The daily tribune., 1908-10-15
Republican Rally
in Opera House

which was fairly we'll attended.
The meeting was called to order by
Judge Bradley and opened by music
by the Tai. and Sherman Glee club
of Canon City Judge Orr Of Colo
RADIO Springs, opened the discussion
which WAS followed bf Judge Crank
Of Denver. Following this Hon.
John Springer of Denver delivered
the principal speech Of the evening.
, In the main the speeches we're
typical campaign addresses. That of
Judge Orr was logical and ponderous
Mr.. Sprineer's talk was one OF ora
tory and eulogy. While it was pleas
ing to hear this man-while he told
laughable stories and said witty
things-the information on the issues
at stake was meager; eulogy of Mr..
Roosevelt is popular lights of oratory
and good stories are always we'll re-
cieved. The greater part Of his talk,
however, was devoted to the sugar
beet industry and what Republicans
had done for 1t. He stated that ten
years ago, while he was vice-prtsi-
dent Of the Denver Chamber of Com
merce, a small company of Denver
men met one evening and put into a
common fund the sum of 81 500 with
which they hired Colorado farmers
to plant and experiment with sugar
beet raising. That the experiment
was success; the world found out
that Colorado WAS the best place in
the country to raise sugar beets, and
from this had grown the great in
dustry in this state That there are
IS factories and that it is one of the
large industries of the country. All
this under Republican administra.
tion. And therefore it is a sufficient
reason why only Repu blicans should
be elected to office this fall.
We failed to see any logic or rea-
son in the above. These Denver
business men we're progressive. but
they we're not all Republicans by any
means. That small company was
made up Of Republicans and Demo.
Gratis, Presbyterians and Methodists.
The Republican party nor the Re.
publican administration had anything
whatever to do with the matter. 1t
would be as good business sense to
give to the Baptist church the credit
of having started the beet industry
in Colorado, IL it should so be that
part of that company were Baptists
by religion.
A FIVE years sgo, in 1896, Mcintyre
was Republican governor of this
state and backed by a Republican
legislature. During that year and
under Republican administration a
mighty food came down the canon
and washed away tile +. and o. @.
railroad tracks: Then the Republi-
cans must be responsible for u great
calamity to this community. Last
fall bountiful fruit crop adorned
Fremont county trees: freeze came
the total crop WAS destroyed. Last
spring splendid prospects for boun.
tiful crop were in evidence every.
where a late frost blasted every
prospect. All this happened under
Republican administration. II the
Republicans are to be credited for
Colorado having discovered the vir.
tue Of Its soil while under Republican
rule, then 1t should also be charged
with the disasters that occur under
Republican rule.
As matter Of fact there Is no rea-
son or sense in either Of the premises |;
the Republican party Is entitled to no
more credit on the one hand than 1t
Is for discredit on the other.
One thing the Republican admins.
tration in this country is responsible
for is the following condition which
is not = theory: The Republicans
have had full control Of the finance
Of this country In the last few years
last fall we had n panic. the results
Of which those Of US in Florence and
Fremont county and elsewher are