The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-23
SOMETHING ABOUT A WELL.KNOWN
NEWSPAPER MAN...HERBERT GEORGE
tFrom Clay's Review

ty. 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 convention
was called to meet in Omaha in 1882.
In the meantime Mr.. George organized
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 up 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 it and threw vast
sums of money into the elections.
In those days the weekly issue of Mr..
Georges paper reached a circulation
Of $4,000, and it was the only Popuiist
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 reiOrma-
ton does not come through the eleva-
ton of party oilice-hunters and that
true reformation consists only In the
education of the people. The panic of
1893 wiped out all that the Popuist
campaign failed in absorbing OF his
tidy little fortune and he had life to
begin over again with a debt that
reached nearly 2O,O00--in other words,
600 worse off than nothing.
Unabashcd by these reverses. lie
very quickly concluded that to get out
OF the hole on the earnings OF weekly
paper to be out of the question. so he
branchcd cut into new fields. He took
up his old line of work. located and
opened qGarries. and in a very short
time became identified with the Gug-
genheimS ana in ten years time has
followed along with them in their sue
cess. From a little small beginning in
Pueblo he to-day has Quarries located
in four different states supplying lime
tluXing to the various plants of the
smclter trust. The past few years he
has devoted more time and attention
to his Quarrying interests than his pa
per, but his paper has never been laid
aside or forgotten and he thinks more
of his paper to-day than any other en-
terprise he is identified with. and his
paper is to-day on a better footing
than ever in its existence, and while it
doesn't enjoy the circulation it did in
the boom days of Populsm, it has
steadily increasing list Of readers that
enjoy the work of the special writer's
Mr.. George is now able to employ in
getting up his weekly publication.
In the past ten years he has accumu-
lated a handsome fortune. and being
thoroughly Independent and having
the courage of his convictions, his
friends may depend upon it there will
be something doing when he takes the
field again The next time he gets TO
work he will have one of the best
equipped daily papers published west
of Chicago to assist him and he will
own the paper and not be candidate
for office, either. Friends who have
watched his work in the past ten years
cheerfully accord him all the praise he
deserves for the honest and cOnscien-
tiOuS work he has done in the way OF
putting himself beyond the reach of
those who tear down their best friends.
He is preparing a 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.