Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-06-10
into lls. to escape being roasted.

lntO ~ W 0sChpe DeibB foaSteu
There are many Democrats. however,
In the county. whom he cannot onfs-
troll and take into his dragnet and in
order to hold them up. as he has
threatened to do. the mud sheet has
been made an independent Democrat
&c organ which means that both paws
nre out TO work the Democrats both
coming and going. This mans
sattcIIitcs are working hand In hand
with him. They have entrapped sew
erai unsiispectiDg hangers on and not
content with present conditions. an
attempt IL going to be made this fall
to sidetrack every Democrat who will
not fall down and worship at the Tam
many shrine The edict has gone but
"A sheriff that Will do the autocrat's
bidding must be nominated. a change
| must be made In the county clerks
| Office: the assessor must give way.
In fact, no man is to receive rceogni-
ton who does not bind himself to divy
and work for the benefit OF the men
| who have their hooks out at every
turn OF the road. Fusion and Bryan
ism has given this Tammany an appar-
ent safe majority In La Plata county
to work on, therefore the rights Of
the people and especially the taSpay-
ers viii not be considered. The
Democrats who are for honest manage
| ment OF public affairs and the welfare
OF the county and future Of the party.
are alarmed at the situation. They
realize that the policy OF the present
board OF commissioners. dictated to
| by the head OF the Tammany machine.
is doing the party irrepnrabie injury
and Notwithstanding the apparent safe
majority OF the Democratic party, Re
pubicans will sweep the county. II
has certainly been nuts to Republi-
cans the way the commissioners are
running the county. nj the same time
| the majority OF Republicans, like The
| Herald. are for the Advancement OF
the community and the nom partisan
| and economical management of af.
| fairs IN preference to party success.
The merchant Is not benefited one way
or the other by this or thnt party he
ing in ONCE providing public affairs
are honestly and economically admin
istered But the merchant OF today
Is up In arms when he walks into
the treasurcrs Office 10 pay his taxes
and he will he more SO the coming
year and II the Democrats do not
adopt new tactics something is going
TO drop that win be heard for milcs
and miles. II hns become n serious
question. because II IL generally
accepted theory that where officials
ufi nd In puhlfg funds n hlln
out political favorite IN one In
stance there Is no telling to what eX.
tent they VIII not go for any one whom
they favor. And the extent to which
this Aeould-be dictator will go was cx-
hibitcd "A few weeks ago when hc
wrote out an order and secured an Off
calls signature giving him free en-
try into the city's cash box in the
face OF law and decency the man
knowing the law and that the officers
In question were violating their oath
by adm, him. A man who would
thus misieud his friends viii not
stop at anything. VIII the rank
and file of Democracy stand it, VIII
they continue to feed an individual
who IL liable To turn and stab them in
the dark Mt any moment?
These are propositions that must
he met a, the polls this fall. II the
Democrat nominates n man for com
missioner who viii for one moment
stand In with j. G. Bradley and Nick
Cook then the present rcgimie will
continue " per chance he should be
elected. As II Is Bradley and Cook
viii be In control for another year.
but II will stand the voters In hand
to elect n commissioner who will
be at least a thorn IN the flesh dur
ing 1909 and a year later put on the
finishing touches by electing the sec
ond anti-Tammauy commissioner.