The Meeker herald., 1898-08-27
Helping Bell Out.

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G. Bell is very tiresome." 1t says that
everybody including Wheeler, knows
that territorial expansion is not a party
question, and initiates that The Times
is an admirer of Wolcott. 1t says that |
there are "a few silly imltators of The
Times, but their joint efforts will de-
ceivc nobody" The Times has started
out to make Mr.. Bell quite weary before
bis campaign for reelection is over
Wheeler aud everybody else may know |
rlat'territorial expansion is not a party !
issue, they know also that Bell is against |
territorial expansion and do not want |
such a man from this district voting
against such measures in congress. We
are not particularly stuck on Wolcott,
but we claim to be a fair fighter and
will not stand around and hear any
other man whom the people of Colorado
elect to office without calling the liars
down. Our answer to the command to
Follow Teller is that Teller followed
us out of the Republican party. but he
was four years behind us and not until
lie had some strong assurances that he
would be nominated by the Democrats
at Chicago for president. We are not
going to lead him into the Democratic
party, nor follow him there. Our work
and record for silver has been as hard
and is as good in its way as his. The
Times was about the first paper in the
state to begin the strong advocacy of
silver. It's editor was sent by the
people as delegate to Washington to
help organize the National Bimetallic
League, and was chairman of the com
mittee on resolutions. He went from
there to the national Republican con
vention in Minneapolis and is yet one
of the most independent fighters for
silver in the state and will continue So
| Bell is a free trader, vet the stockmen
want to be protected against the free
| importation of hides aud wool from
South America. The miners are de-
sisous of getting living price for lead
without competition from foreign
countries. The editor OF the Times in
troduced the state senate concurrent
resolution that instructed Bell to vote
for the tariff on lead, and we hope he
obeyed the order sent him in the form
Of a prayer.
Lead was then 50 and fraction, now
it sells for So 80 per hundred. Bel. can |
act without the Fopuist caucus says so
The miners have wanted fight made
to secure the great mining industry a
cabinet officer, but Bells feet are too
clumsy for him to move in the matter.
He got assessment work suspended on
unpatented mines and the labor organ
izations kicked because he had cut off
their chance for employment. lie has
been boosted by The Times and its
editor for office three times. What has
been accomplished? Very little. He
has drawn OF will have drawn by March
4th $50, 600 salary and several thousand
>, lIa~ in nd hos Maid tIp
subscription price of half adozen papers
published in his district to keep in
touch with the wants and desires of his
constituents. He is a mossback and
lives away back in the time of Washing
ton, who advised against foreign en-
tangling alliances, but gave up his life,
not as Lincoln for his country and ex-
pausion, but from causes resulting from
an entangling alliance of concupiscent
nature. The people of the Second dis
trict are beginning to realize that they
have had enough of Bell, if they can
find man who will get in touch with
them and let congress know that there
are four men in the delegation from
great Colorado and that she has other
resources than slver.-Aspen Times.
We have in this country load or two
of Spanish prisoners whom Germany