Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-25
DEMOCRATS BOLT CONVENTION
From Monday Evenings Daily Herald.
The Herald doubts if men ever

The Herald doubts if men ever bowed the knee
- humble submission to the demands of any ring
number did at the Democratic city convention
Saturday evening. 1t was with pity and commssera
non many of the delegates present witnessed the spec
i'ee and they agreed that if the people of Durango
could have witnessed the proceedings of the conven
non he ticket would not receive 300 on election
day, and even without seeing how people with a
view TO the welfare of the town submit to the
domination of their affairs in such a manner.
TO start with, the convention organized by elect.
lissvjanes }. German chairman and Claude Bradley
secretary Committees were appointed and short
recess taken The resolutions appear in another col
umAHThey were adopted without word of com
nendMlon They were palpably weak and sub.
4. .mssivc that many sighed at the seryty of man
Y Iheh nominations for mayor called for
larry Sullivan jumped up and said he had been i'm
portuned by so many to place them in nomination that
he was afraid he would be dubbed the perpetual
holnlnator# The eoquence of Barry was pathetic as
he enumerated the qualities of the man he was going
to name for the high office a Democrat without
oemlsh. HIS man was Herman Berndt. But the
convention was not in frame of mind TO have any.
lhhg to do with any Democrat connected with the
late sewer administration. The only possible hope
lor success was a new deal. Hence the genial w G.
oton lost no time in naming another and without
leaving his chair said he sorry he was not an
orator IKE Barry so he could give his candidate pair
~of ready made wings, and without flourish of adiec
yves named George Goodman. The vote stood II to
l0 for Mr. Goodman and he was declared the nominee
lhen came nominations for clerk. Jake Wilson
WOnamed by some one, Paul Ellis, we believe. With
was present to break the slate at least to dent it,
He denounced the Is Democrats who had met in eau
Gus ana agreed upon slate program without calling
IN the entire membership of the convention Reese
S:ld ne vas Democrat but believed in true Democ
racy @n?e the people had voice. HI said the Demo.
cratic party could not hope for success at the polls
this spring under existing conditions unless the work
was open and fair and nominees selected without sub
mission to private caucus He then placed i'm nomi
nation Mrs Stella Gray, sister of Clement c. Russell
the latter being given credit for being one of the best
ana most palnsaking clerks the city has ever had
ana his sister trained along the same lines The
counting OF the vote interesting at the start The
two ran neck and neck They were tie several times
and at were even. Then Wilson went ahead and |
when the vote was announced Wilson had Is to Mrs |
Grays D. Mrs. Gray had been pledged votes to spare
Bnt Democratic ring political pledges are best H.
Illustrated by the present Democratic general assembly
When nominations for treasurer were called for
our friend Barry with becoming modesty again as
Sumed the floor He said Democrats would be in need
OF votes this spring and that he believed it would add
great strength to the Democratic ticket to endorse the
kepnblcan nominee, w. H. LaCount. There weret
none to gaInsay this. The chair asked if Mr. La |
Count should be endorsed nominated The conyen
ton decld6S best to nominate him.