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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1902
Page
2
The Register page gathers a string of satirical items and witticisms on current affairs. It jokes about piracy, education, coal shortages, prominent figures like James J. Hill and J. Pierpont Morgan, and a variety of international and domestic curiosities. It notes fashion, aviation, and social foibles with a light, editorial voice.
The slate names James H. Peabody of Fremont County for Governor Franklin E. Brooks of El Paso County for Congressman at Large Robert W. Bonynge of Arapahoe County for Congressman First District J M Hogg of San Miguel County for Congressman Second District Warren A. Haggett of Clear Creek County for Lieutenant Governor James Cowie of Boulder County for Secretary of State
Judge Lindsey criticizes the Denver fire and police board appointed by the governor for tolerating gambling and vice. He cites open vice, assaults, and juvenile delinquency, urging action and accountability from the board, Humane Society, and authorities to protect children and uphold the law.
A speaker accuses Governor Orman era Democrats of catering to “devil's agents” and urges officials to report to protect welfare and virtue. The message condemns Democrats, extols Republicans, and argues for voting straight Republican to end intolerable conditions and earn public trust.
President Roosevelt appeals to operators and miners, urging immediate coal mine resumption to avert a winter fuel famine. He says he speaks for the public, not for any party, and calls for patriotism and sacrifice over personal claims. The appeal stresses urgency as winter nears and coal supplies dwindle.
Reports from Republican headquarters in Denver say women voters statewide are fully awake to moral issues in the campaign. Disclosures of corruption in the Denver Fire and Police boards, Arapahoe County commission, the State Land board, and the auditor’s office have convinced them of the need to cleanse the state house. Women may shift support based on honesty and virtue, with party ties lightened in this moral turn.
The letter lauds Roosevelt as highly popular in Colorado and predicts a 50,000 vote majority if life allows, urging voters to elect Congressmen aligned with him. It argues Democratic candidates Bell Shafroth and Adams would bow to caucus leaders Carmack Bailey Tillman and Jones, and claims they lack Colorado voter support as a majority.
A statewide push supports adding the Bucklin amendment to the constitution with funds from national tax clubs flowing to Colorado. Organizers aim to sway voters against exempting ornate residences in Colorado Springs and Denver from taxes, fearing a burden on farmers and town lot owners.
A Democratic judge charges Arapahoe county commissioners with letting a printing firm steal about forty thousand dollars over eight months. He says the commissioners dominated the county party convention and blocked a protest resolution from being read, raising doubts about their trustworthiness to run state affairs.
Opinion argues Republicans should align with Colorado Iowa Ohio Pennsylvania and Massachusetts instead of Arkansas Mississippi Alabama and South Carolina. It denounces the late Democratic state convention for inaction on the Bucklin bill and claims the American people despise cowardice in parties and leadership.
Denver records the death of Bela M Hughes a pioneer lawyer and railroad promoter born 1817 in Carlisle Kentucky. He helped found Overland Mail Denver Pacific and the stage line system and served in Missouri and Colorado politics. His long life spanned early western development and Black Hawk War service.
Denver reports a stock car shortage paralyzing Western live stock trade as drought-stricken ranges from Sheridan to northern Colorado yield little feed. Cattle and sheep rush to loadings while hay and corn prices rise. Colorado cattlemen seek rail rate reductions to import corn, hoping freight profits entice railroads to move feed.
At a meeting in St. Louis on October 3 the board of lady managers adopted Miss Helen M. Goulds resolution urging the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to maintain a high moral standard and to remove concessions resembling dances seen at Chicago fairs Midway.
The secretary of the navy awarded the battleship Louisiana contract to Newport Ship Building Company at 3,990,000. Rural free delivery estimates for next year total 12,655,800, up 5,126,400 from the current year. Secretary Root approved war college building plans in Washington and Fort Riley Kansas.
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