The Springfield herald., 1902-10-24
Cattle Growers Blacklist.

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parts of the state. has issued the address give
below simply another evidence of the incapacy an
stupidity of the late fusion Legislature AS well may
expect of thorns figs of thstes as good law
from body composed of such men as those whom Uni
committee SO unsparngly condemns 1t is evident tha
and stock at least will vote soidl
for the Republican ticket this fall
The address is as follows:
To Members of the Association:
While it is firmly established policy OF this asso-
citation take hand in party politics and the
members of this organization being represented IN
all political parties therefore allegiance to all or
none; yet the organization was formed Tor the pur
pose OF securing needed legislation the ta1ure Oh the
officials elected by to recognize just de-
mands has been decided by the delegates sent by you
to annual conventions to be sufficient reason to
withdraw support the polls from such indi
viduas regardless of the political party upon whose
ticket and under whose banner they are asking our
In establishing this principle it is well under
stood that acting as stockinen In a business
way, and not in a political sense. The live stock in
terests this state important enough to demand
recognition at the hands of our lawmakers and state
officers as long as only ask what is reasonable and
just When any official sees mt Tor political reasons
to refuse that recognition to which we are entitled
duty, for business reasons to refuse him
the sanction of votes at the polls We do TINS not
in spirit of revenge but as simple act oil Justice TO
ourselves. to if possible that recognition
which just due from the lawmakers of the state
For the first time since our organization has asked
legislation at the state. there is to be an
election of and legislative officers Your execu
tive committee has carefully examined the state
tickets the parties that have placed nominations
in field. and find that with one exception none
of those members of the Legislature who opposed
demands the stockmen during the regular session,
have succeeded in securing nominations The one ex-
ception is j. G. Schwegert OF Custer county, who as
member Legislature. persistently opposed
passage of the bills presented by the live stock in
terests who although he did finally vote for one
of special session did under protest
declaring that the BILL if it became law, would be
unconstitutional. Mr.. Schweigert is asking for
of the Democratic members of this association
for the office of attorney general Should he be elected
and the ra road companies test the constitu
tionality the railroad law, in the face OF his pub
Ideally opinion that the law is unconsttu-
tional hardly see how he could be in position to
successfully defend that law. Stockmen cannot afford
give Mr. Schwegert their votes for business reasons
which are apparent
Your committee has been unable to scan all of the
county tickets that have been nominated. but desires
call the attention of the stockmen of the state to
the following list of members of the last Legislature
who opposed the honest and just demands of the stock
men and if they have succeeded in securing nomina
hands of it is believed that the
should withhold their votes from all
such:
c. NJ Hammond of Montrose and Delta counties.
Harry Hart, Andrew Park and William c. Ponchon
of Pueblo county.
Frank Madden of Weld county
James Lyttle of Routt and Rio Blanco counties
Daniel w. Fall of Grand and Summit counties.
j. G. Schwegert of Custer county.
A. Fl. Davis of Fremont and Chafee counties.
John N. caches of Kit Carson and Cheyenne coun-
Fred s Bolsnger of Gpin county.
John f. Bradley. Peter German Max Morris.
Evangelne Heartz Barclay r. Smith, J. n. Lorbor and
Wilbur f. Cannon of Arapahoe county.
Cornelius Cunningham CT Lake county.
Charles T. Rawat Of Gsnnison county.
Ceestino Garcia of Copr1es county
,rohn Kennedy of Ouray county.
Bernard j. O'Connell of Clear Creek county.
Thomas NJ Raney oil Lake county
Lewis S. Riley OF Conejos and Archuleta counties
Jose f. Sanchez of Costilla county
Charles S. Sprague of Ell Pasc End Teller counties.
William H. Adams of Conejos county.
Thomas Annear of Ouray and San Juan counties.
Casimiro Barela of Las Animas county.
George V. Copp of La Plata and Montezuma coun-
1.es
Francis F. Graves of Cheyenne Lincoln, Kit Car
and Elbert counties.
Theodore Mcclure of Arapahoe county
]. w. Smith of Lake county.
A. T. Stewart of Pueblo county
l.. A. Tanquary of Pueblo and Huerfano counties.
Leander r. West of Jefferson county.
(Signed)
COLORADO CATTLE AND HORSE GROWERS AS
SOCIATION. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, w. L.
GRUBB President.
FRED P. JOHNSON, Secretary.
Dam. Cnln Oct