Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-03-30
THE INDEPENDENT TICKET.

Some people seem to think that
there is trick connected with this
movement. Doubtless there are Jug.
glers in politics as appears from that
which has been said about IL, bu, toe
aim of the independents from the
start has been TO cut out juggling.
All We have done has been to follow
The way as circumstan have made
this clear to us and have led US oui
Of darkness into light and toe
straight OF the movement Is as fol-
lows:
| |, myself, called the first meeting.
This was made up OF three preachers.
| We determined TO try to do some.
thing in the matter, and each Of us
resolved TO invite three representative
men 10 meet with us and give us
| counsel AT a set date
This was done. 1'ne second time
we came together eleven were pres
ent with an additional preacher. the
sense of this convention WAS that we
should take some step toward con.
trolling the primaries, and getting
| delegates elected to the Republican
snd Democratic conventions who
would nominate representative men
FOR office in each party. and commit.
ices were appointed 10 interview men
of this kind and ask them to serve IN
\ such a capacity, and an evening was
set TO hear their report.
These men at once went to their
work. AT our next sitting about
| twenty-five were present, and listen.
ed to the repon Of the committees
Some progress was made, and q par.
tial list of delegates for the primar.
les named, but the work was SO in.
complete that II mad to be continued.
The committees, were sent back to
| their task, and a time fixed to oear a
second report from them
Everything was ready for business
At the fourth meeting Thirty.seven
men We're present. and the reports
were heard. and complete liz, OF
delegates was named for the primar.
les, and the committees were In.
structed 10 have them printed, and
be at the primaries to put them before
| hc pSopiS'
| During the evening some one ex.
pressed the fear lest we be beaten
1t the primaries. Thereupon the con.
vention named an independent ticket
to be put in the field In case of such
results. Mr.. F. w. wilkerson. who
was unknown TO the writer at the
time, who came 70 the meeting of his
own free will 80 far as my informa.
ton goes, made his presence known.
We found that he dad been working
along the same line for some tine,
and had a great deal o. valuable in.
formation on the subject, and We al
once turned his information to Oh.
account with bis consent, and The
'hairman OF the convention, Rev. Burh.
man. appointed him with four others
rs committee 10 fill vacancies wt'ch
might occur op the independent tick
Il which We determined TO put INTO
the field In case OF defeat at the pri
msries.
| We'll, both the Republican and
Democratic committees went to the
primaries and did their best for theil
respective paIties. The Democrats
iaiied altogether. The Republican.
succeeded, in some cases directly ant
N others indirectly. and when tne,
went into the Republican convention
eighteen out of the twenty-nine dele
gates were pledged to law and order
Ind had seen prospective candidate.
IN regard to their position, and II
most instances nominated candidate,
hat were of the same mind.
This might have put an end TO tn,
movement. When the Independent
convention met the fifth time some o
hose present were determined to turt
is strength TO the Republican party
)ut some OF US were determined tha
here should be no politics in the mai
Ter. we won the day. and the CON
nittee on vacancies was instructed L
isk Tor the resignation OF those VIII
) lhd already been nominated for offic,
ana proceed 70 I'LL the vacancies thu
reated from the candidates nomina
ID by each OF the political parties. d
viding tnem As evenly as possible b,
tween the Republicans and the Den
ocrats.
Our TASK at once involved a sres
deal OF work. We had to 70 over tb
whole field and see tho different caI
didates for each party. and explai
The movemen, 10 hem. and Wa did y
% The result was that the only eiigibI