Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-08-30
HARMONIOUS REPUBLICANS.
Denver. colo. Aug. q

DtHNeT, SOiO-, aug. 20.
With the meeting OF the state Ger
trial committee, the campaign Is no,
formally opened. The state CONVEX
ton will soon be held and the candl
dates nominated The present stu
alton is In some respects a remark
able one. The Republicans are NOR,
harmonious than they have been TO
dozen years past 1t looks as II tn,
candidates of the majority will be 10y
ally supported this year by ALL. Thi.
being the case, candidates are plenty
though few have come out openly and
avowed themselves. Indeed, the en-
| tire absence of Slate or any at.
tempt to make one, is one of the un.
usual features of the situation. The
delegates to the convention will do
the nominating. without any instruc.
lions from anybody but their own con.
stituents.
AS compared with two years ago,
the outlook for the Republicans is
wonderfully improved. Then, the
state had been racked by civil war,
tremendous passions were aroused
party lines were to some extent OBJ
liberated, and the whole campai gn
turned on the deeds and the person.
ality OF one man. Now. we have had
two years of profound peace and I'M
examped prosperity; the affairs OF
state have been conducted honestly
and efficiently; debts have been paid
that were left over from incompetent
and wasteful Democratic administra.
tons. and the financial condition of
the state is better than ever before
in Its history. There is no reason
why every Republican In the state
should not vote the straight ticket,
and on conservative estimate there
are 10000 more Republicans than
Democrats in the state.
The Democrats, on the other hand.
are having more than their share OF
troubles. The fractional fight in Den
yer has developed great bitterness.
There is no question that the Speer
faction is now the regular organiza.
ton, but the Patterson faction is to
hold separate primaries, elect separ-
ate delegates. and demand recogn.
itlon by the state convention. Judge
Lindsey has come out openly as a
candidate for governor, and threatens
to run Independent II he does not get
the Democratic nomination. Patter-
son has been 'jollying" him along, us.
ing him to pry the Speer people
loose. but now he says that Lind.
seys declaration is a mistake, and
that Adams is the only logical con.
didate.
The only evidence Of the existence
OF any burning desire to "avenge the
theft of the governorship" thus far in
sight have been in Mr.. Adams own
utterances and an editorial in the
News. AS matter OF fact, the gov.
ernorship was stolen for Mr., Adams,
not away from min, and he was gov
ernor for ca days more than he had
any right to be. There will not be
any Big Mitt this year to stun the
ballots for him, and he has nothing
like as good chance of election as
he had two years ago. Then, too
there are several people In the state
who are tired of his perpetual candi.
dacy. For 20 years there has hardly
been an election when ne was not a
candidate for something, and the three
brothers Of the Adams family between
them have held Office continuously for
about that time.
Just at present Patterson is not as
sailing the supreme court as frequent
ly and vigorously as ne was. but later
on he will make that the main fea-
ture OF his campaign. He will go on
the theory that the blacklist and foul.
est lie, If repeated long enough and
loud enough. may come to be be-
lieved If he succeeds. he will be the
dictator of the state. with a supreme
court the majority of which will do
whatever the Rocky Mountain News
tells them to, and obtain their decIs-
ions already typewriter from Welton
street-that is his aim. If the peo-
pie of Colorado want that kind OF gov
eminent. they can get it by voting
the Patterson ticket this fall.
On the whole, the situation is GER
tainly full of encouragement for Re
publlcans. With good strong tick
ct, such as will undoubtedly nomin-
ated, victory is already in sight.
r. p. B.