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convention was unfortunate for Democrats be-
cause it occasoned renewal of the old fight at
Georgetown. Hon. B. ]. OConnell was the
who suffered a result of the fight
and it is safe to say that the has not ended
yet and will not until after the pools close on the
evening of November a. Barney made mistakes
while in Denver but they not mistakes of his
manufacture He made them when he carried out
the pledges of the platform of his party. 1t would
seem that after good, honest fellow had sacr-
feed his conscience to the extent of voting for the
revenue BILL fer Thomas M. Patterson for senator
and certain other wild and untamed freaks in the
shape of politicians and legislation that his own
people would have enough compassion and mercy
for him to permit him to place himself in a posi-
ton where vindcation might be sought-if not
won. Barney did Just what those who framed the
platform for him wanted him to do and if mistakes
were made it was the mistakes of the convention
which nominated him and not his mistake. His
downfall is the direct result of difference in feel
ing between ]. H Robson and Charles ]. Nicholas
Both of these gentlemen representative people
but they do not always think alike Barney suffers
because they do not and Democracy is tied to
star.
But Barney need not worry. He has been
placed in political cemetery beside host of fus-
ionists who have gone before Rawalt, Montgom-
cry and all the rest have bowed to the inevitable
after a year of service Our Democratic and fusion
friends are fearful of results. They make so many
mistakes each year that a crowd must be
brought before the people at every election.
Adams dropped governor after one brief
term. Thomas dropped in the same grave. Orman
dropped in unhonored, unwept and unsung, and
all the state officials have followed the
Montgomery fathered the revenue law 1t was
such deformed product that he is no longer
needed the father of anything. Rawalt
leader of his party and worked like slave under
the lash of his masters He has been placed in
little black box with his toes turned the setting
sun. OConnell was hard worker for the forces
of fusion. He did too much-he should have
known better than to have followed such fool
platform-his loyalty to his party killed him. The
record of the past eight years has been dizzy one
1t has been a rotten one. Every who has
kept party pledges has been dropped. Party
pledges have changed as often as the moon has
changed. Everything has been unstable. 1t is
good thing for the state that fusion is
and will be blessing when Democracy is in such
a hopeless minority that it will not be so prolific
of mushroom leaders who grow up in night and
wither again after the sunshine of one day.
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man the Democrats will discover that they erred
in turning down man like Mr.. OConnell. They
will also find that the method of obtaining power
to accomplish that purpose has not helped them in
the campaign. Fairness is always good thing in
politics.
So far as the nomination of Mr. Coppard is con-
cerned guess it was what had been expected. He
is good campaigner and good mixer. The
people familiar with his ideas of county gov
ernment and the manner of applying them. If
they want him again they will elect him-if not he
will CO. Mr.. Barnard has hundreds of friends in
the county who are saying nothing but will vote
for him on election day and the vote will be a
surprise to the admirers of Mr.. Coppard.
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The rally at the opera house was about the
same in size and enthusiasm of the one helu by
the Republicans at Georgetown. 1t is true that
there many Republicans at the Democratic
rally and also true that there many Demo-
Gratis at the Republican rally. Mr.. Stimson, the
candidate for governor the Democratic ticket
did not appear. The principal speakers were Judge
Bell and w. S. Decker, of Denver. Judge Bell
made fair speech in every sense. He eulogized
President Roosevelt for what he had accomplished
for the West in the way of irrigation and also for
his conduct in the great coal strike in Pennsyl-
vania 1t sounded very much like Republican
speech-especially when he made this statement:
Anyone who states that Colorado has free trade
delegation in the United States congress states
that which he knows to be wlfully and absolutely
false" An endeavor was made to revive the old
silver issue by appealing to the prejudices of the
audience but it apparently fell upon deaf ears.
The fact that the Republicans have practically
guaranteed silver coinage to the Philippines and
that the administration is working to that end