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will be a general increase in the price of
cheap clothing, with the result that the poor
man will pay more in the end, and nobody
will be benefitted except the manufactur-
ers and merchants. Most of the exploiters
will drop their uniforms after one or two
Fortunately the fad has been
wearings.
properly appraised and the effect discount-
ed before any great harm could be done.

Turning from Sartorian and subliminal subjects, let us consider Hiram Johnson. I am far from the scene of political happenings as I write, but I know enough about politics to appreciate that Hiram is the subject of most anxious consideration on the part of the men who "fix things." It is no part of their purpose that Hiram should walk off with the prize at the Chicago euchre party. I am not saying that he will do so, but they never intended that he should be in such position as to be considered as in any sense a probable winner. They never would want him to be even talked of in that light. Why? Why, because he is not one of the Old Guard. They don't know him, and don't know whether they can "rely" on him. He is a comparatively new man, for one thing, and he comes from They do not too far West, for another. like him, and they will try very hard to prevent his nomination.

success.

But let us consider the possibility of his
What are his chances, regardless
of leadership manipulation at Chicago? Not
He already has surprised every-
so bad.
body by the strength he has shown, especial-
ly in the Eastern States, and there is no
telling to what extent his vote will grow.

He has many elements of popularity. The
first of these is his own inherent ability.
There is no doubt of his great force of char-
acter. That was abundantly demonstrated
in his fight for leadership and his antagon-
ism to the hitherto all-powerful interests in
California.

It required a real man to overthrow the Southern Pacific in politics on the Coast. He also has demonstrated much force in the Senate, and has fully justified there the predictions of his friends by his sturdy fight for what he believes right and his forceful way of presenting his views. the foundation of his case.

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forms in the latter years of the life of the
great leader, who, by the way, still leads
even though his body lies buried at Oyster
Bay and his voice is heard no more in the
land. Even those who decried the Roose-
velt leadership when Roosevelt undertook to
turn the course of his party have latterly
come to acknowledge the wisdom of his
views, and there can be little doubt that if
still alive he would be a controlling force
in the forthcoming Chicago Convention, as
he will be to an extent even though gone
He will be an aid
from the counsel rooms.

to his friends, a stumbling block to his
enemies. If alive, however, he would find
it difficult to choose between Johnson and
Leonard Wood; but he would be consulted
and if he decided against either the one who
for
was ruled out would undoubtedly "take his
Johnson
selected
He
medicine."
second place in former years, and there is
at least an even chance that he would be i
favorably considered now for the first posi-
tion. The Roosevelt following know this,
and for this reason many thousands of them
are going to the primary polls and deposit-
ing their Johnson ballots merely because
they think that the old Sagamore Hill leader
would have them do so.

There is no doubt also that Johnson is
getting the ballots of the partisans who
oppose the League of Nations in toto. John-
son has stood with Borah and a few other
irreconcilables in the fight in the Senate
against the League in any form. The ma
jority of the Senate Republicans have taken
the position that the League would be
good thing with certain modifications. But
Borah and Johnson have consistently and
doggedly said No. Their position has bee
that of absolute abstention from participe
Naturally many
tion in European affairs.
others in the Republican party have shared
this view, and just as naturally when they
find that there is a candidate standing to
such uncompromising opposition they tak
the first opportunity to indicate their view
at the polls. Hence it may be inferred the
the Johnson vote indicates very fairly th
national opposition to any permanent a
ance with the European Powers, and if b
any chance this California candidate shou
be chosen as the Republican standard tes
er the cleavage would be clear-cut.

the Democrats could
issue and

It is worth while to contemplate the situation with the League of Nations as the paramount issue. Such a situation would afford an interesting study in the psychology of politics-if there is any such thing as psychology in politics.

With such a question to be determined where would be the line of cleavage as between the Democratic and the Republican parties? Would the voter be a Republican simply because he is against the League? -a Democrat simply because he is for it? And would you and I and Bill Smith and John Jones be Republicans or Democrats, as the case might be, simply because we had been Democrats or Republicans before we ever heard of a League of nations?

If so, where comes in the matter of conviction? Is Democracy only a name? publicanism a mere affiliation? Reto look as if the Republicans will be lining It begins up with their former political associates and ditto the Democrats whoever the candidates may be regardless of the fact that the ssues must be entirely different from what hey ever have been before. It is so in the National Senate and in the House of Repreentatives.

When the war began the prediction of a ast change in party lines was made by any. Some prophets even went so far as > express the opinion that ould spring into existence over night. None new parties ! these forecasts have been verified to any >preciable extent. There are fewer parties an have been known for a generation. We ust be Democrats or Republicans or nothg. To be Democrats we must support the inciple of the League, even though we ver had dreamed of such an issue when assumed the name as indicative of our rty affiliations; to be Republicans we ist oppose the League or demand its lical modification, even though we might have had any thought on the subject il within the last year or two. In view of these facts is it not pertinent ask who determines our position on pubquestions-who directs our party affilia8. Are we born Democrats or Repubns? Do Lodge, Knox Joh

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Republican ranks tell us where not to get off? Do Wilson, Bryan, Hitchcock, indicate to us when we are to shout Democracy regardless of the issue? Or are we simply carried along with one party or the other because our old leaders line up for this issue or that, gradually becoming committed to new doctrines and new issues without any real thought on our own part?

It would seem that the women voters, who are not so hidebound as the men by past party association, should be freer to choose than the men, and probably they will be. Naturally women are more independent than members of the masculine gender, and so far as they have participated in the suffrage they have shown a decided inclination to stand for conviction without reference to party dictum. For this reason there may be some surprises in the November election.

But how extensive will be the female
vote? At one time there was strong in-
dication that the
Suffrage
would be carried through the Legislatures
amendment
of the necessary three-fourths of the States
in time to permit of the opening of the polls
to women throughout the length and breadth
of the land. But the dilly-dallying in Dela-
ware and the resort to the referendum in
Ohio have had the effect of changing the
prospect so that it begins to look as if the
Dawn of a Tomorrow for some of the fair
ones would be postponed necessarily until
some other Tomorrow. But even in that
event the ladies will exercise the fran-
chise in such states as have acted for them-
selves in the matter. That will insure quite
a volume of ballots which otherwise would
not be cast, and it will be most interesting
to see how they line up on the hotly dis-
puted international cooperation as a war pre-
ventive. Will the women be Republicans
or Democrats on that issue simply because
they have been Republicans or Democrats
on the Tariff, the Shipping,
Rights? We shall see.

and

State

We of the West are almost as much interested in developments in Mexico as in politics in our own country. So long as sanguinary occurrences in the Sister Resul

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long as our National concern was confined
to the longing of American oil men and
American miners for something to happen to
give them a chance at the subterranean
wealth beyond the international line, we
were only nonchalantly interested in hap-
penings down there. The sentiment in this
country has been strongly opposed to inter-
ference there merely in the interest of our
This
own fortune hunters or merely in the hope
of improving conditions in Mexico.
does not mean that many Americans have
not felt for years that American interfer-
ence would be in the interest of world prog-
ress if it could be brought about by legiti-
We put Cuba and the Phil-
mate means.
ippines on a much better basis than they
ever had been on, and we have given a sta-
bility to affairs in Haiti and San Domingo
such as they never have known. Then, why
not intervene in Mexico? Simply because
the United States is not engaged in a gen-
eral altruistic effort to pacify the world,
however much it may need pacifying, nor
in going to war in the interest of our own
fortune hunters, however strong the long-
ing on their part.

But if Mexico chooses to open the doors
to a change herself we cannot object. We
cannot feel very badly if she should get so
muddled up as to render it necessary to
invite the United States in to restore peace
and put the Mexican house in order. That
may ultimately happen as the result of the
Sonora rebellion, and if it should it would
not require a very long time to change the
situation for the better, because we know
how to do it.

And then

Well, the United States ought to control
the mouth of the Colorado River perman-
ently, for defense purposes if for no other
reason, and the way might be opened to
that end. Why we did not take over the
California
Lower
Gulf of California and
when the taking was good back in the for-
ties or even when the Gadsden Purchase
was made, always has been incomprehensi-
ble to me, unless upon the ground that our
statesmen of the time were not sufficiently
far sighted to foresee the desirability of
is important gateway. The

Conse

would not turn our backs on any proposi-
tion from Mexica herself which would give
us this most desirable advantage.
quently there would be no great grief this
side of the Rio Grande if the Sonora Re-
bellion should ultimate in our acquisition
of Lower California and its adjacent waters.

But

And what do you think of the change in time in the big cities? I confess frankly that I do not like it. In the country, where I live, we do not get up nor go to work by the clock, but are guided more by the coming of daylight-sometimes, too, by our For this reason we do not see feelings. why the city fellows make themselves slaves to their time pieces. If they want to go to work an hour earlier and quit an hour sooner than in the winter let them do so. why change the clocks and the watches? Why put everybody else out? It was bad enough when the change was universal and nationally compulsory. It never did seem natural to have one time for the Winter and It will be far another for the Summer. worse to have not only one time for the Winter and another for the Summer, but one for the city and another for the coun try. Utmost confusion is sure to result, and I fear that this will not be the least Unless I of the undesirable consequences. miss my guess many of the cities will be found repealing their ordinances before the end of the season.

What a nightmare we have been having over the situation on the Moffat road and the isolation of Middle Park and the whol of Northwest Colorado as a result of the u The se precedented weather situation! tion has had eight months of winter, will he consequence that the feed supply has come exhausted and the residents have bee threatened with dire distress, although I st glad to say that the latest advices indicat a great improvement in the situation 33 smaller losses than had been feared. the situation forces the conviction that James Peak tunnel must be built the cris will not have been in vain. How Des can afford to wait for another month bef beginning that vital work is beyond my

ELIZABETH FRAZER WARREN Denver lost one of her best citizens when Mrs. Warren passed to her reward, at her Home in this city a few weeks ago. While not in the strictest sense a pioneer, Mrs. Warren had lived here for more than half a century, and she was so thoroughly idenified with the development of the city and state that she will be sadly missed in many ircles of society and business.

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Mrs. Warren came to Denver from Chiago in 1869 as the first agent here of the inger Sewing Machine, but remained in hat capacity for only about two years, then she became the wife of John W. Iliff, olorado's cattle king. Mr. Iliff was a man ! most extensive property interests, his erds being numbered at more than a hunred thousand and his annual income estiated at from $100,000 to $300,000. id the reputation not only of being a sucHe ssful business man, but an excellent citi4. His wife had been left an orphan when ung and was reputed to have had a hard ttle with the world. But she was man of excellent poise and capable of suming any duty that might present itt. She passed with easy grace from the ition of sewing machine solicitor to the d of the wealthiest home in Denver, and n took a hold upon society which she er relinquished so long as she lived. Ir. Iliff lived only a few years after his Tiage and, dying, left her in control of estate which was valued at multiplied fons. Her business training proved of ense value to her in this new and tryposition, but she was equal to the oc, and for many years after Mr. Iliff's the Iliff cattle business went forward

out a break.

ways deeply interested in the affairs he Methodist Church, Mrs. Iliff was ht into contact with Bishop Henry W

en of that

Connectic

the loss of her first husband. A mutual attachment sprang up, and ultimately he became her second husband. high position in the church was utilized by The Bishop's the wife as a means of promoting useful and benevolent enterprises, and she became known far and wide for her charities both within and without the church.

MRS. ELIZA BOONE JONES,

aged 82, great granddaughter of Daniel Boone of Kentucky fame, and one of the early residents of Colorado, died March 19 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Margaret Sexton, at Gillette, Wyo. Mrs. Jones had been making her home in Denver until a few weeks ago, when she went to Wyoming for a visit. She was a native of Westport, Mo., and came to Colorado in 1873, and joined her father, who had already located at Walsenburg. Later the family moved to Fort Lyons, near Las Animas, where Mr. Johes became Indian agent. Mr. Jones died several years ago. She is survived by nine children.

JAMES A. MILLER

widely

early-day citizen, passed away on March
23rd. He was one of the most
known men in Colorado.

Mr. Miller was born in Rocky Hill, Ohio,
on May 16, 1839, and spent his boyhood in
that state. When 21 years old he came
West in charge of a wagon train. He made
nineteen trips across the plains, and each
trip meant a fight or two with
Indians. He came to Denver in 1863 and
hostile
settled here for a short time.
had his fill of traveling across the plains
After he
he engaged in the grain business, opening
depots at Cheyenne and Denver. This was
several years before the Union Pacific ex-
tended its line to the coast anx

FRED STEINEGER,

old-time Colorado resident, died on March
23. He was born in Zurich, Switzerland, 79
years ago, and came to America when a
youth. He engaged in the harness and sad-
dlery business in Missouri until after the
Civil war, and then moved to Colorado. He
had the stage contract between Silverton,
Durango and Parrot City for many years;
was first coroner of Durango, and a mem-
ber of the city council for several terms. In
1882 he married Miss Ella J. Pickering of
Mr. Steineger
Susquehanna county, Pa.
He is sur-
came to Denver ten years ago.
vived by his widow, one daughter, Mrs. Ed-
ward E. Groman of Denver, one son, F. L.
Steineger of Chicago, and three grandchil-
dren.

FRANCIS GUSTIN,

pioneer resident of Colorado Springs, died
in that city on March 24. Mr. Gustin came
to Colorado in the '60s from Edgerton, Mis-
souri. For many years he owned a ranch
on the old Canon City road.

BENJAMIN C. BANCROFT

died recently at his residence, 2257 Ash
Mass., in 1859,

to enter East Denver High school, which at that time was situated on Arapahoe street, and after graduation he entered the employ of the Chain & Hardy book store. Soon after he became a member of the firm.

After the death of Mr. Chain Mr. Bancroft was employed for three years as manager of the Methodist Publishing company in Cincinnati, and for two years as manager of the book department of the Hudson deOn his return partment store in Detroit.

to Denver he purchased the Chain & Hardy company, conducting the business personally for five years, and later associating himself with W. A. Andre in a book subscription enterprise.

Surviving him are his widow, one brother, Frank N. Bancroft, and three children.

MRS. B. KIRK,

the mother of Charles L. Kirk and William J. Kirk, owners of the Colorado laundry. died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dennis Hartford, 200 South Pearl street. recently, following an illness of several weeks. Two weeks previous complications set in which resulted in her death.

Mrs. Kirk was an old time resident o Denver, having lived in and around thi She was born in Count city since 1876. Clare, Ireland, seventy years ago, but cam to the United States when she was a gi

Besides her two sons Mrs. Kirk is su vived by three daughters, Mrs. Dennis Har ford, Mrs. J. B. Larkin and Mrs. W. Hughes.

MRS. CHRISTINE MEYER, daughter of Lieutenant Governor Wm. Meyer, passed away on April 19.

Mrs. Meyer was born in the San L Valley, July 13, 1873, the family remov to Denver twelve years ago.

In addition to her father, husband children, Mrs. Meyer is survived by mother, Mrs. Mary Meyer, who lives the former lieutenant governor at Sa Barbara, Cal.; three sisters, Mrs. A. LI Mrs. Earl Hayward and Mrs. George Ab son, also of Santa Barbara, and a brot C. J. Meyer of Alamosa.

WILLIAM F. CAMPBELL, the first Denver fireman tly at Portland.