Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-13
A FUSION OPINION.

A year ago the Democrats and flu.
sion press of the state took great
pride in referring to and quoting Da-
vid Coates paper In regard to labor
ing matters, and the lieutenant gov
ernor was pointed to time and again
as the only true friend of labor. But
after a years association with the
Democratic party Mr. Coates found he
was with the wrong party, If he train
ed with the working class. and in this
connection we quote Mr.. Coates and
his paper, the Pueblo Chronicle, as
follows concerning the Democratic
congressional nominees-Teller, Ad-
ans, Bell and Shafroth.
Let us take up the other leading
men on the Democratic ticket. With
the personality of these men we have
no quarrel. AS far as we know. they
are gentlemen of clean personal char
acter. 1t is the class they represent,
the principles they stand for, and their
acts in public life. we have to do
with.
Henry NJ. Teller. candidate for
United States senator. What single
act in public life has Henry NJ. Teller
ever performed which operated for
the welfare of the masses of the peo-
pie? Not onei 1t is true he saved
the Cubans from American despot-
ism by resolution he introduced in
congress. Has Mr. Teller ever intro
duced a resolution to free the Ameri-
can workman from industrial despot-
ism, as represented by the coal ba-
rons, Morgan, Rockefeller, Carnegie
etc? Never! Before he went to the
United States senate he was a corpor-
alton lawyer, and is yet connected
with the Union Pacific law firm
When he was secretary of the interior
he was a party to the deals which al
lowed the Union Pacific to grab mil
lions of acres of the most fertile wes-
tern land. AS a public official Sena-
tor Teller has not done a single soli-
tary act which endears him to the
working people. and vote for him
is vote for the capitalist class which
he represents.
"Alva Adams, candidate for con
gressman-at-large is a banker, money
loaner and mine owner. He is a gold
bug, Philippine eXpansionist, and diff
fers with the Democracy on these two
questions, Funny he got on the Dem
ocratic ticket. isn't it? No! He was
put on the ticket because he repre-
sents the same class interests as
those who controlled the nomination
of candidates. Mr.. Adams was twice
governor of Colorado. What has he
IN h1 INT ,f 60, bo
welfare and happiness of the work
ing people? Not one single, solitary
thing! As governor of Colorado he
attempted to settle the Leadville
strike of miners for SO per day. He
went to the miners meeting and
agreed with certain propositions the
miners made for peaceful and honor
able settlement of the strike and
promised to stay with them. He took
these propositions into the meeting of
the Mine Owners association; the
association turned them down and re-
fusesd to consider any terms of set
tlement except the complete surrender
of the strikers. Mr.. Adams went back
on his promises to the miners, ac-
cepted the position of the mine own
ers, and left the state militia in their
hands to break the strike, which was
accomplished. There has been trou-
Bile at several mines in which Mr. Ad-
ans is interested and he has always
refused to interfere, leaving the mat
ter in the hands of the superintend-
ents or managers to settle with the
best interests of the company in view.
We reiterate. there is not single
reason why any worlingman should
cast vot for Alva Adams for con
gressman-atlarge, as he will only
represent the aristocratic, plutocratic
interests if he were fortunate enough
to secure a congressional seat.
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John Bell and John Shafroth, both
lawyers, are the candidates for con
gress in the First and Second dis
tricts, and while these men are better
representatives. of the people than
Thomas, Teller Stimson and Adams,
measures which will relieve labor of
its burden of toll for bare living.
Labor looks with no encouragement
to the acts of these men to bring bet
ter conditions. Both of them are
supporters of the present industrial
system, which is exploiting, starving
and debauching labor. A vote for
these men is not in the interest and
for the welfare of labor"
FACTS FOR FORMERS.