Gilpin observer., 1908-10-22
PERTINENT QUESTIONS
PRoPoUNDED TO
HON. MR.. RiTTENHOUSE
Why Should the Republican Party Be
Longer Retained in Power in
coIorado-Wise Mr.. Rittenhouse,
Please Answer.

Colorado-Wise Mr.. Rittenhouse,
Please Answer.
Mr.. E. E. Rittenhouse, who holds
the position of State Insurance Com
missioner under the munificent reign
of Henry Buchtel the First, in his
sixth epistle to the people in the Den
yer Republican of October 10th,
speaks of Honest John Shafrotn, and
Mr.. Bryan's Shall the People Kule?"
He has used much space trying to per-
vert the minds of the people OF tnis
state from the true issues of this cam
paign. He derides the question,
Shall the People Rule?" by inferring
rado they do rule. 1t is notorious
fact that they have not ruled, and un-
der the present conditions and those
! that are offered to the people of this
state by the Republican party one
would like to know how the people
could rule if Senator Simon Guggen-
ment of this state. Mr.. Rittenhouse
goes further and tries to raise class
distinction by drawing attention to
conditions that are and have been
prevailing for many years in some of
the southern states. He does not tell
us that educational laws control con-
ditions of voting in those states, and
no doubt, if Mr.. Rittenhouse lived
there he would be an ardent sup
porter of those laws.
Mr.. Rittenhouse draws attention to
conditions that arose in the election
of 1904 in this state in regard to pal
lot box stuffing in the City of Denver.
Would it not have been well Ior Mr..
Rittenhouse to have left this subject
alone. knowing as he ought to know,
that the records show that there were
very few fraudulent votes found in
that election in the City of Denver,
and he knows well that the Supreme
Court of this state, because of politi-
cal conditio surrounding the
throwing out of Governor Adams. who
was honestly elected, and the substi-
tuition of Mr.. Peabody for twenty-four
hours. and the resignation of this
same man, and the reign of the pres
ent nominee on the Republican ticket.
that when the ballot boxes were open
who, themselves, swore they had vot-
ed the ballots designated, were then
disfranchised; but, Mr.. Rittenhouse,
how about Hnerfano county and
Conejos county? You have failed to
state in these epistles in which you
were trying to raise the question of
honesty about the ballot boxes the
remarkable occurrence that happened
when the Supreme Court ordered the
bringing of ballot box from your
Republican county of Conejos. and
when opened was found empty. You
have not drawn attention of the pub
lie to the sincere and honest purposes
of the Republican party's "bulldozlng"
and intimidating of the voters of
Huerfano county. Why don't you. IL
you are so jealous for honesty, COM
mence at home? Clean up your own
back yard before commencing upon
your neighbor's.
You say that Democrats are Jail
birds" II is notable fact that Re-
publican election crooks were not
jailed Why do you, Mr.. Rittenhouse,
side-step the issues of this campaign
and devote all of your time and
energy In trying to belle a man who is
so far above you and your people
when 1t comes to question Of hon
esty OF purpose that there is no COM
parison? Why don't you, II you are
so desirous of fairness and integrity,
commence in your own party?
You say the issue in Colorado is