The Delta independent., 1906-10-26

Capitol He implies that this year, il he thinks he is
elected he will his tactics. revolution
AIRY 10 get do as the
candidates office do in OF the Spanish American
republics.
WHY NOT PARDON THEM7
If Mr. Adams right now, he wrong two years
Nearly fifty his faithful followers had been sent
to :a COR stufns ballotboxes in the effort get him
seated He seated He held the Office sixty
days lie tul possessioV of the pardoning power
He alleged in in the legislative that no
more votes returned for him than honestly
cast and less votes for his competitor than actual
y given him II this so-if he believed he
entitled to all the votes returned for him
of the returns these wrongfulIy in jail
Why did he PARDON them out? There be
answerhe knew that he not honestly eected-that
the governOrshp had been stolen for him by these
and others he did not dare to fly in the face of
public opinion PARDON the occupants row.
in the county jail 1t good illustration of his
and consscncy AS Patterson said of him years
he is and vaciating, he avoids the weari-
ness and WOUNDS Of actual conflict"
SUPREME COURT.
issn, Supreme Court, which Patterson
is trying MAKE the main issue OF the campaign the
Republicans yield nch-in fact, they carry the
war into the enemy's camp, They show that this
fare his part personal maer-that he is making
war the simply and solely because it has not
been subservenr him. Justice Goddard refused
denomination the Democratic his dctation
| because rendered a decision against
|
fall because delivered the opinion which held Pat
guilty OF contempt. Justice Gabbert "spewed
OUT because he had refused be dictated by Patter
the and the Meyer 1t is clear that
what he a Supreme Court that will take its de
cisions readymade the Office in weton street He is
| the supreme boss OF the Democratic party and he
be the boss also of the executive egis
lative udcary departments of the government
II his nominees the supreme bench should by
be elected they would be his subservient TOOLS
they concerned he and he alone would
| be the
eOSSSM.
Such exhibition OF bossism has been made by
Patterson this fall would be hard to parallel in the
any other the Union. Because the
lar Democratic organization in Denver against him.
because he dared into the regular primaries
and fight them there and abide by the issue. he held
primaries of his called by his own fiat, without any
of party egularity When the state convention
met he insisted that the delegates chosen should be
seated. the delegation thrown not only
from the convention but from the party. He set him
self be the sole judge of what constituted Demo
The convention after days of strenuous
wrangling his dctaton spewed OUT OF the
party the WHO had been Its strongest leaders for
when Patterson did not profess to be
Democrat ALL but leading Populist opposition
He dictated. If he did not actually write the platform
adopted by the convention. He insisted putting in
plank which committed the nominee for governor If elect
ed, his full unless he should die: and
when Mr. Adams make feeble protest virtually
told him to back and sit down-whch he meekly did
thus chances IL he any being elected
the Senate the Democrats should succeed in
eecting majority OF the incoming Legislature. When
Lindsey adopted the OF the Democratic state ticket
his own OF the nominees had promised him to
stay and support him. Patterson called them together
the them, compelled them get of
all those the local ticket in Denver where the
little help Lindsey could give would In his
effort to get back into the Senate Now he Is running the
whole campaign debating the policy. supervising the
speeches. running the literary bureau" Never
of absolute domination by He is
to the reorganized Democracy OF Colorado what Hearst
and Murphy Sullivans combined to the re
organized Democracy" in New York The real Issue has
been big posters with which Mayor Speer
has plasered blboards Denver"Shall Patterson
! or the People rule city and state?"
+ THIS WEEK.
a special train, speaking in many places possible
and prosperity. Of optimism and the forward outlook
Everywhere he carrying the whine
the stolen governorshp the demand that conditions Of
anarchy shall be brought back that
everybody be feeling downtrodden oppressed
and out of generally There where
the people stand-hey don't want to backward they
want to go forward: they don't
they a continuation Of the present peace pros
pery. They will chow 1t by their 9Th Of
November
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
re there is doubt NORTHERN ROUTE.
will play
time wants New Joint Line In oreoon and Wash