The Holly chieftain., 1908-10-09
Democratic
Duplicity
cHAs. ). HUGHES. JR. AND ). r.
HAFRoTH-THE UNHoLY Al
LANCE BETWEEN COR.
PoRATioNs AND DEM.
Aeo0UEs.

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Mr.. Bryan's principal stock in trade
this year is the denouncing of corpora
tons. He puts away from him with
loathing the idea Of receiving any con-
tributions for his campaign fund from
corporation sources. He has kicked
out Haskell. the man he put In as
| treasurer of the national Democratic
committee because he Is suspected Of
being connected or having been con-
nected with that monster Of iniauity.
tho Standard OH Company. He caused
the majority Of regular elected Demo
cratic delegates from the state Of
Pennsylvania to be thrown out bodily
at the national convention, not because
they had not been fairly elected but
because their leader, Col. James N.
Guffey, was connected in some way
with the same gigantic corporation.
The bulk of the Democratic cam
paign talk and newspaper articles has
been In the same line of denunciation
of corporations.
With what sort of consistency can
the Democratic party of this state
carry on this line of campaigning when
Charles ]. Hughes. Jr., its nominee for
the highest office within the gift Of the
people of Colorado, that of United
States senator. is and has been for
many years a corporation attorney and
has become millionaire by his va!u-
able services to those corporations?
Further, the Democratic newspapers
of this state have always held up the
public utility corporations Of this city
to be more especially monsters of ini
guilty It is for these very corporations
that Mr.. Hughes has been principal
attorney and from them he has de-
rived large part Of his present
wealth.
With what sort of consistency can
the Democratic party of this state
keep on denouncing corporations and
corporation attorneys when it has
nominated for the office of governor
a man who has acted as attorney for
the Denver Union Water Company and
has advocated its cause in court many
times and with all the ability, learn.
ing and eloquence at his command?
The truth is that the Democratic
party In this state consists now Of two
fundamentally irreconcilable factions
!, The demagogic faction. headed by Sen
! ator Patterson, one year ago, "spewe
out" m tho delegates who had bee
elected ~ tho other faction 20 til,
state convention. branded them as cor
porationiSts and refufed to recognize
them as democrats. This year Mayor
Speer and his friends having in tn.
meantime been successful In the Den
yer city election, 1t was all the Patter
sonites could do to keep from beinf
thrown out Of the convention them
selves. A temporary truce has beer
patched up. and the ticket nominated
at the Democratic state convention
shows the presence of both factions.
The nominees for the suprem,
Court. or at least three of them. repre
sent the demagogic faction and 1
elected their opinions would conform
to the views of Thomas NJ. Patterson
The candidates for United States sen
ator and for governor belong to tn
corporation element and are closer :,
corporation interests and more likel
to be influenced by them than an
candidates the Republican party ha
nominated.
1t Is not alone because the Demo
Gratis have nominated corporation a,
J torneys for the two highest Offices q
) their ticket that Republicans denounc
, them, 1t is because of the duplicitv an
: hypocrisy which the Democratic mart
: shows In denouncing and opposin
. corporations and announcing throug
a Its national platform and it's nations
candidates desire to destroy them a
: together. while at the same time asl
t ing people to vote for two of the mos
prominent corporation representative
g In the state of Colorado for tho tv
D highest Offices in the gift Of the ne,
pie.
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