The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
sure TO WIN
Little Doubt Of Governor Shafolh Sue.
ceediug Himself in
SPITE OF THE TRUSTS

No Need Of Insurgency in Colorado,
as the State is Safely Democratic,
and Will Clean up the Rascals,
Including G%uggenhcim, As Soon rs
They Get a Chance.
Just after crossing the Rocky
Mountains Zach McGhee writes the
State an interesting letter or Color
ado politics. He says / pick up the
papers this morning at a little noun
tain station, after travelling all night
and most of yesterday, and see that
the Democratic convention in Colora-
da nominated John F. Shafroth for
Governor. This means that Colora-
do will again 60 Democratic. The
corporate interests I told about the
other day did their best to defeat
Shafroth in the convention. They
knew he had made himself a great
hero in the minds Of the voters OF
the State and they therefore turned
their attention to buying up delega-
tons in the convention so as to elm
mate him.
They could get up nothing against
him, but that Colorado crowd have
never been accustomed to having to
do anything like that. When a man
is Objectionable to them, they have
been accustomed to say to their hire
lings to nominate somebody else,
and that was sufficient. But times
are changing in Colorado. The Re-
publican candidate will be an object
of interest to these corporation fell
lows now, but they need not bother
about that, if any signs in Colorado
can be believed. Shafroth will carry
the State by a big majority.
The only unfortunate thing about
it is that the legislature which will:
be elected will not be able to elect a
senator in place of the unspeakable
~Guggenheim. " =
Tuesday night, the last I spent In
Colorado, except on the train, I went
to a Republican in%surgent rally. The
| chief speaker was non other than
my old friend Senator Bristow Of
Kansas. He and Merle D. Vincent
a Coloradan who wants to &c COVER
nor, preached to these people about
the first insurgent gospel they had
ever heard in their lives. And Sen.
ator Bristow poured hot shot and
melted lead into the pores of Gug-
genheim, too, right here in what is
supposed to be Guggenheim's home
locality. ~
But I was gratifed to see that
G%uggenheim was more Of a thing OF,
contempt right in. that selfsame To-
cality where nominally he halls from
| than almost anywhere else. Senator
Bristow told his hearers that if they
are to be loyal to the present lead
ers Of the Republican party, they
should be consistent, and alongside
of the pictures Of Lincoln, Sumner,
and a few other great statesmen, they
should hang on their wall the pic
lures of Nelson w. Aldrich and ST.
mon Guggenheim.
The crowd broke out in a big
laugh. The fact of the matter Is
| Guggenheim does not live in Color
ado and never has, and has no more
right to be senator from that State
than Henry M. Flagler to be senator
from Florida, or John D. Rockefel-
Ter to be senator from Texas.
But there are hardly any "insur-.
gent" Republicans in Colorado. EV-
en- my friend Senator 'Bristow, l
fear does not stop to consider why.
The State is Democratic, having
with the exception of Guggenheim a
solid Democratic delegation in con-
gress. 1t is of no use to insurge
against ~Guggenheim, for he can o
be elected again anyway, and he new
err was expected to represent the peo-
ple of Colorado in the Senate.
The people of Colorado never had
ANYTHING to do with electing him.
And when the people do take a hand
that is, when they "insurge," they
are going to put Democrats into all
the offices. What they have been up
against is to GUST the domination OF
the greedy and corrupting business
interests" Of the State from the DEM
ocratic party.
They have come to realize that It
is well-nigh impossible to purify he
Republican party, for the Republic
can principles themselves have been
to give special privileges 10 those
who "need"them, as they say when
making a tariff.
However, it is a commendable ef-
fort on the part of Merle D. Vim
cent to lay the matter before the
people of his party. 1t will help TO
defeat the Guggenheims and other
Republican leaders, or rather, ag-
ents, but the ones which will take
their places will not be insurgent
Republican; they will be Democrats.
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