La Junta tribune., 1900-10-10
AN OPEN LETTER TO the STATE
or CUlORADO.

Ae8Ily 0st0NGQ 0kAk2.-4 uEkG
seems to he suspicion abroad that
you are going to DO something foolish
again next November, hence / wish to
remark that listened with great In
terest to your eloquent sons four pears
ago ~ they Travelled over the state de-
manding many desirable things. You
p0lled practically u unanimous vote
for the policies which you thought
would be the quickest to bring these
desirable things.
You demanded work for your jdls
sons.
You got II. You have had b seud
beyond your borders for coal miners
and railway laborers. You never had
20 many people employed n now.
You wanted your idle capital to b
employed.
You got it Not only yours. but out
side capital has come In abundance.
You wanted to see the army Of
tramps that infested the state muster
ed out.
They are gone.
You wanted your soup houses closed.
They are also gone.
You wanted TO get rid OF the receiv.
ers Of your railways and banks.
They, too. are, gone.
You wanted to see the smoke coming
from the stacks Of your smeiters, mills
and factories.
It came. Many have since been
kicking about the smoke nuisance.
You wanted the savings bank depoo.
its to increase.
You got II. Never 20 large In yeur
history M 1t present.
You wanted 20 zee interest rates de-
crease that your people could borrow
moro cheaply wherewtth to develop
your resources.
You got 1t. Interest has never bsen
20 low a. now.
Now. don't sQuirm. know you
wanted all these things, for / heard
your orators, both silver and gold, say
that you did.
You demanded more money. The cir.
cuiation must be increased per capita.
You got It 1t has Increased with
marvellous rapidity for four years.
You wanted silver at 10 to !.
You got It That II the legal ratio
now.
You demanded that ono dollar b
Just ~ good ~ another.
now, and you can get an the silver Or
paper 20 want at any ba7l
You demanded u wheat.
You got II. didn't your
You demanded the markets Of the
world for your surplus producs and
goods
most daxxled you. Most rapid and
wonderful growth in foreign trade In
our history. Balance OF trade In our
favor grew far beyond our fondest
dreams.
You wanted us to stop borrowing
money In Europe which drained the
| country Of money to pay interest
heard your governor say 20.
You got II. We stopped II. and Eu-
rope Ii now borrowing from NJ. and
| the interest money Is coming this way.
You wanted the government to col.
lect every leliar OF the Pacific railroad
debt, instend Of q PORTION. ~ Mr..
Cleveland proposed.
| You rot what you wanted. Mr.. Nc
Kin1ey made them pay every cent,
principal and interest
| You wantsii Cuba liberated.
1t was do4e.
You wanted theseights Of our people
| maintained at home and abroad
| 1t has been done.
| What you really wanted the worst
WINS what Mr.. Mckinley promised:
IAN HONEST DOLLAR AND A
| CHANCE TO EARN IT."
| You got both. Not from the Bryan
ties, but It was none the less accepta-
| BILE to the man behind the dinner buck
ct.
II you want more things Of this sort
/ you can get them from ths same
| source.
But here are some Of the things that
ron wanted that you did not get
You wanted each state to lawfully
i curb and Justly tax Its OWN trusts.
You dj1n't ret It. Your own Legfs-
i Iature IGNORED it And your govesnor
has lust shIed 4 brick, and ~ follow.
en- have just hurled rotten eggD ard
foul epithsts at The only goyefnor who
has had ths courage TO tackle ara suc-
csssfully tax the trusts within HI
stnte Roosevelt.
You wanted to see OO1gxess regulate
the trusts that the stnfes ccuia not
reach, You wanted the constitution
amended to give the ooveTnnent poWer
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