La Junta tribune., 1912-02-17

central committed. what's the score
BY q vote Of iO3 to 10 the state com
mittee indorxcd the denomination o'
TAN and turned loose the steam rol
Ter. well creased and oiled by federal
officeholders and postmastcrs. over
the few Insurgents that were present
at the Guggenheim mutual sdmira
tion and political job hunting soci
city.
Roosevelt's majority over Parker In
Colorado In 1904 WAS 3t.5s2; In 1908
Bryan's majority over Taft In Colo.
rado was 3.0i0. and yet Our Teddy
couldn't get even complimentary
Endorsement at the hands Of the re-
publican state central committee. The
gang won. Long live the gang
NIT.
The delegates from Otero county
Billy Goblin and his proxy voted
with the machine. and Billy says
he will vote for Taft anyhow. wheth-
cr anybody else In Otero county does
or not In his immortal quotation
from Shakespeare. Il seen my duty
aud done it"-once more.
Merle D. Vincent. OF Delta county.
nnd Joseph l.. Ewing, OF Weld ooun-
~. stood up before the hostile crowd
and warned the committee OF the
wrath 10 come for their defiance OF
the will OF the people. and nine 9th
ers voted with them on the only
roll call allowed by the machine.
These nine represented the counties
Of Adams. Boulder. Delta. Dolores.
Kiowa. Prowers and Weld.
Our Billy Goblin was evidently muc
displeascd with Mr. Vincents per
sistency for he wanted TO know how
long the state committee was going
TO stand for Nincent's foolish hay.
rangue II believe We ough, to re-
lleye ourselves OF such dsturbers, -
said Billy. In view OF the eonspir-
iHS h'iN''H ih' hfH4o'laAS anu 5'Hi'
of our backsliding members think
the sooner We get rid Of them the
better for the republican party OF
this state" IL is because some of
the decent republicans OF Colorado
have been willing to blindly follow
the lead Of the gang In this state
that the party has been out Of power
for six years. and now that some
members want to regenerate the
party. Inside Of the party lines. the
gang protests. and wants TO set Itself
up as the political censor and Off.
cial umpire OF party qualification.
Harmony no more prevailed at the
Lincoln Day republican banquet Mon.
day night than {, did AT the com.
mittee meeting Monday afternoon. OF
course there were no open hostilitics
TO mar the surface calm OF events.
but the irrepressible oonflic, between
progressive and s,andpattcrs was
Jus, as evident as II was In
the more tumultous proceedings OF
the afternoon.
The manufactured Guggenhelm sen
timent was Just as evident at the
banquet as II had been at the com.
Mite" meeting In the afternoon. Why
should I, no, have been In evidence,
In view OF the fact tina, Guggen.
helm himself put up the money 10
bring 100 editors To the banquet. ex.
prcssly 10 ycll for him inasmuch
rs III" Taft forces cannot hope To
control the state without the Gur.
genhelm Influence. OF course the fed.
cral crowd were all for Gugrcnheim.
They had To be. II Was direct
order from Washington.
Mr.. Dcyine In his speech adroit.
~ suggested Guggenheim as the prop
cr man as candidate for the senate
second term and the rest OF II to
u laudation OF III. republican party
speaking ns II he had always be
'iongcd TO II. instead OF being a very
recent convert from democracy. He
condemned the democratic party for
Its esiravaganee In the adminisira.
tlon OF Colorado's affairs, and called
upon the republican party TO save
the state from bankruptcy.
Former Senator Albert J. Bevcr.
idge. Of Indiana. was the chief speak
~ Of the evening. and II was easily
seen how little there could BE- Of har,
mony between two such men - De
vine and the great IndiAnan. Where
Dev'nc had praised the republican
party an the incarnation Of all thai
II great and glorious. that gr~a,
party through which all the true ~
forms Of the past have come 70 oui
great people. and 70 which. In thu
future. We must look for the thinsi
that viii b. Of material benefit Il