Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-15
COLORADO PROSPERITY THE
SOLE ISSUE.

The great issue before the people Of
Colorado this year is whether the
state shall 90 forward a. 1t has been
doing in the last half dozen years
under Republican administration, pros
porous and contented with new enter
prises springing up all over, or wheth.
er It shall fall back into the slough
OF despond which has characterized
Colorado whenever a Democratic ad-
ministration has prevailed; whether
Denver shall return to the big mitt
through the Democratic machine be-
ing In control at city hall and court
house or whether the ballot shall be
preserved in that purity which has
been maintained ever since the su-
preme bench drove out the forgers
and ballot box stuffersf
Colorado is the most sensitive state
IN the union. An upheaval in politics
means an upheaval In business. A
political change means business rev.
parties and the affairs of those COM
monwealths go on superficially as be-
fore. Here the situation is entirely
different. The return to power of the
Democratic party would be taken as
storm warning to begin with; uneasi-
ness would take the place Of conf
dence. The atmosphere would be Gre
ated for a resumption of trouble from
the anarchist and labor agitator and
political demagogue. There is no sup
position to this; It can be demon
strated from the states history In the
last ten or a dozen years.
And 1t is not altogether IN the man
either. Compare the two terrible years
of the Orman administration with the
two years OF Mcdonald and what has
been asserted will be accepted as the
truth; and, yet, Orman as an individ-
ual was not a violent citizen. Trouble
and bloodshed were forced upon him
by his party associations. Those who
were behind him would be doing the
same mischief for Shafroth. In its
own Interest the state must remain
Republican.
That circus clown In the yellow
journal field, the Denver Post, for
motives which are selfish and Interior
has been using Senator Guggenheim as
a bogieman to frighten those who
scamper at the sight of a dummy. 1t
is doing this to aid the Democratic
party in doing what was done six years
ago. AT that time Colorado committed
n grave political crime when a Re
publican Legislature and state strong
ly Republican permitted the election
of a Democrat to the United States
senate. By creating diversion on
the screen this year the enemy would
repeat the trick that sent Teller
back to Washington. The Denver Pos
has no policy and no principle; it II
what Its friend, william Randolph
Hearst, said of the Democratic party
when he was In Denver recently--it II
proud to exhibit its shameful purchase
When Senator Guggenheim was an is
sue that publication was his hacker
when he is not and cannot be an is
sue. directly or indirectly. 1t would
spring him as a scarecrow.
The Republican party Is greater thar
any individual. 1t is not dependent Oh
any leader no matter how great q
man he may be, as was made so clear
in the last few months. The party
lives while individuals come and go
When the time comes Senator Gug.
genheim as a public official will have
to pass muster with his party and his
constituents. This Is not the yea.,
however, for him to be extolled or con-
demned. One thing at time. Colo
RADIO has to decide on matters personal
to itself at this election. And an cleo
tion in this state is not decided by the
rabble.-Denver Republican.