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Idaho Springs Siftings
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Published in the Owen Building, Idaho Springs, Colo.
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Entered at the Postoftice at Idaho Springs. Colorado as second
class matter, January 31, 1901.
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1 REPUBLICAN TICKET. X
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T FOR CONGRESSMAN-AT-LARGE: ♦
X Franklin E. Brooks. ♦
t FOR CONGRESSMAN, 2ND DISTRICT: X
X Herschel M. Hogg. X
X FOR GOVERNOR : |
X James H. Peabody. +
f FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR : ♦
X Warren A. Haggott. X
♦ FOR SECRETARY OF STATE : T
4- James Gowie. X
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X FOR AUDITOR: }
X John A. Holmberg. X
X FOR STATE TREASURER : J
X Whitney Newton. X
X FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL : ±
X Nathan C. Miller. X
X FOR SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC ±
I INSTRUCTION : I
X Mrs. Anna P. Brandt. T
f FOR REGENTS STATE UNIVERSITY : f
X Dr. O. J. Pfeiffer. X
I W. J. King. X
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COUNTY CONVENTION’S DUTY.
Today the county convention will
meet in Georgetown and the Republicans
will place in nomination a candidate for
representative and also one for county
commissioner. The candidate for rep
resentative should be a man who will
best represent the ideas of the voters of
Clear Creek county. He should be a
clean man with a clean record and one
who can go before the public with clean
hands and ask for their suffrage.
He should not be pledged to any can
didate • for the United States senate.
There will be several candidates for the
place and the representative elected from
Clear Creek county wants to be in a
position where he can vote for the one
he believes will best serve the interests
of the people he represents.
The candidate for county commis
missioner should be a man who is willing
to fight a losing fight. It is a fact that
he will have a combination of two against
him but a man who stands with the peo
ple can force these two in line.
He should be a good business man—
such a man as you would select to man
age the business affairs of a company or
individual. There is no reason why the
proper man for the place should not be
nominated and elected. A change is de
manded by the people. If they believe
the man nominated can bring about such
a change they will vote for him and elect
him by a decisive majority.
SUN SHINES IN GEORGETOWN.
In another part of this paper we pub
lish an interview taken from the George
town Courier in which Colonel Baldwin,
the veteran mining authority, gives ex
pression to some excellent ideas. In the
course of his interview he calls attention
to the repeal of the purchasing clause of
the coinage act of 1893.
This brings to mind seme facts that
our Democratic brethern should bear in
mind. The clause referred to was re
pealedjunder a Democratic administra
tion with a Democrat as president. Sen
ator Patterson who rails hardest con
cerning this act, has never been a Demo
crat under the wing of Democracy op
posed to the Cleveland system. While
Mr. Bryan was endeavoring to lead the
anti-Cleveland forces of the Democracy
to the front Mr. Patterson was a Populist
and Senator Teller was a Silver Republi
can. Now that it is plainly apparent
that the Bryan idea is dead, so far as
Democracy is concerned, Mr. Patterson
and Senator Teller are both Democrats.
There is absolutely no hope that the
Democracy of the nation will declare in
favor of the Kansas City platform again,
or that the states of the Union will do so
this year.
The question arises, what will Sena
ator Patterson and Senator Teller do
now? They lacked the loyalty to join
with Mr. Bryan as Democrats. They
waited until he had fought the fight and
lost it, then they came out and declared
to the world that they were Democrats.
The clipping from the Courier, how
ever, represents such good, sound, sen
sible judgment that we are pleased to
give it space and extended notice.
W. S. STATTON’S WILL.
The will of the late millionaire mag
nate, W. S. Stratton, of Colorado Springs,
has been the absorbing topic of conver
sation for press and public during the
present week. We have been told that
Colorado Springs did not like the will.
We can hardly see where it is any of
Colorado Springs business and do not
exactly see where the kinship between
Mr. Stratton and Colorado Springs ex
ists. Then again we are urged to sym
pathize with the poor boy who was disin
herited with only S50,000. Anyone who
desires to pass in can disinherit us in
that way any time he desires.
As a matter of cold, hard, practical,
disagreeable fact it remains intact that
Mr. Stratton had the right to do just
what he pleased with the cash he had
earned. The boy was not a material
factor, or any part of that, in aiding him
in the accummulation of the vast fortune.
He sneered at the old man and has shown
the whirlwind—what could he expect to
reap?
The only disappointment in the will
is the fact that nothing was left to found
a home for miners who are too old to
work and indigent- When the writer of
this was employed on the Denver Times
he interviewed Mr. Stratton on the sub
ject of founding such a home and the
latter stated at that time that the idea
had always found favor with him. He
said he had made his money through
mines and miners and believed they
should be remembered. Perhaps some
thing has entered into his life since that
time to destroy the idea. At any rate he
did not found the home.
It is now up to some of the other men
who have accummulated millions in the
mines of the state to endow such a home.
They need not await death to do it.
There is room for one in the state right
now. Those who make their millions
have a right to do what they please with
them but the fact remains that he who
founds such an institution will be accom
plishing more real good than any of the
philanthropists of the state have accom
plished.
Organization is the secret of success
in politics. Tell the people the truth
and if you are right it will prevail.
Chairman Sabin and Secretary Graham
desire to meet every Republican in the
county before the campaign closes.
Every man is a leader in the Republican
party.
It is always an encouraging item of
news to be able to state that ore ship
ments are continually increasing. It
means the employment of more men in
the mines and mills and the circulation
of more cash in the district.
It is claimed that the Populists of the
county are not pleased with the distribu
tion of the offices on the state ticket.
They did not receive a place. It could
not have been worse.
It does not pay to argue politics on
the street corners. Use the corners
and the sunshine to say good words for
your home city and its enterprises.
Well, how about that hotel? We re
fuse to build another one this week.
Always remember that every man has
a right to his opinion.
The Campaigner
There are all sorts of politics just the same as
there are all sorts of people. I cannot see, how
ever, where our Democratic friends can win any
thing in the campaign by making slighting re
marks concerning organized labor The people
have the same right to organize to better social
conditions that, they have to better political condi
tions. Our labor organization in this city repre
sents the elements that works in the mines and a
goodly part of the fabric of the local county gov
ernment. A majority of them are men who have
grown up here. A large per cent own their own
homes and have been respected citizens in the
camp for years. It may be that they do not wear
quite as fine clothes as some of the Democratic
leaders and it may be that they not shine with the
same radiance socially but when they get down to
the business of helping to irake the district they
accomplish more and their ballots count for just as
much. The name “Socialist” and “heeler” is
being applied with considerable liberality by the
Democrats but we cannot see where they can gain
their points by such politics. The name Socialist
is not one of contempt, although some of the
Democrats believe it is. If they would make a
study of Socialism they would find that it is sev
eral points ahead of Democracy. The laboring
man has the same right to vote as he pleas- s that
the business man has. He will show just as much
total intelligence and as a rule is more of a patriot.
Look over the muster rolls of the nation aud find
who has been the first to volunteer his services
when the country was in need of defenders. This
is the supreme proof of all and when weighed in
these scales the toiler weighs tons where other
classes weigh ounces.
We are in receipt of a communication from a
Democrat at Georgetown who wants to know how
it, is that the Republicans endorsed three of the
constitutional amendments passed by the late leg
islature, if, as the Republicans state, that legisla
ture was such a worthless affair. For the benefit
of the gentleman we will state that the Republican
platform for the past six or eight years has de
clared in favor of the eight hour law. The Re
publican national administration put it in force in
the departments of government several years ago.
In Colorado the Republicans have not been in
power but when the time arrived they did not turn
their back upon the right principle but voted in
convention to endorse the work of the opposition
party to that extent. It has taken a lot of fumb
ling fusionists eight years to finally get this propo
sition before the people and it is safe to say now
that the proposition would have been defeated this
fall had not the Republicans declared in favor of
it. The Republicans have also declared in favor of
home rule for Denver for the past eight years.
The fusionists have promised it and pledged it to
the people in every campaign since 1896 but have
violated their pledges. In the belief that the re
turning Republican strength would vote against
such an amendment they passed the notorious
Rush bill. The Republicans stand willing at all
times to keep their pledges and, bad as it is they
will vote to pass it so that the people of Denver
can govern themselves. Denver, for the past ten
years, or even longer, has enjoyed what the Demo
crats term “government without the consent of
the governed.” The Republicans will see that she
has home rule. The other amendment relating to
bi-ennial elections, is a good one. The Democrats
promised Senator Taylor the position of congress
man-at-large for his services in getting the bill
through. They failed to keep their promise and
gave the nomination to a machine candidate, Alva
Adams. This is all the answer we can give our
Democratic friend.
H. M. Hogg, the candidate for congress in this
district is one of the most popular candidates on
any of the tickets this fall and there is reason to
believe that Congressman Bel! can spend the re
maining years of his life spraying fruit trees on his
ranch at Montrose. Mr. Hogg is an excellent
campaigner, an excellent lawyer and a man who
would be a credit to the district. Washington is
asking that Colorado have some representation in
congress. During the campaign Mr. Hogg will
visit Idaho Springs and the people should get ac
quainted with him. They will find him a prince
of good fellows, a good speaker and a man who
will inspire everyone he meets with a confidence
in his ability.
At the present time the name of Frank C.
Goudy appears to be pretty well loaded with mag
netism in connection with senatorship. In an in
terview with Secretary Vivian of the state central
committee the other day that gentleman remarked:
“It is surprising the number of people there are
who favor Goudy for.senator. From all parts of
the state his name is coming with abundant en
thusiasm behind it. The fact that Senator Wol
cott has practically stated that he will not be in
the race again leaves the field open and we can
expect word of favorite sons from several sectons.'*
Colonel Clark, of the Silver Plume Standard,
states that the nomination of W. A. Haggott, for
lieutenant governor, was a mark of respect and
honor to Clear Creek county. Of course the col
onel adds that he doubts whether it will add
strength enough to pull the ticket through. It
would be expected that a Democratic organ would
make such comment but he is to be congratulated
upon his pretty compliment to Mr. Haggott and
to the Republicans of the county and state. It is
evident that he possesses the sense of honor that
appreciates a recognition of home talent and that
is more of a showing than some of his contempor
aries can boast of. Thanks, Editor Clark, we will
endeavor to give our erring brothers in the news
paper field a lesson or two in common etiquette
and loyalty to home men and home ideas. When
Dr. McCapes was appointed state veterinarian by
a Democratic governor from Clear Creek county,
Siftings was so pleased with the recognition of a
good man, regardless of politics, that it run his
half-tone with nearly a half page of mention. The
little narrow, nickel-in-the-slot spirit that would
prompt a newspaper to ridicule recognition of this
character, or not to mention it at all, is too narrow
for Siftings and we note with pleasure that it is too
narrow for Editor Clarke. It reminds one of the
selfish, scurvy cur that is afraid to shake itself for
fear the other dog will get some of its fleas.
Mr. Haggott will gain friends by the conduct
of these papers, although they do not appear to
realize it. The people are not warped as badly in
a political sense as some of the editors think they
are. A man who has always conducted himself as
a man and as a citizen and neighbor will, naturally
have those who are his enemies, but the great ma
jority of the people are his friends and will vote
for him because he is a home man and can accom
plish something for the county.
I would like to see a rousing Swedish-American
club organized in the city in honor of John A.
Holmberg, the candidate for state auditor. I have
known him personally for eight years and know
that as a gentleman he is the salt of the earth.
The people of that nationality were honored by
his place on the ticket and he in turn is an honor
to the ticket. He will make an excellent official
and the nationality to which he belongs demands
recognition. A Swedish-American Republican
club would help to enliven the campaign and the
friends of the loyal Mr. Holmberg could accom
plish a great deal for him in the county through
such an organization.
The Democrats are having a great deal to say
about the trusts. The following clipped from the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, ought to furnish them
interesting reading: “This journal pointed out
two years ago that the Democrats’ vote against the
antitrust bills would come up to confound them in
subsequent canvasses. Their record will be brought
against them in this canvass. When the Republi
cans, just before the beginning of the campaign of
1900, proposed an antitrust amendment to the con
stitution the Democrats opposed it by a virtually
solid vote. The House of Representatives on June
1, 1900, by a vote of 154 to 132, passed a joint reso
lution for the submission of an antitrust constitu
tinnal amendment to the people, but this was not
the needed two-thirds, and the resolution failed.
Every Republican except two voted for the reso
lution. Every Democrat except one voted against
the resolution. Here was a direct exhibition of
the position of the Republicans and the Democrats
on the question of the regulation of the trusts.
The Republicans were in favor of regulation. The
Democrats were against it. All the Missouri mem
bers, of course, except Bartholdt, Pearce and Joy,
the state’s Republicans, voted against the amend
ment to curb the trusts. DeArmond and several
others of the Missourians spoke against that
amendment as well as voted against it. The Globe-
Democrat warned these persons that this record
would come up in the future to bother them. It
is bothering them very seriously in the canvass of
1902. Whenever a Democrat prates about his
hostility to the trusts he is confronted with the
vote of his party in the summer of 1900 against a
measure desigued to effectively curb the trusts.
This was not the only case in which the Democrats
in recent times opposed legislation intended to
bring the trusts under governmental control. The
Republicans tried to accomplish this by act of
Congress, but here, too, they were hampered by
the Democrats. Every Republican president since
the trusts have come into existence has taken
ground in favor of their regulation. President
Roosevelt did this in his message last December
to Congress and in many addresses since then.
The only act ever placed on the national statute
book against the trusts was passed by a Republican
Congress in 1890 and signed by a Republican pres
ident, Gen. Harrison. The Democrats’ record in
opposition to trust legislation will turn hundreds
of thousands of votes against their party in 1902.”
Senator Bucklin is to speak in Idaho Springs
early in October and the people should turn out
and hear him. A friend of mine said this week:
“When Bucklin comes we want to see to it that he
has no crowd at all. This is the best way to get
rid of that class.” The man who said this ought
to be ashamed of himself. I have heard the same
man howl by the hour because he said he was not
permitted to say that he was opposed to Bryan.
The two ideas do not join very well. If Senator
Bucklin comes I hope he will have a good aud
ience and that he will be entertained in royal
sryle. Every man has a right to his ideas. I have
known Senator Bucklin personally since the ses
sion of the legislature of 1897. He stated then
that the single tax theory was the hobby of his
life. Go and hear him. It can do you no harm.
The idea that people can be so narrow is repug
nant to good government and repugnant to the
loyalty and intelligence every party should de
mand. You do not have to vote for the amend
ment unless you believe it is right. If he can
prove to you that it is then you should vote for it..
Let us have a fair, frank, open campaign of edu
cation.
Immediately after the convention Chairman
Sabin, of the county central committee will open
headquarters in this city and then let every Repub
lican call and see him and ascertain what his part
will be in the coming campaign. It is a case where
the Republicans owe at least a. little effort to the
state in which they live.