The Delta independent., 1906-10-05

q mob. ! am going into Office to play
lar with everyone. 1t would be dis
courteous for me to use club on the
Judiciary and it would be discourteous
for the legislative branch of the state
| tgUTcrnment to use a club on me. | eX-
! pct to stand between the two and see
perfect harmony land square dealing
Characterize the administration during
the next two years. if am elected
and expect to be elected"
Politics is the business of all the
people and it is therefore the business
OF the ministers. When lawyer goes
into politics. he goes into it as citizen.
likewise a carpenter, farmer and
preacher and so | want to clear the
atmosphere on this point, for think
that all preachers should take an active
interest in politics. After mans duty
to God, then comes his duty to his
country. A man has no business to go
to prayer meeting on the night of the
primary. He should go to prayer
meeting every other night, but when
the opportunity comes for cleans
ing the political and social atmosphere
through the primary election, every
good citizen should do his part and see
that those fellows who have axes to
grind do not get control of the ballot,
which is the foundation of our social,
religious and commercial welfare"
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If there has ever been man in pub
lie life in this state who has not been
abused by Senator Patterson and his
papers to the full limit of the English
vocabulary. have never learned the
name of that person.
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The one great thing for which God
built this country and has SO abundantly
blessed 1t, Is to teach men self-govern-
ment. 1t is duty of such a govern
ment to protect the weak when op-
pressed and to punish the criminal, al
though he may be rich and powerful.
1t is a conspicuous duty of the people of
Colorado to attain what we have not
that is good and to continue the improv e.
ment of conditions so desirable
Definite progress has been made in
the affairs at the state house for a
betterment of conditions and an era of
peace and perfect prosperity exists over
our state. There are three jobs for
almost every man and the days of free
soup houses throughout our cities has
passed.
"a good government has all bad men
for its enemies. 1t is called upon to
punish criminals when criminals are
sometimes rich and powerful. 1t is
called upon to protect the weak. when
the strong wish to Cypress them. 1t
is the advocate of justice in world
where men are unjust. Agood govern
ment therefore is not something which
you can write out on paper in political
convention, and then go away to rejoice
over its excellence, but it is prize
which men must fight for in almost
daily battles of thought and speech and
ballot box. If the political millennium
should arrive tomorrow morning. We
would all need to fight to retain it or it
would be gone away before noon."
Consider what we have gained: We
have had nearly four years of honest
and economical administration at the
state house. Honesty. economy and
efficiency have taken the place of dis
honesty. extravaganza and incompe-
tence. Do these words seem severe?
You will remember that Ex-Governor
Thomas made most scathing arraign-
ment of our last democratic admidistra-
ton in which he said all that have
here said and yet more. These are
not pleasant things to say. but they
are true, and SO the indictment must
stand