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Show The rollowlng statement or political affairs In Colorado Mods Its counterpart counter-part In Utah. The two states haVe. both mining and agriculture interests,5 and the latter Is becoming ye'arly more Important. &, "Colorado is more firmly Intrenched In the Republican column than It has been since tho advent of Bryan. There Is such a thing as a sentiment in politics, and the people of this Btate have a sentimental regard for Mr. Bryan, but they learned long since that their own Interests and Mr. Bryans ambition do not run In the same groove. The Colorado of this year of grace is as different from the Colorado of a dozen years ago as is Mr. Bryan or 1008 different from the Bryan of 1800. Twelve years have made a big difference In both. From year to year Colorado is becoming be-coming more and more Republican. The thousands of agriculturists who arecomlng here to live are from Republican Re-publican States, finding In their new home a State that has grown prosperous prosper-ous through the beneficence or na-tureand na-tureand a Republican administration, which latter has given sarety and security to all lawabldlng citizens. Colorado has no protest to enter against either national or. State administrations. ad-ministrations. It has benefited directly di-rectly and Indirectly from its adherence adher-ence to Republican principles. Hardly Hard-ly a community In the Stats but has been a beneficiary because of the State's adherence to the party In authority. Colorado Is not different from Its neighbors. These States do not lag In progress; they are moving forward with the grand procession. Then why should they be expected to Join the Bryan column?" Denver Republican. |