The Lamar register., 1900-09-26

NhiiOuo
of the various parties to the fusion
deal are now over, and the result is
something that everybody except Gov
ernOr Thomas seems to be ashamed of.
The county ticket nominated here by
the fusion parties has already, by
common consent, been dubbed the
yellow dog ticket"-in reference to
the old aph0rism that Democrat votes
his party ticket even when yellow
dog is one of the nominees. The tick
ct Is 30 bad that even the Post openly
bolts on the ground that no respectable
citizen OF Denver can endorse such
nominations as have been made.
The worst part of 1t is the nOmina-
tiOns for the district bench; and Il
great many good citizens who usually
take little interest in politics are SO
scandaliZed by the character OF the
Democratic judicial nominations that
they will work hard to defeat 1t, and
this work will count of course against
the whole Democratic ticket. Repub-
licans can safely ask of all independ-
ent citizens that care little for parti-
san politics, to compare the personnel
OF the two county tickets, and vote as
their cOnsciences dictate.
Arapahoe county, If not safely Re
publican, is far on the way to become
so. With full registration, II. free
vote and an honest count, there is now
little doubt that the Republican ticket
will carry the county. The danger of
not having IL free vote and an honest
count is thoroughly recognized by the
Republican managers. The way In
which the vicious and criminal elc-
ment of the city were rounded up by
the police ut the recent Democratic pri-
maries, has made it clear that all the
city officials of the various boards con-
trolled by Governor Thomas will do
whatever is possible to carry the cleo
ton by vicious and fraudulent means.
To meet this danger committee Of
safety has been organized under the
leadership of eX-Mayor 4. s. McMur-
ray, huu VI SIeut SouiuSe uhu Ia
ecutive ability. Members of this CON-
mittee will be present ut all the poll
ing places, and will see to 1t that all
honest voters get an opportunity to
cast their ballots, and that repeaters
are not allowed, nor fraudulent votes
permitted to be cast.
The great meeting held last week in
Coliseum hail. at which Senator Lodge
was the principal speaker, will be fol-
lowed tomorrow night by series of
meetings, at which Governor Roosevelt
will be the main attraction. He will
speak at the Broadway, at Coliseum
hall and at an open. air meeting dur
ing the evening. So many thousands
were turned away who wished to hear
Senator Lodge but could not get into
the hall that 1t is thought that three
meetings at least will be necessary to
accommodate those who wish to hear
the vice-prcsdential candidate.
There are some who, looking at the
tremendous majority for Bryan four
years ago, say that 1t is impossible
that such II vote can be overcome in
such short time. An examination of
the figures shows that it is entirely pos
sible, If not probable, without taking
into consideration the expansion en-
thusiasm, that COlorado's vote will
show majority for the Republican
nominees. Four years ago the state
gave 161,153 votes for Bryan.
and 26,271 votes for McKinley-a fu-
sion plurality of 1874 ,sS2; in 1893 there
were cast for the Republican candi-
date for governor 51,O51 votes and for
the fusion candidate 93,072 votes-a fu-
sion plurality of 1921. The percent
age of Republican increase from 1896
to 1893 was 94 3-10 per cent; Il fur
ther increase of AZ 1-1O per cent in
the Republican vote over that of 1893
would give the Republicans a majori-
ty in the state. Furthermore, between
1896 and 1898 the fusion votes showed
a loss of Al 7-10 per cent, a loss of
only n little more than one-half as
many from 1898 to 1900 would lose the
state to the fusionists.
OF course calculations based on per-