Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-10-28
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is.s.slaar & saer~-
ia the nai<,-s 81 al tn~ ,zla 81
-law and aTSi.s" ,s.e,sns large the
-saiaW af Csen gahn n-~e. splen-
Iid clllzea whasa the Peabody al
ADMINISTRATION hroarisi al lie powers so
crush. NJ eas should iorg.s the va
i..saIs Vt thaf Outrageous ~court-
mar al. dominated by Gen Sherman
Ben and c,anlved a by the COVER
nor h nsaftercA ns thai john
Chase l. great physician devoted
ID the Is.tle work oi causing the
bflaa D. s,.e and the deaf 10 hear
that hi- services have ever been al
tlse canmaad of the poor as free a.
The AR thew breathe. tnat for wears
he has stood the highest TESTS IT
citizenship The Peabody Admins
iraiiaa hesita,ed al npthing IN order
that ID might crush thls brigadIer
general. who construed his duiy to
,e the guarding 81 the homes ot the
miners Of Cripple Greek az well a.
gaardiag the property Of the mime
owners. The aud has pr1tesi against
the padded pasr,als rendered him
undesirable. ana every step that
iualice aud envy could put in motion
was taken % condemn hIm a. an un-
it soldier and - stamp his a. nan
guilty of perlary. The '>top. thief
crv was one too many, and the court
martial. after rigid investigation re
pndiated II. General Chase Is the
peer If anv citizen OF Colorado IN
honesty and ability HIS lad ls the
military. but he knew TOO much
about military procedure TO be wei
come in Peabodys inner Cabinet
What Peabody wanted he got. and
he substituted in the field for the
able and virile aud honest General
Chase the man Sherman Bell, whose
utierance. What Is needed Is not
habeas copus. but post mortens, ~
disgrace to Colorado and 10 the
state administration If anything were
needed 10 disgrace the latter Bell >
svcophancv had delighted Peabody
His appointment Of the governor :
daughter as a colonel attached 10 his
military menage amazed the public,
bat pleased the little governor, who
had been SO vain - 10 insist on sell
ing aside Miss Walsh from the pleas
ant duty o' christening the cruiser
Colorado and substituting his own
daughter national scandal, by the
way. and an offense against good
taste which goes far to explain Pea
hodys devotion to Sherman Bell.
As 10 this latter incident. Senator
Teller, who had the right to name
the lady, chose the daughter Of
Thomas F. Walsh, the millionaire
mine owner Of Colorado and Wash
ington, u c. This was when Orman
was governor. Governor Orman had
no daughter and the selection was
highly approved, even though Mr..
Walsh is a republican The young
ladys picture appeared In every
wrlte-up OF the cruiser, and 1t was 10
have been swell function, that
launching. her fathers purse having
been rendered to give Colorado such
an advertising as it had never had
Bat a freaklsh election brought in
Pesbody, full OF vanity and Of
daughters. Soon Denver paper
began TO speak Of a slight upon the
family OF the executive and to call
on the shipyard people to right ii
Not an expostulary word came from
the state house while this sensation.
II sheet maintained the cruel and dis
gusting campaign. The first man
10 speak was great hearted Ton
Walsh, aud whea he spoke it was tC
say that his daughter, who had even
purchased her gowns for the fiesta
occasion, would decline the honor IL
favor of Governor Peabodv's daught.
er. To the state : shame the lattel
accepted it Tor his daughter anC
every good mother in Colorado fel
ashamed Of the Peabody family foi
H. Little things indicate character
or the lack Of it.