The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-05-15


quickly dispatched and the convention
adjourned ut 3 o'clock.
The delegates chosen We're: Edward
O. Wolcott. Arapahoe county; Winfield
s Stratton, Ell Paso County; David III.
Moffat, Arapahoe county; David X. Q.
Brown. Pitkin county.
Alternates Il. + Churchill, Weld
county; Earl L. Coe. Arapahoe county;
Crawford Hill, Arapahoe county; Z.
w. Ritter. San Juan county.
Charles Hartzell of Arapahoe county
was the permanent chairman.
The platform endorses President Nc
Ninlcy's denomination and approves
the course of the administration in re
gard to Cuba. Puerto Rico and the
! Philippines. Regulation of trusts is ia
/ yored. 1t says further: We regard
/ the continuance OF the Republican
party in power as essential for still fur
ther public service and public benefit.
| The present administration has dispell-
! cd the long business depression, re
stored the protection of American la
! bur and industry, brought TO agricul-
ture an improved condition, made our
national currency larger in volume and
sure in value. and lifted our national
credit 20 the highest plane
| Senator Wolcott was chosen tempo
rary chairman and delivered a ringing
address, which was received with the
utmost enthusiasm by the delegates.
He spoke as follows;
Mr.. Chairman, Delegates of the CON
ycntion, Ladies and Gentlemen;-l
ought. perhaps, not 10 be here. for my
i public duties in your behalf should re
/ quire my presence in Washington; but
| cannot and could not resist the temp
intion of coming here, If only for n
day. to look into the faces of friends
! from all over the state who Were sure
To come 90 this convention, and to par
/ ticipate wifi you in n convention un-
I i-alnr-snch- changed and nuspicious cir
cumstances, and to JON s.ith YOU in
CONGRATULATIONS that Colorado has
again. and for all time, determined TO
place herself in the line of Republican
ism. Great applauseJ And / am
here, too. fellow citizens. because l
wanted, as one friend, and one Repub-
lican TO another to say to you what l
have said in all the letters have writ
ten the last few months: that in my
f, opinion there is but one test of Rcpub-
llcanism in Colorado, ana that Is Il de-
sire now and henceforth, for the tri-
/ umph of Republican principles. TAP
| plauseD 1t is n question of to-day. and
all of the to-morrows and MI the yes
terdays are relegated to the rear and
! buried in oblivion.
"a wave swept over this state four
years ago that took from their moor
ings many of the best and truest men
| who have ever lived i'll our state. We
all sought what we believed to be for
the best welfare of the commonwealth.
Time ana experience have brought us
together again never to be separated.
| tApplause) Our boys in the Philip
| pines ana prosperity At home have done
what Organism can never again undo
| they forged the links of an indivisable
Republican party in Colorado. TAP
| plausel
There are no bosses here; there shall
/ be no peg to hang n grievance on in
the Republican party henceforth IL |
can help it tnpplause) and Mr.. Chair
man, as | believe we have n hundred
thousand Republicans this fall in Col
orndo. each five of them equally with
| every other five. constitute II high five
tapplausel: and l will say, fellow cit
izcns. MS | said yesterday, that the Re
| publican county committee of Arapa-
hoe county intend TO suspend and for
ever repeal the clause unanimously
adopted, requiring a two years voting
with the party to constitute eligibility
/! for voting at the primary elections.
We date, my friends, our Republi-
canism in Colorado, as n future Repub-
! licanism, and we lay the foundations
of the new Republican party on this
May morning of Colorado's sunshine.
in the year of grace 1900.
| Fellow citizens. ! desire to voice
| what | know viii be the unanimous
| feeling of this convention. when | ex-
| press on your behalf, our deep and gen-
une sympathy with that distinguished
ex-senator from Colorado, Nathaniel
| j. Hill, who is now suffering seri-
Gus illness. CApplause) He represent
ed our state as n member of the tepub-
lican party for six years. He rendered
| it distinguished and able and patriotic
service When he retired into private
| life he differed with many of us and
| he differed with many of our party ON
| many questions. 1t might be that he
would yet. if he recovered; but he rem
| dered us brave service and whenever
| he differed with us. or found ground
| for criticism. he founded ii upon what
he believed to be sense of public du-
| ty; and | know you join me in hoping
that he may have Il speedy and sure
recovery. loud applauseJ
Mr.. Chairman and fellow citizens
| there has never been II time in the his
| tory of the Republican party when it
| met in convention, all over the country,
| with the same hope and enthusiasm, as
] II does to-day, ut the close of the first
half of Mckinlcys administration (ap-
| plauscl. We come before you openly
and confidently, the country prosper
ous and every pledge kept, and know
| Mr., Chairman. that there is but one i'm
| pulse that rises to our hearts to-day, at
| the very opening of this convention.
and that is. that the Republicans of
| Colorado, represented here by their del
egatcs. shall send to our beloved Pres
| idcnt message of atfectionate greet
ing and loyal support dong and CON