The daily sentinel., 1901-11-01
GRAND SUCCESS.
Democratic Forces Fill the Opera
House---SpIendid Exposition Of
The Revenue Bill.

ssSSSS Of~s~ .NfO'' -
The Revenue Bill.
A splendid audience gathered at the
Park opera house last night to hear the
issues Of the campaign discussed. 1t
was a big rally and portends democratic
victory. A very peculiar thing about
the audience was that it was composed
almost entirely Of men who listened very
attentively to the speakers Of the even
ing. The spirits of the audience were
dampened q little by the fact that the
building was cold and this lowered the
enthusiasm somewhat.
The platform contained, beside tho
speakers of the evening and Chairman
Alvin Bucklin OF the democratic county
central committee. several Of the cspdi-
dates for the various offices of the coun-
ty, Mayor j. M. Sampliner, B. F. Jay.
Samuel G. McMullln and other promi.
nenu democrats.
Chairman Bucklin, after very pleas
ant selection by the orchestra. intro
duced his brother, Hon. James W. Buck
lin, senator from this district.
Senator Bucklin was in a particularly
happy frame for speaking last night.
The writer has heard Senator Bucklin
on many occasions but never heard him
to better advantage than last night. He
was fully alive to the situation which
confronts the people Of the state.
The text OF Senator Bucklin's address
was the Revenue bill. This was re-
viewed pretty thoroughly. The points
advantageous to the con4on people
were outlined. The fact that corpora
tiops must pay their just share of taxa
ton and that it has been from the be-
ginning the democratic party that has
only laws for the common people. These
points were fully discussed by Senator
Bucklin, and in most telling manner.
II there were any in the audience who
believed, before they had heard it dis
cussed, that the revenue law was disad-
vantageous to them, their minds were
disabused OF that thought.
Senator Bucklin made a mastery ap-
peal in his peroration. He appealed to
the voters to stand by the party which
had inaugurated a reform in this state.
He said the democratic party had placed
upon the statute books Of Colorado one
OF the greatest laws, in the revenue law,
which had ever been formulated to max 9
the rich share the burden of taxation.
1t was the beginning of the end wherein
a system Of unjust taxation in which the
rich paid only about twelve per cent Of
their just taxes. was to be overthrown.
There was no frothing, ~ the term
goes in . campaign speech. in the speech
made by Mr.. Bucklin. 1t was an earn
est dipassionate appeal to the working
men and others to think for themselves
and to support those candidates OF that
party which had been to them a friend.
Mr.. Bucklin was listened to very at
tentively.
Hon. John G. Bell, than whom few are
known better throughout this section of
Colorado, was then introduced.
Mr.. Bell made very thoughtfu speech
last night 1t was more of . plain talk
than a spesch. Rs began by showing
what the great Wayne McVeigh, the
one time republican attorney general Of
the United States, had said in recent
magazine article. He said it was now
the time for new alignment OF parties.
He illustrated this by showing that those
parties would be composed of the people
that were satisfied and those that we're
dissatisfied. One would occupy one side
and the other the opposite side. The
people who were dissa tisfed would pre-.
ponderats greatly.
He then read from Benjamin Harri-
sons great speech, made few years ago.
In that speech he said thet 1t was just a.
bad for man to reach over and thrust
his hand into his neighbor's pockets and
abstract thsrefrom his money, as to per-
NIT the rich man to shift the burden Of
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