Cañon City record., 1901-02-14
THE REPUBLICAN
ADVISORY BOARD

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lican party. and some expiaiiation py
Chairman Ford of the state coihmittee,
together with an invitation TO Repub-
Iicnns oll over the state TO take the
matter up in their respecuNe iocaii-
ties and secure large and represent
alive membership. This appeal has
met with most gratifying response.
The preliminary organization has liked
on 300 as the minimum number to be
secured, without which the WORK pro-
posed could not be undertaken- Al
ready this minimum has been consid-
erably exceeded. and there seems to
be no doubt that the number OF mem
bers will soon reach Il thousand at
least
Some criticism has been made of the
new organization on the ground that
membership costs so per annun- such
criticism must be ill-informd, as the
purpose of the organization, winch Is
primarily to raise funds to heip the
work of the state central Committee,
and to maintain permanent and effi-
cient organization of the party. Part
Of the plan is to have ornament
state headquarters in Denver, to which
all Republicans may 90 for intormation
or help, from which the permanent Sec
retary of the organization may keep
in touch all the time with lOcal COM
mlttees, and in which meetings may be
held whenever necessary or adyisable.
1t was high time the Republican party
of Colorado should have such a perma-
nent organization, provided with Its
own funds, without calling on any in
dividual for subscriptions, and keeping
up organization work in season and
out of season. Most Of the eastern
states have such organizations, and
such permanent headquarters, and
their existence, and the work they do,
has been a great factor in Republican
success in that part of the Ountry.
The result has proved that here are
plenty of Republicans in Colombo who
are glad to pay SO Il year Tor such
an object, and TO ally themselves thus
actively with the regular organization
of the party.
The formal initiation of the adyis-
ory board-its first election, at which
the executive committee Is to be
chosen-will be on LlncOln's birthday,
February 10Th, when a banquet is to
be given by and for the Uembers
Meantime, proper rooms for headQuar-
tiers have been secured. and by the
date of the banquet will be furnished
and occupied.
This is not an organization for show
or parade; not an organization for the
furtherance of any ones lnlividual
ambition; not n fractional Organization
in any possible sense; it is on organ
ization to help the reguar work Of
the party, to place 1t on broad, popu-
lar basis; it means business, not show;
it means that when the party enters
the next state campaign 1t will be bet
ter organized and better prepared for
the contest than it ever has been in
the history of the state.
The Colorado Legislature has been
in session now for about three weeks.
They have chosen n United States SEN
ator from the 4th of March next. They
have, in one house of the other, intro
duced something less than a thousand
bills. They have appointed commit-
tee TO travel about the state and take
testimony in regard to the coal strike.
They have presumably drawn their
per diem allowances. From the char
acter of the bills introduced it Is clear
that instead of reducing taxation and
to make the income of the
state cover its expenditure, this Legis-
lature Is going to be at least as bad
as its predecessor. Instead Of proyid-
iHe " 1 hLl INT SAuNt' lllStll
it is now proposed 20 repudiate the
debts which were Incurred in order to
tide those Institutions over during the
past two years of folly and extrava-
gance. Instead of providing means to
meet excessive appropriations, or even
ordinary appropriations, il Is clear that
this Legislature proposes to 20 ON ap-
regardless of the amount
of funds available. Governor Orman,
If he chooses, can veto some Of this ex-
but he cannot furnish the
Legislature with brains TO get out of
The financial hole into which It's pre-
lecessor has put the state. or to
the credit of Colorado.
which has been sadly shaken by the
freak politics of the past four years.
The Work of Congress
This session of Congress bids fair to
De one of the most fruitful and eff
'ient short sessions on record. Usually