Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-06-06
HON. zs%E BROWN
WANTS TO KNOW
Denver Republican

Denver Republican
r Il wonder" remarked the Hon
Zeke Brown contemplatively yester
day afternoon. sinking into chair and
crossing his legs slowly. as one AZ
f'icted with that tired feeling. II won
der II the said Thomas NJ. Patterson
mas been foolin' me right along on
them communications In his great
moulder OF public opinion?"
Whadje mean?" asked the Hon.
Tobe Daniels.
Durn me. | mean has that ornery
fopulist been workin' me up on bum
appeals to the sympathies of ey'ry
decent an respectable citizen of this
here community for the last ten wear
or more?"
Once more the Hon. Tobe Daniels
mad to admit his inability to compre
bend the drift OF Mr.. Browns re.
| marks.
The said Patterson got on tn wit
ness stand today and swore as how he
hisself had writ that ere letter to tn
Rocky Mountain News signed old
ferpiexity' in which he demanded to
know whose tn fault that tn noble
Judge Wells had bit tn bitter dust of
defeat, an whose TIL blame that tn
octopuses had lit on tn community
an ct up at one fell blow tn fruits of
years n years of honest Populist an
Democratic endeayor He writ that
ere letter hisself. an he writ SOS he
could make it appear that he was
yieldin to an overwhelmin' pop'lar
demand when he sot down to answer
IL an tell the sufferin' public how he
had been bounced by tn wicked Ma
ioneys an Speers an Adamses an
thlngs into believein' that tn election
was Soin' to be on tn square an that
everything was honest an above
board. When read that letter from
Old Perplexity' swore that tn Dem
ocrat and Populist parties was not yet
dead an that they was yet demandin'
mat tn rascals be throwed out an
that tn honest laborin' man be given
tn worth of his money In tn munic-
ipal government.
But now | flnd that it was all a
fraud an delusion. Old Perplex-
ity' want nobody but Old Tom hisself. |
Not as | keer particularly about tn
Old Perplexity' contribution. but 1t
sets me to wonderin' IL In addition to
bein Old Perplexity' tn said Patter.
son Is also Pro Bono Publico,' old
Subscriber, "A Friend of tn Toilin
Masses, "A Mother "A Disgusted Re-
publican, A Foe to Trusts and so
forth that / have been readin after
In tn Rocky Mountain News for tn
last 1even year or more. Is he tn
gifted literary light that wrought me
up an het up my blood to tn boilin'
point last fall under tn name of 'Vox
Popnli,' shown tn encroachments of
tn Butter m Egg trust on tn down.
trodden people as tn result of tn
pitiless policy of tn Republican party Z?
lshe tn contemplate deceiver that
come near separatin' me an Mrs.
Brown by demandin' over tn name of
"A Lady that ever God.fearin' man.
woman an child In this town should
vote tn straight Woman's club tick.
ct In tn school elections this spring?
Is he TIL person that signed hisself
Another Mother and swore that tn
Woman's club ticket was put up by
tn A. =. A.'s an that by elcctln II
we would be barterln' our dearest lih-
critics to tn Pope of Rome?
ls he? ls tn said Patterson one
m tn same with A Constant Render
Nh Woman's Friend an or ReIia-
bie| ! want to know. If he Is
then I'm goin' down there an stop my
paper tomorrow, dod rot him. II he
amt. then he's got to show me whv
1t is that he had to go an abuse tn
prerogatives OF them MS has tn vel.
fare OF tn people at heart an occa.
sionally contributes few thoughts
to tn general public through tn me
dium OF tn press"