The daily sentinel., 1907-01-03
DIsGRACEFUL SALE.

IL NNtTt firit " Wv
mand recognition for himself, if he
be n citizen of this country, as any
other citizen and should not be bar
red from holding Office. however high
that Office may be.
Our objection to Mr.. Guggenhcim
arises solely because we believe the
position of United States senator, to
which he will be elected, was purchas-
ed for him by the Vaccinations OF
scheming Republican politicians who
have lived OF his money for no less
thnn five years past or since the time
the ambition of Simon Guggenheim
first became known.
Mr.. Guggenhcim can hardly he
called a resident of this state. II is
true that he has taken up a residence
here for the past several years in fur
therancc of his ambition, but he real
Iy is n resident of the state of New
York. He has lived here solely 10
become United States senator and
the spectacle of the greatest Office in
the gift of the people being sold for
dollars is now before the people.
The scholar in the public schools
of this country ha, always been
taught that such an exalted position
in usually filed by men of great tai
ents, the foremost citizens i'm the res
pectivc states. They are not taught
that this great ambition may be pur-
chased by any man of wealth sufiic-
lent to buy up legislature or who
can buy n sufficient number of politi-
cal roundeps TO make possible an
election.
But here in Colorado we have the
act being consummated of an open
atorship by Mr.. Guggenheim, n man
of immense wealth, who though
philanthropic in way, has never
done anything particular for the up
building of Colorado, save TO control
the smelling interests, which has
placed high tariff upon the smelling
of ore by Colorado's miners.
Simon Guggenhcim never has ,pok-
en- at public meeting for the up
building of Colorado or performed
any great service for the public,
which could possibly have placed him
IcgitimatcIy i'm the line for the sena-
torship.
There is nothing more or less to
the election of Simon Guggenhc elm
than that the Republican leaders
have so long eaten of the bounty of
Guggcnh elm that they did not dare
repudiatc him now, and the goods
must be delivered to him.
The question of what the American
people will think of the election of
Mr.. Guggcnheim will he an inter-
csting one. Their first idea will be
that the people of Colorado are u
cheap lot that they would so public
ly barter the great position of n sem
atorship.. Their next question will be.
what influences were brought to bear
to secure the election of MIR. Guggen-
helm. No other answer can be Civ
en- than that IL was n straight. cold
blooded sale of the seat in the most
august Legislative body in the world,
by venal politicians.
III the people of Colorado will stand
for that they will stand for most any
thing In fact we have prettye nearly
lost faith in people who will elect
man to the gubernatorial seat and
then permit the theft to stand unre-
bul<cd and follow IL up by selling
their most exalted Office.
Governor Buchtel has been parad-
ing the fact that he now secures mon
ey by the thousands insteads of dol
lars and that IL seeks him, instead
of his seeking it,. Where does all
this money come from and for what
purposes are these liberal contribu-
tions pouring into the lap of the new
governor and his university?
The average politician or citizen
need not he hit with club to be able
to put two and two together. We think
that they can readily discover for
themselves the source of this inflow
of gold to the governor and then not
have very strong hnaginations.
In other words part of the deal OIL
the smelter trust was to have Henry
A. Buchtel governor with all the trust
funds mt the command of the polite.
ians, SO that he could be used by the
trust magnate TO elect Simon Gug-
genheim TO go to the senate.
Truly Colorado ha,. never becn
quite 81 completely in the hands of
the trusts as it is right at the present
time.
Nor is the rank and file of the Re-
publican party 10 blame for the con-
dition so much as the great monie.I
interests that put up sufficient money
in the last campaign to thwart the
desire of the people in every matter
and make the present year and th.'
present administration, solely the adj
ministration of the trusts as against
the good veal of the common people.
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