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Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29
KNOCKS PR0SPECTOR
COMPLETELY OUT
One-Fourth of Colorado Tied Up With
Republican Red Tape by Pinehot
and Gusgenheim Methods.

The following presentation of
truths, editorially told by the Denver
News, is respectfully presented for
the consideration of the mining men
and prospectors of Colorado:
"A vote for Taft Is a vote for Pin
chot. Don't forget that for a quarter
of a minute. vote for Taft is vote
for Pinchot and for forest reserves"
where no forest will ever grow; and
for tying up one-quarter of the area
of Colorado in bands of red tape that
it may take generation to unite.
Just for instance: If it had been
necessary for prospectors Is or 20
years ago to get permit from the
forestry department before entering
the sacred precincts of the mountains.
where would the riches of Cripple
Creek have been today? Where they
were for millions of years before,
waiting discovery in the depths of the
earth. There is no shadow of doubt
about that. Prospecting is the task
certain hope that THE chance is
somewhere in the lot. The prospector
cannot show reasonable assurance"
of success when he begins to drive
his shaft. He is taking a chance. He
feels sure that the gold is waiting for
him down below somewhere, and this
looks like place worth trying. That
is all. And yet-that led to the In
dependence, and the Portland, and the
La Belle group, and the Vindicator,
and the Gold Coin, and all the rest of
those mines which have made the
treasure house of Croesus look like 80
cents.
And Mr.. Pinchot takes it upon
himself to decide, by administrative
order, that there are no more Cripple
Creeks in Colorado! He, who knows
less than nothing of our history, or
our resources, or our possibilities, nails
up the sign No Thoroughfare' at the
gateway to the mountains. and spins
his web of red tape before the doors
of the cave of gold,
IF Taft is elected, Pinchotism will
continue, and the day of the prospect
or in Colorado is past If Bryan is
elected, Pinchotism goes out in
hurry, sane and sensible policy of
forest reserves is inaugurated in its
place. and the chance for new Grip
pie Creek is open. There is the issue
in nutshell. And we think it an is
sue quite sufficient to nail the five
electoral votes of this state for Bryan
by good. handsome majorities"
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

nation. should understand quite clear
ly that vote for the so-called state
next month will be absolutely nothing
more than an Endorsement of the po-
litical sale of Colorado to Senator ST.
mon Guggenheim-the Arch Boss of
the most corrupt political machine
that ever disgraced the fair name of
the centennial state.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

Wonderful crowds are turning out
to hear the Democratic speakers all
reasonable doubt but what the state
will come up to the city Of Denver
with whopping big Democratic ma
jorty. and the leaders at Denver are
betting heavy odds tina. the citv goes
Democratic by over 5000 and maybe
twice that
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

men who voted for it were brutally
cold-blooded and Indifferent to human
rights
Mr.. Bonynge said in speech in
Denver, Oct. Goth: In politics the
record of a man should be the recon-
mendation upon which he applies for
reelection"
Take him at his word. liberty-lov-
ing men and women of Colorado, and
defeat or elect him on account of HIS
RECORD.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

From Democratic headquarters IN
the Albany Hotel at Denver every
night moving picture machine
throws its illustrations upon a can
vas across the street. and thousands
gather on the streets to see the pic
lures. which are splendid illust' ations
of the many ruins and dismantled
smelters which the Guggenheim
smelter trust has put out OF business
in Colorado.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

Jim Sherman. of New York, Repub-
lican candidate for vice-presidenr. is
known down east as the shadow OF
and both of them have the roe.enest
record as being against everything
the masses of the people desire that
ever disgraced this or any other
country.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

The Bryan bank insurance plan is
making Democratic voters all over
America, and Republicans are taking
to the idea like sick kittens to a hot
brick. Republicans are just as will
ing to have their money made safe
as Democrats are.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

Guggenheim says he is willing to
be judged by his record in the future
Yes. but Simon. what OF your record
in the past. and your record of the
present? You have got to face it.
for you cant dodge it any more inan
dog can outrun the tin can tied to
his tail.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

The Republican managers OF the
Guggenheim ticket have given up all
hope of getting members of organ
lied labor to vote for Taft or a state
ticket headed by Jesse Mcdonald,
who was Peabody's pal in the guber-
material steal
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29
Guegenheim or Principle?

Can any honest Republican IN the
state of Colorado feel that he has to
support the machine policies of Simon
Guggenheim in order to retain his In
dividuality as a Republican this fall?
We think not.
Money may be good thing in its
place. but 1t can't buy the integrity of
thousands of Republicans in Colorado
who are going to speak with their bal
lots the third day of next month. Gug
genheim and his smelter trust repre-
sent millions, but true Republicanism
should stand for principles that can
not be bought for dollars. thousands
of dollars or even millions.
The claim, by some of the machine
owned people who daily approach you.
that Gugenheim is not an issue in Col
orado this fall. Is claim that is far
from the truth. Can any honest Re
publican stand up and truthfully say
without blushing. that he believes ST.
mon Guggenheim was chosen United
States senator because the people OF
Colorado wanted him to fill that i'm
portant position? Do you believe ST.
mon Guggenheim got into the United
.,tates Senate because of his states
man.like abilities? You can not. as n
Republican. answer this question in
the affirmative and tell the truth. ST.
mon Guggenheim's victory in captur
ing seat In the United States Senate
was not n victory achieved by the Re-
publican party Of Colorado. or of the
personal worth or ability of Mr. Gug-
genheim. but 1t was victory achieved
by the dollars of the smelter trust
And now the smelter trust would
like to capture the whole state OF Col.
orado II 1t can do 1t in the name OF
Republicanism. We are of the opin-
ion that the Republican party is great
er. or should be greater, than Simon
Guggenheim and the dollars he repre-
sents. and every Republican in Colo
RADIO who honors the great traditions
of his party. and knows what It has
meant In the splendid history Of this
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

The pictures of Imboden and Hill,
the Denver bank-wreckers. who are
washing dishes and breaking rock at
the state penitentiary. look good.
They are. better off breaking rock
than breaking banks. homes and
hearts.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

The only difference in our Philip
pine policy and old Spanish General
Wyler's Cuban policy is that he
starved them into subsection and we
shoot them into subjection.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

Do Rockefeller and Carnegie ever
stop to think that honest quality and
reasonable prices are not productive
of exhorbitant dividends and univer-
sity endowments?
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

A writer in the Sunday News asks
for man as brave as Dewey. as
great fnancier as Rockefeller. as
strong as Jeffreys and with as much
knowledge as an encyclopedia. huh!
That's easy. Ring up Guggenheim
or Vivian.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

Taft injunctions and PeabodyMc-
Donald deportations do not go with
the voters among organized labor in
Colorado.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

Jesse McDonald's boom. Guggy's
nerve and the weather all seemed to
cool off last week about the same
time
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

II we were Republican at all we
would be Il regular Vivian-Guggen-
heim-Mark Hanna kind II you sell
Your soul get the dough.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

world on his shoulders in the shape
of Smeltetr Trust Guggy. And Jesse
is not very strong. either, physically
or mentally.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

The greatest fraud ever perpetrated
upon Colorado is the Pinchot forestry
fraud. That is the limit of absurd
tiles. Inconsistencies and rattle
drained wrongs.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29
EDITORIAL ETCHINGS.

Any comparison made between
Taft and Bryan necessarily has to be
in favor of Bryan. There is no COM
parison.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29
FRESH LAID THINklETS.

Andy Carnegie says millionaires
never laugh. Well. very few of them
have "A laugh coming.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

Jesse Mcdonald Is sweating blood
just now under his burden as mod
ern Colorado Atlas carrying eat-wad
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

The labor vote of Colorado is solid
for Roady Kenehan, candidate for
state auditor because he has proven
to the laboring element by years OF
faithful service that he is not only ca
pable but to be depended upon at all
times and under all circumstances.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

A supreme court by any other name
would smell as sweet
The Republican high tariff nelps
the poor man-helps him to get his
hard-earned wages into quick circula-
ton.
Jesse Mcdonald does not resign
any stolen offices. He gets all he
can and keeps all he gets, and is as
cold-blooded as unproductive chas-
tity.
The Republican party in Colorado
has sold itself body and soul to Simon
Guggenheim for cash in hand to it
paid, and no man dare attempt to
deny it.
No man ever claimed yet that Gug-
genheim ever had any other qualifca-
tions for the United States senate
than mere cash, or that he came by
the cash honestly.
Charles ]. Hughes is the logical
candidate of the Democracy to sue
ceed Senator Teller in 1909. He has
more real brains in a minute than
Simon has in his whole life.
not sit up nights dreaming of any
remedial legislation which will be
passed by a legislature bought. bribed
and debauched by Guggenheim's
smelter cash.
Three more banks went uo this
week-one at Boston, one in Oregon
and one in Pennsylvania. Depositors
holding the bag. No protection. no
safety. no guaranty-just the same
old Republican hot air.
BY it's deals with Guggenheim and
the smelter trust the Republican par
ty in Colorado has placed itself on
record as being for sale to the high
est bidder and now 1t will have to
stand on that record.
The Republican party has fallen
from Lincoln to Taft, from Wolcott to
Guggenheim. from HI to breakfast
and the fall thereof is as lamentabe
as the one made by Adam and Eve
when they went into the apple pusi-
ness, and the results are largely the
same.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29
THEIR MOUTHS UTTER
WORDS OF WISDOM
Gusgenheim Damned by His Own Peo-
pie for Nefarious Policies.
HONEST REPUBLICANS PROTEST

What the self-Respecting Colorado
Republicans Have to Say About
the Shameful Deal to Turn the
State Over to the Smelter Trust
in Exchange for Guggenheim's
Cash.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29
LIVE EDITORIALS.

A supreme court by any other name
would smell as sweet
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

The Republican high tariff neips
the poor man-helps him to get his
hard-earned wages into quick circula-
ton.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

Jesse Mcdonald does not resign
any stolen offices. He gets all he
can and keeps all he gets, and is as
cold-blooded as unproductive chas-
tity.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29


times and under all circumstances.
That Roosevelt has succumDed to
pressure and surrendered to the
trusts seems evident from the fact
that no prosecutions of them are be-
ing made by the federal authorities,
and no steps being taken to stop or
curb their wholesale and unlawful
plundering of all the people.
Just as soon as We make up our
mind that there is no hell, some pm
headed pollywog like Guggenheim
comes along and buys up the Repub-
licans who were placed in positlons
of trust by confiding constituency,
and then We are sure there ought to
be one. and big hot one.
The next state treasurer w. j.
Galligan of Loveland. is one of the
strongest candidates on the ticket.
because of his many sterling quail
ties and splendid abilities along the
lines needed in that department at
the state house Galligan will make
Colorado good. honest. capable
treasurer. and the people are taking
no chances in putting him in that
place.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

This is Democratic paper, and its
readers may possibly think its edi-
torial utterances and the articles 1t
publishes are more or less tinctured
with partisanism and party preju-
dices. This we try not to be, although
confessing that our heart and soul Is
with Bryan in this fight, and SO we
are herewith presenting some views
of the Republicans themselves upon
the campaign and the different mat
ters which are being discussed. You
have all read or heard of the terrible
arraignment of Senator Guggenneim
being made by the Denver Post. The
Post as rule Is a paper we do not
put much faith or confidence in polit-
cally, for the reason that it is hard to
find at any time. and is here today
and somewhere else tomorrow, but
the fght it is putting up against Sen
ator Gusgenheim and the Smelter
Trust methods in Colorado is certain
ly a hard one, and as full of truths as
hash is of miscellaneous meat, and
the facts it is presenting are so true
that nobody, Republican or Democrat.
dares to try to deny or refute them
Truths are truths, no matter where
they are found or by whom presented,
and it is truths we are looking for in
this campaign.
The decent. self-respecting Republi-
cans of this state are in as much re-
volt against the brand of Guggenheim
being placed upon their party as is
any Democrat, and thousands of such
Republicans are going to vote the
Democratic state ticket next month
for that very reason. in order to regis
ter a strong protest against Guggen-
helm buying a whole state. in addi-
ton to his buying up a Republican
legislature, bag and baggage, body and
soul
In order to show our readers how
great is the trend of sentiment in this
direction, from Republican sources,
we reproduce some good sound argu-
ment herewith advanced by staunch
Republican paper, thus giving you a
chance to take their words for 1t, in
stead of ours The following is from
the Middle Park Times. published at
Sulphur Springs. which is one of the
best and strongest Republican week
lies in the state. but which cannot
stand for having the Smelter Trust
place a Guggenhem dollar mark upon
its party-the party of Lincoln. The
Times is the official Republican organ
OF Grand county:
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

The Republican party in Colorado
has sold itself body and soul to Simon
Guggenheim for cash in hand to it
paid, and no man dare attempt to
deny it.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

Charles ]. Hughes is the logical
candidate of the Democracy to sue
ceed Senator Teller in 1909. He has
more real brains in minute than
Simon has in his whole life.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

No man ever claimed yet that Gug-
genheim ever had any other qualifica-
tions for the United States senate
than mere cash, or that he came by
the cash honestly.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

BY its deals with Guggenheim al
the smelter trust the Republican pa
ty in Colorado has placed itself {
record as being for sale to the hig
est bidder and now 1t will have
stand on that record.
Gilpin observer., 1908-10-29

Three more banks went W thii
week-one at Boston, one in Oregon
and one in Pennsylvania. Depositor,
holding the bag. No protection. nj
safety. no guaranty-just the sam'
old Republican hot air.
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:: HALEY Comet
) Is En- Route
ABSENCE OF THE LADIES
y .&sS&Hs ~ y - y y y y y - y !,

y - - ~ - - - - ~ ~ " ~ " y ~ ~ ~
No one need be at all surprised, if,
! two years hence, the nations of the
world suddenly become a family of
ardent sky-watchers, for in 1910 the
return of a certain periodic comet IS
promised, one lost to mortal eye since
! 1885. The recorded apparitions of this
celestial object are endowed with a
hoary antiquity, since they stretch back
over eight centuries of the lives and
deeds of puny man. At the date of its
recurrence in 1852 it was observed and
studied by Edmund Haley, famous
English astronomer and colleague of
the illustrious Newton. After laborious
research he reached the conclusion, as
the result of arithmetical calculations
! relating to it's perturbations, that the
comet was a thing in space identical
with the cometary apparatus of 1881
| and 1907. He framed table of the
motion of comets, Gin the making of
which | have spared no labor, that it
! might come forth perfect as thing
consecrated to posterity, and to last as
long as the science of astronomy it
self'
BY reason of the fact that the
comet temperance once again to hu-
man vision was predicted by HALEY for
the end of 1853, or beginning of 1859
81 dare venture to foretell that it will
return again in 1853, - were his words
it is universally and properly known
as Halley's comet The author of this
grand and novel discovery appertaining
to the pedigree and identity of a
comet (frOm which so much knowledge
in cometary astronomy has since
sprung) did not himself live to scan
| the heavens on that memorable Christ
mas day in 1853, when, true to predic-
ton, the comet appeared, visible to the
naked eye, and seen in many lands.
HALEY died at Greenwich in 1742, at
the ripe age of Sc, and was buried at
Lee, in Kent. An inscription on his
tombstone records that, with his dear
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across the heavens, superb and i'm
pressive spectacle. Astronomers tell us
that the most probable explanation of
comet is that, while the head consists
of more or less concentrated swarm
of meteors enveloped in gas and dust,
the tail is current of gas and some
times dust proceeding from the nucleus.
What if Mother Earth came into col
lision with one of these peripatetic OBJ
iects from out the depths of space?
More than 200 years ago Haley pom
dered over this very possibility. May
the great God,'' said he, "avert a
shock or contact of such great bodies
lest this most beautiful order of things
be entirely destroyed and reduced into
its ancient chaos - In 1919 (and again
in 1868 our orb actually did move
through a comet S tail. No one, how
ever, experienced the least shiver of
apprehension. Notwithstanding this, a
quite different state of affairs is con
ceivable, so we are told. Professor
w. H. Pickering of Harvard college
observatory remarks in this connection
that We're the earth to strike the
nucleus of large comet, like that for
instance of 1858 (Donati 's), it would
be impossible to foretell what might
happen; in all likelihood the tempera-
ture and shock would be such that
within several thousand miles of the
point of contact there would be ces-
sation of organized life.
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est wife, there reposes by her the chief
astronomer of his age. and adds these
pregnant words: ''That you may
know, reader, what kind of, and how
great man he was, read the multi
fariotls writings with which he has
illustrated, adorned and ampliied near
ly all the arts and sciences.
The records of history provide US
with a variety of details respecting
the apparitions of the comet we are
led to expect in 1910. In 1866 its ap-
pearance was considered to be an
omen in the sky presaging England s
conquest by William of Normandy. In
1856 it was a wonderful object, and
covered nearly 20 degrees of the
heavens, being visible for a month /;
moreover, it was for a time circum-
polar, so that it could be seen above
the northern horizon all night. When
it came again in 1881 it found America
discovered, printing invented, and the
reformation begun. AS we already
know, it was foreseen for its cycle of
1853. At it's last return in 1885 it was
first observed at Rome, on August 3, and
afterwards was visible to the naked
eve throughout OcIoDeF,, possessing d
tail from 20 degrees to 80 degrees long.
1t passed within 100000 miles of the
earth.
Regarding the 1910 apparition, Pro
fessor H. C. Wilson of Goodsell observ-
atory thinks it possible that some one,
with the aid of great telescope or
Photographic camera may catch sight
of the expected visitor during the win
ter of 1909; that, indeed, we may
even begin to search for it this present
month. Almost certainly it may be
found by September or October, 1909.
It is to be noted, however, that it will
then be only small nebula, whatever
tail it has being in a position directly
behind it as seen from the earth.
The wonderful gaseous streamer
which we call comets tail increases
in luminosity as the comet approaches
perihelion-that is to say, the point IN
its orbital travel when it is nearest the
sun. The cometary matter is of vary
ing but enormous length; indeed, we
must think of comet S tails in terms OF
millions of miles. Donati's comet OF
1853 reached a length of go degrees,
and swept as a broad curved plume
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Sixty years ago, there were in the
Long Room of the London custom
house twelve officers styled "cocket-
writer's they wrote certificates that
goods had been duly entered and the
duties paid. They were also known
as patent officers, because appointed
for life by letters-patent from the
crown. Their salaries were nominal,
sixty pounds sterling year, but they
were permitted to remunerate them
selves by extorting fees from the mer-
chants-fees which, in some cases,
amounted to thousand pounds year.
In 1881, the treasury determined to
abolish patent officers, and called upon
the twelve cocket- writers to furnish a
statement of their emoluments The
officers. ignorant of the treasury s pur-
pose. imagined that the government
intended to impose an income-tax. Ten
Of the writer's, therefore, returned a
statement which understated their fees
by several hundred pounds. The other
two furnished an honest statement. In
a few DAYS, ten clerks were surprised
and disguised and two clerks were
astonished but pleased. The treasury
notified the cocket-writers that their
offices would be abolished, and that
they would be compensated by pen
sions rated according to the returns
they had themselves furnished. There
were gnashing of teeth and broad
smiles in the Long Room. One of the
two honest cocket-writers enjoyed his
pension for ffty-two years, during
which time the treasury paid him fifty
| two thousand pounds.
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Va Kvuin Wilmington Roo. Chinese
has been chosen to edit the Daily Spec
tator at Columbia University. 1t IS
said to be the first time that Chinese
student has been placed at the head of
an American college paper. Editor koo,
who is but twenty-five years old, IS
slender chap, and is known throughout
the university as a master of pure Eng
lish. He speaks without accent, knows
moro about American politics than the
average American, is a debater of won
derfui ability, and one of the most pop
Mar men in the university.
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"Of course, Tommy" said the Sun
day-school teacher, you d like to be
an angel. wouldn't you2' - Weller
yes m, - replied Tommy, " but ia
like to wait till I can be full -grown
angel with gray whiskers. '-Phladel-
nhi8 Press.
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A jealous boor once demonstrated
with 2 Brahmin. "You don't believe
in the true God,' he said. The Brah-
min shrugged his shoulders. 1" Very
Tkelv.,, he answered; ''but if my God
couldn't make better gentleman than
your God has made, I would exchange
him for a black dog.
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First Servant Girl with just pride)
We have mattings at our church.
Second Servant Girl (even with more
pride)-WeD, we've a fine strip. OF
iinoleum up the aisle, and the vicar
burns insects every Sunday.-The Tat