Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-28
REPUBLICAN NOMINEES
DELIVERED INTERESTING
SPEECHES LAST NIGHT


der at the Red Men nall there was
present a good audience and when
the chairman, DR.. McEweI, called the
meeting to order and introduced Mr..
Parks as the Republican candidate fof
governor there was the largest crowd
present than had taken part in any
political meeting this year.
Mr.. Parks informed the audience
that he was not one of the chief speak
ers of the evening and that he is
not public speaker but business
man. He stated that if he were
elected governor of the state that he
would sign no bills beyond the amount
to be expended and that the state
schools and other state institutions
would not have to go without the ordi-
nary revenue because of incompetency
and political extravaganza as is pain
fully evident in the last two admin
istrations and left the discussion of
the issues to those who followed him.
Mrs. Wilson was then introduced.
She spoke of the days when she was
known in Durango as Nellie Marsh
and was pleased to state that those
were her happiest thoughts. She rec
commended Mrs. Olive Arme and hoped
that the people of La Plata county
would vote for her regardless of poll
tics.
She said she would stand for the
taking of the state superintendency
matter out of politics. That the can
didates should go on the ballot by
petition and that the election of this
candidate should be separate from
other candidates. She complimented
very highly all the candidates on the
Republican ticket and hoped that the
people would vote to protect our
Colorado industries.
Mr.. Ballreich, candidate for this
congressional district, said that this
was his first nomination for office al
though he had been working in the
field of politics for eighteen years.
He asked every one to support Mrs,
Wilson.
He said that he had been spend
ing a few days in Montezuma county
and was emphatic in his remarks that
it was the finest country in all the
land.
He called attention to Shafroth's s
seven paramounts and the fact that
they utterly failed to carry out their
promises to the people.
His information on the tariff was
unusually interesting and easily ex-
planned away the Democratic falla-
cies. He stated that he and his
brother had worked in a wooden fac
tory and that he knew just what eff
feet the tariff would have in any
particular instance. He said the ordi-
nary $15 suit of clothes had in it
lust $1.5O worth of wool while it is
vet raw material, that the value of
the hide used in the making of a
pair of shoes is just Is cents. Then
he asked what the tariff had to do
with the high cost of living. He call
ed attention to the price of dressed
chickens and other meats for the table
and asked what the tariff has to do
with those prices. He said that few
years ago men drove about the streets
of Pueblo with conveyances driven by
fine horses, each outfit costing $500.
They were looked upon as plutocrats.
Today there are $50 automobiles in
the city of Pueblo each one costing
more than $500. He then asked what
has the tariff to do with that. He
was cheered number of times and
his argument was taken as unanswer-
able.
But the orator of the evening was
the noted lawyer, Clyde c. Dawson,
who put to shame those who would
destroy our Colorado industries. He
said the tribute given to Taft by both
Wilson and Roosevelt was sufficient
for him and should be convincing to
all our people. He spoke of the S5O,-
100000 paid out in the sugar beet
business in this state and explained
that it was the American Sugar Re
fining company of which Spreckles is
a member that wants the tariff ta-
ken off sugar.
Had we the time and space we woulc
he glad to reproduce the entire speech
of this noted orator and lawyer. He
called attention to our industries that
would be demoralized by the free
trade policy of Wilson and his party
He explained that Cleveland wa:
the first to give orders concerning
conservation in this state that has
made us so much trouble.
He explained how the 1924 Demo
cratic state employees are going W
and down the state in the Interest,"
of John Shafroth for United State
senator. He brought to mind the fac
that Shafroth had fused over SOM
little stationery bills while at tn
same time he was wasting of tn
peoples money hundreds of thousand
of dollars in foolish legislation an