Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-06-19

UP A HOR-
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terson mas surely stirred up hornets
nest within the sacred precincts oil
The lnner-council of Democracy. Tht
ans has said that he will not be can
candidate for the senate. Alya Ad
ans has said trat ne viii not be a can
didate for the goyernorshlp Alva
said the same thing before the last
Democratic convention, but in re
Spouse to tne urgent demands of my
friends, he consented to run for the
office, senator Patterson will do the
same thing, II tne Democrats should
by any chance get control OF the next
legislature. II would of course be
very much against his wishes and al.
most grieve him to death, but stlll If
his friends" snould urge him he will
act upon the right of all Democratic
statesmen to change his mind and
make the sacrifice
| In his determination to secure con.
| trol of the state committee the sen.
ator has called that body together. al.
so the editors. county cnairmen and
members of the Legislature II ne had
simply called the state committee
ah' rendered its members a dinner IL
wonld not have been SO bad. but he
undertook TO intimldate the commit
tee with an aggregation of his own
following.
OF course there Is no reason why
the Democratic organization should
l Of an
| this particular time. The state con
ventiOn, not the state committee, de.
| ciares the platform and policy of the
| party. Neither IL It the duty OF the
| editors or county chairmen nor yet of
tne legislators or T. NJ. p. himself to
do so.
When the radical leaders OF the
French revolution wanted to enforce
| their demands upon the national as.
| sembly they would assemble thou
| sands Of their followers around the
| halls OF the lawmakers and make
demonstrations with guns, clubs.
| picks. cobble stones, etc, to strike
| terror TO the hearts of the members.
| A prominent Democrat said today
mat Patterson had arranged to assem-.
BILE his Democratic Jacobins in Den
YER TO intimidate and overawe the
| state committeeman and force them
to issue the new declaration OF indie
pendence which Patterson has ready
| for them to sign. This new declara.
ton OF war Will soon be echoing
| through the wales and canyons OF the
| state. OF course the election is a
year and half away but r. Marat
Patterson does not propose to wait
| until the republic IL complete wreck
| and his own chances for reelection
| have become absorbed by the Hon,
| Alva Adams who Is openly seeking
Patterson's seat.
A county member at the Albany to
| day said: The senator is trying to
get the state leaders to declare
| state policy to carry out n purely local
issue. This municipal ownership ides
g good thing. but 1t is purely local
| question. The cities OF Colorado
know whether or not conditions justi-
| ~ their buying the public utilities.
They have to pay the bill, not the
state. Municipal ownership cannot
he made a state issue. The senator
| wants the state Democracy to help
him TO the senate and incidentally TO
help him in his fight against Dave
Moffat who owns the most OF the
street car and water system stock in
Denver"
Patterson tried to get the people OF
Denver 10 support him in tf1is fight.
He recently sounded the tocsin and
called the faithful to arms to meet in
mass meeting to denounce the corpor-
cations and demand public ownership
of the public utilities In Denver But
he faithful smiled and stayed away.
They refused to mass. Sammy Bel.
ford, Johnny Rush and T. NJ. =. him
self were the attractions. but they fail.
ed to attract. T'nen Patterson an
nounced day after day In Dig type
hat the Democratic city council was
with him and would buy an electric
Sammy and Johnny had suddenly dis
covered that they wanted the city to
lake up. But the Democratic council
turned him down to man. II is a
question of the control OF the state
committee and of Patterson's person
al fight against Dave Moffat that in
duced him to order up these people
10 Denver to issue another declara
lion OF Independence.
i Many Of the country leaders do no
, believe II good policy TO make loca
issue a state Issue. They do not fee
| nat IT Is good politics to make sucl
a conspicuous fight on Moffat, at tnii
line for no man in Colorado Ia NOR,
, popular than Moffat, the railroa,
builder. who is fighting the railwa.
t rusts Of Wall street In behalf OF tn,
|, people Of Colorado, Chairman Smitl
: Is a Speerite. and when approache,
: upon the subject, smiles. winks, an,
says: Let's nave suthIn'" and the
sets out to tell of the virtues Of th