The Lamar register., 1898-09-21
SENATOR WOLCOTT TO
COLORADO REPUBLICANS.
In an Eloquent Address Before the State Consen-
tion He Defends the Course of the Admnstra-
tion-fie Gives Details OF Political History.

Below W. give III, text IN fuIl 81
senator r O. wsico,,'s sI-zch tsferc
the Republican state convention ~
Denver on the i5th;
My Chairman. I@ldies and tieniiemcn;
The state Of Colorado is 70 De COR
graduated thar this rear i can fur
nish ons state couventiou unfran-
nielis,i hy pledges. % promises. oy the
Necessity Of consulting any other or
sanlEation On earth We meet herc
devoted solely 70 the Weifare ~ cur
country. and II VII not lse Dece~rstry
for u to renialn in sessica tNrre loug
dayS 10 quarrel with other political Or
.aniEaIiunS over the spoi,s Of otsier
like hungry dogs over boue. We
shall send the message 10 The vast
mass Of good citizens AL over the
iaud that shere h one sssaVentiun IN
Colorado which rutS truth and priu-
ciJsi., as paranouuf. aad considers Fo
liticaI deeeucy a. SIM oue of the
factors u good ritIzenship. The dis
graceful and sor.ild spectacle whlt'h
was presented ~ Colorado Springs
last week should bring the iauSh -
shame 10 every decent cheek Fopu
lists who SgiIi Sfand arm and tvnc In
NAaEaF tltAtLlltal 10 NAlf +fa-ts=aA- 14.1NA
who want $50 worth Of paper fnaney
Immediately issued 10 every man,
WOMAN and child per capita In the
United States. who tsiieve IN The
government ownership % railroads.
suh-trsasuries for the storage ~ Sraiu-
and every other sxrlasiesL fatltd
thought which has died ont years ago.
Democrats who believe ia frssc trade.
and whose only policy i 10 attempt
60 olsSfruct aud destroy every honora-
bic effort Of the Kepaidieau parry. and
the huxfrrinE fragment 81 fl1.s nave
tneut thar was originally organised la
au earnest desire 60 better our iuau-
rial condifi0n-fiually got IN teti 10
scther-and thc Democrats got mu~t
Of tile cl0,hes and the result of Il q
conglnmerafc ticket which plrss sars
nobody except the men who are run
ming uT,on X
DEMOCRATIC INCONSISTENT.
Democrats IN that ooaveutiou who
two years ago were marching up and
down this state declaring that ne
inust eis-ct Adams hccauSc Il would
- rain to have a p0pHlist la ofilcr IN
Colorado. are how advocating the
election of n rotten los % them as
they could ever pot Upou a tleket
and they are The best u the Ticket.
But fortunately. fellow ciiizens for
their own Piece Of mind. they have
put at the head of their ticket a man
who has been 20 cflen defeated by
the votes OF Colorado f.eoplc that when
be i defeated again. as ks = sure 10
t..- neither BE- nor the people who
voted for him VIII care very much.
and between now and the tirn~ when
be Is 10 te defeated the hOnest voters
Of Colorado will have time to re;iezf
that never Ia the history Of the state
of Colorado have we had prosperity
sxcept under the Republican govern
menf. The situation Of that party
known n the Silver Republican party.
and the transactions at ColcrudQ
Springs last week deserve more than
. pa assinE notice. They ar. Important
a. typifyine the desperate and Illegal
methods 10 which people arr willing
TO resort 20 overthrow the clear viii
OF rhe majority; and they are Impor-
tauS also as showing that the price OF
fusion, the prlce OF a sacrifice OF every
conviction which they have heretofore
advocated. was couple OF Oftis-.s III
here at the state house That party
Mr. President. had if~ origin A. a pro
test against What seemed 10 ~ \
great threatened financial wrong. and
the hest people In this state many of
them, Joined for time that move
ment. and were euSulfesi In thar wave
which swept the state Of Colorado
two years ago. Some OF as then be
iieved. as we believe now. that the
true interests Of binetalIiSm rested
still in the Republican party. the only
party that has done anything in favor
Of silver. And gradually. fellow eiri.
zens. our friends who left us came
back to US. and. as mouth after month
passed. they have come more and
more frequently They listen no
longer to the pleas Of those IeremIahs
who travel around the state preaching
a gospel OF hate and bitterness. and
keeping the decent people and capital
out of this state both OF which we
need They wanted the time to come
when we could again stand together
as we have always stood. but fellow
citizens. when you find man who has
once been Republican. devoted 10
these splendid achievements and It's
traditions yUu can't make Demo
crat OF him with all the resolutions on
earth
ATTACK on FUSION.
Three-formths OF the people who two
years ago were Silver Republicans are
ReBuhlieauS to-day and NJ Iaar s.ent