The Glenwood post., 1904-10-15
CONGRESSMAN Brooks and
John 7. MCNeeIy
Speak in Opera
House
DEMOCRATIC FALSEHOODS REFUTED
And TRUTH TOLD REGARDING
CRIPPLE CREEK AND NIL
ITARY RULE

lie Cdiup was opeHtu III bdr-
field county Wednesday night by Con-
gresham Fbanklin E Brooks and Hon.
. John T. McNeely, of Cripple Creek
~at the opera house. The house was
fairly well filled with an enthusiastic
audience who listened with much inter.
est to the remarks of the two speakers
Mr.. Brooks dealt largely with ma
tional issues but took the time to
refute several of the democratic cam
paign falsehoods that are being given
wide circulation throughout the state
He showed by actual figures that the
military expense of the administration
had been about $3.50, 900, whereas the
democrats have stated that it was over
million. Deducting the military
expenses from the total it left the total
expense, including the 300, 0G0 spent
for the World S fair, actually less than
during the last Adams administration.
He then called attention to the fact
that peace and prosperity bad come
from the turmoil and strife of the past
few years rs a result of the vigorous
policy pursued in suppressing lawless
ness in the mining camps of the state
that were formerly under the domina
ton of the Western Federation of
rsiiners.
The tariff was treated by him in
forcible manner and the Dingley bill
came in for considerable praise as be
ing the most perfect piece of revenue
legislation ever devised for any gov
ernment As applied to the products
of Garfield county and the farmer all
over the country he showed conclusive
ly that the duty on potatoes, wheat
~snd other products kept out similar
products from the agricultural states
of the Northwest of Canada where
labor is cheap and secure the home
market for home products He asked
the people ii they desired to go back
to the time when wool 'came within
four cents of being free under a dem
ocratic tariff law Mr.. Brooks was
perfectly at home on this subject as he
was vi all lIt Vi wv "iN
upon which he touched.
He showed Mr.. Parker as being the
trust candidate and stated that the
Standard Oil company, the Amalga'
mated Copper company. James j. Hill,
August Belmont and other avOwed
trust supporters We're Parker men and
had contributed heavily to the demo.
cratic campaign fund He said it
was absurd for the democrats to claim
that Roosevelt was in any manner the
candidate of the trusts, as sit was
through Roosevelt that the Sherman
law was made effective and through
his initiative that the Northern Securi-
ties company has been squelched, thus
bringing upon his head the enmity of
flames J Hill and other trust mag
mates who were interested He said
passed through the efforts of John
Sherman but during the time the dem
ocrats had control of all departments
of the government the law was con
Sllttttl US lIltlIl hhN
>was made entirely imperative through
their lack of initiative in tackling the
problems that confront the nation -
The Panama canal and its relation
to the prosperity of the entire country
was discussed II admire the great
democratic party that ruled the nation
for nearly fifty years and / want to
give them the credit for talking about
Panama canal as early as 1903 and
again in 1s45 and at still other times
but it remained for that great man who
occupies the president $ chair today to
take in the situation at glance and
act. President Roosevelt did what
the democrats had talked about for a
century and the Panama canal is now
"A ve,itahle reality. Work is now be-
ing done to connect the two oceans. -
"Our prosperity said Mr.. Brooks,
"lies to the west and we have estao'
Erhed the open door in the Orient.
European nations talked about the
open door and when they desired to
have the open door it was found open,
thanks to Presidents Mckinley and
Roosevelt and the American army and
American navy and the brave men who
fought during the war with Spain. y
"We have given the Filipinos
schools, we have purchased the lands
held by the Spanish friars, we have