The daily sentinel., 1904-05-09
DENVER LETTER =
Comedy by the Republican
War Auxiliary Politics

ne Dbublutl.
aIAbout noon yesterday the crash OF
artillery was heard. People rushed
frantically in the direction of the fir
ing 10 find out wherefor the bonn bard
ment. They found a squad of tin
soldiers ON the capitol grousds busily
loading and firing in an aimless fash
ion, and the plain citizens stood won
deringly by and speculated what it
was lllabout.
Suddenly, depotwards. the sound OF
brass smote the air. Then cavalcade
hove in sight. with flying banners,
glinting steel and gold lace galore.
Following came procession of car
riages, and in the first one sat plug
man IN plug hat. Next him lolled
the latter Napoleon. Sherman Bell,
in full regimentals. 1t dawned upon
the gaping canaille on the sidewalks
that their war lord, Peabody, with
his retinue, was returning in triumph
from the st. Louis exposition.
Nobody had particularly missed the
governor, and when the crowds saw
him making his triumphal entry like
Imperial Caesar returning from the
war, they naturally wondered why all
the fuss and feathers. 1t was later
explained that the over Jealous mill
tia planned it MS a surprise party on
Peabody and Bell, as a mark of their
regard for keeping them IN permanent
employment.
Ii -t., . To-,
was due to meet next day and num-
ber of delegates were in the city. 1t
is possible the governor thought the
time auspicious for making an i'm
preston ON them. The social triumph
gained by the governor in st. Louis
which will probably add another $50, =
900 or $25. 600 to the Peabody indebt-
edness. was another good reason for
his excellency ordering ont soldiers
and brass bands. When the act that
tho Peabody party has broken into
consumation st Louis socie5y is sure
ly worthy of artillery, martial music
and marching men. There is a soft
rise to this war governor of ours. He
has his victories of peace as we'll as
war. which his military may appro-
priately celebrate.
Whatever the impression conveyed
to the county delegates by this mill
tary display, it is certain the general
sentiment was one of disgust and IA
prevalence of that tired feeling. No
body had the hardihood to attempt a
cheer along the line of march. but
there were many decidedly uncompli-
mentary expressions heard. and not
from the riff raft. either.
There are many good citizens, Re-
uublicans and Democrats alike, who
have stood by Peabody because they
thought he represented law and order.
1t is dawning upon many of these
that the governor is vain glorious
ass who should never have been elect
ed to the place. 1t ascertain that with
a man of proper balance in the gov
ernor's chair much if not all of this
interminable military circus could
have been avoided and the strike
peaceably settled long ago. The mil
itary microbe seems to have infected
him, and summoning the militia has
come to be his panacea for every dis
order to which flesh is heir to.
Senator Patterson, following the
example of Bryan. hired hall and
brass band last Wednesday night. all
with his own money. Then. like
Blind Tom, he introduced himself.
though that was purely perfunctory
since most of the audience knew him
too we'll. Unlike Blind Tom, he did
not applaud his own performance,
although later he did in the News and
Times.
The Republican and Post, which
usually salute the senator with cat.
calls such as "Old Sue 'em, "Old
Perplexity." etc.. joined in with the
speakers newspapers in applauding
the performance. 1t must be remem-
bered that they are all in the same
political boat now, so do not b., ,surptis
ed when you see Senator Patterson re.
ferred to in the rival newspapers a:
eminently truthful, distinguished
and useful citizen, etc. It's all il
the game of politics. you know.
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