The Greeley tribune., 1909-04-14
vrMnERs MIsREPREsENT PEo'
PIE VINO CHOSE THEM
BELONG TO INTERESTS
S>firicus Satirically Apologies i"'
His Vote Last Iall-Thinks "
Useless for Governor TO eAii
u Special Session OF
the Assembly


oyerdrew their authorized accouu,
with us to the estimated amount Vi
=, million dollars. They repudiateo
al, the reform pledges they made us
in their party platforms before we
eIected them and then having set
back the clock few hours IN order
to perfect their devilment and pass
IN dozens of their useless expendt
tures for the governors signature.
ins;de the legal ninety day limit,
they adjourned.
How did it all happen? Easily,
and according to program. BOSS
speer and Boss Evans and the allieu
Interests" controlled both political
parties, the democratic party through
4ts nominating convention, and the
republican party through previous
ownership. They dictated to the
democratic party the nomination OF
Charles j. Hughes to the United
states senate: they bought a maJoflt'
of the legislature by previous ar
rapgement with the leading party
gangsters in Denver and the state at
large who agreed before hand Just
what should be done and what
should be left undone, and the re-
suIting general assembly delivered
the goods.
We are the victims of the erosses'
kind of Misrepresentation and double
Misrepresentation at that: for the>a
members not only misrepresented
their political principles and inten-
tions to us In order to secure their
election. but they grossly misrepr--
sented us in their legislative acts
after they got into office under falls
pretenses.
But let that pass; for what ] set
out to do was to make confession
and tender an apology to my mis-
representatives. | am myself deui-
ocrat, and even now. farther from
being republican than at any time
since left the grand old fraud years
and years ago in the past. But when
saw our state convention bouri
hand and foot by that crowd nf
scoundrels in Denver. bolted. or
rather scratched my ticket. Our
party had been shouting ever since
I Joined it about the evil Of sending
"plutocrats. trust magnates' and
Corporation attorneys" to the United
States senate. and had myself laid
awake nights cursing the republican
party for its latest acquisition from
Colorado: and so when our party
convention endorsed Mr.. Hughes for
his running mate. that settled 1t for
me. | did not propose to be either
directly or indirectly responsible for
his election. I knew, or supposed
did, that two of the legislative can
didates on my ticket being strons
party men would vote for Mr.
Hughes. and l satisfied myself tina
IN all probability the other wouit
not. For these. to me, apparent',
good and sufficient reasons l votet
for one democrat and two republi
cans. And thus made two mis-
takes; a mistake in voting for tn
democrat because he was not elected
and mistake in voting for the tw
republicans because they were. Henc
this apology; not to the public, bu
to my two misrepresentation. l al
naturally adverse to personalities
and for that reason do not care
give Names but l presume a majo
fty of my readers may be able
locate them. OF course did my be-
from reading the platform pledge
the written statements and or
promises of the candidates to salts
my conscience in thus scratching II
IN hay l.
the particular pair l was about
draw to for more than quarter
century in the past | thought
could rely on them. ! see now tn
the time had been too short for
reasonable estimate, and that | bo
underrated their possibilities for ev
and overrated their capacities
good as representatives of the peop
One of these men will shortly reti
from his position to scenes of p;
toral simplicity, and will probat
not succeed himself in the next ge
eral assembly. The other. if | h
my way, would resign p d. @.
The governor has signified his
1ention of calling an extra sessic
He is a good man and | voted
him; but ! hope he won't. l
reminded oe Old Governor Waite
had been advised after the Twel
lad adjourned to call that delecta
body together again, and he sen-
circular letter to ask the views
his constituents AS being a lead
Pop | got one of them and repl
instantly, Dear Governor, do
think of it: you can't make s
purse out of sow's ear" He
not call a special session
Very resnectfnllY submitted