The Greeley tribune., 1906-10-04

lBS writer Las urrl 4UN.iES t'si
the state tickets little aud Is free
to confess that he is far from satis-
ded with either Of them as whole.
Take the republican ticket There's
B8ciItel. pretty good sort Of a
preacher, and pretty fair educator
Hes old Dog Tray" Of pour and
M Webster spslling book days
Not bad fellow. in fact good fsl-
lox. but he's In bai, astgliy bad.
company and he knows II. He
Ia, EVANS" written all over MIN
in Letters a foot high. II he gets
the treztmeuf dishei out TO Old Dog
Tray ne mustn't complain He
would better have stuck TO the uni
gersity aud let politics alone
People would have RAD more respect
for him. and his field Of usefulness
would have teen larger and lasted
longer. II elected be will add no
lustsr To his reputation as man, a
minister or an educator II defeated
he Will be thoroughly discredited and
his usefulness in his legitimate life
work will be much: :curtailed.
The situation whereby Mr.. Buchtel
became the head OF the republican
ticket is peculiar. TO say the least.
1t was very much machine ticket
throughout. Your machine poll
tician is no fool; not By long shot
He is in politics to win what he
wants. Thus 1t is that many of the
rotteueSt political tickets contain
the names of some good men. An
all-rotten ticket don't often stand
much show. Some good men must
be on it to give it strength. So in
this case. The supreme court is
just what the Eavns- Tramway cor
porations want TO control. They
want other things. but they want the
courts worst OF all. Judge Gabbert
had proved his usefulness to them
and they were willing to sacrifice
anything. everything. to elect Cab
bert. Gabbert as judge is 81 much
of stencil in the nostrils of Elost
fair minded people that Phil Stew
art. republican nominee for COVER
nor. promptly refused to run on the
ticket with him. The vacancy thus
created was offered in turn to nearly
every prominent republican in the
state, and in each case was refused.
Then it was offered to Evans life
| long friend, Chancellor Buchtel.
Buchtel didn't want it, but to oblige
his frienG. who had done so much
for him, he consented to run II
elected he will make appointments
and guide his Official acts % oblige
that same lifelong friend. Mr..
Evans. No wonder we'll informed
people stand aghast at the prospect.
Self respecting preachers have no
business standing for public office
anyway. Politics is dirty game.
1t is game that has to be played,
however, same as cleaning a filthy
clubhouse. 1t won't purify the job
or make it any sweeter for preacher
to perform it. He may direct one
the same as the other, and see that
it be done in as cleanly a manner as
| possible: but the minute he gets
down into the pit himself he is sure
to be as ill-smelling as anybody else
before e.tinishes the job, and there
is no certainty that he will be as
successful as professional scavenger.
So l can't vote for Buchtel.
There are other reason. but this is
enough. Then there's Governor
Adams. Mr.. Adams is clean man
and good business man, and his
| record as governor is very good in
deed. But he has two brothers,
practical politicians, just as rotten
as they make them. He represents.
to my notion, the better element OF
corporation politics. He don't be.
long to the Evans side but he is more
or less of a corporationist. just the
same. He is very much of policy
man all the way through. He is as
much machine candidate on the
democratic side as is Buchtel for the
republicans. Evans named Buchtel
and Patterson named Adams.
| Ben Lindsey is running independ.
ent. l like his style, and l like the
man. His talk rings true. He is
true manhood all through. / think.
His record as practical reformer OF
wayward boys is world wide. I'm
proud Of him. There is no discount.
ing his honesty of purpose and his
antagonism to the grafters. Men.
tion Lindsey and you have them all
red-headed. He is practical and he
has ability. He ought to have beeu