The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-30
eY FUSION OF DEMOCRATS AND
BUSINESS MEMS LEAGUE
IN DENVER.
NON. PARTISAN ISSUES
SEVERAL REPUBLICANS PLACED
ON THE TICKET BY BUS
INEsS MEN.


cratic convention Thursday. Com
menting on the action of the conven-
tion, the Denver Republican Friday
morning says
The Democratic city convention Of
yesterday WAS one-man convention.
Mayor Robert Walter Speers person
ality dominated. He was the Henry
OF Navarro for his own party and to
the enemy. The battle has snrged and
will continue to surge around him. He
bade defiance to his ancient enemy in
his own party and took up the gaunt-
let Of the opposition party.
The platform was a Speer platform.
different in some respects from his
platform of four years ago. but never
theless OF Speer and for Speer and
containing the Speer idea Of city
beautiful. II is toned respecting the
saloon question and certain other mat
ters. due to the better public senu
ment that is coming along; but IL takes
clear and distinct issue with the Re
publican platform on this paramount
issue" Restriction where obliteration
is not wise or possible Is still retained
as TIN. Speer method. Local option Is
recognized and conceded. ,.,
In the matter OF Improvements and
adornments to the chy fhe policy of
the past will be the guide to the fu
lure.
On the question OF taxation and ex-
penditures the county government AT
the court house is challenged to a
showdown.
And on the morality campaign. why.
the battle-ground chosen by the Repub-
licans-the church-will suit the city
hall.
Only the Democratic part of the
above ticket was nominated in the
Democratic convention. The Business
Mems league part OF the ticket. which
is made up presumably OF Republicans
TO Offset the Democracy on u nom
Dnpartisan ticket. viii be put on the Dem.
4ocra,ic ticket by the executive com
mittee OF the party organization and
I'm return the league will name the
Democratic part OF the ticket. Al
though there is a difference regarding
one OF perhaps two aldermanic candi-
dates, the two tickets will be smade
identical Today.
Following Is the list of candidates:
Mayor-Robert w. Speer Demo
crat)
Clerk-Burt F. Davis business
Men.)
- .Auditor-Harry f. 1nsiey Demo
craft
Treasurer-George s. Van Law CBus-
mess Men,
Supervisors-Roady Kenehan Dem.
ocraO. John c. Mayer Business Mem,
August J. SpenEel tDemocrat, w
DndUa IacnWny fRua{peSs Mon
The candidates for aldermen are ss
follows:
First WardAWilliam Gahan lDem-
Second ward-Theodore Mcclure
CDemocraD.
a nird ward-Thomas NJ. Hydcr.
(Dcmocrat).
Fourth Ward - Andrew Horan
(DemocraO. -
Fifth Ward = Michael Mahoney
(DemocraD.
Sixth ward-John Conlon. Demo
craft.
Seventh ward-Andrew T. stahl
(DenocraD.
business Mem.
Ninth ward-Cornelius c. worrall
Tenth Ward
4 Eleventh ward-George McI.achlan
- DemOcraD.
: Twelfth ward-John J. Davoren
(DemocraO.
Thirteenth Ward-Joseph B. Ry-
craft business Mem.
Fourteenth Ward-Robert V. Brown
. business Mem.
Fifteenth Ward-william Fl. Grimes
DemocraD.
Sixteenth Ward-RaIph f. Cuth-
bertson (DemocraD and Frank c.
Brown.
The Business Men have a vacancy
to fill In the Tenth ward and the DEM
ocrats and Business Men each filed in
the Sixteenth ward.
News. ex-senator Patterson's paper:
I'VE believe that the policy Of the
past should be that OF the future.
Thus the Speer convention yester-
day in Coliseum hall went on record In
behalf OF perpetuating the reign Of the
macQuereaux, the divekeeper. election
thief police abuses and wanton waste
Of the money OF the public 50 far AZ
lies in its power. should Mayor Speer
succeed by some hook or crook in
again being counted into ONCE.
The attitude of the trainers Of the
platform can be interpreted in no
+. other manner for there is not sin
gle word in the document that makes
a promise Of even pretending to en-
force any of the laws that have been
so fiagrantly violated during the past
four years.
The document is silent on the ques-
ton OF the macquereaux.
1t is silent on the question of the
all-night and Sunday saloons.
1t is silent on the question of open
gambling.
1t Is silent on the question OF abuse
Of police power.
The above comments show that the
01cket nominated by the Democrats