Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-11-05
GOSPEL OF
GOOD TIMES

| DENVER, Colo, Nov. 2.-The "gos
pei train on which DR.. Buchtel and
bis heloers have been travelling
around the state has been well named
the Prosperity Special" Ever since
he bcSan his campaign. the Republi
can candidate for governor has been
preaching the gospel of good times
plenty of 1rk, Increased opportunity
a larger growth for Colorado He has
made 1t the keynote of his campaign,
and he has appealed especially to the
VIC fkmen of the state. He says every
where that he does not see why any
workingman should vote anything but
a Republican ticket Explain 1t as
one may, the fact remains that the
years of national Republican admin
| istration have been years of good
| times, and the years of Democratic
administration have been years of bad
| times. A financial panic followed the
| election of the last Democratic presi-
dent, whose evil effects continued un-
til his election of his Republican sue
| cessor. Since the enactment of the
present tariff law. prosperity has been
abundant and increasing Wages
have never been so high, nor hours
so low. The law was enacted primar-
ny for the benefit of the American
wage-earner, and wei has 1t served
its purpose.
The story is the same in state af-
fairs. The last three Democratic ad
ministrations were marked by labor
troubles-by strikes, and turmoil and
trouble. ending finally in flat and open
raaallfnn N ha Ipgo1
authorities. A Republican admins
tration put down the rebellion, and
paved the way for the peace and pros.
perity of the past two years. Under
the Democratic administrations. the
cry was for work for men; under this
Republican administration, the cry is
for men to do the work
In this present fiscal year. there
are four corporations in this state
that are paying their men in wages
over five millions of dollars more than
they paid for wages in the year 1904
These four corporations are the larg
est employers of labor in the state
but there are many more wagework
ers outside of their jurisdiction than
there are within 1t, and all of them
are enjoying the same advance. 1t Is
not too much to say that workingmen
in this state are drawing this year
fifteen millions of dollars more in
wages than they were in 1904. Does
anybody suppose TITS possible that
this would be the case If Demo
cratic administration had been elected
two years ago?
What is the program OF the Patter-
son forces today? 1t is simply re.
| turn to the turmoil and trouble that
| ended more than two years ago. Pat
terson's papers are eXhausting the
language in frantic endeavor to ere
ate class hatred, to stir up discomfort.
to bring about state of anarchy, or
| semi-anarchy, to promote strikes, to
| encourage bloodshed In their efforts
| to catch the labor vote" both Pat
| terson and Adams are declaiming from
| every stump where either of them
| makes a speech, that while 1t was
| right for Adams TO obey the law two
years ago, and yield the office of gov.
| ernor when the legally constituted au-
| thority, the Legislature, declared that
he was not entitled to it, this time, II
they will give him their votes, he will
do no such thing. but will sooner
bring on n bloody war. Patterson
has imported from San Francisco a
Hearst editor, who throws a fit every
day. or twice a day. in frantic appel
to the workingmen to vote the Patter-
son ticket.
Sober workingmen are not fools
They know that the Democratic part
has never given them anything but
empty promises and empty stomachs
they know that under a Republican
administration they are prosperous
that work is plenty and wages arc
good. They cant see any reason f.
a revolution, or even an uprising.
They are rising pretty steadily .ia
now, and a continuance OF prose
conditions looks better to them III
a return to the strikes and wars
former years. The prosperity az
ment is mighty good one-it Is
that every man can understand -
apply. The extreme radicals amo
the workingmen-those who want
revolution-will vote for Hayw
but the conservatives-and there
good reason to believe that these arc
in the maiority-will vote for Buchte
and a continuance Of Republican pros
perity.