Beveridge in Colorado recounts labor gains under Roosevelt
Excerpts of Senator Beveridge at Pueblo October 14 defend Republican labor policy. He cites Chinese exclusion, shorter hours, injunction reform, worker compensation, safety devices, and federal labor department as proof of GOP progress, contrasting with Democrats. Colorado meat plants modernized under last legislature.
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Beveridge
Pueblo
Organization of Labor
Theodore Roosevelt
Organized Labor
Congress
America
Republican Congress
Washington
Republican Party
Colorado
Shafroth's 1902 Contested Seat and Resignation
A Democratic weekly supplement defends Mr. Shafroth as honest, recounting the 1902 Denver precinct dispute, his resignation in February 1904, and claims he faced fraud in the Denver slums. It argues he did not wait for courts and notes his nearly five thousand dollar salary while not legally elected.
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Shafroth
Mr. Shafroth
United States Congress
Denver
Bonynge
Colorado State Engineer's office leads irrigation policy
The Colorado State Engineer's office wields greater influence than any similar department in the country for irrigation. It continually collects scientific data and refines water apportionment. Under the current Republican administration, the department has built fourteen reinforced concrete bridges and repaired or constructed over sixty five miles of wagon roads, excluding the Trinidad to Fort Collins state highway.
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Colorado
Trinidad
Fort Collins
Colorado banks under close state supervision law
For the first time in state history Colorado banking institutions face ongoing examination and oversight. The recently enacted law guarantees depositors expert supervision at set intervals and imposes prudent banking restrictions, a Republican measure regarded as a key act of the last general assembly.
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Colorado
General Assembly
Shafroth and Hughes Face Court Slur Plank Clash
A political attack blasts the Supreme Court as pledged candidates John F. Shafroth and Charles J. Hughes Jr deny ties to Denver utility bosses. Colorado voters demand public clarification, urging either denouncement or proof of the charges to defend the court and their employers.
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Hughes
John F. Shafroth
Charles J. Hughes, Jr
United States
Denver
Supreme Court
Patterson
Messrs. Shafroth
Colorado
Mr. Hughes
State Auditor Reports Large Treasury Surplus and Debt Payoff
The State Auditor's Department reports a treasury surplus exceeding 247000 with substantial growth expected this year. Old deficit indebtedness from Democratic administrations is fully paid. only floating and bonded debt remains, to be resolved by voters and new legislation. State finances show improved efficiency and full funding for institutions.
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Congress
Senate
McLaurin
Bailey
William H. Taft
Taft
State Auditor’s Department
Treasury
State House
Guarantee of Deposits Critique in Colorado Politics
The piece argues that a guaranteed bank deposit is a flawed Democratic idea, comparing it to past Bryan era fallacies. It asserts banking is a business matter managed by bankers and deposits are investments paying 3 percent. It warns against extreme measures that could undermine business safety and questions Democratic officials' financial record in Colorado.
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Democratic Party
Bryan
Colorado
Why Doesn't Shafroth Clean His Own Nest
A Denver era critique attacks Honest John Shafroth for pledging to jail Mark Woodruff if governor while asserting no loss to the state from Woodruff's actions. The piece accuses Shafroth of hypocrisy, cites campaign manager Julius Aichele’s recent conviction for ballot fraud, and questions his willingness to prosecute Democratic allies as vice chair of the state party.
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Woodruff
John Shafroth
Julius Aichele
Democratic State Central Committee
Republicans Defend Guggenheim and Open Senate Field
Democratic leaders attack the Republican banner while insisting Guggenheim does not dictate party policies. Colorado Republicans tout a large state convention, unified backing of Vivian, and an open race for the U.S. Senate with a dozen potential candidates.
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Vivian
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Colorado
Guggenheim
United States
Guggenhim
United States Senate
Frank C. Goudy
Franklin E. Brooks
Henry A. Buchtel
Thomas F. Walsh
Clarence C. Hamlin
Robert W. Bonynge
John F. Vivian
John W. Springer
J. W. McCreery
Joel F. Vaile
Charles J. Hughes
Speer
Bryan Dodges Question On Protective Tariff At New York Meeting
At a September 17 New York gathering, after repeated audience pleas, Mr. Bryan refused to answer whether he denounced laboring men demanding a protective tariff as public beggars. The tariff discussion in a committee Bryan serves on featured labor leaders urging a tariff with affidavits cited nationwide. Bryan avoids troublesome questions by switching topics.
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Mr. Bryan
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Statesman
New York
Congress
Bryan
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