The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-11-14
EN- PRE- NOTES
By Booster Brady
WHIPPED.

WHIPPED.
Well, we made a great fight.
That is enough for honest Demo-
crats. We fling no reproach at
the victors. We wrestled and
have been thrown. Cuss; whine ::
we don t.
There is no decadence of Demo
cratic health when a tremendous
struggle has wavered long in the
balance. The controversy of the
campaign has been terrible, but
it has, been magnificent. Out of
the seething vortex the state
comes tired, but cleansed. The
victors breathe hard. They have
had a lesson of fire. Centraliza-
tion has been killed in the nation
by the election of President Will
SON two years ago. We have taken
backward step in our state, but
we will remedy that two years
hence. Great principles and par
ties are solidified and strength
ened by defeat. Why has the Dem
ocratic party failed to carry the
state? 1t is disgraceful to say that
the stote's will has been decid-
ed by corruption. 1t certainly has
been influenced by the lack of ex-
ecutive ability in the present Dem
ocratic governor and the result
is that the people have elected
Carlson the Republican governor.
And now let us draw breath and
return to business. The state is
Republican for two years. But it
is safe. There is no room for wild
exultation in the other camp.
Everything was strained before
we were thrown. The victor re-
spects the vanquished. We are all
one people-just little more than
half on the other side this time.
Now just word on the ques-
tion of mine, taxation and mining
laws in general. Are we going 70
fo}d. apur arms and look compla-
Gently on the next battle in the
Legislature for fair mining laws,
or are we going to organize and
demand just laws for the mining
industry? Now is the time to get
together and by an exchange of
views and through discussion of
the many burdens that rest on the
back of our only industry we will
have the matter threshed out and
be ready to act as unit when the
Legislature meets. This is not
political question. 1t is a question
OF self-preservation or quit mining
for the precious metals. The min
ing men of Idaho Springs should
make move in this matter. We
should get together and find out
what we really want
The Primos Chemical Company
IS dong an enormous amount of
work on their molybdenum prop
erty in the DAILY District. Last
week they had number of four
horse teams over from Middle
Park to assist in hauling supplies
from the depot to Empire to their
property. Fifteen teams were en-
ployed hauling powder, machin-
cry, lumber, etc. The company has
erected dining room and com
presscr house combined 24x1O0 #. !;
also a bunk house and other nee
essary buildings. They have a
force of men employed in build
ing roads, working at the mine
and are now letting contract for
five hundred cords of wood in ad-
dition to ordering several cars of
coal. Mr.. Hale, the general man.
ager is man of great executive
ability. The way in which he has
handled the immense amount of
supplies that the railroad has de-
livered at the Empire station for
the company in the past two
weeks, stamps him as the right
man to make the operating of the
property a great success. just
watch Empire and DAILY grow
within the next year. We predict
the best camp in the west when
all the plans that are being con-
sidered are worked out.
County Commissioners Stewart