La Junta tribune., 1898-10-19

The MatchIcss wolcott-
DR.. Gregg then said that we sometime.
hear people say the United States senate
is not what u used TO be: that there were
+, no men nowadays like Webster. Calhoun
and Sumner: that things were diTeren;
now. But he was glad 10 state that Colo
| rado had brought about change In sen
timent. that Colorado had sent man 10
the senate whose eloauence was equal
TO that Of his predecessors. He then In
troduced the principal speaker OF the ev-
ening. Senator Edward o. wolcott-
Mr. woicott spoke az follows.
Mr.. Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen
There are many hardships and Few plea
surcs IN a busy and active nnd aggressive
campaign but there IN always one pleasant
night to me. and that IS when come 10
this fair city OF Colorado Springs and
speak to you here who have always been
my friends In sunshine and In shadow
II is campaign We had apprcheEded
would necessarily be won. not by oratory.
not by vituperation. but by bare, cold
statement of facts. wherein wc should be
falr to the other side: and In which the
voters would not need to heed the views
OF the press why they should cast their
votes with one party or the other. Blu,
THIS campaign has opened as one OF
Nitupcration and abuse on every hand.
particularly among certain candidates
aided by the yellow Journals of Colorado.
You don't have yellow journals In Colo
tado SprlnGs.-ali day tAppiausc-) You
nave your mornings to yourself CAP
plause.) We have II with US morning and
night. and there Is no siander too vile,
and no slander or libel for ihem too great
TO hurl against the Republican party and
It's principles. They are safe in their mud
throwing. because OF the monopoly OF the
press association, which keeps our great
party from being represented In the
metropolis hy n metropolitan Republican
tsNHN- -
cry two years we have an opportunity Of
expressing to our constituents our dis
gust and contempt of such journals ana
their methods. For myself. fellow olti-
zens, care less for their abuse than do
for the wind that blows. l am proud to
remember that there Is not decent man
alive or dead In public life who hasn't
been the subject OF their vile criticism
and tinir equally vile editorials: there is
not decent cause or a decent person who
has not been subjected TO their mud
throwing and the leaders of the other
party--the fusion!sts-that conglomerate
ticket. there is not u decent man among
them who are now consorting with these
same journals who have not been abused
by the same newspapers which now praise
them highly.
And fellow citizens. for myself well
come their attack at the outset of this
campaign, for II indicates 10 me that they
are already fearing the triumph Of Re
publican principle.
They have become abusive that no
one pays any attention to them. They are
absolutely without influence. Our party
unfortunately has no journal in Denver
to meet and contradict their lies. They
have cost the state of Colorado millions
OF dollars and for my part / invite and
prefer their abuse TO their support. And
fellow citizens, holding Shese views / dis
patch them from consideration. remem-
herring he who touches mitch shall be
defied Herewith. AT the expiration of my
term in the senate shall have served the
people of this state for IL years. l have
been 10 years in the senate, and they have
been 10 happy years. can realize now
there are many things j have not done
wish / could have done; but. fellow ctti-
zens, / am proud 10 say tonight that
there is not single vote that have ever
cast that would cast differently If l Were
to cast 1t again. prolonged appiauseJ
And when am through i shall return TO
Colorado to the practice of an honorable
profession, and spend the remainder of
my days here battling for Republican
principles and to look all my friends in
the face as long as shall live and know
that you will know that have been true
to my state and have been loyal to the
party which intrnsted me with its com :
mission, and that have never turned
traitor or renegade. tApplause.) The
term Mckinley Republican" which is
thrown at us this year. fellow citizens.
has ceased to be term Of opprobrium- i
shall never forget to my dying day the
convention that was held In this hall two
years ago, consecrated forever in my
memory. Good men and women from all
over the state of Colorado met here under
all the obliquy and ban of public disap-
proval and threats of boycott and per-
sonal violence: and we stood up here and
declared our faith in the principles OF the
RppnbItran platfprm. and
our belief that those principles would yet
triumph. And now. fellow citizens. We
are witnesses to the dawn of that tri-
umph. 1t Is now no longer term OF op-
probrium to US. The world goes up and
the world goes down, and the sunshine
follows the rain and yesterdays insults
and yesterdays frown can never come
again.
One of the presiding officers of the
Blood Republican convention held the
other day spoke of liars having no place
except in the Mckinley Republican con-
vention. oh. fellow citizens. all the mud
and slime and epithets that can be thrown
at our beloved president only soil the
man who throws the mud. prolonged
applause)
L; has been my privilege and duty dur
ing the last two years to see monthly
weekly and sometimes daily our president
of the United States. and no man ever en-
tered into his presence who did not leave
1t a better man. man Of purity of faith
and love. always actuated by deep re-
hgious conviction and bearing upon his
shoulders the burdens and sorrows and
aspirations of the great American peo-
pie; true to his trust and rising like Lin
coin to the emergencies OF his great office
and the greater duties imposed upon him,
he stands to US the exemplification OF ev-
erything good and noble. and the term
Mckinley Republican" is the noblest
badge OF honor we can wear. Fellow citi-
zens. the conventions have all been held,
or We hope have been. and it is for US
now to consider as citizens their work
their platforms and their promises. AT the
convention that met the other day In |
Denver land many OF you were there.
representatives from among the best peo-
ple-the men and women of Colorado were
there; two years ago they would have met
with jeers and jibes and obliquy. Coco
delegates from this and Pueblo counties
marched up the streets from the depot
the band playing "A Hot Time in ON
Town Tonight and everybody was siao
to welcome them.) Great applause) We
met the people on that platform win
plain open announcement on every pupmc
question. national or international we
adjourned hopeful. happy and contentea.
the eagle for our emblem. and no parls
now to Claim II from us. Great ap-
piause.) And AZ have read in the !ast
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