Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-12-05

REf u bi-ltaN BoDSIER.
The above communication received
last night calls tor short answer.
although rather late In the day In
the first place The Herald is not
given to much blow or bluster. leay-
ing this for the opposition, and in
the next. the political editor of The
Herald has been confined to the house
by Illness since the week previous TO
election. We feel that our Pine River
Republican friend has kick com
ing because the great Republican vic.
tory in La Plata county has not been
fully exploited in these columns. but
The above reference tells why the
neglect. Our correspondent has the
situation sized up correctly. The, Du.
range Democrat had no more to do
with the victory of certain Republi.
cans than the man in the moon. and
in this connection il might he well
to cover certain facts. II will be re.
membered that eight years ago La
Plata county cast 5000 majority for
the Democratic ticket, only SIS Repuhli-
can votes being recorded. OF course
eight years ago the silver issue was
what turned the pearie to voting the
Democratic ticket affd il had the ten.
dency to make them hate anything
tending TO Repubicanism. 1t was a
glorious opportunity for Democracy
to retain hold of Colorado for a great
many years to come, especially was
this true of La Plata county But no
sooner had the above party obtained
absolute control than extravaganza
began and our people have had tax.
paying experience without material
benefits they will long remember.
And during all this time the editor
of the Democrat has been a resident
OF the county. advocating Democratic ic
doctrines and in the face of his
learned" advocacy of the party. Re-
publicanism has steadily grown. Four
years ago Democracy prevailed in La
Piata county by nearly 900 majority.
since that time we have had three
Democratic sheets advocating Demo-
cratic principles week after week
During the late campaign two Demo.
cratic dailies and one weekly opposed
Roosevelt and urged voters to po
against him In face of the learned"
editor of the Democrat. voters rerus.
ed TO follow his advice ard as re.
suit. we find the Democratic maiuri.
ties OF four years ago of 900 chang.
ed 10 Republican majority for
Roosevelt Of 300. or to be technically
correct, 291 To further illustrate the
influence of the Democrat and its
egotistical and learned" editor. ref
erence Is made to the vote received
by Congressman Hogg. Two years ago
the Democrat tacitly supported Mr.
Hogg and he lost the county by near
~ 400. This year the Democrat omen
ed lts fioodgates of misrepresentation
against Mr., Hogg and he carried the
county by 81 plurality. When you thlnJ
OF 1t. IT Is simply wonderful the wa,
the farmers and voters generally tooL
me Democrats advice in voting fo,
| Congressman. Again, the Democrat
opposed the election of Sherif
thompson and he won by 1871 Tn,
| Dehiotrdi opposed the election of NIL
Ter. Cowie, Holmbmg. and others or
the state ticket and still all carrie,
the county over the Democrats sun
| ported by the sheet in question
Messrs. Eddy. Logan. Charlton ant
| McEwen would have been elected b,
possibly larger majorites had tn,
Democrat not supported them as ful
ly as many voted against them OWN,
to its support as the Democrat influ
enced voters for them. The Democra
also opposed DIR. Lackey and he wa,
elected The Democrat will not den,
that its editor voted for and SUPPORT
ed two of the three defeated Republi
can nominees on the county tickle,
And in the face of this the learned
editor OF the Democrat has been max
ing it appear that 1t alone was respon
sible for the result. The claim is II
line with the position of the Demo
crat in regard to everything. The Hei
aid alone in newspaper lines has bal
tied for Republicanism in La Plat
county. carrying on campaign of ed
ucation that finally won great vic