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make any extended remarks. I regret
very much that Mr.. Hogg, the Republi-
can candidate for Congress for this
district, is unable to be with you, as
know you woud have enjoyed his pre-
sentation of the issues in this cam
paign, and hope he will have an op-
portunity to address you before the
campaign closes.
The greatest state issue in this cam
paign is, How can the taxpayers bur-
den be lightened? l think the people
of Colorado, at least for many years,
have permitted their interests to be
crucified upon the cross of the United
States senatorship. Every one who will
stop to consider the matter must real
ize that the people of Colorado are far
more interested in the election of the
governor and other state officers than
they are in who shall represent the
state in either house of Congress, and
in my judgment the people of Clear
Greek county ought to have greater
interest in the selection of county
commissioner than in the selection OF
a United states senator, and l know
you will make no mistake if you vote
on November 4th for the Republican
candidate fer county commissioner,
who is in every way well qualified for
the position.
do not know what the character of
your county government has been in
recent years, but if it has been any
thing like the government in Arapa-
hoe county for the past three or four
years, then God help you. The only
thing we people of Arapahoe county
can congratulate ourselves upon is
that the county court house is so
stable that the Democratic officehold-
ers have been unable to carry the build
ing off
The Republicans have nominated
splendid state ticket. For governor we
have submitted to the people the name
of James H. Peabody, whom you have
seen and heard tonight, and who
can recommend to you as an honest
and capable business man, and a man
who will give the people of Colorado an
economical and business-like admins
tration.
Our convention fortunately selected
good citizens for each of the positions
on the state ticket, and you will make
no mistake in supporting that ticket.
You certainly have hada enough of
Democratic government in Colorado,
when you take into consideration
their inability, both in the Legislature
and in the executive department, to
handle the business of the people.
The present governor simply did
that which his party demanded of him,
and yet they did not have the courage
to renominate him. 1t is true that he
called the extra session of the Legis-
lature for the purpose of giving that
aggregation of Democrats and Assist
ant Democrats an opportunity to cor
rect the mistakes made at the regular
session, but he did so with the approx
al of his party, and they cannot escape
the result nor the effect upon this cleo
ton by claiming that they refused to
nominate the man who made this mis-
take. Mr.. Orman simply did that
which his party leaders and party as
sociates desired and approved of. That
mistake cost the people probably $75,-
600 to 100000 and all the legislation
enacted at such special session, viz, the
so-called revenue bill, gives the people
no relief in the matter of the assess
ment and collection of revenue, unless
it is upon the question of assessing in
tangible property. Property or prop
erty rights could have been assessed
under the present revenue law. 1t was
simply a question of duty on the part
of the assessing officers, and so far as
giving the assessing authorities power
to tax intangible property is concerned,
that weakness or defect of the old rev.
enue law could have been cured by an
amendment which could have been en-
acted into law at the regular session,
and saved the people the enormous
burden that has been cast upon them
by the recklessness and ineficiency of