Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-10-31
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| The interests OF the laboring man.
Mr.. Brooks claimed. were greater In
this matter than the interests Of Dave
Moratt the Goulds or any other capt-
talist. for the laboring man has his
all at stake. Well enough should be
let alone.
The speaker preferred tie mistakes
OF Peabody to the vasciliating policy
and the weaknesses OF his predecess-
ors Peabody had made mistakes, but
the general result was for the good.
The mountain climber, after he has
reached the summit. and looks down
and sees where he might have gone
in straighter line; but he does not
descend and try 1t again for that
reason.
He said the statement that Peabody
had one unkindiy thought against the
| labor class was an absolute false
hood He was OF the opinion that af-
wage Garner should not forget that
he is dependent upon his work for
his prosperity. and with no work there
could he no prosperity. The payroll
In Cripple Creek for the last month
was the largest In the camps history
and everything was going along
ter the present difficulties had been
settled and right prevailed Peabody
would be looked back upon in dif-
ferent light by those who are now
condemning him.
He said the Democrats were com
mencing to claim all the credit for
the irrigation legislation. and he gave
the history OF the irrigation act to
show to whom the credit was really
due. Frank w Mondell. Republican.
Of Wyoming. was the man who got
! the bill through the committee. A.
| ter the Republicans once got the thing
started. every representative from the
| arid regions began introducing bills.
But there was n great difference in
simply introducing bill in congress
and getting II through. A bill could
be introduced in about hve minutes.
by any member. but getting the COM
mittee TO report favorably upon II
was another matter II was not I'M
III December 3, 1901, when President
Roosevelt wrote In his message to
congress the recommendations Of tho
| irrigation measures, that anything
was done for irrigation. He said you
could call II the national irrigation
bill or any other name but II you
called It by any other. nothing could
be more appropriate than "the Roose-
welt irrigation act"
He gave the people friendly point
er that II they expected to get any
measures through congress they
had better have somebody there
who was in touch with tho
powers that be. or In other words.
the Republican party.
| He spoke Of Senator Patterson's
pipe dream about the Republican party
having a plan to coin all the silver
dollars into quarters and halves, and
asked the people II they thought they
could protect their silver dollars bet
ter by having q man look after their
interests who backs up against the
wagon, az Senator Patterson does. or
one who drives"
Passing on TO the Philippines. he
said the Republican party had cleaned
up the back yards Tor The Filipinos.
gwen them sanitary conditions pre-
venting cholera and yellow fever,
are htting them Tor sell government
as last as possible, we had taken The
lands from the triars and paid for
them; in short we had taken these
people who were ground down by CEN
turies OF oppression and improved
their every condition and have them
on the road for self government.
AS he recalled the brilliant achieve
ments OF our foreign policy and the
great respect which the foreign ma
lions now have Tor tho United States.
every one within the sound OF his
voice must have felt thrill Of pride
He recalled the time the representa-,
uves of the powers were penned up
in Pekin. ana mentioned that in The
RELIEF there was General Adna X.
Chaffee with his troops, and in the
front was the First Colorado, aud the
the color bearer who hrst scaled the
walls carried the coiors Of the First
Colorado. Here the speaker was in
rerrupted with the greatest applause
OF the evening. which showed that
everybody was proud OF our soldiers.
We had our armies there. said Mr..
BROOKS, else this could not have been
possible.
There will never be q time when
the country Is In danger from miiitar-
ism SO long AZ the soldiers OF the ar
my are drawn from among the peo-
. pie. There will never be danger irom
militarism 30 long az the high stand
ard OF American citizenship Is main
tanned. But when American citizen
ship drops 10 standard SO low that
! 1t cannot enforce respect. then look
: out
The shameful Incident OF an Ameri-
can prisoner being condemned to
= death Tor nothing in Cuba during the
, term OF Cleveland was recalled 10
show what protection American citi.
zens had under the Democrats. The
: prisoner appealed to the American
| consul at Havana Tor aid. but the con
r sui told him he could do nothing for
MIN. He then appealed to the govern
. or. who ignored him. Again the pris
oner appealed " the American con
sui. who told him he had no army. be