La Junta tribune., 1900-09-29

OF the various parties to the fusion
deal are now over, and the result IN
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 nphorism that n Democrat votes
his party ticket even when yellow
dog Is one Of the nominees. The tick
ct Is 80 bad tina; 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 II is the nomina-
tions for the district bench; and
| great many good citizens who usually
take little interest In politics are 30
scandalized by the character OF the
Democratic judicial nominations that
they will work hard to defeat 1t, and
| this work VIII count OF course against
| the whole Democratic ticket. Repub-
| licans can safely ask Of all lndepend-
cnt citizens that care little for parti-
san politics, TO compare the personnel
| Of the two county tickets, and vote as
| their conscienccs dictate
Arapahoe county. II not safely Re
| publican, is far on the way TO become
30. With n full registration. free
| vote and nm honest count. there Is now
| little doubt that the Republican ticket
will carry the county. The danger OF
not having free vote and an honest
Republican managers. The way In
which the vicious and criminal ele-
nent OF the city were rounded up by
the police nj the recent Democratic pri-
maries, has made /, 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 aud fraudulent means.
10 meet this danger committee OF
safety has been organized under the
leadership OF ex-Mayor +. s. McMur-
ray, IA man OF great courage and ex-
ecutive ability. Members OF this CON-
mittec will be present at all the poll
Ing places. and Will see to II that all
honest voters get an opportunity to
cas-; their ballots, and that repcaters
are not allowed, nor fraudulent votes
permitted to be east.
The great meeting held last week I'm
Coliseum hall, mt which Senator Lodge
was the principal speaker. Will be fol-
lowed tomorrow night by u series OF
meetings, mt which Governor Roosevelt
will be the main attraction. He Will
speak ut the Broadway, mt Coliseum
hail and mt 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 though, that three
meetings at least VIII be necessary to
accommodate those who wish to hear
the yice-presidential candidate.
Governor Roosevelts tour OF the
state cannot help but do great good for
ttiE tAtpuDINuh Ntust, "a IA nO OAhCh
way than by arousing intense enthus-
iasm among all the Republicans who
hear or see him. His visit. and that
of Senator Lodge. show that the Re
pubiicans Of the nation are looking to
Colorado this year TO redeem herself.
and to get In line once more for the
Republican ticket.
There are some who, looking ut the
tremendous majority for Bryan four
years ago, say that 1t is impossible
that such n vote can be overcome In
such short time. An examination OF
the figures shows that 1t is entirely pos
sible. II not probable. without taking
into consideration the expansion en-
thuslasm. that Colorado's vote will
show a majority for the Republican
nominees. Four years ago the state
gave 1Gl,1o3 votes for Bryan.
and 2G,271 votes for McKinley-a fu.
sion plurality Of 1884, ,SS2; In 1888 there
were cast for the Republican candi-
date for governor 510o1 votes and for
the fusion candidate 93.912 votes-a fu-
sion plurality Of 1921. The percent
age OF Republican increase from 1895
to 1898 was o. $40 per cent; fur
ther increase OF AZ 1-1O per cent. In
the Republican vote over that Of 1868
would give the Republicans majori-
~ In the state. Furthermore, between
1896 and 1858 the fusion votes showed
loss OF Al 7-10 per cent, loss Of
only little more than onehalf ~
many from 1908 to 1900 would lose the
state to the fusionists.
OF course calculations based on per