Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-20

| always been looked upon as q Demo
cratic paper and a great majority of its
readers are Democrats. Apparently II
has never lost much circulation or In
fluence by bolting party nominations.
however. because 1t opposed Bryan In
1896, and supported him in 1900 be-
cause Of Its opposition to Imperialism.
1t supported Parker four years ago. In
all three presidential elections the Re-
publicans have carried the state. Nc
Kinley had a plurality of $4,000 in
1896. and of $4,000 In 1900. Mr.. Roose-
welt squeezed through with a plurality
OF 81 In 1904. Normally the state Ia
Democratic, as is shown by the fact
that in 1899. 1908 and 1907 the Demo
Gratis elected their candidate for gov.
ernor. The legislature is heavily Re-
publican, and the best opinion Is that
the detection Of the Sun will give the
state to Taft.
Interest attaches to the reasons
which this independent Democratic
newspaper OF high character gives
for Its refusal to support its party in
this campaign. After declaring that,
in Its Judgment, THE material welfare
of the United States, Industrial and
financial. would be promoted to
greater degree by the election of Mr..
Taft than by the election of Mr.. Bry-
an" and that. their rights would be
safeguarded as carefully by Mr.. Taft
as by Mr.. Bryan" the paper gives the
grounds upon which 1t bases these con.
clusions, as follows:
"The people of this country are just
beginning to recover from a period of
Industrial, financial and commercial
depression, due primarily and meas
ura5ly to the methods. rather than
the object in view, OF the Roosevelt |
administration in dealing with trust |
and corporation problems. The Sun
has never failed to recognize the ex-
istence Of corporate abuses, nor to /
condemn lawlessness on the part of |
combinations OF capital and industry.
1t has supported earnestly and ener.
all proper measures for the
of these abuses and for the
protection of the peoples rights and in.
terests. At the same time 1t has not
hesitated to condemn Mr.. Roosevelt's |
his application of correctives,
which, while failing to curb the law.
Of predatory wealth and to
impose adequate punishment, tended
to disturb business conditions general
ly. The big stick has been tried for
four years, and 1t has in part resulted
in disaster to labor and to capital.
Mr.. Bryan has his big club and we
frankly say that the big club in Mr.
Bryan's hands would argue no better
for the public veal than the big stick
has DONE"
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18-The ar
rest by private detectives in this city
yesterday of Fred Yockey, vice presi-
dent Of Union No. A of the Western
Federation Of Miners at Randsburg,
Cal. on charge of conspiracy to
blow up the Yellow Aster gold mine
with dynamite, has developed q COM
plicated situation.
Yockley was arrested upon the com.
plant Of Mrs. Alice @. Clark, a de-
tective working for the Yellow Aster
Mining company. According to pub.
lished stories. Mrs. Clark now charges
that all accusations against Yockey
are false. and says that she was com.
PEELED to swear to them by another de-
tective. who forced her to sign the
statement at the point of pistol. The
whole plot, she AYERS, was an effort
to break up the miners union at
The evidence trumped up against |
me is just like the evidence that was
made to order for the prosecution Of |
Moyer and Haywood and Pettibons,"
said Yockey. at IL 4 parallel case
exactly.s
DENVER. Aug. 1s.-Despondent |
over bis physical condition and believ-
ing 1t impossible for him to earn a |
George M. Handwick, re-
cent arrival in Denver from Boulder,
committed suicide at his boarding
house In East Twenty-second avenue
this morning. He wrote letters to
his wife and son, giving the reasons
for his act and the directions as to
the disposition of his small estate, and
then sent bullet through his head |
Handwick was 40 years of age. and
resided In Boulder where his wife,
Cora M. Handwick resides.
He came TO Denver week ago suf.
fering from advanced pulmonary dis
ease. He secured 5000 after his ar
rival and with this money he pur-
chased team and wagon. and yester-
day began delivering groceries for O
Fifteenth street nrm. at "a per day.
In the letter found In his room nd.
dressed to his son. Virgil. who Ia en-
ployed In Kansas City. and apparently
written last night, he complained that
his new work was too hard.
UTICA. N. Y, Aug. 1s.-In a care
fully prepared address, in which he