Gilpin observer., 1908-10-15
DEMOCRATS NOMINATE STRONG TICKET
Put Up Set of Candidates for County Offices that Can't be
Defeated Convention Held Saturday Large and
Most Enthusiastic One.

+, ness. While the committees were pre-
pairing their reports, John A. Martin
the speaker of the day, and candidate
for congress from the second district
was introduced.
Mr.. Martin is whirlwind when i
comes to campaign oratory. He is ;
forceful and logical talker and instill!
enough wit into his remarks to keep al
audience in the best of humor. Mr.
Martin has lived in Colorado twenty
years. He had heard much about Gil
pin county through the prominent mer
who had sprung up in this vicinity, but
this was the first visit he had made tC
the county. He complimented Gilpir
county for producing SO able states
, man as Senator Teller and contrasted
the grand old man with Guggenheim.
Mr.. Martin said that he had been all
over the state campaigning and found
the Democrats everywhere united, hope,
full and confident; there was no discord
anywhere.
The speaker discussed national issues
at length and with noticeable famili-
arity. He spoke of the Taft boast,
made by the Republican presidential
candidate in his Denver speech, that
the Republican party had fastened the
gold standard upon the people and said
that the voters of Colorado ought to
hurl the boast back at him in November
and show that they are as loyal to VIM.
j. Bryan and his views now as they
were in 1896. The mention of Bryan's
name met with loud and generous ap-
plause.
81 find in the state" said Mr.. Mar.
tin, that the Democrats not only ad-
mire their national leader but are strong
for the state ticket and platform and
that the people will rally as enthusi.
astically and as unitedly in support OF
Shafroth as they will for Bryan. A
new condition obtains in Colorado poll.
tice and this is another reason why the
! Democrats are going to achieve success
Two years ago the Republicans had the
full dinner pail and went about the
state in prosperity special and bonn
barded us with prosperity argument
but since that time a big change ha:
come about. In face of all kinds OF
prosperity we are experiencing one Of
the severest panics in the history of the
United States. The Republicans have
laid the blame for all the panics at the
hands of the Democrats, but a review
of all the periods of business depression
the country has suffered will show that
the Republican party was in power
We will commence with May 11th, 1866
known as Black Friday, a time when {
great commercial panic was at it.
heighth and at time when the Repub
lican party was in power and had beer
at the head of the government for l.
years. Then we have the panic of 1S9;
which has been charged to the Demo
Gratis. This came within 80 days aftel
Benz. Harrison had turned the reins o.
government over to the Democrats ant
when the Republicans had both branches
of congress. 1t was handed over in full
bloom to Grover Cleveland. The thirt
panic came in October 2Sth, 1907.
has been all over and is still going on
The cause of this panic is fictitious
capitalization and watered stock fos
tered and encouraged by the Repub
lican party. The existence of panic
bobs up as vital issue in this campaign
and the only remedy is proposed b.
Bryan in the guarantee of bank deposits
The individual depositor is the only on
in the country who does not get securit,
for his money. There is just as mucl
money in existence the day after tn
panic as there is the day before. The
what is the cause of panics? Lack o
confidence on the part of depositors
The panic of 1907 will take years an
years for the restoration of confidence
Bryan's plan will do away with panics.
Shall the People Ruler is Bryan
Slogan" continued Mr.. Martin. 9Th
Republicans say they do rule. Let
take peep into the convention whic
nominated Taft and see if they do. Her
was big national convention made u
of civil service men and governmen
employees. have witnessed both cor
ventions and what saw in the Demo
cratic convention, contrasted with tn
Republican, has made me more loyi
Democrat. The Taft convention ha
given the country new political e,
preston steam roller. Could tn
people rule in convention the dom
nation of which made the coinage {
that expression necessary?
''We will now take peep into tn
Republican state convention which wa