Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-10-31

ed character Of the deception and
falsehood practiced is given in the
following items:
The deficit OF the Adams admins
tration as shown in the report of the
auditor Of that administration is $l61,-
2-u.1. while the Democratic press and
leaders and their Red Flag" brethren
are constantly reiterating the false
hood that the deficit was but $71 BAT.
| They have also told you in the press
in pamphlets. and from the stump that
the orman administration turned over
a cash balance Of more than 500. 900
to the Peabody administration. No
such balance was turned over.
| Candidte Alva Adams is going over
the state comparing the expenses OF
his administration with those OF Gov
ernor Peabody and adding the military
debt to the ordinary expenses, BY this
comparison he undertakes to show
how very wisely and economically he
managed the states affairs seven years
ago.
| II would be Just as consistent to COM
pare the expenses of the Buchanan
administration with those of Abraham
Lincoln, who was called opon to put
down the rebellion fostered and en-
/ couraged by Buchanan and his pre-
decessors.
1t should be remembered: That ex.
pert Schwanbeck reports that there
is still a shortage Of $25,000.0O from
the Auditors office OF the Orman ad-
ministration. large portion of which
was stolen by Mr. Crouter's clerk.
and the balance of which the latter
officer took with him when he left Of
fee and has not returned
That the cost OF operating the State
| government has been reduced during
the Peabody administration under that
of Orman's administration as follows:
Printing and Supplies 80. $4,000 90
Incidental expenses dept's. 10000 90
Extra session expense .... &c, 900 90
Other extras .............. $4,000 90
Total ............... $24o 10000
That Democracy's last record in the
matter of economical administration
of the departments shows that in the
the matter Of printing and supplies
alone Orman spent 221 per cent more
than has the Peabody administration
That the Republican record in the
| land board shows enormous gains in
collections which Democratic admin
istration had neglected.
That the increase in collections of
the Auditor. Treasurer. Land Board
and Insurance departments. due very
largely to the efficiency and business
methods of the present adminlstra
| ton. is alone $500. 10000
The S76o,00o Military Debt.
This is the price the people Of Colo
RADIO are called upon to pay for restor
ing peace and law. for re-establishinp
Constitutional liberty In the mining
amps: this Is the price they
will paw for their mistake in placing
the affairs of the State in the hands
| Of Governor Orman and his Democratic
predecessors. The Democratic leaders
ask you to repudiate Governor Pea
body because he went to the expense
Of preserving peace and order. The
Socialists and other radical allies OF
the Democratic party ask you to repu.
diate both the debt and the Governor
for the same reason
You will observe that those who
complain the Ioudest Of the cost OF
Using the troops to suppress lawess-
ness in this state are those who either
oay no taxes at all or those who are
most directly responsible for the con
ditions which made the use of the
troops imperative.
When you ask Democrat what he
would have done had he been in Gov
ernor Peabody's place, he will answer
you with some such generality as
Alva Adams uses, 81 would have obey
ed the law" or Il would have enforced
| the law" Democratic leaders would
have you believe that they would en-.
force the law, but to what extent they
would enforce It they do not tell
Whether they would give you 100000
| worth of law and order or $3.50. .000
| worth is not known but whatever their
| limit may be, they are opposed to Gov
ernor Peabody because he went to the
expense Of restoring peace and com
pelling respect for life and liberty
and property in our mining camps.
Such Democrats are not satisfied
| with trying TO array class againsi
class, to inspire the employee with
hatred for his employer to teach them
that they are natural enemies: but
they are now undertaking to set the
forces of one great industry against
those of another; they are undertaking
to array the farmer against the mine
| owner. and our mines are not owned
| by trusts but by thousands Of stock
holders. large and small. living all over
| the State.
| They tell you that farmers and mer
| chants have no interest in the main
tenance Of peace, order and sanctity
of personal and property rights in the
mining camps. You Of course know
that the success of ,ne industry de
pends upon that Of another: the far
mers of Colorado sell the most OF
their products in the cities. towns and
mining camps OF the State. The pros
perity of the farmer, therefore, de
pends upon the prosperity of the min
ing and other industries, and they are
as vitality interested in maintaining the