The Ketchikan miner., 1908-01-18
THE DENVER CONVENTION

building in which it is to be held may not be completed at the time called for by the specification, April !, and that it's acoustic qualities may possibly be such as to make it babel of con- fused tongues, but hoping that the building will be completed in time, and that it's acoustic qualities may be all right, saying that the convention itself should be interesting, if for no other reason than that it will involve the dedication of an auditorium capa- ble of seating II. 900 persons. ''The democratic party" says the Eagle, "is an eloquent party, and it's spokesmen are entitled to the best conditions under which thelr eloquence can be exercised.
 "Mr. Roosevelt has done what he could to make both national conventions interesting, and the com
 ing Democratic National Convention will be specially interesting, because of him. He has taken the third term question out of the case. The Demo- cratic National Convention will be unable to speak of him as tyrant or as an usurper, or as an enemy of the liberties of his country. He must have told Mir. Bryan, at their interest ing but unreported interview the other day, that he would again per- emptorily renounce third term tor Mr. Bryan has since said that he was not surprised by the renouncement and regarded it as a patriotic act. Mir. Bryan will be the Denver conven- tion. He approves of MT. Roosevelt. The Denver convention can only per functorily critcise Mr. Roosevelt, and that only for empty effect. We predict that the Chicago convention will praise MT. Roosevelt quite as per functorily as the Denver convention will criticise him. The Bryan quali- ties of Mr. Roosevelt and the Roose- welt qualities of Mr. Bryan are the twin wonders of contemporary Ameri- can politics.
 "Coorado is state with an inter- esting history. It was made state in 1875 by Democratic Congress, In o1der to add it's electoral vote to the Democratic party. Instead of that
 it's electoral vote went to Hayes, and because of that, the Presidency went from the Democracy and away from Tilden. The admission of Colorado into statehood was thus Democratic miscarriage. It's conversion of Hayes, who was not elected. into Republi- can President. broke to the hope of Democracy the word of promise 1t had spoken to the ear of that party. Since then, Colorado has had varied political history It has elected Dem- Docratic governors, and it has assent ed to the counting of them out. It has defeated Republican candidates | for governor. and has assented to the counting of them in. It has been har- rassed by labor unions and delivered from them by employers associations, and its politics can be said to have been that which bears more resem blance to Q crazy quilt than the poli- tics of any other state.
 "All things considered, it is morally and logically fit place for the Denl- ocratic National Convention. If that party is to attain national power, it could start toward it nowhere so well as in Denver. unless it could do so within the confines of colossal asylum for the erranr of mind. Very funny IS the fact that the same money, which was set aside to bring the Re- publican National Convention to Den yer, was used as bid, and successful ly, for the Democratic National Con- vention to go there. The party of Jefferson, and of Bryan, is thus to en- joy the money designed for the party of Hamilton, and of Roosevelt. Ger tainly history repeats itself, but in this instance it seems to repeat itself with it's h-els in the air and its head on the ground. And the jolly part of the whole proceeding at Washington, yesterday, was that ideut'cally the same men. VI ho vainly urged the Ee- publican Convention to como to Den yer, stayed oyer and invited the Dtm- ocrats to come there, and hoasted of their poSs' ssion of hag of jingling money with which they had hoped to allure the Republican National Con- mittee to their midst
 "Denve" was portrayed as summer paradise tu the Democratic Nationa Committee. Delegates could not per spire there. though they tried ever so hard. Humidity is as unknown there as snow in uades. or syntax in Tam many Hall. People who even casual ly go to Denver are so inclined to re- man there--at least through the sum- mer season- that they have heen known to throw their clothes out of the hotel windows in order to prevent them from leaving the town in JuIe or July. Drinks which in other places have infuriated men make saints and paslm-singers of them, in Denver.