Cañon City record., 1898-10-13

the people faithfunJ ana to the best x
The Matehlens Woseetf.
DR.. Gregg then said chat we somefins1
hear people say the United States senate
V not What II used to -be; that there vexe
no men nowadays IKE Wsbsfer. Calhoun
And Summer: that thlngs were diHer<nt
nov. But he wax glsd to state that Colo
yndo hnd brought about change In SEM
timent: that Colorado bad sent a man to
the senate whose eloquence was equal
to that OF his predecessors- He then in
troduced the principal speaker OF the ev.
eninR. Senator Edward Q. Woicott-
Mr. Wolcoft spoke as follows:
Mr. Chairman, Ladies' and Gentlemen:-
There are many hardships and few plea
sureH In busy and active and aggressive
campaign ss:t there ss always one pleasant
night to me. and that Is when come to
this fair city OF Colorado Springs and
speak to you here who hive always been
my friends In sunshine and In shadow
II Is a campaign we had apprehended
Guild NECESSARILY be won. not by oratory.
not by vituperation, but by bare, cold
statement OF facts. wherein we should be
fair 10 the other side: and In which the
voters would not need 10 heed the views
OF the press why they should cast their
votes with one party or the other. But
this campaign has opened as one OF
yifuperatton and abuse on every hand.
particularly among certain candidates
aided by the yellow Journals OF Colorado
Your don't have yellow journals in Colo
rado springs.-ali day. tApriarse-) You
have your mornings to yourself fAp-
plause-) We have It with US morning and
night, and there IN no slander too vile,
and no slander or libel for them too great
TO huri against the Republican party and
its principles. They are safe in their mud
throwing. because of the monopoly Of the
press association. which keeps our great
I.-r~-- rts.A frr IrX
metropolis by metropolitan Republican
journal. but free speech is left US and ev-
cry two years we have an opportunity Of
expressing TO our constituents our dis
gust and contempt Of such journals and
their methods. For myself. fellow citi-
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 their equally vile editorials, there is
not a decent cause or a decent person who
has not been subjected to their mud
throwing and thu leaders Of the other
party-the fusionists-fhat congiornerate
ticket. there is mol a decent man among
them who are now consortins with these
same journals. who have not been abused
by the same newspapers which now praise
them so highly.
And. fellow citizens. for myself well
come their attack at the outset of this
campaign. for IL indicates TO me that they
are already fearing the triumph OF Re-
publican principle
They have become so 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 these views dis
patch them from consideration. remem-
boring that he who touches pitch shall be
dcfled Herewith Al the expiration OF my
term in the senate shall have served the
people Of this state for L years ! have
been 10 years In the senate. and they have
been 10 happy years can realize now
there are many things I have not done
wish could have done. but fellow cifi-
zenE. l am proud to say tonight that
there Is not a single vote that have ever
cast that I would cast differently II were
to cast IL again uProlonged applause3
And when am through 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 10 the
party which fntrusted me with its com
mission. and that l have never turned
traitor or renegade tAppiause-} The
term Mckinley Republican, which fs
thrown Mt us this year. fellow citizens,
has ceased to be q term Of cpprpbrsun-
shall Fever forget to my dying day the
convention that was held IN this hail tive
years ago. consecrated forever In my
memory Good men and women from all
over the etate OF Colorado met here under
ali the obIiouy and ban OF public disap-
provaI and threats of boycott and per
soral violence. and we stood up here and
declared our faith In the principles of the
Republican party and our platform. and
our belief that those principles would yet
triumph And now. fellow citizens. we
are witnesses TO the dawn OF that tri-
uniph IL Is now no longer a term Of OPP
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 tho presiding oficcrs OF the
Blood Republican convention held the
other day spoke of HAIRS having no plsce
except In the Mckinley Republican con-
vention. oh. fellow citizens. all the mud
and slime and epiticts that can be thrown
at our beloved president only soil the
man who throws the mud prolonged
applaese-p
IL has been my privilege and duty dur
Ing the last two years 10 SEQ monthly.
weekly and sometimes daily our president
OF the United States. and no man ever en-
tered INTO his presence who did aos leave
1t n better man. A man of purity. OF faith
and love. always nctuated by n deep rr-
ilgious conviction and bearing upon his
shoulders the burdens and sorro~s and
aspirations of the great American peo-
pie: true 10 his trust and rising like 1An-
coin TO the emergencies OF hts great office
ard the greater duties imposed upon him.
he stands to US the oxcmp,incation of cv-
erythinE good and noblc, and the term
mckinley Republican, Is the nobiest
badge 81 honor We can wear. Fellow eiti-
Gems. the conventions have all been held,
or VIC hope have been. and 1t Is for US
now TO consider as citizens their work.
their platforms and their prunises- At the
convention that met the other day In
Denver tand many OF you were there
representatives from among the best peo-
pitN-thc men and women OF Colorado were
there; two years ago they would have met
with icc-s aud Jbcs and obli1uy. Good
delegates from this and Pueblo counties
marched up the streets from the depot
the band playing "a Hot Time in OH
Town Tonight and everybody was glad
TO welcome themo tGreut appiauso.) We
met the people on that platform with a
plain open announcement on every public
question. national or International We