Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-04-08

Jake" wilson is home from Mis-
souri.
word from silverton reports snow
and wind.
Mrs. Pete Mcclellan left this morn
ing Tor Telluride.
Representative BurweIl is expected
home from Denver this afternoon.
George E. West is with MS again.
arriving last night Lost his vote.
Just read what the Denver Post has
to say about Patterson and his felloH
oonspirators.
Don't kick about the snow furry.
Just think of the dust If the ground
was not wet
Charles Newman returned last even
ing from an extended trip to Denver,
Colorado Springs and other outside
points.
II. q. Lay returned to Telluride this
morning, having spent some time In
and around Durango and the Farming
ton section.
The season OF the year is at hand
when the man OF the house hides out
takes trip II possible while the
wife cleans house.
Hated gold bugs, socalled. the day
before election. are slobbereG over
the day after clection-to get their
dollars to tide the vehicle over till
the next election
The Herald leads in the amount of
news published, leads in point of paid
circulation. and distances all compe-
tition in the eyes OF that part Of the
public which regards decency.
Henry Schenck is home from a visit
to Denver. whore he went as lodge del
egate, after which he visited his old
home In Missouri He was absent
just three weeks.
Golden Barrett came down from Sill
ycrton last evening. This morning
he took the train for Pagosa Junction.
thence to Dykes ranch for few days.
On his return he will be accompanied
by Mrs. Barrett. who has been visit
ing In Denver for some time.
1t hardly seems creditable that Sen
ator Copp would be so indiscreet as
to say that the revenue bill was sole
y In the interests OF the Democratic
party, which accounted for eliminat
ing the assessors power because ma
jority are Republicans. OF course 1t
is well known that the session has
been partisan from start to finish,
but the senator should call on the or
gan to correct its statement publish
ed this morning. because it sounds
bad.
1he Democrat says II has been
playing in hard luck every issue since
the first of March. That was about
the time it attacked The Herald in
such pulled up pompous manner be
cause breakdown at the electric
plant worked a great Inconvenience
to us at that time. The Herald re-
marked at that time that Satan would
look after his imps, and he has evi.
IDENTIFY been attending to his business.
when chickens do not come home to
roost 1t is because they nave been
stolen.
We are not inclined to the belief
of the organ and give all the import
ant committees to the Democrats,
leaving the janitorship for the Repub-
lican members to fight over. or
course IL this Is to be a partisan ad-
ministration, then 1t would be proper
to ignore the Republicans. but during
the past year politics cut no ice, al
though Republicans were in the ma
lority.
All through the campaign preced-
ing the spring election the morning
iickspittle denounced the Republican
ticket as the gold bug party and ask
ed voters to leave 1t alone, as it was
against labor, and other rot of like
chartcter, The morning after cleo
ton 1t tried to square itself with r..
II. sloan by slobbering praise. The
so-called gold bug dollars are good
enough to buy meal tickets and pay
whiskey bits with. Before election
Mr.. Sloan was "A gold bug who should
nave illled the voter with sense of
aversion. After election he is good
citizen. lie must be proud of praise
from source that would blacken his
name. character and business II it
was TO the interest OF that
source to do so. The ques-
tion Is; How long will such low
down methods be allowed to exist in
Durango; How long will our people
be burdened with the calamity-how
or. and the man who would continue
the strife and personal political bick-
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