Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-11-03
PATTERS0N
PUTS UP
LEME TALK

1t was indeed surprise to many
| last night when they found there
were many vacant chairs at the
court house staring the Hon. Thomas
NJ. Patterson in the face when he
arose to address the voters of this
city. The audience numbered about
the same as the night Congressman
Bell spoke. from 50 to rs less than
listened to II. NJ. Hogg. OF course it
was only natural to expect a senator
of the great state of Colorado would
draw crowded house. especially
when he was going to have the last
say and the people had enjoyed a
breathing spell for night or two.
No doubt the senator felt the lack OF
attendance as it took him some time
to warm up to his subject.
Blair Burwell presided and on the
platform was AL. Pace, Senator Copp,
| Thomas Annear, and that old Demo
cratic warhorse and true friend of
the taXpaying public, j. C. Bradley.
Mr.. Pulliam was the first to speak.
occupying about ten minutes time.
He was followed by Tom Annear, cur
San Juan county friend who aspires
to be lieutenant governor. Tom had
little bile on his liver and had to
work it off. and with his hands in
| his pockets wanted the voters to
again Save Teller" holding up the
oft-repeated assertion that if it was
not Teller it would be Wolcott My,
! W -
our Democratic friends. 1t is really
marvellous how they manage to sleep
from worrying over the situation.
And Toms logic was so convincing,
But Tom forgot to say anything
about the last two sessions of the fu-
| sion legislature wherein the state was
| to put thousands of dollars of useless
expense by keeping "A horde of en-
ployes. especially during the extra
session and that two years ago the
| business of the assembly was post
poned two weeks in fighting over the
| spoils Tom being one of the major
| ity. These little things he overlook
| ed. But then Toms memory is short
on some things and long on others
lar "girasticutis" to him.
| Mr.. Burwell introduced Senator
natteEsad ant rs do,ihny IL his i5 usual hanny frame
of having assisted in his election as
senator, and when the senator S
name was mentioned three boys and
Mike Tierney cheered.
In starting out Senator Patterson
said he thought in Durango he was
among friends, and while represen'
tative of the Democratic party, he
was the representative Of the people
of the entire state and felt it duty
to give an account of his stewardship
that it was the duty to at least dc
this when political campaigns were
on, adding that he had followed his
convictions in speaking on the dll
ferent questions coming up in thi
senate Mr., Patterson then driftei
to the silver issue, saying that he VIZ
not conscious of one thing havis
transpired why any one who vosd
for Bryan in 1896 should not voteior
him again Well. if Senator PSer-
son. who is considered man ofon-
siderable foresight, is not awe OF
anything that should bring aNut
change, over fifty thousand hteil-
gent men and women found a'eason
why they should not do so foi years
later, and that number Is Deeh
greatly increased since. So fuch iof
the astute senator's foresif'
Mr.. Patterson lauded Durango
and her enterprising people,
calling attention to me hne
stores and window dispYs' TO our
street car system, coal lhes' saying
that Durango. next to ueDio' was
the most promising cit'h 'he state
and thea said the reas' Why iurther
advancement had not zen i,aae was
owing to Republicapponcies' 'ne
criminal act in deTLe'izihs SILVER |
forgetting to mentiC'he iacl that II
was a democratic isident, a Demo |
' cratic house and aeliocrat'c senate
that dealt the defoioW 10 SILVER IL
is really remarHe '"e easy man
+ ner in which hioicatic speakers
D skin over this IL episode. CAT this
n iunction fewlore people had ar
l. rived and wer landing in the door
wav and the htor invited them in,
saying: "Thfare plenty OF seats,
And he was he'
The senat wanted to kno" what
had occurrto change the people?
l. One would lily suppose the senator
could baveIswered this question
r bimselfq at has occurred? Great
guns, LIZ in Colorado and does
not knovlat has changed the peo-
nIe Dos the senator know that
every pliecy made by Bryan PROV
D. ed grousss and that under cover
g. of siIveIlot of incompetents secur.
al cd adm jon TO the state house and
% eenerasemb and as result be.
le gan fling at the public crib until
'd even own paper had to condemn
10 the ?. to say nothing of arraign-
m menpf the Post and Charles S.
St Tho otand other Democrats2 Don't