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from the candidate for representative and from DR.
Grass, one of the most prominent politicians of
Colorado, as well, that Senator Wocott had no
part in the present campaign That he had asked
no pledges in his behalf and had refused to con-
tribute one dollar toward the campaign fund. In
other words it is said that he wrote a letter that
stated his side of the case very plainly to Chairman
Farley. This was not made public for the edif-
cation of the Republicans alone, but that our
Democratic friends might cease the cry of "Wol-
colt " in the present campaign. The Rocky Noun
tain News admits one day that it is a fact that
Senator Wolcott has part in the campaign and
the next day it tells the people that the campaign
is battle between Wolcott and Teller The people
of the county are satisfied that the RepubIicanism
of the present campaign is not the Republicanism
of old in Colorado. 1t is the Republicanism of
Roosevelt-the Republcanism that means new
life for county, state and nation
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The opera house was filled with people on the
occasion of the big rally and even Democratic
friends admit that it was the largest crowd of the
the campaign. A good per cent of those who sat
through the entire program were the miners and
laboring of the district They realized what
it means to attend Republican rally at this time
They realize that the Republican party is with
those who toll and for that reason labor is with the
Republican party.
wished several times that some of the speakers
would call attention to the conditions existing at
the present time and compare them with those that
existed ten years Lgo. At that time Grover
Cleveland was president and Democracy had conf
plete power in the nation What picture of the
past could be drawn from the turmoil and poverty
of that time. In the time of strike and roit and
strife when Eugene V. Debs endeavoring to
make terms with the millionaires of the country
he appealed to the president, Mr. Cleveland for
relief. His appeal was answered by the sending of
federal troops to shoot down the strikers and treat
them as criminals. A little later what did we fnd2
An army of unemployed marching from ocean to
ocean, A living petition to the executive at Wash
ington to do something that would give labor
ployment. Millions of cash idle. Millions
of toll were idle. Mills and factories had closed
down. There nothing for these men to do
They marched to Washington to remind Democ-
racy of the existing conditions and when they
arrived they were told to keep off the grass and
were treated criminals and guarded by federal
troops. This is the way Democracy treated the
laboring man.
The present shows changed conditions. The
people are employed. When trouble arises they
reach out for help to the White House and there
they find the hand of the president extended to
help them as it was when President Mitchell re-
Gently made his appeal to the powers at the ma
tion's capital. The toiler is treated as if he
were a criminal but on the contrary those who en-
deavor to grind him down the ones that are
held to account and compelled to bend the knee to
the dictation of right. 1t is not matter for
prise that the people stand ready and willing to
yell for the Republican admnstl alton of Mr.
Roosevelt. 1t is what labor has demanded for
years and that is the that labor is favorable
to the Republican party in the nation and in the
state and county as well.
4s4a4s
The Georgetown Courier appears to be some
what alarmed lest the people realize that the Re-
publcans are in favor of doing something that
will loosen the grip of the smelter trust on the
throats of the mining men. Instead of standing
side by side with the Republicans and pledging
their candidate to much the Republican
candidate has pledged himself to do toward
wiping out this evil, the Democrats abusing
the Republicans and endeavoring to blind the
people to the real issue of the campaign in the
county. They will find that they are making
mistake in this for the people do not care for
empty campaign promises. What they want is
men in whom they have confidence, like they
have in Mr.. C1ough-rnen who will right
out before the people and tell them what they in
tend to do when elected. The Democrats will
not win by pursuing the narrowest of all policies
that of refusing to aid in good thing because the
Republicans were the first to take the proposition
up Let them be as honest the Republican
convention when it indorsed everything good
that was offered the people by the Democratic
legislature. The people want fairness in politics.
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DIR. Grass warmly received by the people