The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-18

elected he will change tactics revolution
the He will do the unsuccessful
candidates for office do in of the
republics.
WHY NOT PARDON rHEM9
If Mr.. Adams is right now. he two years
ago. Nearly fifty of his faithful followers had been sent
to jail for sufns ballotboxes in the effort to get him
seated He He held the Office for sixtyseven
He alleged in his in the legislative contest that
more votes returned for him than honestly
cast and less votes for his competitor than actual
y given to HIM II this soif he believed that he
entitled him the
OF the returns, then these wrongfuly in jail
Why did he not them out? There be only one
answer-he knew that honestly elected-that
the governorshp had been stolen for him by these men
and Others and he did not dare fly in the face Of
public opinion and PARDON the occupants f suffers row.
in the county Jail. 1t good illustration of his
consistency. said of him ten years
ago. "he is weak and vaclang" 'he avoids the weari
ness and wounds of actual conflict"
THE SUPREME COURT.
On the issue the Supreme Court, which Patterson
Is trying to make the main issue of the campaign. the
Republicans yield not inchin fact they the
into the enemys camp. They that this war
fare on his part is personal matter-that he is making
war the simply solely it has not
been subservient him. Justice Goddard refused
denomination by the Democratic party at his dictation
because he rendered decision which against the
Patterson interests; Justice Guner turned this
fall because he has delivered the opinion which held Pat
terson guilty of contempt Justice Gabbert 'spewed
OUT because he had refused be dictated to Paer-
son in the Tool Meyer that
what he wants is Supreme Court that will take its de
csions readymade from the Office in Welton street He is
the boss of the Democratic party, and he
wants be the boss also of the executive legis
ative judiciary departments of the state
If his nominees for the supreme bench should by some
misfortune be elected they would be his subseven TOOLS
far they concerned he and he alone would
be the court.
eoSSIsM.
Such exhibition of bossism has been made by
Patterson this fall it would be hard parallel in the
nails of other the Union. regu-
lar Democratic organization in Denver against him,
and because he the regular primaries
and fight them there and abide by the ISSUE he held
primaries of his called by his fiat without
pretense of party regularity convention
met he insisted that the delegates chosen should be
seated, the regular delegation out only
from the convention but from the party He set him
self to be the sole judge constituted
crat The state convention, after days
wrangng accepted his dictation and spewed OUT of the
party the who had been its strongest leaders for
yearsand in when Patterson did profess
Democrat at ALL but leading Popust opposition.
He dictated he did not actually write, the platform
adopted by the convention. He insisted putting
plank which committed the nominee for governor
ed to out his full term unless he die
when Mr. Adams make feeble protest, virtually
thus ending his chances If he had any of being
to the Senate in the should succeed in
electing majority of the incoming Legislature When
Lindsey adopted the rest of the Democratic
his own, and most of the nominees promised
stay it and support him. Patterson called
read the riot act to hem and compelled them get
all except those the local ticket in Denyer
little help Lindsey could would his
effort to get back into the Senate running the
whole campaign debating the policy, supervising the
speeches. and running the literary Never was
case of such absolute domination by man. He is
to the reorganized Democracy" Hearst
and Murphy and the Suvans combined are to the "re
organized Democracy" in New York. The issue has
been stated in the big posters which Mayor Speer
has pasered the blboards Denver-"Shall Patterson
! or the People, rule city state?"
+ THIS WEEK.
This week Dr. Buchtel touring part the state On
special train speaking in many places as possible
Everywhere he he carrying gospel of
and prosperity, of optimism and forward outlook
Everywhere Mr. Adams goes carrying the whine over
the stolen govenorship the conditions OF
and anarchy shall be back the lament that
everybody ought to be feeling and
and out of sors generally be no doubt wbere
the people stand-they don't go backward tbev
want to forward; they don't and trouble
they want continuation of the present peace and pros
perity They will show it by votes on the 9Th q,
November