Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-06-07
HON. PHILIP B. STEWART.
STALwART PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN.
Announces His Candidacy for the
Republican Nomination for
Governor of Colorado.

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Citizens Ticket on last Tuesday, the
Hon. Philip B. Stewart, with pyscho-
logical precision, timed the announce
ment of his candidacy for the nomina-
ton for Governor on the Republican
ticket. In one of the strongest letters
ever addressed to the people of this
State by candidate for the highest
office in the State, Mr.. Stewart pro-
claimed his platform. 1t is a platform
both broad and progressive and in
sympathy with the needs of the people.
With such man as Mr.. Stewart run
ming upon such popular platform the
Republicans will make clean sweep
in the fall elections. He is no faddist
nor hysterical reformer; just a great
big, broad-hearted man of large affairs
whose sympathies are with the struggl-
ing masses regardless of creed or color
and whose wealth, enterprise and ener-
gies have been devoted to the upbuild-
ing of his State. Mr.. Stewart, as every
one knows, is not an office-seeker
because he needs the job, or wants any
political glory. Not for moment.
He convinced the people on that score
when few years ago he declined the
nomination for governor, after he had
actually been nominated, because the
party nominated man on the ticket
whom he felt was not in sympathy with
the people and his own progressive
principles. Born in Middlebury, YER
mont, in 1865 of most noble parentage
and reared in the old school of Vermont
republicanism he came to Colorado in
the summer of 1884, prospecting in a
way. He was in and out of the State
from that time until 1887, when he
finally decided to pitch his tent here.
Since becoming a Coloradan he has
engaged in mining, extensive electric
and water power plants. and develop
ing in general way the great resources
of this State. Of late years.his private
interests were so great that he was
forced to withdraw from many of these
enterprises in order to devote more time
to his private affairs.
He is a graduate of Yale, class of
SO, and played for fourzyears on the
Yale nine of which he was captain in
his last year and has a record as a
foot ball player and yachtsman of no
mean degree.
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strong, robust and looks the athlete
that he is. He is Republican by birth,
| training and inclination. His father
was Governor of Vermont, served ten
years in Congress and succeeded Sen
ator Proctor as United States Senator.
His grand father was a contemporary
of Daniel Webster in the United States
Senate.
His mother was a niece of Horatio
Seymour, the Great War Governor of
New York. This in brief is the genoa
ology of the man of the hour and of the
people.
We herewith give to our readers his
letter to the people of the State which
every one should read and get line or
the character and calibre of the mar
who is the close friend and associate Of
Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt ant
who is most likely to be your mex
Governor.
Announcement to People.
To the People of the State of Colorado
During the past thirty days I have
received requests from organizations O.
Republicans in numerous counties O.
the State including Weld, e. Paso
Pueblo, Mesa, Montrose and Delta, ant
from groups of Republicans in othe
counties of the State, including Lari
! mer, Teller, Otero, Prowers and Den
! yer and large number of simila
. requests from individuals scattered
throughout the State, that l become
candidate for the Republican nomina
ton for Governor of Colorado.
have decided that it is clearly m,
: duty to assist, by every means in m.
power, to remedy the conditions whic
have become intolerable. | offer my
self, therefore, as candidate for thi
nomination, and propose that we la
our cause directly before the people o
Colorado for their verdict, to be rem
dered at the nominating primaries.
I Fundamentally, our campaign is TO
f the purpose of restoring to Republican
e their party organization, and to tn
. people their state government. TIL
time has passed when one needs SUP
port with evidence the proposition tina
> organized business has been and is toda
e the controlling force in the government
I of the State, and that this organize
6 business has been and is the unques
toned master of both the Republca
and Democratic party organizations
The inducements for this coalition be