The daily sentinel., 1910-10-31

STRADDLE The
STATE ISSUES

| Straddling every important issue
before the voters of the state, confid-
ing their oratorical thunder to base
less attacks on the democratic admin
istration or meaningless platitudes,
the republican candidates at the Audi
torium Saturday evening kept signif-
icantly quiet on the record of their
| party in Colorado for the years prev
ious to the Shafroth regime.
| Beginning with Judge Garrigues
who opposes Judge Gunter for the su-
preme bench. all down the line the
speakers lodged and ducked with ex-
pert adroitness the structures of the
democratic campaigners and sighed
eloquently. If wistfully, for a civil
war like Hamilton and Lincoln used
to make. The judge INDUCED in a
beautiful exposition of the fact that
organized government is law and that
the same is the friend of the poor
workingman and sat down, feeling
that he was perfectly safe.
Sheridan Kendall, candidate for
railroad commissioner, told number
I of fairly new stories but when It came
. to prediction promises he left a
thoughtful loop-hole for future ref
ence by viewing with alarm the pres
ent railroad law which has not yet
been signed by the governor and SOL
emnly reminding his haerers that II
he didn't make good commissioner
they should blame John Shafroth and
not him. Resourceful Sheridan,
But ii was the gubernatorial nomi-
nee who has been chosen on the tour
by his managers" to bear the burd-
ems of the explaining" And so reg
ular has the heavy work fallen to the
Colorado Springs man that he has
developed a first-class workable
crouch that. all the pretty compli-
ments paid him by his fellow-nomi-
nees cannot soften. His whole bear
ing Is that of man pressed too hard
and SO, with stacks OF chips on each
shoulder he pugnaciously challenges
the lightning and the state press to
say boo" in his direction. He posed
as the original friend of the humble
poor, the successor of Andrew Jack
son and hope of the race His bursts
of campaign pyrotechnics were mod
els of mixed metaphor and but for
this interesting feature. might haye
been prose adaptation of brakes
address to the American flag.
In Judge Orr's TRADE, the assem-
bled citizens were treated to scold-
ing that compares favorably to the
public speeches of George ]. Kindel
or the line of conversation of al
Billingsgate fishwihe. Hardly note
worthy for the beauty of its diction
or the tenderness of its theme, this
number on the program" was pure,
unadulterated buncombe The speak
er painstakingly omitted any pledge
as to how he would vote on the Can
non question II elected to the lower
house OF congress but unblushingly
told his auditors that none of the
members of the present congressional
delegation had ever accomplished
anything of moment for the people
Of the state. The small matter of
John A. Martins fight against the
friar land fraud was passed by the
bombastic near-orator with growl
and a snort.
Miss Wolcott, candidate for regent
of the state university and Mrs. Wiv-
on, candidate for state superintendent
OF schools. made short and pleasing
talks on the issues which regarded
the particular offices to which they
aspired
Ben Griffith of Grand Junction
made the final speech and spent his
time In an effort to dispute the in
disputable facts adduced by The Sen
tinel in reference to the Rio Grande-
Junction tax reduction. Mr.. Griffith
is fine speaker and fine fellow but
1t was really asking too much OF him
to refute the facts In this important
matter. Griffith's talk is forgotten
today. the facts are permanent proofs
of republican wrongdoing.
N. c. Miller presided over the meet
ing. which was prefaced by a glim-
mering glamor of glaring torches in
dazzling. II smoky parade.
The meeting, If remembered next
week. will be historical only for the
amusement afforded the listeners as
they recall in comparison this gath
ering with that enthusiastic ovation
which was accorded the democratic
~ 4 thn tv-of 81 L.,