Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-13
DEMOCRATS
FAIL TO
ENTHUSE

that VIII cause MIN 10 return III rHe
near future. The meeting at the
court house was not such as to en-
thuse Democracy, and 1t required con
siderable nerve when the judge re-
marked that he was going to be elect
ed. but nerve is a quality possessed
by the party that was compelled to
take up Teller in order to stand some
show of being saved. Along with
Judge Stimson are two other nomi-
nees on the ticket. Harry lnsley. can
dldate for auditor. and Mr.. Schwei-
CERT, who would like to occupy the
attorney generals office. The party
was met at the depot by quite dele
CATION of the local Democracy, Judge
j. l.. Russell having gone to Pagosa
Junction to meet and welcome the
gentlemen to our city On the train
was Judge Adair Wilson of the court
of appeals. which was only happen
stance. but which was taken as a mat
ter of honor in way of an escort The
judge is on his way TO Silverton to
look after some business matters and
lent his presence on the platform last
evening, but we failed to notice the
chairman of the party. the Hon.
Charles A. Johnson. or the secretary
the Hon. C. r. Morgan, in the GALAXY
of stars that graced the rostrum.
The Woldman band accompanied
the party from the Strater to the
court house which was comfortably
filed, the greatest number present at
any one time being $40 by actual
count, being mostly men, probably 25
ladies being among the number. Mr..
| Charles h. Mcconnell acted as SPOIL
sor for the speakers and of course
when Charley endorses anyone it en-
titles him to respectful hearing
| In a short review of what the speak
ers had to say The Herald wants to
be truthful in every particular. We
believe readers demand fair state
ments and to this end our aim is di-
rected.
Mr.. Schweigert was the first one of
the party introduced. His remarks
were so utterly without merit that the
morning paper fails to quote single
sentence. Mr.. Schweigert is a lawyer
of very good physique and standing.
but not much of an orator, and he
took as a subject something little
too big for him to handle-the trusts.
He went on to picture them as the off
| spring of Republicanism and that il
the Republican ticket should be elect
| ed it meant that our state would
soon be trust-ridden, and that the only
thing to do to save Colorado from the
demnition bow-wows is to again elect
the Democratic ticket. To listen to
| him one would suppose he believed
what he was saying, but merry twin
kle in the eye made it apparent that
| he was engaged in trying to pull the
usual wool over the eyes of intelligent
voters. As the speaker brought out
nothing new and his remarks We're
dry in the extreme, there was no
applause.
The next speaker was Lem j. Smith
of Denver. the real orator, and the
only one who put up any kind of an
argument, and his points boiled down,
can be summed up in the eight-hour
law and the liability act He had a
great deal to say about the last reve-
nue. act and its wise provisions and
that it had not been attacked by the
corporations. But he failed to refer
to the fact that prior to Democracy
and fusionism revenue act was not
necessary-that Republican officials
conducted the state on the revenues
derived under the old law, and that
a revenue measure only became neces-
sary when fusionism obtained con-
troll. the Thomas administration run
ming behind several hundred thousand
dollars. Mr.. Smith failed to refer to
the cost of the revenue measure and
the horde of useless employees during
the extra session-in fact, he left the
| extra session out of the question: he
laid great stress on increased railroad
valuation. but he failed 10 state that
complied with the law they could
have accomplished the same results
under the old act and that the first
revenue measure was so bunglesome
and outrageous that the law passed
by the extra session is not recognZa
bic. These and many other things
were not referred to by the speaker
even the Bucklin bill being undisturb
ed in its slumbers. Mr.. Smith re
ferred to Mr. Teller's twenty-six years
of devoted service to his country, dur
ing which time he had been a patriot
This was certainly contradictory 'ol
the past, for only few years ago the
Democratic party scored Teller fol
his acts and referred to him In a-y
thing but complimentary terms, ant
now to say that the party endorses
his twenty-six years OF public lift
is so thin that even the blind can SEE
through Il. But then Teller is the re
deeming factor. Mr.. Smith reall,
grew eloquent in the old mans praise
showing that the only hope for Dem
ocracy is for the senior senator to pul
the ticket through.
: Harry Insley. with hands In hi
pockets, could only talk about Telle
and running short Of argument in thi
= direction, only lasted about five min
J utes.
! And then followed Stimson. In in
Producing the speaker Chairman Nc
! Connell let slide some lcft.handers no
r on the program-that- 1t has been tn
habit OF Democratic governors to fol-
get about this section of the state al