The daily sentinel., 1906-08-16
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
DENVER, SEPTEMBER II
BOTH LINDSEY And PATTERSON SPEAK
At the Big Meeting Last Night. Committee Ap-
peaIs Unit Rule. 948 Delegates Will Com
pose Convention. Colorado Springs
Made Hard Fight For the Gath
ering of the Democrats.
Special to The Sentinel.

DfN VEIN. aug. io.-by u No't vi
24 to 23 Denver triumphed over
Colorado Springs on the second bal
lot as to the place for the Democratic
state convention. The date was fixed
at September 18th. In selecting an
early date both sides claim II vic
tory but from disinterested point
of view il is difficult to figure out
whether the corporation faction or
those opposed to corporations carried
the day.
Time and place was fixed after n
spirited fight for n later date Mt Colo
RADIO Springs. The vote i'm favor of
| Denver was so close that some of
the Colorado Springs delegation de-
clared the result should have been an
nounced as tie. As it was two bal
lots were necessary to get a majority.
| DENVER.-Aug. 16.-The speech
made by Judge Lindsey at mass
meeting of the reform Democrats last
evening was greeted with great ap-
plause.. One enthusiastic auditor rose
| to his feet and nominated the speak
err for governor of Colorado. If the
speech had been made in a convention
il would no doubt have carried the
crowd of its feet.
Inc tiit Dth1tT luii0t
who is conducting an examination in
to the methods of the Tramway COM
pany in securing votes in the May
election, was along the line of anti
corporation rule.
The Judge said "the time has come
when the people demand to be free
from the domination of corporations
Denver, Aug. 16.-The Democratic
state committee in session in this city
yesterday afternoon selected Denver
September IL as the place and time
of holding the next Democratic con-
ventfon. The unit rule was abolished
and a resolution adopted to solicit
contributions of 81 each from every
Democratic voter to conduct the cam
paign.
Last night there was a mass meet
ing of Democrats at the Woman
club, at which long address, prepar-
ed by a committee of which Senator
T. NJ. Patterson is chairman was read
and adopted.
The address condemns the local
utility corporations and claims the
regular Democratic committee of this
county are under the control of the
corporations. number of promin-
ent Democrats addressed the meeting.
The first fight of the day came over
the proposition to postpone the state
convention until after the Republi-
cans held their convention. This was
overwhelmingly deIeated. Two
propositions were then made, the first
to hold the convention at Colorado
Springs on September and substi-
tute to hold it in Denver, September
is. The question was voted on sep
arately after considerable discussion,
n a t.Nh hat txFnp
for the meeting place. The ques-
tion of time then same up, and Sep
| tember IL was chosen as a compro-
mise.
The report of the committee on
apportionment was adopted as read.
The greatest change in the number
of delegates for any county was made
| in the case of Denver, which was as
signed PIG delegates in place of 266
granted two years ago. Ell Paso
county is assigned 4 . delegates. Lake
County, 25 La Plata, IA, Pueblo,
60. Teller SO. The total number of
delegates will be 94S.
The address of Senator Patterson
opens with a statement of the organ
ization of the new Democratic com
mittee.
The address which is a severe ar
| raignment of the corporations
throughout closes with these words:
"The great crimes committed
against the ballot by the corporations
to secure possession of every depart
ment of the state government that
the people now realize were to secure
the corporations exemption from just
taxation. the possession of franchis-
es that belong to the people, pre-
rogative and special privileges that
transform them into masters, rather
than servants of the people, the CON
troll of legislation, the dictation OF
| judicial decisions, the possession of a
subservient chief executive, militia
subject to their call without regard
to constitutional restrictions and in
every other way tht exaltation OF the
dollar and depreciation of the man.
Mesa county is to have seventeen
delegates to the state convention ac-
cording to the apportionment made.
A committee was appointed to ap-
portion the delegates to the state
convention on the following basis;
Two delegates from each county plus
one additional delegate for each $50
voter or major fraction thereof cast
for Adams at the last election, Sen
ator Hill raised a laugh by asking
which OF the returns for Adams
should be counted, the returns of the
election judges or the returns as
made by the supreme court. The com
mittee chose the former.