The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-05-14
DENVER LETTER.
cranston as District Attorney-The New
City yAdministration-Pres McKin-
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oranston District Attorney-The New
City yAdministration McKin-
ley's Tour up to Date.
Denver, May 4.-The principal po-
litical event of the past week in Den
yer has been the installation of Earl
NJ. Cranston as United States district
attorney to succeed Greeley w. Whit
ford. Mr. Cranston's appointment has
received universal approval and he en-
terS upon the duties of his office under
the fairest auspices. Mr.. Cranston has
always been a loyal Republican and is
noted as a campaign speaker of more
than ordinary power. His standing at
the bar Is excellent and his character
is above reproach.
Some of the Democratic papers have
tried to give the impression that the
appointment of Mr.. Cranston was the
result of a split in the Republican
party and that it was n blow at the
influence of Senator Wolcott. Nothing
could be further from the truth. The
appointment was secured largely
through the influence of the senator
and no man in the party in Colorado
is more loyal to its leader than Mr..
Cranston. His commission came April
Both and the office was turned over
to him the next day. He has not yet
announced his appointments.
The new Republican administration
in Denver has its hands full and is
getting down to work in good shape.
One of the main things it hopes to ac-
complish is the cleaning of the city.
The street cleaning department has
been very inefficient in the past and
the new mayor is resolved that it
shall do its work better By the time
of the West it is hoped that Denver
will be in fit physical condition.
The Presidents tour is of course at
tracing great deal of attention, and
the cities in this state which he is to
visit are getting ready to receive him
in proper style. Denver did well in its
reception to Minister Conger the other
day and there is reason to believe that
the Presidents reception here will be
all that could be desired. In Colorado
Springs preparations are we'll under
way also. At that point it is probable
that the party will be taken to Cripple
Creek over the new road for short
visit to the great gold camp.
The President is showing in all his
speeches throughout the South the
graceful tact which has always and in
increasing degree marked his public
utterances. What political signid-
canoe the trip may have will be in the
South. That section has remained
Democratic for twenty-five years on
the race issue alone, and ordinary po-
litical discussion of vital issues there
has been none whatever. There are
signs of late that the younger and busy
men of the South are recognizing the
the old regime, and that many of them
will before long decide to join the par
ty of progress, and stop trying to put
n brake on the wheels of prosperity
The South has gained by the election
of Mckinley at least as much as any
other part of the country, and live
men of the South arerecognlzing the
fact. Whether they will act upon It,
and II so how soon. remains to be seen.
With the passage of the danger of me
gro domination" there seems to be no
good reason why that section should
remain solid. any more than other
section of the country. The Presi-
dents trip may hasten the day when
there shall be at the South a healthful
difference Of opinion on political ques-
tions, and when the real issues of the
day shall be discussed there as freely
as they are in other parts of the coun-
try. If it does hasten that day, it will
be one of the greatest blessings to the
South that has ever come to it.
w. a. z.