The daily sentinel., 1908-08-17

law is enacted which will restore the
powers of government to the people
of Colorado.
"WhiIe in the field of national pol
itics our party, under the leadership
CT Roosevelt, LaFollctte, Taft and
Hughes, has been rendering public
strvice which, in usefulness and benz
Gifts to the people, is uDrivaled in 30
years of party history, yet in Colo
RADIO our party leadership has fallen
so low in public estimation that every
reference to it mantles with shame
the cheek of every honest republi-
can.
"Guggenhcim Shamcs Party"
'The Gugcenheim machine has be-
come synonymous in the minds of
the men and women of Colorado with
the meanest political shame the party
OF the stabe has been subjected to-
synonymous with political trickery,
trade and barter which no man of
spirit and self-respcct can counte-
nance.
$50 notorious is the disrepute of
its self-constitutcd leader that his Sc
lection to the high Office he occupies
is commonly referred to by men and
women of prudence and moderation
as II purchase. And those who are
not obligated to him admit that his
| occupancy of this office and his as
| sumed leadership is an affront to
both the intelligence and the political
character of the people who compose
| the party.
THE only good which the most
| hopeful can see in his leadership is
| that its infamous practices will here
| after be cited as a deterrent example
which few men will care and none
1 lN,stl 10 1at n
People Have No Say.
'This may appear to you to be in
temperate language, but let me ask
you as one republican speaking to
another, Do the people of Colorado
enjoy representative government?
| Are you consulted about who
shall be SENATOR governor or men,
bers of the legislature?
do the nominal ting conventions
represent you, or do they represent
the party machine?
Did Guggenheim choice repre-
| sent your choice or was it bargained
to him for a lavish and corrupt cam
paign fund in opposition TO your well
known desires?
Have you any voice or part in
your state government?
"Is your voice ever heard or are
your wishes and interests ever heed
ed in your party councils?
Are not public offices from the
highest down bartered for political
services to the machine owned by
them and operated by Senator Gug-
genlieim?
"DOes he not seek to defeat every
man who questions his authority?
rs he not engaged at this very
time with every corrupt means ut his
command to control the party i'm this
county and thereby silence the de-
mand that republicans of this coun-
ty are making in direct primary
law. and thus for representative gov
ernment?
Harmony Means Corruption.
Your most valued possession isl
your right to vote and participate in
public affairs. This right Guggen-
helm denies. He insists that he is
the party-thar all who question his
authority are to be denied voice or
part in the party management
rs this republicanism? Is it'll
American? Does it square with the
principle of the republican party or
reflect the desires and Judgment of
the voting members of the party?
And yet, if you protest against
this machine rule, you are informed /
that if you disturb the harmony of |
the arrangement you jeopardize the |
party's chances of continued success
Is harmony a sacred or desirable