol
colt to resign his office as senator
These petitions are to be presented tt
the United States senate, at its mex
session, for action; and if the senate
refuses to recognize these petitions,
then they are to be presented to the
United States supreme court, in due
legal form, in order to determine the
question whether the people OF this
state must submit to an official elected
by them to represent their interests,
who deliberately and persistently ig-
nores the interests Of the people whom
he was chosen to represent in the halls
of congress. Senator Wolcott, how
ever, does not seem to lose any sleep
over the matter but takes things Sc
renely.
The Mckinley aud Hobart club OF
this city now numbers 1900, and new
names are being added daily to the
lists, which looks very much as il Nc
Kinley has a fighting chance of carry
ing the city in the November elections.
The attempt Of the silver republi-
cans, democrats, populists and free sill
ver men of this city to effect q fusion
has thus far failed. THERE'S, however,
a feeling that a fusion will be accom-
plished in the near future. But why
this frantic effort at fusion, if the CLAIM
that Bryan will carry Colorado by 100,-
700 majority is trueP
The Philadelphia Item sagely re-
marks: sit is not right that 20, 900, 900
of people should be dictated to by
8 000, 000." AS Mr.. Bryan seems to be
posing as the chief dictator of this
5 1000, 900 minority, be will please paste
this item in his hat for handy reference
during his electioneering trip.
The great Bessemer steel works, SIT
uated in south Pueblo, which have been
shut down in several of It's departments
for some weeks, resumed work in all
of it's departments on Monday. AS a
result, a large number of men who
have been Jul of work for weeks, are
nov busy as bees.
Simon Guggenheim, OF Denver, who
was nominated for the Office of lieuten-
ant governor or the silver ticket, has
Withdrawn his name from the ticket for
the reason that he is under thirty years
of age, and hence could not legally
hold the office, If elected. His retire.
ment is much regretted by his hosts of
friends all over the state. Simon will
be Of legal age to hold this Office when
the next state election occurs, and, no
doubt, his friends will see to it that he
will get 1T.
At the republican headquarters In
this city. bets are posted which aggre-
gate 10000. Any Bryan man with
the money to cover the bets and the
nerve to accept them, can make a
handsome addition to his bank account
the election goes to Bryan.
One thousand dollars is staked on each
Of the following states: Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa and New Jersey going republican
80, 900 that Mckinley will be elected,
and the remaining $4,000 that Mary.
land, Kentucky West Virgins and New
York will go republican. Here's a
good chance for the Bryan folks who
claim that Bryan will sweep the coun-
try, to make a snug fortune, but as yet
there are no takers Ct either of these
lots.
Otto F. Thum, president of the state