The Larimer County Independent from Fort Collins, Colorado • 4

McClelland Unseated The meeting of the state board Rebuilding Sale "The one million and more of populist who voted against the democratic candidate in '1892 will help considerably to supply the lose of the one million and a halt of democratic votes the dissenting and protesting one-third who capnot be counted upon this time to vote the party says the Baltimore Sun 1 PS 09 4 2 3 a If bo a '3 SHOO wide open No one is barred from the one nor anut out from the other All are invited Let the primaries be well attended in every precinct by tbe friends of free silver and financial reform and delegates chosen to represent them ho will oome to the county convention Terry Lake Reservoir Tbe Courier is permitted to print the following letter from State Engineer Sumner giving bia views regarding the safety of the Terry lake reservoir con-cerning which there was so much excitement last week in this vicinity Wyatt Preeident Larimer and Weld Canal Co Greeley Colo Dear Sir: In accordance with a request from the secretary of your company to have this office make an official examination of the outlet of your reservoir about 1 miles north of Fort Collins in order to determine regarding the safety of the structure on uly 29th I sent Mr Lawson a civil engineer of Denver in whom I repose the greatest confidence in kis judgment on such matters to make such examinations as he deemed proper as I was unable to go in person In his report to me of this date he states in brief that bis examinations have satisfied him that there is no im mediate danger to the structure it the repairs he ordered made at once to protect tbe slide in tbe trench are attended to unless some new complications arise In view of tins fact which was more fully described in his report to me I feel justified in reporting that this department considers it unnecessary to immediately dram the waters from tbe reservoir but that tbe repairs suggested by Mr Lawson should be made at once and when you have taken all the water out later in the season such further repairs as will suggest themselves upon examin ing the structure should be made so as to prevent the seepage which now comes from each side of the trench from fur ther interfering with the stability of the work Yours truly A Sumner State Engineer Denver Colo July 31st 1896 i SHOES! You want them we have them ou want and we carry better footwear than offering now Shoes like ours encourage walking they make it so pleasant and easy and equally important they give you wear enough to make them a good value for two prices We only ask one price though and that a low one Your shoe bills seem like a tax any longer if you profit by our rebuilding sale in footwear Russet Prince Albert hand turn regular $200 quality for Everything in Russet Shoes at reduced prices AUG ROHLING Successor to ROHLING BROS 1 Haifa cent buys enough Sherwin-Williams Paint for two coats on one square foot of surface STOVER THE DRUGGIST He sells them egrioulture held at the college last week was remarkable for tbe lightning like changes made in the personnel of that body McClelland who was appointed a member of the board by Gov Waite in and had since faithfully and efficiently discharged the duties de volving upon him ee such without protest was summarily unseated by a disputed quorum and Hon A Benson president of the Bank of Loveland ap pointed to fill the vacancy Rockateilow a leading citizen and prominent fruitgrower of Canon City was appointed to succeed ex-Gov Adams resigned Hon A Emigh whose term would have expired in Jan uary 1897 resigned and Snyder editor of the Highland Chief was lected as his successor The reason ascribed for dealing with McClelland in such a summary manner is that Gov Waite exceeded his authority in a pointing him and that there fore he (McClelland) was not a member of the board Admitting that to be true the situation did not justify the mem bers present in taking snap judgment and ousting Mr McClelland in the ab sence of Gov Melntiro and Mr Emigh wbo were known to be hurrying to the meeting on the first incoming train their cause was just why did they not delay action until these two absent members could be present? There is a well grounded suspicion in the mind that the real reason for Wishing Mr McClelland out of the way has not been made public and it is hoped that the courts which will be invoked to determine Mr McClelland rights in this matter will develop the facts Until Mr McClelland in the exercise of an en lightened judgment and in obedience to his oath of office and the trust reposed in him found it necessary to object to some of Dr methods and to oppose the granting of a seven months' exten sion of the term of office at a salary of $500 per moBth McClelland! right to officiate as a member of the state board of agriculture had never been questioned He had attended the meetings of the board regularly ever since his appointment bad served as chairman of some of its most Important committees and as a member of several other board committees had been entrusted with the performance of important duties by special commission had been regularly paid the per diem and ex penses fixed by law for such services the same as other members of the board and had been recognized by his associates as a rightful member of the board in all respects If he had been willing to stifle his convictions and shown a disposition to bend the pregnant hinges of the knee and bow down in taeek submission to Dr imperious will does any one believe that he would have been disturbed? It is true the law says that the board may fill vacancies in its body oqcurring through the death resignation or removal from the state of any of its mem bers but it does not appear of record any where that a vacancy existed in the board by reason of either of the causes mentioned and the presumption is therefore that Gov Waite had the right to appoint Mr McClelland At any rate the fact that he had been recognized as a member of the board for a period exceeding three years and had acted as such without protest or question amounts practically to an acknowledgment of a waiver of whatever right the board had to appoint in bis case A democratic county convention has been called to meet in For Collins on Saturday August 15 for the purpose of electin twenty delegates to represent the free silver sentiment of Larimer county in a democratic state convention which will be held on the 19 inst at Pueblo Tbe call is broad in terms and should be liberally construed It invites all who are in accord with the declarations so clearly set forth in the Chicago platform and who favor the election of William Bryan for president and Arthur Sewall for vice president of the United States to attend and take part in the primaries and participate in tbe election of delegates to the state convention It i-i hoped the invitation will be accepted in the spirit in which it is tendered and that representative citizens will be chosen in every precinct in the county to attend the county convention The free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at a ratio of 16 to 1 is conceded to be in Colorado the paramount issue in the- present campaign All other national questions upon which people ordinarily differ in a presidential campaign have been subordinated in this state to that one issue and on that line fully 90 per cent of the people of Colorado propose to contest for the mastery But to win the victory they must march together in solid phalanx and follow the banner of one trusted standard bearer Much is expected of Colorado in this campaign and the friends of free silver other states must not be disappointed Let the friends of Bryan and Sewall and free silver in Larimer county pluck off the crown of thorns set upon their heads by party fealty and wrench themselves from the cross of gold to which the scoffing jews of Wall street have pinioned them and unite in one supreme effort to free themsel vesfrom tbe galling tbiaidom of the existing industrial paralysis The way to prosperity is clear and tbe door of hope stands THURSDAY AUGUST 6 1896 Published Weekly by the OOUBIEB PRINTING AND PUBUSBINQ COMPANY suBsoaimoa mb $190 1 Biz Month $075 On Year Democratic State Convention Headquarters Democratic State Cen- trai Committee July 27 1806 A convention of delegatee repreeenting the democratic party of the state of Colorado hereby called to meet at the city of Pueblo on Wednesday the 10th day of August at the hoar of 12 noon for the purpose of placing in BomiDstioQ candidates for the following olfacM Four presidential electors One governor state of Colorado One Lea tenant governor ne secretary of state One state treasorer One aaditor of state One attorney general A One superintendent of public instruction Two regents of university It is recommended that the state central committee be hereafter limited to one member irom each county and that each delegation select and report to the convention its member of the said central committee The several ooantiee of this state will be entitled to representation in said convention as follows tc-wit: Arapahoe Archuleta Baoa Bent Boulder 25 Chaffee Cheyenne Clear Creek to Conejos Coat ilia Caster Delta Dolores jj Dooglas 8 Eagle Elbert El Paso Fremont IB Garfield 7 Gilpin Grand Goanison 10 Bint-dale Huerfano 10 Jefferson IB Kiowa Kit Carson 5 Hake B0 La Plate Larimer Las Animas 8 Lincoln Logan Mesa Mineral Montezuma Montrose Morgan jj Otero jj Ouray Park Phillips Pitkin 25 Prowers Paeblo B0 Rio Blanco Hio Grande Rontt Saguache Ban Juan jj Ban Mismel Sedgwick Bnmmit Washington 0 Weld Ynma 5 All citizens without respect to previous party affiliation who are willing to unite with democratic party in its demand as embodied in the national platform adopted by the hicago convention for the freend unlimited coinage ol both silver and gold at a ratio of 16 to without awaiting the consent of any other nation are invited to take part in the caucuses primaries conventions and other counsels of the democratic party and to participate in the nomination and election of persons to state and county office who are in harmony with the candidates oi tt democratic party for president and vice president of the United States Bv order of the democratic state central cora-mettee FRANK ARBUCKLE Chairman OLNEY NEWELL Secretary Democratic County Convention A convention of delegates repreeenting the democratic party of Larimer county and those in accord with the principles enunciated and in favor of the election of the ticket nominated by the national democratic convention held Chicago July 7-10 1896 is hereby called to meet at 11 80 a on Saturday August 15 1896 at Loomis hail iu the city of Fort Collins for the purpose of electing twenty (20) delegatee to represent the county in a dem oc ratio state convention which has been called to meet in Paeblo Colorado on Wednesday Thtfeeveral election precincts of Larimer county will be intitled to representation in said county convention as follower to wit: Virginia Dale 2 Loveland 8 St Cloud 2 Stoat 2 Laramie 2 i Livermore 3 Buckhorn Home 8 Berthoud 2 Bellvue 8 Estes Park Laporte 4 NR Fort Collins 9 Walden 3 Fort Collins 9 Pinkhamton 2 8 Fort Collins II Hilliard 2 8 Fort Collins 14 Hebipa Timnath 3 Stratton Park Loveland Bnstol-Miner 3 Loveland 7 It Is recommended that precinct primaries for the election of delegatee to said convention be held on Wednesday August 12 1896 at such hours and places as may he designated by the several precinct committeemen All citizens of the count? without respect to previous party affiliations who are willing to unite with tee democratic party in its demand for the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1 are invited to attend and take part in the primaries and convention herewith oalled and to participate in the election of delegatee to said state convention who are in harmony with the candidates of the democratic party for pre ident and vice-president of the united States MONTGOMERY Chairman 8HALLENBERGER Secretary Fort Collins Colo- July 29 1896 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET For President WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN of Nebraska For Vice President ARTHUR SEWALL of Maine Bryan can easily lose a million gold bug votes and then beat McKinley hands down So fab as we can learn every populist paper in Colorado is ardently supporting Bryan and Sewall cuckoos will get together in Indianapols tomorrow and anxiously inquire one of another are we They are a gilt edged lot The Pueblo Mail has passed its first birthday and entered upon its second year in robust condition It has proved a successful venture and we hope will never have use for a headstone cuckoos are flocking by themselves do less mischief that way and may be the means of electing Bryan A cuckoo vote saved from McKinley is half a vote for Bryan The democrats and populists of Nebraska will unite upon a fusion ticket The democrats in return for populist support of the Bryan and Sewall electors will throw their strength to the populist state ticket Senator Ed English cous in crawled out of his hole last Friday gave a yawp for McKinley boarded an east bound train and skipped for more congenial company Let him go never be missed Leading eastern republican papers concede Bryan 201 electoral votes without counting the doubtful states The fight will be made in Illinois Indiana Nebraska Minnesota and Michigan all of which are called doubtful states by the republicans- td to bo a SHOE SCOTT'S PHARMACY FULL LINE DRUGS STATIONERY? TOILET ARTICLES Entire stock fresh and new Prescriptions a Specialty Bl tltabutt Qarbut VARBUTT GARBUTT A TTORNEYS-A T-LA Welch Block FORT COLLINS COLORADO JOHNC HANNA ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Over First National Bank FORT COLLINS COLO Robinson ton JOBINSON A LQVE ATTORNEYS Office in New Loomis Block FORT COLLINS COLORaDe JEFFERSON McANELLY ATTORNEY AT LAW Office over new Rio Grande Expreee Building FORT COLLINS COLORADO A CLEAN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON In addition to general practice special attention given to fitting ot glasses and diseases of ear and eye Welch Block FORTrOLIIM- LO FISCHER PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office: Booms 16 and 17 Miller Block FORT COLLINS COLLINS COLO Ostm It is the opinion of the Springfield Republican that with a considerable defection of gold standard democrats it will be no play to defeat this powerful alliance of silver democrat and populists Bryan can lose a million democratic votes and makegood the lose from among his populist The Detroit Free Press says that Pin free silver leanings have made him an unexpectedly strong candidate for governor and that is the observation of intelligent travelers that Michigan is more thoroughly possessed of the free silver delusion than any state that is usually relied upon for a republican Madison Square Garden New York is the place and August 12 is the date fixed for giving Bryan official notice of his nomination for preeident of the United States The New Yorkers will no doubt hear something to their advantage when Mr Bryan delivers his speech of acceptance He will tell them truths that will send them home scratching their heads Our populist friends cared more for their organization than for their country From th present outlook we predict that they will have the organization left after November 3 but no party The free coinage pops like the free coinage republicans will vote where their votes will count and Tom Watson will have to answer his own world-famous question: are we Eaton Herald When silver is coined free in America England ill hare to pay instead of 66 o-nts an ounce $123 an ounce and instead of having that silver go to India and China and Japan to purchase wheat and cotton for the English market it will go into American channels of business having been coined in American mints and American ulieat and cotton will go to England and be sold fir English gold Cleveland Plaindealer The election in Alabama on Monday of the democratic state ticket by largely increased majorities is an emphatic reminder of the fact that the people of the south- are loyal to democracy and free silver Johnson the democratic nominee for governor a pronounced free silver man was -elected by nearly 50000 majority over the populist and republican fusion candidate Two yeare ago the state went democratic by 27000 majority The south is all right for silver Fifty years of uninterrupted publication aud a wide circulation among the American people have rendered the Scientific A merioan of New York household term Thq editors have issued a handsome anniversary number which reviews the progress of the arts and sciences during the past half century end is enriched with copious illustrations showing the development of the steamship the railroad the teiegrsph and the telephone printing the bicycle and the reaper and it includes sketches and portraits of celebrated inventions and men of science and the full text of the prize essay on the of Price 10 cents per copy The action of the state board rf agriculture in the unseating of Mr McClelland has an ugly look and its legal! ty should be tested in the courts The fact that the board which had barely a quorum present would not await the arrival of the governor and of Mr Emigb who were coming on the first train shows that there was a job of some kind put Up and that it was hurried through It will become the dut-' of the next general assembly to make a searching investigation into the affairs of the board even it the courts do not shake it up in the meantime Personal prejudice and politics which appear to be prominent in this affair have no place in a board which controls a great educational insti Denver News The McKinley-Woloott goldbug republicans of Colorado have shown their hand at last By meanB of proxies obtained through false pretenses they succeeded last Wednesday in getting control of the republican state central committee and adopting resolutions pledging the support of the party in this state to McKlnlsy and a continuance of the existing gold standard thus turning their backs upon Teller and silver The resolutions were adopted after a bitter fight in the committee by a vote of 48 to 33 Chairman Irving Howbert resigned and the notorious Hodges of slate roof fame was chosen in hie place to lead the McKinleyites out of the wildernese After fixing the date for holding a state convention on September 30 and giving it out cold that only those republicans who will pledge their support to the na tional republican ticket would be permitted to take part in its proceedings the committee adjourned in confusion The silver members of the committee are in a great quandary to know what course to take and are all at sea One thing however is evident They propose to fight the Wolcott-IIodges combine to the bitter end Silver Sentiment in Ohio A prominent YouDgetown Ohio attorney closes a business letter to a correspondent in this county with the following encouraging comment on the political situation in that state and in Pennsylvania He says: As to politics although this is io old district and where ho has a great many friends there are a great many republicans here who will vote for silver this fall and in the western part part of tbe state there is a wonderful silver sentiment especially about- Mansfield Senator home where traveling men say nearly every man they meet is for silver I was recently over in Pennsylvania and without saying anything myself tried to find out there and every third republican expressed himself in favor of silver this year and would so vote although some of them were old soldiers in Senator regiment think that if 'he right thing is done at St Louis to day that Mr Bryan will be the next preeident in spi of anything that can be done and that while McKin ley is really favorable to silver himself the parties who have obtained control of him oan and will dictate bia course and the platform and vioe-presidential Dem inee Hobart are as bad aa they possibly oan be Hobart never did anything except wreck railroads and is a director in and attorney for aod got up the traffic trust of trunk lines to keep up freight between Chicago and New York and this of itself will drive thousands from the ticket Hoping to hear from you soon I remain yours very truly Clark The St Louis convention will cause tbe populists to blush for shame it the work done succeeds in defeating the free coinage of silver and such bids fair to be the case There cannot be tbe slightest doubt that populist agitation is what drove the Chicago convention onto such a splendid reform platform and now if the populists break faith and refuse to grasp tbe opportunity to deal a death blow to the money power while it is in their reach they will be responsible for the defeat of the measures which they advocate We as a populist have always believed that prejudice and offensive partisanship were all that prevented many needed reforms and now it eras that tbe reform party chooses rather to defeat the greatest principle for which it was organized than to en-ger the party organization Ber-thoud Bulletin Colorado populists are all in favor of the election of Bryan and Sewall The Boulder Camera one of tbe leading and most influential peoples party papers in the state sounds the key note of the situation in the following paragraph: Tom Watson says Sewall ought to resign We feel sure that Watson ought to do the same thing and give Mr Sewell his earnest support The Maine man was nominated first and by a party that has three times the vote of the peoples party If Watson accepts as he says be will and bis candidacy defeats the popular will by a miscarriage in the electoral college Watson and the middle-of-the-road populists will be responsible for tbe greatest crime of tbe century Sewall well resign as tnere is no one authorized to fill the vacancy G0T MADE BOTTLED SOLD AYLOR WHISKIES PURE DRUGGISTS GROCERS AND HOTELS SELL IT NEVER- supplied except In iealed Betties bearing firm name Signature thusi TSADB BOTPLIED BY WOLFE LONDONER Grocer Denver A HOVER CO Wholesale Druggists Denver GEO TAYLOR Wholesalt Druggist Leadvlile If your dealer does et keep 0 0 Taylor Whiskey oft 1 emu ua and wa will aaa that job art supplied P0U1 VALLE! incorporated FORT CCLO PAID UP CAPITAL $100000 OEFICEBS AND DIBKOTOBS' Abner Loomie Preeident Jae Arthur Vice President Chae Sheldon Cashier Verner Wolf Cashier Andrews Alford Robertson Btover Sight draft drawn direct onthe principal citi of Europe Collection receive prompt attention Koontse Bro New York First National Bank Chicago Colorado National Bank Denver INTEREST PAID 05 TIME DEPOSITS WILLS Manufacturer of Tin Sheet- Alorn Copper Ware Tin Roofing and Plumbing Notice On and after May 1st we will sell meat at the following prices: Boiling meat from 3 to 4c Pot roasts 5c Rib roasts from 6 to 8c Corned beef 4c Shoulder steak 5e Round Steak 4 pounds for 25c Loin steak from 10 to 126 Pork steak 3 lbs for 25o Pork roast 4 lbs for 25c Pork sausage all pork4 lbs for 25c Lard 7o Mutton stew 3c Mutton roast from 5 to 7c Leg mutton lOo Salt side 7o Bacon home cured 10c Hams lOjo Fruits and vegetables in proportion Beach A Steward.