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! Progressive democracy - trlans-
phant, aud John >hstrgih agssn be
coses the standard bearer II osr
party IN the eoWtng eiectIoa.
II was a is-rce struggle. for over
ane fourth II the ll0l asieGates a
Denver convention we're fFam Ih-n-
ver county. aud The iesdars there had
become mlfied at Shaf-s,th : apyo.at-
menis aud because he insisted -
spiepdIdly spon literal fullfllmeut
of party pledges With 2s4 vose~ a-
trading stocs Denver entered DR.
jefferson Of Rsstt eosa,v as candi-
date 10 win The dactor Is tine
iellow and that hroaght Iass Of votes
However. the shafrotk men won
with fourteen voses b. spare
The GunHsson cosnty deieeatlon
voted eight for >hsiroth aud kse for
jefferson our deleeatIos of thlr-
teen elected Dr Geo. sullivan char
man, J. ID. Jennings member af the
convention committee on crecieniIals,
Judge Geo. HetherIneton member of
committee GA rules and order ef
business N n Lake Jr was
member of the resolutlons commit
bee, and was appointed a member %
the sub commIttee of pIne b. draft
the platform
The platform democrats we're on
top in all three committees. though
Billy Adams OF Coneios county was
both temporary aud permanent
chairman, in the resolutions commit
tee. the hrst light came up over de
mandIng that the Legislature res .hrm
the platform pledges aud call upon
the legislature now IN session To-
make them into laws This was
done by vote oI about six 10 one,
and Governor Shafrotb was heartily
endorsed. Another light came up
over the public land question. Dele
gates from Colorado Springs and
Pueblo, who are all smeared with
the conservation stick, wanted
forest reserves and state water, end
the public land question ut sloss,
but were badly o~t voted The plst-
form reiterated the ringing wesds of
1908 on the land qaestioa and in
addition demanded that the control
Of public resources of Colorado
should be vested % the state
A feature of the convention was
the wonderful ovation given 10 Chief
Justice, Robert Steele, upon his re-
uomipation As he appeared in
answer To calls. the vast audience Of
the auditorium rose as one man, and
though the cheering was not bolster
Gus or long continued the demon
stratlon was so affecting that Judge
Steele could not saw word, but
bowed and left the stage A similar
demonstration, but more noisy and
rolicking was that given TO Rhody
kenehan, upon his nomination for
treasurer 1t is a state law that a
man cannot be auditor twice, so
Rhody was unanimously given the
nomination for treasurer.
There were stirring scenes during
the nomination for governor 1t is
generally admitted that the magnifi-
cent speech of Tully Scott had much
to do with the result The speech
was classic ia diction, yet it swept
the convention from it's feet and
drove home with resistless logic the
great big fact which everyone in the
convention at heart knew, that Shat
roth was ten thousand votes stronger
than any other possible candidate.
As voting progressed and the bal
snce swung evenly between Jeffer-
son and Shsfvoth, the excitement in
creased. Only Weld and Yuma
counties remained and Jefferson was
ahead. The convention rose 10 its
feet asd listened bresthlessly. Both
counties voted solidly for Shafroth,
and for twenty minstes the hall WAS
. seething mass Of waving banners
and shouting mobs Of delegates.
That Was at one o'clock Thursday
morning. At ten the same morning
delegates were again called together,
and there was very little respite IN
I'll twelve o'clock that night.
DR. j. A. Whiting of Delta county
Was a prominent candidate for llea-
tenant governor and came near WIN
ming Mrs. A. NJ r. Crooks Of Gun
nison WAS presented as candidate
for secretary of state by the Denver
delegation which gave her 249 votes.
Before the voting was completed she
resigned in favor of the present sec
retary, James b. Pearce
Alex. Davidson for railruad com
missioner will lend strength TO the
ticket, as all the bows on this divi-