Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-27
THE INDEPENDENT TICKET.

Mayor, David RAMSEY
Treasurer. w II. LaCount.
Clerk. Glen Russell
| City attorney. r. S. Clements.
Marshal, w J. Patterson.
Street comm ssiuner Edw. Hin.
Police magistrate Joseph p, Airy
Aldermen birst ward. David Logan
and Horace McCanna.
Aldermen Second ward. c. NJ, FL.
lot and @. T. Dudley.
Aldermen Third ward, Charles
Naeglin.
Aldermen Fourth ward. J. W sites
and William Dobbins
This ticket mas been dubbed by the
newspapers as the "Anti.Gambling
Ticket Well, people may call 1t an
ti-gambling or anti any other kind oil
a ticket. but the simple truth is that
It covers much wider field. and
should be called the "Anti-Lawless
Ticket" Every man on 1t is pledged
to fulfil his oath OF office to the letter
of the law, II any man on It fails to
do so in II reasonable way and reason
able time in case of his election, there
| Is company of ms good men as there
are in the town with mind and money
back of them pledged to impeach
him. II sucn thing Is possible.
glance at this ticket in compari.
son with the Republican and Demo.
cratic shows that the majority of men
on II are Republicans Some one
may ask. What is the reason for
this? Why not divide the Offices
evenly" The answer is this: The
cimmittee ON nominations was In
structed by the Independent conven-
tion, which consisted of as many rep
resentative men as were in the Re.
publican or Democratic. to make out
an Independent ticket from the tick
cts nominated by the Republican and
Democratic conventions. and when
We went 10 the candidates of the Dem.
ocratic party to get them to allow us
| to put their names on the independent
ticket. we were turned down with the
| exceptions found there or half of the
| Offices would have been given to
Democrats. The determination of the
| Democratic party seems to be to run
the coming city election along polti
cal lines, but the determination of the
Independents Is tnat the election shall
be run along non.political lines. What
care we for state or national issues
here in our town affairs? We have
| bartered our birthright to grafters for
a mess of pottage too long and 1t Is
high time for MS to cut them out ana
conduct municipal affairs in the in
terest OF home.makers.
Here some one may ask question;
that is this: "Wny not call down the
Independent ticket and vote the
straight Republican ticket2" And the
answers are as i)llows:
/. The Independent ticket TANKS
partisan prejudice. Not few Demo
Gratis want to vote for a majority OF
the men on the Republican ticket, and
at the same time do not want to place
| themselves in position to be critl-
sized for having voted Republican
ticket, and the Independent ticket,
enables them to do 50 without break
ing faith with their party, and the
hope Is that people will prove this
| ut.f. ont In t.an ina aIn
Everybody seems to be tired OF cor
ruption in municipal affairs, and, II
ever chance were given them to re
deem themselves that is now.
2. An Independent ticket makes
people show their colors The talk
OF the present oiiiceholders is that the
people want lawlessness. II that Is
true let us snow them so by keeping
them in Office. If that Is false let us
show them so by asking them to step
down and out for men who will do our
bidding. There Is no other way 10
test the matter, and It is up to tae
people to so test II on election day.
May every man and woman who
stands for law and order go to the
polls when the time comes and vote
the Independent ticket.
This Independent ticket Is also a
way OF deliyerance. Not a few Of the
business men in town are caught in
the tolls OF the lawless element, and
though their desire Is to free them
selves. none can do so without incur
ring the enmity of the lawless clasi
and suffering financial loss. But ner'
Is an, opportunity for them to put thell
cause before the public. and appea
to the people to deliver them IRON
their bondage.
Some time the straight OF the origiI
Of this movement will be told. II tn
newspapers allow MS space we will tel
1t there, and II not we will nave mas
meetings for the purpose. and we WI
have the mass meetings anyhow.
w. II. FERGUSON. Chairman.
MRS. PULFoRD's ADDRESS