The state herald., 1908-10-09
Democratic
Duplicity
cHAS. J. HUGHES, JR. AND J. F.
SHAFRoTH.-THE UNHoLY Al.
LANCE BETWEEN COR
PoRATloNS AND DEM
AGoGUES.

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 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 M.
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 J. 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 corporation attorney and
has become a millionaire by his vaiu.
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. II is for these very corporations
that Mr.. Hughes has been principal
attorney and from them he has de-
rived a large part of his present
wealth.
With what sort of consistency can
the Democratic party of this state
keep on denounclng corporations and
corporation attorneys when II 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 "spewed
out all the delegates who had been
elected by the other faction to the
state convention. branded them MS 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 fror being
thrown out OF the conven an.
selves. A temporary truce he, been
patched up. and the ticket nominated
at the Democratic state convention
shows the presence OF both factions.
The nominees for the Surname
Court. or at least three of them. repre.
sent the demagogic faction and ~
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 iI,,o,v
TO be Influenced by them than any
candidates the Republican party has
nominated.
II Is not alone because the Demo.
Gratis have nominated corporation M.
torneys for the two highest Offices n,
their ticket that Republicans dcnounec
lhem. II is because OF the dupllci,y and
hypocrisy which the Democratic marty
shows In donounclng and onnosI,.
corporations and announcing through
It's national platform and Its na,Ion,,
candidates desire to destroy them nj.
together, while at the same tlmc ,sL.
ihg people TO vote for two OF the most
prominent corporation Representatives
In the state OF Colorado for tho two
highest Offices in tho glft OF the peo.
pie.
George & Iob,.os ,.,.,..-,