The daily sentinel., 1906-10-17
LARGE CROWD ATTENDS
DEMOCRATIC RALLY
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spirit" and 1 have been looking up in
a book that he is familiar with to
find the reason why.
Il road Ecclesiastes written by n
prophet who had been king over Jer.
usalem according to his own history.
who knew all about the vanities OF
this life, he said 4 has seen all the
works that are done. under the sun
behold all is vanity and vexation OF
spirit
The Rev. Buchtel has been more
than half way round the western
slope and he had lost all of his tenn
per by the time he got to Grand
Junction. He probably felt like the
same prophet says in the second
chapter and the eleventh verse then
looked on all the work that my
hands had wrought and on the labo,'
that had labored to do and behold
all was vanity and vexation of spit
it,
II am here tonight on behalf of
the Democratic party and the Demo-
cratic tickets nominee for governor
whose representative | am tonight in
opening this campaign in Grand
Junction Our feelings are express
cd by the Prophet Isaiah in the sixty
fifth chapter and fourteenth verse
Behold my servants shall sing for
Joy of the heart. but ye shall cry for
sorrow of heart and will howl for
vexatien of spirit. and the good Pro-
phet Isaiah did not graduate at the
Denver University.
Ladies and gentlemen. it is with
recurring pride and added delight that
| see Grand Junction from year TO
year, every man.-may ! be permit
ted to say also woman. has some
where or another in him or her a
little bit of vanity and feel that the
prophecies that have made since
first visited Grand Junction on the
narrow guage railroad that this was
bound to be n great metropolis OF
the western slope has been fulfilled.
Each year shows your advance
that advancement and that growth
reflected in the audience which greet
me from year to year as have come
here to address you upon political
subjects. and the splendid audience
of tonight is. Notwithstanding the
fact have before addressed large
an enthusiastic audiences at Grand
Junction. is most splendid demon
stration of the political interest that
is taken in the present campaign.
II is indeed an audience that the
capital of the state might be proud
of both in number and in intelil-
gence and in appreciation. and
must congratulate you whether you
be Democrats or Republicans and
whether what I shall say shall have
any effect to change or Influence the
mind of any voter present.
"a must congratulate you upon the
patriotism evidenced by your turning
out In such vast numbers to hear the
important issues of this day AMI
hour discussed. l say important is
sues because to my mind. ladies and
gentlemen, this is the most import
ant campaign, that has ever been en-
gagged in by the people of any Ameri-
can state.
There have been issues upon the
presidency, there has been political
strife, political contests in the pres
euce of civil war, but never either
in the nation or in the state has there
been before presented to the people
the determination OF the great funda-
mental questions of human liberty
that are now before the people of
the state of Colorado.
1T is true ladies and gentlemen
that we should find discussion which
avoids the real questions at issue. /
am told that this candidate upon the
Republican ticket was here the other
night. that he spent onethird of his
time In laudations of Theodore Roose
welt, but l want to say to you. lad
les and gentlemen. that he will have
to wait TIL long after the sixth of No
vember before Theodore Roosevelt
will return the compliment. Theodore
Roosevelt is the very antithesis OF
everything that the Republican party
stands for IN this campaign. and
am told that the reverend candidats
upon the Republican ticket spent
another third of his time in the
abuse of that distinguished citizen
of this state who now holds a high
office. but who l am authorized to
say is not now candidate for any
office and would not accept any of
fice within the gift of the people of
the state of Colorado refer to
Senator Patterson
MY Republican friends when the
reverend candidate was lauding
Roosevelt and abusing Patterson did
it occur to you that those two men
are the best of friends. that Theo-
dore Roosevelt is as strong and great
admirer of Senator Thomas NJ. Patti
terson as that man has even among
his own constituency?