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astounding impertinence and defied him. But mark you, my reader, I did not invite dishonor or stealth. I spoke out as a self-respecting man, giving him to understand that, if elected, I would be answerable to the people whose credentials I bore and to no one else on earth. This was the head and front of my offense – my only offense. Because I would not fall down and worship this lone, apostle and champion of virtue he decreed my political death at any cost, even at the cost of his own honor.
439:. E.E. McLaughlin, pretending to have the evidence of my perfidy during the whole of my campaign did not produce it till the last hours of the last week before election when any reply was shut out. Eleventh hour attacks are not new in campaigns, but did the reader ever know of one whose author was not a groveller and an irresponsibilist? I know McLaughlin. He is one of the fussy, spluttering Denver stripplings who buss around the statehouse and think they are running something.
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639:(formerly Hwy 666), 9.58 miles north of Cortez, just south of a large irrigation flume that crosses over the freeway. (It is located on the east half of the SW one quarter and lots 3 and 4 of Section 7, Twp. 37, North of Range 16, west of the New Mexico Prime Meridian.) The Ebbert ranch house was built in 1908 and is still standing.
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bestowed upon Ebbert one of his rare silver railroad passes in 1889 (Silverton
Railroad Pass No. 193). After a respected life in the military, agriculture, and politics, William B. Ebbert died on February 27, 1927, in Cortez, Colorado. It was just one day before his 81st birthday. He is buried at
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I was born and raised and have ever lived in an atmosphere that would forbid me to descend to the level of this man, this "Reverend" who is a defilement to the pure and holy cause of the
Nazarene, which he is supposed to advance. I now solemnly avow that every statement, direct or by implication,
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defeat under Pope and in many small engagements under different commands, was made
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every quotation from the House Journal, and every innuendo bearing against me, in every letter that I have seen, except the single statement as to the effect of my final vote, is false; and McLaughlin was and is in a position to know that it is false.
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Great Sage Plain to Timberline: Our Pioneer History, Vol. I
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530: Thy sons' the virtues that are thine—
521: And fanes proclaim the sacred shrine,
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516: Where sweetly blooms the columbine.
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503: The dreamy vale, the wanton vine;
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489: Where blows the chosen columbine.
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519:Now on the trail gleam hearthstones bright,
474:What hand shall sweep the trembling strings
373:President, Valley Beet Growers Association
289:Sergeant John Van Kirk Ebbert, his father.
229:Pennsylvania Battery H, Light Artillery.)
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351:Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests
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865:Colorado General Assembly Home Page
635:. The Ebbert Ranch was located off
523:And cities rise in grace and might,
478:The meed that lavish nature brings—
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123:Pueblo Review and Standard
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886:at www.co.montezuma.co.us
836:http://www.lindapages.com
727:http://www.lindapages.com
670:American Civil War portal
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23:William Baltzell Ebbert
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16:American politician
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