The Washington herald., 1908-01-12


the Republican National Convention The
great friendship of the present admin
| lstration for the West was pointed out,
and the argument advanced that If DEN
yer came through with the guarantee
fund the Republican convention, with all
its attendants Of prosperity and wealth.
would come this way and leave behind
/ 1t solid residium Of investments. all Of
which would rebound to the lasting
wealth and prosperity of Denver and
Colorado. Little or nothing was said
about getting the Democratic convention,
except that possibly If the Republican
gathering came here, the Democrats
might follow. SO the guarantee fund
was raised mainly by Republican
/ pledges.
! No one on the inside seriously thought
that the Republican party would come
West When the Denver proposition was
turned down. most of the subscribers
( dismissed the subject from their minds
/ They had done their patriotic duty by
the city and had escaped with their
money. But then began a prearranged
still hunt for the Democratic convention.
/ The $4,000 pledged as a guarantee to
/ insure the expenses Of the convention
was turned over bodily to the Democratic
campaign fund. and now lot of stanch
/ Republicans find themselves pledged TO
/ give money TO help elect Bryan
/ VIII they do il? Well. not unless the
courts make them. The chances are that
/ Denver viii pay all the legitimate ex-
| penses Of the convention, but if Tom
/ Taggart takes any more Denver money
back with him he will have to get 1t
! by guessing on the high card or picking
the right pony at the track.
If Taggart did play the races with
campaign money he would only be fol-
/ lowing in the tracks OF the State Demo-
cratic committee of Colorado. That or
ganization used to have a vote manufac-
turing machine in Denver. with which it
could grind out any majority required.
A few years ago, on election night the
/ odds suddenly rose on the Republican
State ticket. It's a cinch!" said the
men at Democratic headquarters So
/ they took the whole roll and wagered
| II at the poolroOms. The upstate coun-
| ties returned such a majority for Pea
1 body that the Denver machine could not
overcome ii, and the next day found
/ the State machine with $1,000 In unpaid
/ bills, no money. and no offices in sight
Separating Visitors and Coin.
Delegates from every part Of the coun-
/ try can look forward to a striking eXhi-
/ bition Of a town separating visitors from
their coin. That hundred thousand has
/ got to come back with interest. Denver
/ business methods will not be satisfied
with less than 100 per cent on the in
vestment and all sorts Of plans are being
worked up to take It away from the
/ delegates and those who come TO see the
/ Democratic show.
/ A number Of new additions TO the
/ Great City OF the Plains are being
plotted. and will be put on sale during
! the time OF the convention Delegates
/ who are real estate dealers at home viii
get valuable pointers on how 10 sell land
/ 70 persons who haven't the slightest use
/ for it. If they watch the hustling Denver
( agents. There will undoubtedly be a
/ Bryan addition OF many square blocks.
| There may be a Jefferson City in honor
/ or the old Democrat who could not pos
! sibly recognize his party II he returned
10 earth and Denver for the convention.
/ A possibility is a William Randolph
/ Hearst allotment, with an Independence
Park and municipal ownership promises
/ for followers OF the New Yorker.
N
/ all that is coming to IL, one has only 10
/ recall the plan OF ex-County Assessor
/ Alexander 10 bring out taxes on watches.
He found that his assessors were miss
/ ing watches By the thousand. According
/ ly he issued a proclamation that every
voter Of ATapahOe County would. for
purposes OF taxation. be considered the
+ owner OF a watch worth so until he
proved an alibi~ Those who had watches
which had TO be wound three times q
/ day could get a reduction by showing the
/ tlmepieces. Those who had only pawn
/ tickets to show for their tickers would
( be exempt from taxation by showing the
tickets
| Denver has heard that there is a pre-
vailing belief in New York that its streets
are paved with gold ore. A special detail
/ OF policemen will be set on guard over
the streets until the convention is over.
1 Delegates are warned to buy return trip
/ tickets before leaving home, as they will
not be permitted 10 mine street corners
/ for the price of ticket East.
/ II is actually true that a mile. or so OF
/ pavement between the street car tracks
was put down OF ore that on smelling
would yield about S. a ton in gold Il
| came from a quarry near Bowlder, and
/ the tramway company knew nothing
about its value until a Denver citizen,
attracted by the glitter OF the pavement,
/ had a piece Of It assayed. They turned
/ the quarry into a mine prospect, and
Denver had 10 go back to asphalt.
Woman Voted Illegally.
II has been suggested that New York
! Democrats might be interested In a joint
conference on some such subject as I'll
/ legal Voting Without Detection" Den
yer has the distinction of having the
/ first woman ever arrested for election
! frauds. She was the wife Of a Democrat
with family, and she was charged with
voting in an election district other than
that in which she lived. Denver unques-
| tionably could make valuable contribu-
tions TO any conference on this subject
/ It is not likely that Congressional dele
gates to the convention will hear again
! of. Denver's dream to become a seaport
town. With the dust of the long stretch
of prairie between Denver and Chicago
| in their throats. they will probably have
difficulty in seeing the project.
! II is on the Platte River that Denver S
! dream is based. Bill Nye. the humor-
| ist, once considered the subject, and de-
cided that the only way the Platte could
| be made navigable was TO turn the river
on It's edge. Denver aldermen now have
plan of starting three monster dTedges
at the highest navigable point on the
Missouri. and letting them eat their way
/ to Denver, building up banks for a
mighty river as they proceed with sand
and gravel from the channel.
Advertising was what Denver had In
view when the committee went around
| jingling the $4,000. Advertising is what
/ all Colorado purposes TO get out Of the
| convention. To accomplish this, every
/ effort will be made to get the delegates
| and the visitors out over the State, The
/ Colorado railroads viii give low rates