Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-10-10

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state has been run In debt over one
half million dollars. Our legislatures
| have passed acts so lame and defect
I've as to block the executive depart
mcnts and consume almost the entire
time OF our supreme court In attempt
ing to unravel the mystery and clear
the pathway. The various depart
menis have been filled with adyentur-
ers in politics whose deeds In Office
are blot upon the states fair name.
State, county and city taxes are in
creasing; state. county and munich
pal corporations are continually cry
Ing for more money; the people ARE
beguiied into voting for incompetent
men. while the Democrats howl for
Bryan and silver and loot the treas
ury; and today. all the people OF the
state Of Colorado can point to as re-
suit of Its mad action is a legacy OF
over 100000 OF additional state In
debtedness and ever increasing taxa
tion. The present incumbents point
TO no expected relief, but the burden
In their hands is permanent. Surely.
then, our prosperity is not due to
Democracy, either In the state or ma
tion.
We condemn the present extraya-
giant administration OF finances OF
La Plata county ana direct the peo-
Pies attention to the fact that the
waste OF money now going on Is not
due to any one colossal blnnder or
any one enormous expenditure. but to
a constant and general failure to prac-
Ia. oil
to go ON which shoui. be wiped out
altogether. Men should be elected
to the office OF county commissioner
who possess sufficient intelligence to
comprehend the AFFAIRS OF the county
and who can say no"
| The present administration of the
state officials has sufficiently matnr-
ed to enable the people to wisely pass
upon the wisdom of the choice. That
the state and local administration are
failures Is acknowledged. The Re
publicans of Colorado last year placed
before the people men whose ability
and capacity for government had pass
ed beyond the experimental stage
They made a brilliant campaign
against the prejudice which yellow
journalism has engendered. That
heir canvass did great deal to re
store to its normal condition the
public mind is manifest. The people
low realize that never before in the
history OF the state has such a super
eminent effort been made to raise rev
enue to meet the extravaganza and in
| 'apacity of n Democratic admlnistra
| Ion. We. therefore. believe IL to
be our duty as Republicans of La
Plata county, In convention assem-
bled to recognize the great services
II the Hon. Frank c. Goudy and Her
| 5hel NJ. Hogg the leaders in that
| aght. and we unhesitatingiy assert
| hat the Republicans of the state are
nnder increasing obligations to them
'or their brilliant campaign. and 1t is
our undivided judgment that they
| should again bear aloft as leaders the
banner OF Republcanlsm In the next
| contest
| The Republican party Is the real
friend of labor;it nourishes conditions
md adopts policy which allows bus
mess to thrive and leaves to free and
Independent action the efforts of ev-
cry individual. 1t points the labor
or to the fact that the worst strikes
and the most despotic Interference
with them have been under Democrat
ic national and state administrations.
That under Governors Waite, Ad-
ans and Thomas the national guard
OF the state has been called out to
suppress the strikers. The Republic
an party In state convention last year
pledged itself to support intelligent
Legislation In favor of the eight hour
law and this convention now endorses
the constitutional amendment soon
TO come before the people and
pledges the organization to work and
vote for It's adoption.
We danounce IA unpatriotic and
lportentious of immense evil. unmanly
and vicious that conduct of newspa-
pers which assaiis the character OF
men of well known integrity. publish
ing base falsehoods in regard to them,
lcNaggerating untounded rumors into
colossal lies and picturing to the pub
lie our officers as reprobates and
lsconndrels regardless OF truth, seek
Ing to assassinatc character In order
to promote party ends. infiaming the
public mind and beclouding the rea'
son To achieve some party victory.
We denounce as unmanly un'Amer-
ican and un-Christian any system of
journalism or public teaching which
leads. directly or indirectly to assas'
sination OF the peoples chosen OH
GERS. or Ia violence OF any kind as a
means OF advancing political belief,
The following nominations were
made Just before The Herald went to
press:
County Judge. A. pike.
rreasuror-W. j. Patterson.
Clerk-C C. Eddy.
Assessor $ D. Hopkins
Shcriff-luseph o, Smith.
mmissioner-iierman G.. Schroe
der.
Surveyor j. Il. Tiffany.
Superintendent OF Schools-Edith