Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-21

cago Record-Herald an article Dy
Henry George, Jr.. on the labor trou-
bles in Colorado.
II would be very difficult indeed. to
crowd more falsehoods into equal
space than Mr.. George managed to
get into that article: but our esteem
ed contemporary, presumably in the
, interest of truth and Justice, sanctions
the whole farrago of mlsrepresenta-
ton and has no word of correction or
ccnsure for statements which it knows
as well as we do to be wholly devoid
Of truth, and which must put Colorado
in bad and false light before all who
are unfortunate enough to be misled
by them
We will only call attention to Few
of Mr. Georges Misrepresentation for
the purpose of showing the tenor OF
the article approved of by the News.
He starts out with the astounding
assumption that nearly all the prop
erty in Colorado Is owned by few
| monopolisis. many of whom do not
even live In the state, ana that any
notable increase in our population VIII
not be possible until this imaginary
evil is remedied.
If Mr.. George or the News will tell
us what property in Colorado Is not
to be had by any one who will pay the
price, the public will be greatly
obliged
Again, he says that 'in some places
the management of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners, as the union Is call
ed, fell into The hands Of ambitious
and inscriptions men. to which all
organizations carrying power of what
ever kind among men are liable. Al
some puints these union leaders have
assumed an arrogance and dictate
riatness even beyond the pale of the
Federation.
OF course the News knows. and Mr.
George ought 10 have known before
he undertook to write upon this sub
iect that IT was not any local branch
Of The organization, but the executiy,
council of the Western Federation oi
Miners that ordered and conducted the
strikes at Cripple Creek from iirst to
last and that whatever was done by
the strikers was done by the supreme
authority of the entire organization
and not otherwise.
After the assassination of fourteen
nun.uniop miners at independence
station. he says: THE governor i'm
mediately issued a proclamation ol
martial law The writ of habsas cor
pus was suspended and trial by jury
The News knows, every intelligent
citizen of Colorado hpows, and Mr.
George must know that neither ther
nor at any other time has GOV Pea
body done any Of these things; ~. u,
never suspended the privilege Of the
writ of habeas corpus, or trial b,
jury.
Again Mr. George says, with the ap
proval of the News, which knows bet
ter:
when some of the less excitable
citizens recovered their senses they
demanded to know under what clause
| In the state constitution all this was
| done. Major McClelland Judge advo
cate. answered; TO hell with the con
| stitution; We are not following the
| constitution
Major McClelland has never made
use Of that expression or anything
like it, That salsehood was invented
| months before the assnssination at In
dependence station, and was given It's
sole currency through the News and
other organs Of the Western Fedora
tion of Miners
Knowing the false and misleading
character of Mr.. Georges article, why
does the News repubish 1t with ap-
proval if it really desires, as 1t some
times claims, to be fair and truthful
in dealing With the labor troubles
which have wrought SO much injury
to Colorado Denver Republican.