Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-10-24


miners that have been driven out of
various mining camps in Colorado
during the past eight years-all of
which was done without anv inter
ference or protest from Democrat gov
ernors.
But Governor Peabody is guilty of
militarism. and this is awful
Just what particular brand of mill
tarism attaches the odium to govern
or Peabody his critics do not say.
Trne. Governor Peabody called out
the militia to presrve order.
So has every other governor during
the last twelve years
Waite sent the troops to Cripple
Creek and to the city hall in Denver.
McIntire sent the troops to Leadville:
Adams kept the troops In Leadville a
long time after he became governor:
Thomas sent the troops to Lake City:
Orman sent a military commission to
Telluride:
If the act of calling out the troops
to preserve order constitutes militar-
ism. then we have had long line of
military governors.
Since Colorado became n state there
really has been only once when the
state was precipitated into the throes
of actual war and there really has
been only one war governor worthy OF
the name.
II those days our gallant soldiers
bore proudly aloft the standard of the
state and by candle light each night
we read of their daring feats and
wondered what the morrow would
bring forth.
Mothers hearts were wrung with
'ng'ish lest each bulletin from the
front would bring news of some ca
lamity to the loved ones.
The gallant commander in chief oc
'rpied position well to the front
of telegraph instrument in Denver
and he personally directed every move
that was made
For weeks this dreadful war kepi
mp but never once did the commander
in chief leave his post or forsake his
duty.
But Colorado was triumphant and
the honor and glory of the state were
moved to new heights and IT is bare
lv possible that this war with its
conquests and its glories. begot tho
military spirit that seemed to take
possession of every subsequent Dem
ocrat governor.
1t was in the year 1887. in that sea
son when the leaves took on their
most gorgeous hue and all nature
seemed to go into the art business
hat bold and dashing game warden
m n steed fiecked with foam. galloped
wildly up TO the hitching post in front
of the old state capital on I.arimer
and Eighteenth streets, and surround
ed by fifty street gamins. attracted
by the unusual sight. informed thc
governor that the Ute Indians were or
the war path and that every moment
were numbering hundreds of settler
on the White river in western Colo
RADIO.
There was no hesitancy on the part
of our young and strenuous governor
There was no haggling about the
right TO call out the troops Neither
The supreme court nor a Justice OF
sion to act. but with that fearless anf
intrepid ardor that has ever charac-
teriZed his public life our real and
)nly war governor summoned his sol
dies TO arms and that very night they
were marching to the front.
The fate of the state hung in the
balance for many long. dreary week
but finally Justice" triumphed the
right prevailed and inasmuch as the
Indians We're only on a hunting expe
lition accompanied by their squaws
and children they quickly left the
state when they got through and our
soldiers proudly marched back to
greet their commander-n-chief. witt
no casualties on either side to report
And this military diversion cost the
state s75.705.24. and the certificates
around the state for four long years
before they were paid.
And the governor who first arous
ed the military spirit in Colorado and
who conducted the only genuine war
we ever had was the honorable Alva
Adams, he present devoted cham
pion of peace.
Perhaps it is a surfet of military
glory and honor that has caused the
reaction, or maybe the effect was pro
duced by the frightful carnage. just
as a similar condition is influencing
the Japanese in favor of peace at the
present time.
All of which goes to show that Colo
RADIO ever has had governors who did
their duty at the time as they saw #,
and. however mistaken in their judE-
ment about the necessity for military
action they may have been, none OF
our governors has hesitated when Of
ficially convinced that the conditions
demand 1t.
Governor Adams was severely CON
demned for calling out the militia in
1887 as well as for incuring the mill
tary Indebtedness at that time. and he
protested that the governor of a great
state had to act on the information
furnished him officially at the time and
the public could not properly judge
of the necessity that appeared to ex-
OF