Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-09-29
DEMOCRATIC APATHY.

There is certainly chill running
through Democratic blood this fall
We can hardly blame the rank and file
for this. 1t is pretty hard for blood
to warm up under the policy OF Dem
ocracy exemplified In county and state
the past few years.
Monday night a grand rally was ad,
vertised for Democratic candidates
at Coliseum hall and great prepara-
lions had been made for getting out
the people. But alas. the chill which
kept the Hon. Thomas NJ. Patterson
away. sent Alva Adams to Telluride,
and Governor Orman to Buena Vista
in order to escape the frost, which per.
might expect Republican papers to
well as the audience. or course. we
might expect Republican speakers to
burlesque the meeting to certain ex-
tent. but their accounts would bring
dismay to any Democratic heart.
hence we only give Polly Pry's ac-
count of the meeting as published in
the Post. which is conclusive evidence
that the ratification was failure.
The building could have seated 500
more than were present, which may
account for the dismay of speakers
Just peruse the Post description:
And last night the Democrats "rati
fed" their ticket. 1t was great oc-
casion, and the Democratic public
came up to the scratch in way that
argues well for-their desire to get
amusement for nothing
They got 1t all right-and it wasn't
bad-in fact, when Congressman Bell
but that's later.
All the idols" were there, at least
nearly all-it is true that the blush
ing candidate from Pueblo was miss
ing, likewise ''Tireless Tommy" who
has the spec A-uatius habi, lu
that he has to be muzzled when tuey
want him to stop-but in order that
they should not be missed, Tommy
Tulley' handed us bunch of letters
from absentees that put two-thirds of
the audience to sleep.
Tommy is a pleasing youth with
badly matched dome of thought and
a blooming complexion, but-and-
well-he was decidedly handicapped.
-'p 'cuih t,idNNiuiiy ihdt
teeter-board of talent, as represented
by the airy persiflage of that breath
of thistle-down known as "Pueblo's
Sweet Thing" and the ponderance
eloquence and meat-ax humor of Pat
terson of the Placid Platte-at least.
lot all at once.
So we forgave Tommy T. "He
done the best he could "
For the first time during the cam
paign the Democrats hung out the
red, white and blue. and made stag
ger at decoration. AS the United
States has no president, a frisky Co
chin China rooster occupied the place
of honor above the platform. fanked
on either side by an alleged picture
of Senator Teller and William Jen-
nings Bryan.
The senator was on the platform
and confessed that he did not feel
very well. After seeing that picture
wasn't surprised. 1t looked like
cross between Mormon angel and
an Arizona road agent, with leaning
toward the road agent
AS for that lively dead one" Will
lie J. B.-he was, as always, smirking.
There We're two of him and one his
fellow ghost, Adlai Stevenson.
That exhausted the heroic past
and present" and left Senator p with
out a hook to hang on.
Senator Teller again told us that
new story of how he walked out of
the Republican convention in '96, in
structed us in regard to beet sugar"
explained how he freed Cuba" and at
the end of three-quarters of an hour
asked the chairman, who had fallen
asleep in the meantime, whether his
fifteen minutes were up. And that be
fuddled gentleman forgot his cue, and
said, Yes, some time ago." which
was frightful breach, and cost us a
lot of useful information whitehall
though ! say it as shouldn't-is badly
needed.
Then that dimpled and poetical gen
| tleman. the chesty and poetical O'Don-
nell, handed us a wad of well select
ed quotations, beginning with the ear
ly Christians and running down to
modern nursery rhymes, pausing by
the way to pay his compliments to the
press. and incidentally handing Judge
Dixon a poke in the Stats. 1t was here
that the crowd began to thin out.
who Killed Cock Robin? |. said
the sparrow, with my little arrow.
killed Cock Robin," said the doughty
son of Erin.
"Who killed the revenue bill?
said Judge Dixon. | did the fifiin'.
killed the revenue bill" he Numbered
and the remaining clacque arose like
a t rout to the fly. while button few
from O'Donnell's coat and the ladies
on the platform looked frightened
But the danger was over-the rest OF
the buttons held-and the umpire
called time"
Governor Thomas. who had beer
surreptitiously pinching himself tc
keep awake, uncoiled himself will
the graceful ease of a live angle worn
and proceeded to ladle out Demo
cratic doctrine which was warranted
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