The Elbert County tribune., 1898-10-13
The sIatchIc.s Wolco,s

N' WIN greater determination to serve
his ability
The NatchIess Wolcots.
DR.. Gregg then said that we sometimes
hear people say the United States senate
Is not what ~ used 10 be: that there were
no men nowadays like Webster Calhoun
and sumner; that thineA were different
now. But he was glad TO state that Colo
rndo had brought about n change In pe.i-
timent: that Colorado had sent a mza to
the senate whose eioquence was equal
TO that of his predecessors. He then in
roduced the principal speaker of the ey-
ening. Senator Edward o, woieott.
Mr.. Woicott spoke as follows:
Mr. Chairman. Ladies' and Gentlcmen:-
There are many hardshirs and few plea
nures In a busy and active and aggressive
campaign but there is always one pleasant
night 10 me. and that Is when / come to
this fair city OF Colorado Springs and
speak to you here who have always been
my friends in sunshine and In shadow.
IL Is u campaign we had spprehonded
would necessarily be won. not by oratory,
not by vitupcration. but by bare. cold
statement Of facts. wherein We should be
fair to the other side; aud 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. But
this campaign has opened as one of
vituperatioa and abuse on every hand
particularly among certain candidates
aided by the yellow Journals OF Colorado
You don't have yellow journals In Colo
rado Springs.-aii day. tAppiause.) You
nave your mornings TO yourself. ZAP
plause) We have II with us morning and
night. and there is no siander too vile
and no siander or libel for Them too great
to hurl against the Republican party and
its principles. They are safe In their mud
throwing. because OF the monopoly OF tho
press association. which keeps our great
party from being represented In the
metropolis by metropolitan Republican
journal but free speech is left us and ov-
cry two years we have an opportunity of
expressing to our constituents our diz-
gust and contempt OF such journals and
their methods. For myself. fellow citi-
zens. care less for their abuse than l do
for the wind that blows. / am proud to
remember that there II not a decent man
alive or dead in public life who hasn't
been the subject OF thair vile criticism
and their 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-thc fusionists-that conglomefate
ticket, there is not d decent man among
them who are now cpnsortlng with those
same journals. who have not been abused
By the same newspapers which now praise
them so highly.
ANU ifiloW tlliAtnF lOf myself 1 Mti-
come their attnck nt the outset OF this
campaign. for il indicates TO me that they
are already fearing the triumph OF Re-
publican principle.
They have become 70 abusive that no
one pays any attention 10 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, renom-
bering that he who touches pitch shall be
dened herewith. Al tho expiration OF ms
term in the senate shall hnvc served tho
| people of this state for II years. / have
been 10 years in the senate. and they have
been 10 happy years. I can realize nov
there are many things / have not done
wish ! could have done: but. follow clti-
zens. l am proud TO say tonight that
there Is not a single YOte that have ever
cast that | would cast differently II I wer,
TO cast It again. n'rolouged applause.
1 And when ! am through ] shall return 1,
Colorado to the practice OF an bonorabl,
profession. and spend the remainder o.
my days here battling for Republican
principles and to look all my friends II
the face as long as shall live and know
| that you will know that 1 have been trul
to my state and have been loyal TO th'
| party which intrusted me with Its com
| mission. and that 1 have never turned
| traitor or renegade. tApplause) Tn
term mckinley Republican" which 4
thrown at us this year. fellow citizens
has ceased to be term OF opprobrium.
shall never forget to my dying day th'
| convention that was held in this hall tw,
years ago. consecrated forever In m.
| memory. Good men and women from al
over the state OF Colorado met here undei
III.
proval and threats Of boycott and per.
sonal violence; and We stood up here and
declared our faith in the principles OF III,
| Republican party, and our platform. anc
our belief that those principles would vel
triumph. And now. fellow citizens, W.
| are witnesses TO the dawn OF that trl-
| umph. II is now no longer a term of op,
| the world goes down, and the sunshine
| follows the rain. nnd yesterdays insults
| and yesterdays frown can never como
| again.
| One of the presiding officers OF thu
Blood Republican convention held tho
other day spoke OF liars having no place
except In the Mckinley Republican con
vention. Oh, fellow citizens, all the mud
| and slime and eplthets that can be thrown
| at our beloved president only soil the
| man who throws the mud. prolonged
| applause.)
1t 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
| II a better man. man Of purity of faith
| and love, always actuated by a deep re-
| ligious conviction and bearing upon his
| shoulders the burdens and sorrows and
| aspirations OF the great American peo-
| ple 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 exempilIication Of ev-
erything good and noble. and the term
mckinley Republican is the noblest
badge OF honor we can wear. Fellow cifi-
zens. the conventions have all been held.
or we hope have been. and II is for us
now to consider as citizens their work.
convention that met the other day in
Denver ,and 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 tibes and obliquy. Good
delegates from this and Pueblo counties
marched up the streets from the depot
the band playing "a Hot Time in Old
Town Tonight and everybody was glad
TO welcome them.) tGreat applause.l We
met the people on that platform with n
plain open announcement on every public
question, national or International, We
adjourned hopeful, happy and contanted,
the eagle for Our emblem. and no party
now to claim Il from us. fGreat ap-
plause.) And as I have read in the last
few days OF the trouble the other partiea
have had with their emblems, / recoilect-