The daily sentinel., 1904-10-29
CHANCELLOR BUCHTEL
The Great Apostle of "Law and
Order" Greeted with a Good
Audience Last Night.

The republicans were successful
in getting out big crowd last night
to hear Chancellor Buchtel defend
Gov. Peabody. They ought to have
been successful after such strenuous
efforts tc attract a crowd The band
was kept ont all yesterday afternoon.
a musical program arranged and the
pay homage to distinguished church
man.
The crowd was about equal in size
TO the crowd that heard Gov. Thomas
and Senator Teller. The audience
was no larger.
On the platform sat Postmaster Price
with his post office clerks and their
fanilies. George Smith. who did his
best to impress his Importance ON
the audience bv moving about on the
stage, the republican quartotte, and
a few other gentlemen and ladies.
Th stage was arranged in an attractive
manner.
Judge Marsh presided over the
meeting. Although the Chancellor
is an eminent divine. no local minis
ter saw fit to appear on the stage and
participate in the political meeting
III Judge Marsh's introdu etion, the
Sentinel was taken to task for his ed
itorial on ''our distinguished speaker ="
He made an effort to recall other
ministers who participated in politics
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He declared this campaign to be one
of education and that the Chancellor
had come to tell the people how to
vote.
Chancellor Bucltel opened his ad.
dress by defending his position, refer
ring to the editorial in the Sentinel.
He said a preacher had right to
speak on political matters whenever
or wherever he pleased. He mention
ed the names of several ministers who
had made political speeches. Twenty
five minutes were taken up by the
speaker in making excuses for his
participating in politics, and his
defense was a weak one.
Though advertised as non parti.
san. the meeting was partisan in the
extreme The Chancellor's address
was a rabid republican speech. He
dealt with only one side of the issues
of every question and lodged every
question on which thu democrats
take issue He did not take up the
paramount issues and show where the
damocratic portv xuac ,naLipe, chargas
or assertions that could not be sub
stantiated. The address was i'll the
interest of Peabody and the corpora
tions. the rich as against the poor.
the heavy taxpayer against the man
who has no property.
The Chancellor directed his drgu-
ments against the Western Fedora
tion of Miners. he declared that "the
Western Federation of Miners is a
school of murder with bloody trail. "
He denounced the labor leaders in
the most violent terms. He held the
members of the Mine Owners associa-
tion up as the 'most respectable oiti-
zens of the state,'' men who would
stoop to nothing dishonorable. He
declared the Federation of Miners had
stopped to everything vile and dirty.
He told of the Independence horror,
holding the mine owners blameless
and cast reflections on the Western
Federation.
He referred to the Telluride Journal
as Strong democratic paper" when
it is wellknown that the Telluride
Journal has not been a democratic
paper for four years or longer. Ac-
cording to him, the miners are to
blame for everything and the mine
owners are men of spotless characters.
warm hearts. and treated their en-
ployees better than any mine owners
in the country.
He defended Governor Paabody's
course throughout, but was careful
not to mention his military actions
nor to refer to Sherman Bell. He
referred to Gov. Peabody as lone of
the most brave and fearless governors
Colorado ever had" He said Pea
body was gentleman in every sense of
the word and true patriot. A Rov-
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