Idaho Springs siftings., 1902-11-01

governor of Colorado. They know that in the
makeup of the ticket the leaders of the bands of
deputies that invaded Bull Hill were given places
They know that it would administration
in which the rights of labor would continually be
in question and in which labor would not be afford
ed opportunity to obtain redress of grievance
I believe state the facts when 1 say that organ
lied labor in Colorado has resented the attempt of
the Democratic party to place it at the mercy of
its enemies. The vote will show this election
day and the political trimmers, love birds and
fusionists and bush hwhackers will find that labor
recognizes its friends and knows what to do with
its enemies.
am glad the campaign will close in the county
this week. Another week of strain on the gentle
in charge of the political department of the
Georgetown Courier would have found him in
mad house butting his head against its walls and
begging to be delivered from Republicans who.
surrounded him in his Imagination with resolu-
tions against the smelter trust and in favor of
Goudy for United States senator He states that
the Republicans have furnished him amusement
during the campaign. presume they have. The
Democrats down here have been amused" great
deal. The returns will show that they have been
afforded considerable amusement.
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The loyal campaign made by w. A. Haggott,
the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor
and respected citizen of Clear Creek county, has
made him friends in every part of the state When
the campaign opened Democratic friend, the
Gazette, inclined to hold the nomination of
Mr.. Haggott up to ridicule but it soon saw the
of its way and gave up the idea with apol-
ogy for having said what it did. The people of
Clear Greek county know Mr.. Haggott too well to
be moved by the alleged humor of any class They
know him to be a good citizen, an honest man
and in every who believes in doing
right by his neighbors. Scores of the young men
and women of the city were his pupils for years
and respect him today as man who worked hard
for their success and who is still loyal to.
every interest in which they interested. Mr.
Haggott will get splendid vote in Idaho Springs.
and in the county. The people have the local
pride to stand by from their own county
and the scattering few of our Democratic friends
who made fun of Mr.. Haggott will find that they
made votes for him at the same time am
great believer in the idea that the people, after ALL
do not consider political ties as strong the ties
of citizenship and friendship.
sS.I.%
1t is a little strange that Democracy is afraid to
come out in the open and fight the smelter trust
Instead of joining in with the Republicans in
fight of this character it condemns the Republi-
cans for making the fight. Mr. Clough, the Re-
publican candidate for representative has talked
and worked against the smeter trust wherever he
has appeared in a town in the county or upon any
platform. The Democrats have made no PROM
ises They have simply condemned and ridculed
the Republicans for making the fight. This looks
bad to say the least. But can go back still
further and find the Democrats on the fence
When Attorney General Post, Populist state Off
cla entered suit against the trust Siftings helped
him all it could and in long article on the first
page of the paper begged the people to aid him in
every possible way. The Gazette did not say one
word in his favor. The Democratic state conven-
in nn rem ta Mr. poct
thing has tended to show that Democracy is
working hand in hand with the big smelter
trust.
The Democrats who paraded about the streets
here boasting because they had defeated Barney
OConnell in the county convention will find after
the votes are counted that they had no boast COM
ing and that they laughed too hard to laugh long
Mr.. O'Connells friends realize that he was not
treated fairly politically personally and that he
suffered defeat result of the operations of a
clique in Georgetown, new to Democracy and new
to the ideas promulgated in the Democratic plat
form. AS of the Democrats of the county re-
marked the other day: "A vote for Henry Kneisel
is vote for Benny Catron, but we have to stand
1t this year. have swallowed the pill but know
a lot of Democrats who will not unless they change
their minds materially before election day arrives
This appears to be the general sentiment in all
parts of the county.
Now that the campaign is so near close, so.
far as newspapers are concerned, want to thank
the various papers of the county for the many kind
and unkind things they have said. Life is too.
short to spend even a small portion of it in getting
mad at people who disagree with you. Every
voter has right to vote just he she p1eases-
and for who and what they want 1t is not within
the province of newspaper to state what ticket
anyone shall vote. Let the papers present the