Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-10-29
BEST posslaLE seLEcrIoN.

In the selection of candidate for
the legislature. to represent La Plata
county, the Republicans could have
made no better selection than the one
made in the nomination of Hon.
Thomas c. Graden, who Is truly rep y
resentative of all the material inter 4.
ests of the people of the county.
None are more familiar with the
business and Industrial affairs of the
county and none are more deeply in
terested in their progress.
Beginning in southern Colorado
nearly thirty years ago as many 9TH
ers had done, with only his labor and
energy as capital. he has necessarily
been student of conditions which
have affected the progress OF the
country. He has been an important
factor among the men who have made
the common struggle for the develop
ment of our resources and the general
upbuilding, and in his active career
of more than n quarter century he
has been In close tonch with public
affairs. always ready TO assist In the
promotion of the public welfare.
1t may be said truly that Mr.. Graden
has not been more for himself than
| for the interests OF his country and
| his fellows; no other man has gone
oftener into his private funds 30 as
sist public enterprises; no other man
| has expended more OF his private
| funds in the development of our re-
sources, and no other man has been
more willing to assist men who tried
| to do things. The man who needed
| aid or cooperation in effort to ad-
| vance an industry never went away
| without Honest Tom Graden's" as
sistance, and how many are there who
know what this may have cost Tom
| Graden from time to time?
| At all times Mr.. Graden has dis
played the deepest interest in the de-
| velopment and production of our in
dustries, and if one wanted to know
1 of the true conditions relating to any
industry he could find no more reli-
| able informant.
Mr.. Graden is man of ideas and
opinions so positive in character that
he could never be politician. and he
has not tried to be one. He is too
earnest to lend himself to pretense
and unmeaning promise. All the peo-
pie who know him know that when
he says anything he meana It, He
has expressed himself long ago as he,
ing In favor of law and order and the
enforcement Of all the laws: he has
said he is opposed to gambling and
the all-day and all-night saloon. and
he is not surprised to find arrayed
against him all those who favor open
gambling and saloons open twenty
four hpuTs q day He believes the
saloon or liquor traffic can ~
enough business In twelve hours
day as well as other classes Of
business and is very positive In his
conviction that the saloon, as well as
other classes Of business, should close
on Sunday, He feels that II g major.
ity OF the people DO not indorse his
convictions along these lines he ten
afford 10 60 to defeat; he would still
CHERISH his e8npleliops;
Mr.. Gradients siieeefs In this cam
paign depends entirely upon the pop
ularity of his stated opinions. Neither
his sapability or loyalty to his
county's interests will be questioned
by even his political opponents.
Tom Gradep is well known to be a
man whom nc corporation or individ.
ual can sway from doing what he
believes to be right.
For whom will you vote for repre-.
sentative Of La Plata eouptyf s.' g.