Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-04-11
EDITORIAL MELANos.

AgufnaidO conversion Is damp
ener on isryan and his followers.
Durango and surrounding country
will be in the front row this year.
spunky little Japan Is telling Rus.
sfa she's no lady and she can prove
IL.
Al any rate, Nicholas II. isn't imi'
iating any OF Ncro's violin perform
ancrs.
Mr. =. Grove is advised TO make
good his escape out OF the country
before the return OF Mr.. y. Funston.
Thc governor OF that state requests
the country TO take notice that good
can come out of Kansas an well as
Nazareth.
rhe first quarter Of the year 1901
has been spent. The old world had
quite time In that quarter while 1t
lasted.
Mayor wright's troubles have Just
commenced. He ~ buricdN with ap-
plicetions for places In the city gov.
einment
II Is said that Mayor,Elcct Wright
OF Denyer received one thousand mp.
plicniions for jobs the iirst twenty.
four hours after election.
Chicago is Wide open town. but II
II 10 he hoped that the watchman who
shot and Killed n burglar there last
rriuay night VIII escape lynching.
same one should inform Mr.. Bryan
oi Tho result OF the II Louis election.
He must have overlooked a bet as he
has moi wired congratulations 10 Rol
tn weiis.
II Republicans and those interest.
ed Ia honest elections VIII see that the
ballot box suffers OF Tuesday are pun.
ished. II may purify the atmosphere
IN and around Denver.
Now that ARuinaido has sworn nj
icgiancc 10 the United States the Den
Yer Hcpubiican thinks Edward Akin.
son. bcniz. Teller and few others
should get inside the brcastwor1s
AZ coon ms Russia nrrangcs her do
meetic affairs Japan In iIkely to tnd
her IN much more accommodating
mood ana perfectly willing to give
her MI the trouble she In looking for
Carter Harrison has already been
nominated for governor Of Illinois,
ana niso FOR president IN lp0i. HAY.
ing been a three time winner In Chi
cago many Democrats believe him IN.
vincibie.
why does rabbit wabblc its
nopeY II the subject OF contro-
Nersy started by the dignifed Chi.
oago Tribune. Tho most obvious an.
swcr Is the reason why the tail does
not waE the dog.
! his is the first time Republicans
have been In control OF every branch
OF the city government OF Denver for
good many years. II they serve
the people properly Repubicanlam
wlii be perpetuatcd
'iho Denver Post IN right n Re,
puDiionns were guilty OF corrupiion.
Illegal voting. Tuesday. they should
come In Tor the same punishment as
democrats, although Republicans were
somewhat excusablc aa they were al.
most compelled 10 resort to some un.
deihanded methods 10 keep from be
ing distaneed But II does not pay.
Stolen elections are never satisfactory
IN the end.
Tom Patterson " "A very much dis.
tnrhed individual. No man ever was
the target Tor sraycr political charges
than the senator has been since the
defeat of Democracy one week ago
today. In fact. there is n sort of XII
kenny fight going on. After getting
his second wind after the de
cisise Knockout he received on elec.
tion day. the senator interviewed him.
sell IN the Hocky Mountain News in
the course of which he admitted that
the Democrats had been very wicked
ana that much fraud had been perpe.
uated. Thereupon he proceeded to
wash his hands of the whole AFFAIR
ana iny the osiium OF II upon Thomas
Jefferson MaIoney and few others.
demanding that they be punished.
With each issue OF his paper he has
become boider. ana now says that MIA
ioney was the power behind the
throne. All this makes strange read.
ing IN face of the facts prior TO elec.
ton, and is certainly cause for loss OF
confidence In even the profound utter
nnees OF the great and good senator
from Colorado. This would be so II
We did not know that Tom Patterson
Is above trickcry OF any sort. Why,
the very word is enough to rouse the
dander of the astute editor and pro
prictor OF the News, and hence the
people can readily understand his
uncomfortable wrath upon discover
ing that Thomas jeremiah Maloney
corrupted the primaries. nominated
Wells and forced "a generally bad
ticket on the people OF Denver OF
course the mere fact that Maloney is
without an organ In which TO make
reply should count for nothing The
people have such an abiding faith In
the honor OF Mr.. Patterson (political
honor. OF course) that his word is Ia.
ken as gospel truth. and anything that
Maioney may have TO say will fall
upon deaf ears. And what dsturbs
us more than anything is that few
people in Durango and neighboring
towns for moment believe the jun- |
Tor senator is romancing