La Junta tribune., 1908-10-10
Democratic
Duplicity
cHAe. J. HUGHES. JR. AND J. r.
sHAFRorH.-THE UNHoLY A.
LANCE BETWEEN COR.
PoRATIoNs AND DEM
AooouEs.

Mr.. Bryan's principal stock In trade
this year is the denounciny 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 rs
treasurer OF the national Democratic
committee because he Is suspected Of
being connected or having been con-
nected with that monster Of iniquity.
the Standard Oil 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.
GufYey. 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 J. Hughes. Jr.. its nominee for
the highest ONCE within the gift OF the
people OF Colorado. that Of United
States senator. is and has been for
many years n corporation attorney and
has become a 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 ONCE OF governor
4 man who has acted as attorney for
the Denver Union Water Company and
has advocated it's 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 irreconcilablc factions.
The demagogic faction. headed by Sen
ator Patterson. one year ago 'spewed
out all the delegates who had been
elected by the other faction to the
state convention. branded them as cor
porationists and refused to recognize
them as Democrats. This year Mayor
Speer and his friends having In the
meantime been successful in the Den.
yer city election. II was all the Patter-
sonites could do to keep from being
thrown out OF the convention them.
selves. A temporary truce has been
patched up. and the ticket nominated
at the Democratic state convention
shows the presence OF both factions.
The nominees for the Supreme
Court, or at least three Of them, repre-
sent the demagogic faction and II
elected their opinions would conform
TO the views of Thomas NJ. Patterson
The candidates for United States sen.
ator and for governor belong to the
corporation element and are closer IN
corporation interests and more likely
TO be influenced by them than any
candidates the Republican party has
nominated.
1t Is not alone because the Demo.
crats have nominated corporation at.
torneys for the two highest once. IN
their ticket that Republicans deuounce
them. It is because of the duplicitv and
hypocrisy which the Democratic marty
shows in denouncing and opposInp
corporations and announcing through
Its national platform and its nat,ona,
candidates desire to destroy them nj.
together, while at the same time ask.
ing people to vote for two of the most
prominent corporation representatives
In the state Of Colorado for the two
highest Offices in the gift of the peo-
pie.