The Glenwood post., 1908-10-17
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| speaker paradlhg tne country In n o3-
fort to educate the peoplel" He
seemed to favor the idea u paying the
supreme court justices more money.
Charley Thomas followed Mr.. Scott,
this arrangement being made that the
! crowd might be induced to stay through
the other two speeches, but before he
was fairly started, about half Of the
people left the hall.
He started in to, praise ?. T. Taylor,
but, his efforts were not rewarded with
applause he expected and as he thought
Taylor deserved. He bewailed the fact
that in. spite of the fact that he and
others paraded the state two year, ago
and were prophets, the people disobey-
ed their instructions and elected Re
publican legislature in Colorado. He
spoke of the affair as crime, but the
people listening to him were silent Of
moving out of. the hail. He quoted
scripture for a few minutes, but the
people failed to respond to the appeal, He
took slap at Tom Patterson, although
it was disguised to some extent, by en-
dorsing a statement of Senator Scott
that the. Republicans are, not the only
ones to buy a seat in the United States
senate. He said C. 8. Hughes was not
doing SO. but others had. And as Tom
Patterson was not with the Thomas
Speer bunch in the Glonwood or Pueblo
conventions, you are at liberty to draw
your own conclusions in the matter.
Mr.. Thomas praised President Roose'
welt and said he had accomplished much
in the way of reform and he believed
that Mr.. Taft was sincere in his state
! ments that he would make greater ef-
fort along the same lines, but that Un-
Gle Joe Cannon of Illinois was the
whole show. This sort Of argument
may appeal to some people, but the
ones who study political questions are
surc to vote for Taft if for no other
reason than that he will follow the path
taken by Roosevelt. e su.e
Mr.. Thomas made no great claim re.
garding the. people and said that Only
about ne-half of them were back of
Mr. Bryan. The rest and all over that
half are with Mr.. Taft and when We
majority rule the people are ruling, but
Thomas forgot this.
He spoke Of Taft - a great big Aane-
rican statesman and said he believed
the Republican candidate would do bis
best to carry out the policies as started
by Roosevelt. But he expressed fear
that Taft might die and then the conn
| try would 60 to the bow vows sure
enough.
Mr.. Thomas referred to the expedi
ture of money during the past three
years, but failed to mention q single
one of the many irrigation schemes
taken up by the government; he, failed
to mention the panama canal which
means SO much to the whole mercantile
world; he failed to say .. word about
the vast improvements made in every
section of the country, but the people
of Colorado are well aware that the
Gunnison tunnel is under way. that
the high line will soon be started near
Grand Junction and other projects have
been completed. ss s'-.u {. sr;
When he said Bryan preached /" "peace
! on earth, good will to men" there was
one lone handicap and voice in the
neiehborhood of Brother Holmes said
Amen. ....I.l -4 Lllt
He referred to the needed bank laws
and said the bankers did not want any
legislation and "Thar sot Drach." He
handed Barney Napier few nice con-
pliments, but there was absolute silence
again. He became desperate, and said:
"He has a splendid wife This tlMas
the sign given out by the leaders and
the people cheered for about ten Sc
conds. They are well aware that Bar
ney is poor STUFF, but that in his wife
he has one that can 60 down the line
and talk fast. to the voters, There are
some even mean enough to. say that b.
fore Governor Bpchtel would interest
himself in the Silt bridge, Mrs. Napier
had to 60 to him and show him that
that precinct always gave Republican
majority. /
Mr., Thomas could not refrsin from
taking few shots at the colored voter :
Of the country and he then gave Bueh-
tel few shots that made q sad, sickly
smile play. over the faces Of the. Ma
l,pisr people, but he, capped, the climax
when he. spoke 20 highly Of Taylor
This was too much and some Of the
Napier followers left the hall.
The Democrats say. Thomas made .thf
best speech they ever heard, and as he
spoke 80 highly. Of PreidsRt Ro9sevel
and expressed saeh Implicit faith II
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