Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-10-29

He Has Something TO Say About tho
Denver Election and Wo-
men In Politics.
Special Correspondence Of the Optic.

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Denver Election and Wo-
men in Politics.
Special Correspondence Of the Optic.
DENVER, t.OiU October 10Th, 1877.
Denver has thirty-slx kinds OF
politics, which the county clerk has
sinlmered down to twenty-five tickets.
All OF these have TO be on record
before they can be voted, and every
man running for Office has 70 have his
name on Inc great Official blanket
ticket which the county prints for the
voter.
This information is all %oficial, and a
matter Of public knowledge, yet tho
fact seems to be, from reading tho
daily papers, that there are really but
two or three tickets, Of which The
.'gang" is the principle and against
The field. Three Of the dulles support
one ticket, and tho field is left Tor the
other. We have four OF the ''greates
dailies between Chicago and the Paci-
flo coast, :" as you know, and the out.
side would suppose from reading them,
that we were In the ihroes Of = great
political struggle. With the politician
It may be SO. With the people It is
not, except among the ladies', who are
trying TO purify politics.
One of these great dallies admits to
It's columns a correspondent, one who
says, 10 view OF the great agitation
which he takes to be going Oh, evil
denced by the many different kinds OF
tickets and politics, ss reported in The
above named heaspaper-that "the
people are thinking" or course
this correspondent is a "reformer,"
and 1t IS such thinking as he is doug
which gives the "gapg,N of which he
is so greatly in fear, a cnanc to get
its work In.
There is no doubt but prohibition,
popuiism, purity in politics, silver
Reconsideration, etc., all of which are
strong elements Of political power IN
Denver, in strength, as In the order
named, beginning at the later, have
their origin among honest-thiDking
people, yet when drawn into partisan
pohtics, are apt to take the place OF
the farce in the play.
IL can hardly be said that Denver is
the most corrupt city on the continent.
1t is, Of course, true, tIat its govern.
ment costs 90 much, yet that money
10 used to corrupt politics TO a greater
extent than in other cities, cannot be
said. In no other city OF its size, IS as
little used. The average "boss," as
be is vulgarIy termed In other cities,
would give you the icy glare, il you
should approach him for money, to
even pay The '.worker"-much less TO
buy the influence of some ~"leader."
The said ..boss'' depends for his
strength upon people who "thiuk."
IL is not an unusual thing in this
country of ours that The Important off
ces ore filed by the people, at the bal
lot o without the help OF the press.
The mayor of Chicago was elected il
this way. He may be no better than
others who have had the support OF
the leading papers. Colorado elected
a governor without any support, that
was supposed to make and unmake
dynnsties, yet, in the last election, his
voting supporters could be placed in
almost aDybody's back yard without
any crowding.
This, in my mind, shows two things:
That the Influence Of The press, il
these latter days, is not as great as
claimed, and it is hard to estimate the
influence of the politician, when he gets
down to business. Buying votes Is toe
coarse, yet the "machine" still has
wonderful power, is only beaten by the
amount and kind Of "reform" infu.
eDce it attempts TO carry, or use as d
motive power.
The latter is, Of course, the safer, |
and is q sure winner, when properly
harnessed, which the lutter.day pon
tician knows how to do, and as well
knows not to hitch up s.broncos," OF
which he has learned to be q sooo
Purity in politics catches the women,
who do so love politics. Intimate Lha
he is disloyal to silver, and the avt r.
age Colorado voter takes pleasure III
resenling no greater insult. Buy himP
Nit! Yet the politician gets there jus,
the III
Money as a direct influence is pass
ing from politics, but the love of power
and the ability to control people who
have money and power, is the thing.
OF course, w must have our living (P),
and the gentlemen who have the mune,
and the power treat royalty and Loyalty
those who "work" for them; that is,
those who .~sthink." II is true tha
muscle, and what may be termed man.
ual work, is getting the worst of 1t
But any great thinker will tell you
mind is greater than matter, and
it takes q high grade of matter to gel
top. nowadays. The moral of all
this will come again. MASCOT.
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