The daily sentinel., 1900-10-13

A MASTERFUL ADDRESS.
Governor Charles s. Thomas Makes Splendid Campaign Argu-
ment Producing Facts and Fgures--S.naor Edward
o. WoIcoH Scared In Unequvoca Language.

No more splendid audience has gather
cred in the Park opera house the pres
ent campaign, to listen to a speech than
was gathered there last night to hear
that most polished of Colorado orators,
Governor Charles 8. Thomas
Looking from the rear of the balcony
4 sea of heads was presented to view and
the major portion of those heads were
those of men. A fact that was appar.
ent at every other meeting heretofore
held the present campaign was that
women composed the larger part Of the
audience,
In an impassioned speech, the excel
lence Of which surprised even his friends.
Judge j. e. Ong introduced Governor
! Thomas
In taking his position on the platform
Governor Thomas noted the passing OF
time by saying that it was about two
years since he addressed Grand juno
tion audience and that it only seemed
month ago. "rhose two years have
been momentous once" said the govern
OF anu NJ Ouc Woulu uhSc luSuSht tudC
in this year 1900 would witness the peo-
pie struggling foi the maintainance of
those principles and conditions which
we thought we're settled by the immor-
tai Jefferson.
The governor congratulated the peo-
Pile OF the state that they had focused
their forces against a common enemy
The three reform organizations he hoped
eventually would all be reunited under
one banner.
The first thing the governor did in his
speech was to answer Senator Edward
o. Wolcott's charges that the admins
tration of the state during the past two
years was crimInally extravagant, as had
chief executive had been used in Great
| ing n machine which was to be used for
| his election to the senate Of the United
States. such scathing rebuke as was
given the juuior serntor's charges, back
cd by statistics and figures totally dis
proving every uttered charge by the
republicans. one seldom hears from the
public rostrum. 1t was done so easily
without passion and with such con-
vincing array OF. figures that there was
nothing left of the charges when the
erudite governor b,d tinished,
He gave abundant knowledge to his
splendid audience OF the increase Of the
expenditures OF the state, required by
maintaining it's institutions. Among
these were the stare school OF mines, the
University of Colorado. the Insane asy-
lum and various other state institutions,
He spoke of the saving to the state OF
large amount OF land, secured through
the watchfulness of the state land board
and disposed OF Wolcott's charges that
the land board, of which the governor is
the head had made large leases in the
North and Middle Park by saying no
leases whatever had been make and that
at no time had the board ever leased be-
yond $40 acres OF land to any individual
or corporation.
To counter the charges which WolcotJ
had been making about the warrants Of
the state being sold for fifty cents on the
dollar he quoted of the sale OF warrants
and that they had always brought par,
as Mr.. Wolcott we'll knew and that he
was a naliener OF the state the iniquity
OF whose position WAS greater than that
of a traitor to attempt to destroy the
states credit. To enllghten the audience
OF the character of love born by Mr..
Wolcott for the people he gave the his
tory of senate bill No. 159 in the ma
tional senate, which had been sidetrack-
cd until after election, whereby Wolcott
attempted to secure bill which would
allow large land owners to become own
ers OF tho entire land of Baca county,
whooe boundaries contained more land
than was contained in the state OF Mass
achusests. He charged this as a dia-
belical schemeof Wolcott to favor some
of his rich friends and take the land
away from tho people, as it WAS provid-
! ed that the land should be sold for cash,
which he know the small farmer could
not secure and after private appraise-
mont. And by the way Mr.. Wolcott
has not dared to touch upon this ques-
tion in any Of his public speeches.
He then turned his attention to the