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THE GILPIN OBSERVER. VOLUME XXIV. DEMOCRATS MEET In the several precincts of the county last evening, the Democrats held primaries for the purpose of elec tin® delegates to attend the coun ty convention to be held Saturday. This convention is called for the pur pose of electing delegates to the state convention, which convenes in Denver on Wednesday, September 14th. The primaries in every precinct in the county were largely attended, which was in decided contrast to the few who attended the Republican primaries a few nights previous. In some of the outside precincts it was necessary for the Republicans to bor row one or two Democrats to make up a quorum. Republicans, hereabouts are like Indians—becoming scarcer every year. It will be a wonder if the party of Simon will be able to muster enough caniddates this fall, who are willing to be salughtered on the county ticket. The outlook for the followers of Guggenheim locally is Indeed discouraging—in short, dis heartening. The delegates elected to the Democratic county convention were: First precinct—C. Slattery, M. De- Yaney, George Magor, W. T. Plem raons, F. J. Altvater. Second precinct—Neil McKay, W. J. Stull, John Gorman, J. C. McShane Third precinct—R. C. Johnson, Mor ris Hazard, Henry Eilmann, Otto Scheffler, James Noonan. Fourth precinct—Ed. O’Neil, Holly Dobbins. Fifth precinct—T. J. Newlun, J. C. 1 Chappie. Sixth precinct—H. C. Bolsinger, Harry Armfield. Seventh/ precinct—W. M. Kirk, Jay Byron, Hugh Williams, Sherman Har ris. Eighth precinct—Pete Nelson, Wm 1 Kriley, Ed. Omera, Tom Omera. Ninth precinct—Fred Bauer, P. C. McNevins, Geo. Vogel, Robt. Irwin. Tenth precinct—G. W. Ashmore, J. W. Koons, John Sullivan. Eleventh precinct—R. C. Russell. Friday night of last week about fif teen couple attended the dance given in the office room of the Central City hotel. Dancing was enjoyed un til nearly midnight when light re freshments were served. Various kinds of music was furnished the dancers —violins, guitar, mouth-harp.' etc. “Pete” Reid furnished some classy music with the mouth-harp and guitar, which was thoroughly enjoyed by the dancers. All who attended re-! port having had a fine time and hope to enjoy another such night in the near future. In May the Denver and Gross Col lege of Medicine signed a contract by which it unites with the School of Medicine of the University of ( Colorado. The Denver and Gross Col lege has discontinued the teaching of the first two years of the medi cal curriculum and on or before the first day of January, 1911, will dis continue the teaching of the remain ing years as well. A constitutional amendment permitting the university to conduct the last two years of the medical course in Denver will be sub mitted to the people of the state. Should the amendment not be approv ed, the entire medical course will be taught in Boulder as at present, but with such additions to, and improve ments in, the present equipment as it may be possible to make from time to time. In any event the contract of the Denver and Gross college is to bo carried out. During the past three years the university's medical college has made a very striking advance in equipment and methods of instruc tion. and in standing with medical educators in the east. R. E. Lad wig was in Denver this week, mingling with the prize stal lions and boars at the fair. Mrs. Williams and Miss May Kel cTicr went to Denver Sunday to re main two or three adys. Miss Mae Richards returned Mon day evening from a visit to Denver. Mr. and Mrs. Max Gabardi leave today for the east. They will visit In Chicago, take a trip up the great lakes and will spend several weeks in Minnesota. They will be absent from the city a month or more. Leo Voll came up from Denver Monday evening to piny for the dance at Armory hall Monday night. John Oliver, Clyde Shipley, Dougins Morrison, Henry Cattani. and John Moser returned Monday evening from Denver, where they spent Labor day. Three star cut glasses SI.OO a sot —worth three times the money. At the Philipps Mercantile company. | Floor coverings at Anderson’s. ELECTRIC LINE FROM MINES TO SMELTER. An electric railroad to connect the' Golden smelter with the mining dis tricts of Clear Creek and Gilpin coun ities and carry on a general frieght' and passenger? business as well as to handle its own ore 3 from the mine 3 owned by the company now 3eems as sured, says the Golden Transcript. The same financial Interests back of the North American Smelter and Mines company have plans well under way for the new line and have had I engineers in the field going carefully over <the situation to note the possi bilities. The new’ read will be flnane- j ed through a $2,500,000 bond issue. It is stated that immediately upon a lavorable report being returned by the engineers now’ in the field, the' bonds will be taken up and work upon the new road commenced. There seems little question but that the re-1 port will be favorable as mining con-, ditions were never better in Clear, Creek and Gilpin counties than at present. The principal source of rev- j enue of the new road will be derived from mining, it being the intention of the North American company to handle the large bodies of low grade ore at its smelter here. While all plans are not definitely known it Is quite possible that a through passen- , ger service from Idaho Springs and Central City will be established, either the Denver & Intermountain i or the Denver Tramway tracks being used between Golden and Denver. I Electric pow'er is to be used on the new road, the great supply of this power being generated at hydro electric plants on the mountain ( streams, making this the most econ omical. There are several supply points between Golden and the Clear Creek-Gilpin gold camps, the Central , Colorado power lines crossing the proposed right of way of the new road at several points. The North Am erican company has its own electric pow’er plant at the smelter and ha 3 , an ideal site for another plant at Idaho Springs. It has been known for the past two weeks that the North American has its surveys completed for an electric road from its lime quarries north of the purpose being to build a short electric road and deliver lime direct from the quarries to the smelt er. Economy spells success in smelt ing, and with all Improvements com-; pleted It will be possible to handle very low* grade ores at the smelter ; and show a big margin of profit. There is absolutely no limit to the ■ large bodies of low and medium grade ores in Clear Creek and Gilpin mines, and it is the intention of the North American company to build up an in stitution that can handle their ores ; direct from the mines to the smelt- ’; er at a profit. The company is alre*id> handling ores shipped out of the two! counties. With its own railroad af fording a low’ transportation rate on j: ores and with the best copper matte smelter in the west, there is no rea on why the output from Gilpin and j: Clear Creek counties should not be increased to many times the l present ! < tonnage. Mrs. Edwin Rule, Sr., returned Mon day evening from a months' trip, most of which time was spent with her son. Ed., and family at Phipps burg, Colo. She reports a nice trip and her health very much benefited. Miss Lillie Rule, who had been visiting two w’eeks with relatives and friends in Denver, returned home Sunday evening. She was accompan ied by Miss Elizabeth Fox, who will visit with her for a week. Miss Fox is the daughter of Wm. Fox, formerly C. & S. brakeman between Forks Creek and Central and who left here five years ago. Mr. Fox is now’ run ning on the Clear Creek branch. Mrs. George E. McClelland was over from Idaho Springs last Friday attending to business matters. Wm. Eplett, wife and daughter, left Saturday afternoon for Phlppsburg, Colo., whore they will visit two weeks with Fdd. Rule, Jr., and family. Mr. Eplett Is on his vacation and intends to spend most of his time hunting and fishing. H. C. Browne, of the German mine,' is In the city, having arrived a day or two ago from Philadelphia. He| said he would not have anything to give out concerning the German for a week or two. Mr. Browne has been laid up the pa3t four months with a bad attack of rheumatism and is required to use a cane in walking about. Mrs. F. M. Mayhew', who had been ill with rheumatism In Denver, re turned Monday evening. She is im proving nicely and thinks that she will get well without being compell ed to go the valley again. Oscar Williams took in the fair in Denver this week. CENTRAL CITY, GILPIN COUNTY, COLORADO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER Bth, 1910. A Daniel in the Lion’s Den Preacher Has Narrow Escape From Ferocious Politicians—Coroner All But Summoned— Hicks Bulldozing Again. As an index to the way in which H. A. Hicks, the maverick represen tative, hopes to win his multitudin | ous suits against this paper, the Ob server prints the following signed statement of Rev. M. M. Eaton, for merly of this county: “Some days since I received the following letter from H. A. Hicks of Denver: 'Denver, Colo., Aug. 4, 1910. i ‘Rev. M. M. Eaton, I ‘Goldfield, Colo. ‘Dear Sir: | ‘lf I were to furnish you trar.s-' pertation from Goldfield to Denver j and return, would you be willing to] run down and see me some day nsxtj week? I have a matter that I am anxious to talk over with you, which .it Is mutual interest to us. Kindly drop me a line as to whether or not you would be willing to do thi3. ‘Very truly yours, , ' ‘(Signed) H. A. Hicks.’ ; “Replying to the communication I 1 suggested that my time was worth something and if hia business with me w’as of such Importance a3 to justify something for expenses in ad-, dition to transportation, I would com ply with his request. To this letter I received no response. Being in Den ver Wednesday, August 31st, I call ed at Mr. Hicks' office and not find ing him in left a note on his table to the effect that if he wi3hed to see me to send werd to my hotel and I would grant an interview the next day. Mr. Hicks framed the following note in reply: ‘Denver, Colo., Aug. 31st, 1910. ‘Rev. M. M. Eaton, ‘Bell Hotel, City. ‘Dear Sir: • ‘Will you be kind enough to call at my office at 12:30 tomorrow (Thursday), at which time I shall be glad to see you. ‘Very truly. ‘(Signed) H. A. Hicks.’ “I give these preliminary details simply to call th ? attention of the reader to the gentle means employ ed by Mr. Hicks to obtain a chance to blackguard and villify those who perchance have risk d his d spleasure by venturing to differ with •him, for , while Mr. Hicks is in no sense an atheist he steadfastly refuses to ac knowledge the existence of a superior being. | “After inveigling me into his of , fice, on the pretense of wishing to | see me upon some matter of ‘mutual interest’ I found myself in the pres ence of Mr. H. C. Bolsinger, a bosom | friend cf Mr. Hicks. Suddenly Mr. , Hicks drew from his desk an article clipped from the columns of the Ob server and asked if I had seen it be-1 fore. Recognizing it ns an article printed during the time I was a con tributor to the columns of the Ob server, I gave an affirmative reply. Assuming a belligerent attitude he then demanded to know if I were 1 the author. Knowing that Mr. Hicks' was involved in a controversy with my former employer (Mr. Stull) and realizing that the article in question had some bearing upon that contro versy. I suggested that I did not care to discuss anything pertaining to the matter. Whereupon the veins in the coarse neck of Mr. Hicks be gan to swell and shaking a big fat fist under my nose he threatened to smash my g d face all over the office if I had the temerity to deny the authorship of the article.' With a big bully, apoplectic with rage, upon one side and an individual with a faulty ba’ance wheel on the other, naturally I did not deny it. ‘I can cave your face in,’ shouted the gentle reformer, or words to that effect. Inasmuch a3 I weigh about 123 pounds (dressed) to the irate ‘gen tleman's 1 200, or thereabouts, I sug gested that for him to whip me would certainly be ‘going some.’ Whereupon * the ’guardian angel of the paramount3’ fairly frothed at the mouth with epithets. Epithets so vile that even the nastiest hide could not contain the n for any length of time without spilling. He even cast aspersions upon the name of my mother, a woman who would have long since died broken hearted and disgraced had she been so inexprese ibly unfortunate as to have given birth to such a monstrosity of devil ish passion as the thing who stood before me. Hypocrite, blackmailer, grafter, were about the mildest terms used in his vain effort to coerse an expression of disloya’ity against my former employer. Anticipating a re ply from this precious pair to the effect that while pastor of the Bald Mountain church I solicited money from him for pastoral support and then deliberately libeled him (all of which he accused ms in the inter- 1 view) I will state that prior to an| election social held under the aus- ) piefes of the Ladies Aid society of, my church I solicited funds from the candidates of all parties. All funds thus collected were turned into the' [treasury of the society. If eventual-[ ly a portion of the proceeds found their way to my pocket as salary for j my work, that is the business of the' society. Certainly not of Mr. Hicks.; I do not wonder that a man whose every motive is questioned and whose standing i 3 such in Central City that two prominent fraternal societies (so I am told) found it impossible to provide black bails sufficient for the members to record their votes of disapproval against him, should re gret any contribution made to fur ther a good cause. ‘‘On the second count, that of libel ing Mr. Hicks, I will simply state that I have never attempted the im possible. Finally, that I may put my self before the public in the proper light, I will say that up until the present I have had no special inter est in any political movement in Gil pin county. My attitude in the Hicks- Obßerver controversy has been sim ply confined to an unvoiced amuse ment at the multiplicity of absurd suits brought by the plaintiff and a growing wonder as how so much as inine stupidity could possibly be contained even in the portly propor tions of the almost universally ridi culed and ridiculous Mr. Hicks. I have never assumed, or had given into my keeping the policy of this newspaper. The little connection I have had with it has simply been that of an employe striving to serve the interest of the publication. But. while heretofore I have been only an amused spectator my attitude has undergone a complete change. Hence forth in spite of threats, libel suits,' jail, personal violence and epithets, realizing that there is nothing left of manhood in Mr. Hicks (granting that he ever possessed that quality) upon which to build a work of reform I shall view his journey to oblivion with the keenest de’ight. "Although too far removed from the scene of action to aid in the good work, I shall be (at least in spirit) with the constantly growing number who even now are assemb ling the paraphernalia for the most complete and unlamented political funeral of the cheapest and meanest politician In all the history of this 1 much abused state. “M. M. EATON.”. J. C. Fleschhutz has gone to Delta for a week or ten days. W. C. Fullerton Is in Denver, con sulting the G. O. P. leaders in regard to the political situation in the state. Mr. Fullerton is the Republi can chairman of Gilpin county but en tertains no hope of his party electing any of the local ticket. The Repub licans locally are weaker than ever. | R'chard Floyd, general assistant at the Golden Rule store, is spending his vacation in Denver. G. W. Mabee, Sr., went to Denver this morning on business. Miss Townsend, of Golden, who had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Leahy, has returned to her home in Golden. A. E. Henley and wife returned last evening from Denver. They took in everything of interest and conse qu ntly the trip was one of enjoy ment. R. A. Hall, of the Pactolus & Cen tral City railroad, was an arrival In th<* city last evening from Denver. Mr. Hall is now living in Denver. Ho says there is nothing to give out concerning the completion of the road at the present time. John Nlcho's and wife were visit ors to the city two or three da>’3 this week. Mr. Nichols for several years was sheriff of Gilpin county. Ho is now managing a largo mine in Cripple Creek, tyis countless friends in Gilpin county wore pleased to see him. .Read Ths Gilpin Observer, $2.03. DEMOCRATS DESERVE ALL THE CREDIT Denver, Colo., Sept. 7—On Novem ber 8, 1910, people of Colorado are to have an opportnuity to decide whether or not they wi3h to initiate their own laws. That this opportun- 1 ity is to be offered is due to some j exceptionally clever political mani- 1 pulating, in which it must be admit-! ted the Republicans got very much the worst of it. But it didn’t make any great amount of difference which! way the minority members of the: 1 senate jumped, as they were uncom- J 1 fortably located between the devil | and the deep sea. Few of them are 1 able to state deary, even at this' late day, which direction they start- 1 j ed or where they landed. When it was realized that the Re publicans in the s nate were deter mined df possible to block all legisla tion in the extra session, the Demo crats began laying plans to beat them' at their own game. In order to pass' the initiative and referendum bill it was necessary to have five Republi can votes, and the prospect of get ting more than two was very slim at first. It was then the idea was con ceived to burden the measure with unreasonable restrictions, thus giving the Republicans a chance to make! their bluff about favoring real reform legislation, such as the manded. The scheme worked amdir- 1 ably, and the anglers’ history records' no case where a hungry sucker grab-1 bed more greedily for the bait.or got| a firmer hold. The bill as introduced in the senate, and to all intents and purposes receiving the hearty support, of the caucus of that body, provided that 15 per cent of the voters must sign a petition to initiate or refer! legislation, that 51 per cent should j vote on a proposition to entitle it to consideration, and there were' other objectionable features that real ly nullified the real purpose. Tlien 1 the Republican members pulled off their great spectacular grand stand play, expecting to glorify themselves and their party without in the least altering the case. “We won’t stand for any such fake measure,” they shouted. “The dear people want the pure Oregon initiative and referen dum law, and ought,.to have it. We will support such a bill or nothing.” j When they were given suffic ent time to spread this to all corners of the state, and to emphasize and reiterate in the corporation kept newspapers that the present administration would stand for nothing but a fake! bill, the Democrats called the bluff by reporting out the Oregon law as passed by the lower house. In the vernacular cf the street, the Repub licans “had one hung on ’em.’’ To vote for the measure put them “in bad” with their own party. To vote against it “queered” them with the whole people. They chose the easier way and a majority reluctantly res ponded “Aye!” One stayed with h ! s convictions and voted negatively,' while two hiked out to avoid going on record. 1 Within the Democratic caucus there was also a clever scheme worked, w’hich is more responsible thaa any one thing for the final passage of this, the most important of direct! legislation measures. Some members were conscientiously holding out for high percentages and other restric tions and apparently had the backing of others in the caucus who in real ity realized that an acceptable law, must be enacted in order to mak? good with the people. At the psy chological moment Senator Carr gan changed the whole situation by mov-i ing that the house bill be taken up and supported by the Democratic | body, and soon after the Republican bluff was called. No other measure requires u two thirds vote, consequently the ob structionists are out of the running, and other pledges wil be redeemed. In the initiative and referendum, however, practically every Democratic promise has been delivered, as the adoption of this measure placis the | matter of making or accepting laws entirely in the ham’s of the peop’c. The passage of this bill leaves no ex cuse for a third party or Soelal’st ticket. The Demo rats have made good In giving Colorado the initiative and referendum, without frills or ob stacles, but in as perfect shape as was ever asked by the most ardent reform advocate. Richard Trevithick, who had been in Denver since Sunday, returned home last evening. He will gather a winter's supply of wood before as suming his position at the wheel of the Eclipse pnssengcr ear. Mrs. Joe Harvey and Mrs. John Odgers, who had been visiting rela tives and friends on the Casey, re turned Tuesday to their homes in Denver. IN DISTRICT COURT I Judge Chas. McCall came up from Golden Tuesday morning to hear ! motions. In the case of John C. Jen kins vs. the Colorado & Southern rail ; way in which a motion for a new I trial was argued, the Judge said in part: l “After giving the matter consider ation, I have arrived at the conclu * sion that if the pla’ntiff will consent to remit the sum of SI,IOC, judgment | may be entered for $4,000, the mo- I tion fer a new trial will be denied; otherwise it will be granted.’’Counsel for the plaintiff asked forty days in which to conclude what to do, which was granted. This suit was tried at a previous sitting of the court and the jury awarded the plaintiff dam ages to the extent of $5,100. In the case of A. G. Rummell vs. R. I. Hughes et al, the verdict wa3 set aside and the motion for a new trial was granted. Information in an action of malici ous libel was filed in the district court Tuesday, in which it is alleged that W. J. Stull, editor of the Obser ver, wrote an article in last week’s issue of the paper with the intention of impeaching the honesty, integrity and reputation of Henry A. Hicks, and expose him to public hatred, con tempt and ridicule. The article cited in the information was the one in which the name of Harry Orchard was mentioned, Mr. Hicks taking it to mean the most notorious of all Harry Orchards. Henry A. Hicks, G. M. Laird and M. K. Sullivan are nam ed as witnesses for the People. A bond in the sum of $500.00 was furnished by the defendant for his appearance at the January term of the district court. The bondsmen were readily furnished by two gentle men in the court house and it was not necessary for the defendant to make the tiresome walk down town. Mrs. Frederick Kruse left Saturday night for the east. At La Junta Mrs. Kruse was joined by her son Horace W. Kruse, general manager of the companies at Raton, N. M. I Together they will sail for England p.nd later emba~k for Mediterranean points. It is hoped that the trip will benefit Mrs. Kruse's health and also that of her son, who has recnetly been ill. A large and jolly crowd attended the dance given in the Armory hall Monday evening by tire Young Ladies’ Sodality cf St. Mary’s church. Leo Voll furnished the music and ice cream and cake were served by the young ladies on the s‘age. Dancing continued until 2:30 Tuesday morning The affair was such a pleasant one 1 in every particular it is the wish of the dancers that th? Sodality again i entertain them in a like manner at some date, not too distant. School books etc., are now in de mand. School opened Tuesday morn ing after the summer vacation. Prof. , Bramhall of the schools reports 57 enrolled in the high school and ex ! pects a number more within the next couple of weeks. Th? old familiar i chimes of that school bell bring hap py recollections to the writer, who , can, by listening to their sweet music, trace all h s very best time 3 I back to dear old school day 3. In a game of base ball Monday Gol : den defeated Fcrt Logan by the score 3 to 2. "Red” Mclntyre, Gol den’s second baseman, met with a painful accident. In catching a hot I liner the buckle o t his glove wa3 ! driven entirely through his nose, , cracking the bone. He continued the game, though, and threw the runner out. “Red” is well known to the lo cal fans, having plnyed with the. Cen tral team on several occasions, and when “on” is considered one of the best amateur player 3 in the game. i It is with no litt’e pleasure that the Observer announces tho reap pointment of Rev. C. W. Hancher to the Methodist pulpit in this city by the Conference Just closed at Fcrt Morgan. It will likewise be pleasing news to Rev. Handler's congregation | and friends. Bald Mountain and Rus sell Gulch were supplied by Rev. A. |M. Crist and Black Hawk by Rev. BonJ. Eitlogeorge. Rev. \V. C. Mllli i ken, a former pastor of the Central 1 church, goes to Durango and Rev. R. i H. Forrester, who went from here to * Pueblo, received one of the largest f churches In Denver, in the Capitol hill section. Rev. M. M. Eaton ha 3 1 been assigned to the churches at * Sedgwick and Ovid. Rev. Eaton for a - year and a half was pastor Q Bald Mountain and Russell Gulch churcheß. NUMBER 23.