Gilpin observer., 1910-10-13
LEWIS DRAWS THE VEIL.

An article appearing in Mondays
Denver Post, written by Samuel ].
Lewis, who is covering the legislature
for that paper, shows the represent
ative from Gilpin county in an en-
tirely different light from that pic
tured by Frank Leary at the speak
ing last night in the opera house.
Leary had it that Hicks was per-
sistent worker for the redemption OF
the platform pledges and Lewis, who
| is right on the ground and knows pre-
cisely what Is going on and just what
every member of the house and SEN
ate is doing, claims that Hicks is OBJ
structing the passage CT the primary
bill. The following extracts are TAX
en- from the Lewis article to show
the people of the county just what
kind of a four -flusher they have in
the legislature:
There was Adams who could see
nothing to be done until the confer
ence committee was ready to report;
also there was Lubers who could see
not much use to meet while the con-
ference committee was in session;
and there was always Hicks, who
reckcns himself as a house leader ant
a senate necessity, who flew between
both bodies this morning, much as a
bat without its bearings, and who de-
manded this, that and the other
thing. Hicks is the stormy petrol OF
the assemblage. In the language of
the printer, if he had his way, he
would "pi" up every line of action
and squabble all the things in sight.
ut was this man Hicks, supposed
to represent Gilpin county, but who
represents nothing, who this morn
ing set at naught all the plans of
the conference committee on the pri-
mary bill This committee after much
deliberation had arrived at a compro-
mise whereby the convention feature
was to be eliminated and party gath
erings were to be put into the down
and-out class. Such things were to
be called conferences and the men
selected by them were to go on pri-
mary tickets as having received so
many votes, while the men who ran
simply on primary tickets were to go
on the ballots with no vote set op-
posite their names. To the committee
this appeared the fair thing, and
there was a fair chance of its going
through.
But Hicks. the self-appointed, to-
gether with Clayton, the insurance
commissioner, elected themselves a
committee of two to take the matter
to an outside politician, and they
found from him that such thing
would not do at all, and thus was the
whole thing passed back to the COM
mittee.
There is every evidence of sim
cerity on the part of the stand-pat-
ters, who have been reckoned as the
insurgents, to pass a primary bill
which would meet with the gov
ernor's approval, would carry a COM
promise on the convention clause and
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platform pledge. There is no evidence
Of the Scott crowds determination
to help out.
"On the contrary, the Hicks men
in the house seem to be the ones
who are blocking the game by raising
objection to every proposed amend
ment and receiving their instructions
from an outside source as to how to
vote and how to lobby therein.
There are those in both bodies
who would prefer to see the whole
thing ended and all matters, primary
and otherwise, settled. There are also
those who prate loudly of their alle-
glance to the governor who, like
Hicks. are the worst offenders in the
list and who put in their whole time
posing as platform Democrats, but
who really want to see every platform
pledge and promise obstructed and
set at naught."