Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-01-23
SOMETHING ABOUT A WELL.KNOWN
NEWSPAPER MAN-.HERBERT GEORGE
tFrom clay's Review.)

fty and he was one of the men that
called the meeting OF the Peoples par
ty In st. Louis in 1890. AT that con-
vention the great national conventioF
was called to meet In Omaha In lss..
In the meantime Mr.. George organizec
the state of Colorado. building up
magnificent Peoples party machine In
every county In the state. and almost
single handed and alone fought the
battles OF 1892 In the state OF Colorado.
furnishing ninety per cent. OF the cam
paign fund mp to seventeen days be-
fore the election. when the wealthy
Democrats, realizing nothing on earth
could prevent the election OF Governor
Waite, came In and Joined the new
party, took charge of 1t and threw vast
sums OF money into the elections.
In those days the weekly issue of Mr.
Georges paper reached n circulation
of sc 900, and II was the only Populist
paper In the state. People who recall
those days remember the tremendous
work done by Mr.. George on the
stump and In his paper and the vic
tory that followed. but that election
was the turning point In Mr.. Georges
career. The ingratitude OF the people
who had proiited by his efforts taught
him the lesson that political reforma-
tion does not come through the eleya-
tion OF party ofiice-hunters and that
true reformation consists only In the
education OF the people. The panic OF
1893 wiped out nli that the Populist
campaign failed In absorbing OF his
, tidy little fortune and he had life To
begin over again with debt that
reached nearly s2o.oOo-in other words.
$4,000 worse on than nothing.
unabashcd by these rcycrses. he
l.ws
OF the hole on the earnings OF n weekly
paper to bc out of the question. 30 he
branchcd out into new fields. He took
up his old line OF work. located and
opened gGarries. and In n very short
time became identified with the Gus-
Icnheims and In ten years time has
followed along with them In their sue
cess From a little small beginning In
Pueblo he to-day iins qunrrieS located
In four different states supplying lime
| iiuxing to the various plants of III.
amcitcr trust. The past few years he
has devoted more time and attention
TO hts luErrying interests than his rn-
per. but his paper has never been laid
aside or forgotten and he thinks more
1 Of his paper to-day than any other en-
,crprIsc b. In identified with. and his
paper II to-day on n better footing
than ever In its existence. and while IL
doesn't enjoy the circulation II did In
the boom days of Popui.sm. II has n
steadily incrcaHins list OF readers that
enjoy the work OF the special writer's
MIR. Geors. Ii now able TO employ In
getting up his weekly publication.
In the past ten years he has accumu-
lated n handsome fortune. and being
thoroughly Independent and having
the courage OF HIS convictions. his
friends may depend upon II there will
be something doln. when he takes the
Held again. The next time he gets to
work he will have one Of the best
equipped daily papers published ives,
OF Chicago to assist him and he will
own the paper and not be a candidate
for Office. either. Friends who have
watched his work In the past ten years
chccrfaiiy accord him nii the praise he
deserves for the honest and conscicn-
tious work he has done In the way OF
putting himself beyond the reach OF
those who tear down their best friends.
lie In preparing way for better
conditions. and those who read his pa
per realize that he has kept In line
with humanity all these years notwith-
standing his seeming lack OF interest
! In public affairs.