The daily sentinel., 1906-10-20
LITTLE BEN SPEAKS
TO BIG AUDIENCE
HE DENOUNCES OLD PARTIES
Declares That Hopes of the State is in the Independent
Voters---Buchtel Tool of Evans, the Peer of All
Corrupt Political Bosses He Says-He Tells of Deals
in Denver Politics.

Judge Ben h. Lindsey. the famous
judge of the juvenile court of Denver
and the Independent candidate for
governor of Colorado was in Grand
Junction last night and addressed
large audience at the Park opera
house.
Judge Lindsey was accompanied
by Col. Faw who is acting as the per-
sonal manager of the little judge dur
ing the campaign.
II was n bad night. cold and driz-
zling rain and under these circum-
stances not many political speakers
could have succeeded in drawing as
good sized audience as braved the in
element weather to hear what Lind
sey had to say. There were about
three hundred people in the audi
enee including about fifty to seventy
five ladies. The meeting was held at
the Park opera house.
The audience was easily repre-
sentative audience, made up of mem
bers of most every political party,
there We're perhaps more Republicans
present than of any other party. still
there We're numerous Democrats and
quite a few socialists.
Owing to the lateness of the mar
row guage train Judge Lindsey and
Col. Faw did not arrive until 7;30I
and it was $50 when the meeting
opened. Only these two gentlemen
appeared on the stage and they look
ed pretty lonely up there all by them
selves.
In few words Col Faw intro
dueed his champion saying in a sar
castle manner that no committee met
! them at the depot. and that they had
to pay their own way but managed
to fill each engagement.
Little Ben" was heartily cheered
as he took the floor. Without much
quibbling he jumped right into the
political caldron. There was very
little satisfaction In that speech for
members of any political party. Lind
sey jumped onto every party and
every leader. One minute he would
be denouncinE the Republicans and
the next moment he was right onto
the Democrats. The rottenness of the
! Denver political affairs seemed to be
! the text of his discourse. lie declar-
ed that he was not running on his
own accord but that the Independent
Democrats and Republicans of Colo
RADIO had enlisted him in making the
race and he had agreed to do so. He
said what he was fighting was the
gang politicians in each of the old
parties of the state, that he was the
candidate of the two great unforc-
/ ed, unbought and untrammelled bod
/ les represented by the independent
voters in each of the two leading
parties. He declared that the can
didates and orators of the two part
les talked of the greatness of the
PARTY and the love of their country
and at the same time did all they
could to hide the foulest rottenness
known to politics.
Lindsey declared that he and he
alone was out to tell the truth regard
ing the political conditions in Colo
rado. especially in Denver. In this
day, he said, the voters do not nom
/ mate the candidates in either party,
the bosses do that. Both parties
have and do corrupt the judiciary of
the state in his opinion.
The speaker declared that the men
at the head of the great corporations
of the state control the government
of Colorado and the great city OF
Denver and those men stop at moth
ing to gain their ends.
In dealing with Denver politics
the Judge branded Frank Adams. the
head of the fire and police board OF
Denver as a criminal. a blackguard
and thief and he declared that
William G. Eyns is criminal of the
bIackest stripe. He stated that the
| Democratic administration of Den
yer bought goods and supplies for Of
fees from the big Republican pub
fishing and blndery house In Denver
paying enormous prices such as $3.50
for l 900 sheets of paper and S6.0b
apiece for 20 cent bill files.
Lindsey said that II he seemed TO
say worse things about the Democrat
io party than he did about the Re
publican party it was because the
Democrats ought to know better,
while the Republicans didn't know
any better"
He declared that each party had
stolen elections time after time IN
Denver and that Democratic and
Republican" means nothing in Dem
vcr with the leaders Of each party.
He branded the election thief as a
r.ost dangerous criminal and declnr-
ed that Frank Adams was the prince
Of election thieves. He asserted that
william C. Evans owned and con
troiled both parties in Denver. He
bewailed the fact that the old parties
are not what they used to be in this
country"
do you know who stole the cleo