Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-01-07
DURANGO WEEKLY HERALD
Durango, Colo, Jan. 4, 1901.
THE ssMAroesH,p.

Inc uiCupClb vi eh' WI
soon caucus and vote for United
States senator to succeed Hon. f. o.
Wolcott at Washington. While the
fight is not one for Republicans to en-
gase In. at the same time most Repub-
ficans are interested In the result. and
The Herald as representative OF the
people, does not want to see the hon
orable position 70 to some one who
has disgraced himself and state in |
trying to obtain ire prize. We believe
Il majority Of the voters are not In
favor OF either Of the lending aspIr |
ants, at the same time II ia quite ap
parent vt this time that either Thos
NJ. Patterson or Charles s. Thomas
will bc successful. This being the
case It comes down to choice be.
tween these two men and II
should not take the average Colo
radoan long to decide who should be
the winner. II is well known that The
Herald IL not In accord with the poll
tics or tactics OF Tom Patterson and
heartily condemns the mudthrowing
of the News during elections. at the
same time he In head and shoulders
NUONt bON. huu IL IL IN u
choice between these two men. let
Patterson win by all means. and this
IL undoubtedly going to be the case.
There is no denying the ability Of Mr..
Paterson and there In no denying that
he Is Interested in the growth and up
building of Colorado and no matter
what his faults, he Is nm open fighter
and has not betrayed every public In
tercst In the state In nm effort to be
elected. And this brings ns down to
Chss. S. Thomas. II makes one lose
faith In humanity when we look at the
public career OF thie man the past two
years. In the hrnt place he sought the
gUyernorship as u stepping stone to
the United States senate and II ever
an executive trampicd on the rights
of people. becoming a mere puppet In
some matters and tyrant In others.
IN ordcr 10 curry favor. II IL Colora-
dos executive. He was not In the gov
crnor's chair two months before II be
came apparent that the Office would he
used To aid his senatorial candidacy
IN order not to offend, and curry IA.
,or. he signed about all Legislative
hills presented in the face OF the fact
that many OF them were known to be
unconstitutional. he signed appropri.
alton bills largely In excess Of the
revenues In order not to offend any
section and the state finances have
hen In sorry plight almost from
the date Of his inauguration. Ap.
pointmcnis have been made with but
one object In view and the City of
Denver was knocked out OF home rule
IN order that he might appoint the fire
and police boards and prostitute the
police service OF the capital city. l,
inin,aiies oI hIapahoe county. openly
violating the laws in order TO win out.
All this IL known and to reward such
treachcry to the people would he an
open invitation for future aspiring
governors to follow In his footsteps.
To elect Thomas Will be n disgrace to
the state and the people thereof. He
In anything-so he wins. AT Kansas
city he talked two hours and never
mentioned silver and then returned
and made silver HIS issue. Six years
ago he was the White Wings" (gold)
candidate for governor and he stump.
"" 'hN s,ht' oNttHsiuly III MS own ne
half. but really to defeat the Populists.
We pity the state OF Colorado II he
happens to be elected and should fol.
lew the same tactics In Washington
as he has In this state the past few
years, But we really have more
faith In the loyalty of the members
ot the Legislature than to believe
they Will elect such man. This is
certainly the case so far ms this
section is concerned where. as near as
we can ascertain, both senators and
representatives, will rally to the sup.
port Of Patterson. The mining see
uons OF the San Juan are for Patte,-
son and we have every reason to be,
lieve that Mcssrs. Copp and Burwell
Of La Plata county VIII follow the
wishes OF a large majority of the Dem.
ocratic voters and cast their lot with
Patterson. as there Is no public man
so thoroughly detcsted In this county
ns Charles s. Thomas.