Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-10-29
NEXT REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR
ELEcTRIFlEs DURANGO PEOPLE

The great crowd that gathered at
Red Mems hall Friday night was cleo
trified by Henry A. Buchtel. Republi-
can candidate for governor. MT.
Buchtel had been preceded by w. II.
Dixon, candidate for attorney general,
Mr.. OConnor, candidate for secretary
of state, General Cook. candidate for
ongressman-at-large, Mr.. Harper,
candidate for lieutenant governor, A.
e. Bent, candidate for state treasurer.
and Miss Catherine Craig. candidate
for superintendent of public instruc-
ton. Mr.. Dixon gave the true situa-
ton as TO the stolen governorship.
showing conc!usfvely that the Demo
cratic organization in nenver county
had stolen the election oi Alva Adams
at the polls b. unprecede ited irauds'
and that the supreme court mad Deen
petitioned prior to elect. IN to appoint
watchers at he polling places; that IL
was the evidence OF these watchers
that led to the legislative investiga-
tion which showed that Mr.. Adams
had been elected by frand.
Mr.. Eent detailed the present imam
cial co -Iliions Of Colorado, comparing
them with the conditions which were
met on Ike retirement OF he last Dem
ocratic administration and showing
that the .tate had r lid off the indebt-
edness let and has money left in the
treasury.
Each o. the 'ea,iers said the last
admlnisti Ion hal nothing to hide,
nothing to apologize for that an hon.
est arH f'''rH.'I administration had
beer adcred ana tina the results of
its labors stood as nrlot
Mr. Buchtef elect lied his auditors
with his eloquent discussion OF facts
relating to the history of both Demo
cratic and Republican administrations
in Colorado. He said; THE Repub-
llcan platform and this whole Repub-
lican outfit (pointing to his colleagues
on the stage) stand for honest de-
cent government, honest elections and
square deal all around" He re-
called that the last Republican legis-
lature had enacted law making 1t
possible to hold honest elections in
Denver county and at the same time
practically impossible to commit the
frauds which have been perpetrated
there during the past twenty years, in
department.
The next governor said Republicans
do not believe In misrepresentation.
that the candidates had not come TO
Durango to fight corporations indis-
criminately; that Colorado needed
more capital for railways and various
enterprises. He asked; Have you
the money here with which to build
the Southern Pacific to your town:
have you the money to build 81 800
900 sugar beet factory or any other
great enterprise? We have gol to
have the money for these things and
We must have government that Will
protect the investments of capital,
but every corporation will be held
within the law by the Republican
party and will be compelled to deal
squarely with the people.
THAT is all capital asks for, a
square deal. ! want to see all the in.
fluences which have conducted to tur
moil and CONSERVATION between cap
ital and labor banished from tile
realms of Colorado. l believe in or
ganized labor and organized capital
and believe that bond should exist
between these two necessary powers
l want to see all agencies which have
contributed to the troubles Colorado
has had put down. including the vel
low press"
Mr.. Buchtel said that the Patterson
papers were busy giving Senator Pat
tersons opinion Of him; If he were tc
give his opinion of Patterson he
would have to take day off and
would have to request all the ladies
to leave the hall.
In detailing the history of the Re
publican party and its splendid
achievements the knowledge of the
great student was manifest. He
swept the wave of thought before hin
from Washington down to Roosevelt
to and fro, as II the memories of al
were but of yesterday.
A candidate In any state. at any
time. was never more earnestl,
sought by his party than when Mr.
Buchtel was asked to accept his nom
1 nation. He discussed the details q
the manner in which he took the nom
ination modestly; he had been praeCh
ing all his life for the uplifting o
politics: why would he not then ac
cept the responsibility of the COVER
norship, where he could do busines!
on this line. He said the Republi
can leaders had said candidly tina
they wanted him to be governor with
out pledge. without hamperini
string; that he could go before thu
people with his own manner of cam
palgn; and he had come out to prom
ise a square deal: he would not Ii;
about anybody else though he wer,
lied about. That he had been
preacher he was proud he expected
to be minister as long as he lived
that he would as citizen becom,
governor, not as preacher: Alvi
Adams, when he was governor, wa!
not governor as banker or presiden
of one trust or director in othe
trusts.
After reciting the beneficial legisla
tion of the last Republican legislator,
and the Republican platform, tn,
speaker discussed some of the re
forms which the Republican party ia
vors. as well as a number of reform,
which he will advocate himself. ant
hopes to enact. provided he has the
backing of Republican Legislature
The Republican party favors the en-
actment of a law governing the rail
way commerce OF Colorado, along th'