Gilpin observer., 1912-08-29
POLITICAL HYPOCRISY
OF JUDGE MCCALL.

| In looking over the files of the
Observer we ran across that celebrat-
ed speech of the Hon. Judge Chas
Mccall, delivered at the Democratic
county convention, held in this city
on October 10th, 1908, and reprint it
for the purpose of showing the vot-
ers how easy it is for the Judge to
switch from Republican 10 Demo
cratic and from Democratic to Repub-
lican to gain office. Four years ago
when he deserted the Republican par
ty, he contended that he had always
been believer in Democratic prin-
clples and was at last glad to find
hcme in the Democratic party. This
year, through the backing CT the cor
rupt Jefferson county machine which
Mccall denounced four years ago, he
procured the Republican assembly
nomination. He now has to go before
the Republican voters in the pri-
maries. From the expression of Re-
publicans in Gilpin county, and in
fact throughout the district, he will
be repudiated at the primaries. They
claim they will not stand for a politi-
cal 1umping-jack on their ticket for
the important office of district Judge
Here is the report Of the Demo
cratic county convention published in
the Observer in the Issue of October
18th, 1908:
Speaking was advertised for the
occasion and this brought cIt large
audience and the spacious court room
back Of the railing where the dele
gates were seated, was packed Chas.
Mccall, Geo. w. Musser and John A.
Martin We're the speakers.
In opening his remarks IrIdpe Nc-
Call referred to the contest between
McShane and Hicks for the chairman
ship, saying it was the first he had
witnessed for scTe time. Judge Nc
Call halls from the boss-ridden coun-
ty of jefferson where such selections
are made by Johnny Vivian or Dick
Broad and the slate program is car
ried out as they direct. Judge Nc
CaH was formerly Republican bat
bossism compelled him to desert the
ranks and join the Democrats, the
party that knows TO Vivian or Gug-
genheim. The speaker said he had a
DEMOCRATIC HEART and couldn't
stand for the kind of ;tepublicanism
Clggy and his lieltenants represent.
He dwelt at length upon the con6i-
tion of corruption in Jefferson coun-
ty and flayed the bosses as only one
can who adhors boss rule. He ex-
plaine1 the friction in Jefferson coun-
ty politics and said men, were ruined
in business in that locality because
they wouldn't bow to the machine
1t had come to be a government by
intimidation and the condition was
undemocratic, unrepublican and un-
principled, A year ago he had start
ed In sctipe- campaign against that
kind of government and had found
g. large following. He was confident
OF carrying the county in his candi-
dacy for district judge. Judge Mccall
said fhe machine had started com
paign against him of a vitupe-ativa
character and was going to spread
false recorts all over the district
ruring the past year the bosses had
been trying to pull him in line and
he wanted the people to have clear
understanding of the situation-he
wcIld have nothing TO do with the
gang. Concluding the Judge said that
the Democrats had placed the judi
ciary above petty machine politics
and had honored him with the nom
nation: that he believed in the strict
enforcement of the law and that if
elected no improper political machine
would have influence over his official
acts.
Geo. w. Musser. candidate for the
Supreme bench on the Democratic
ticket followed Judge Mccall. In re-
ferring to the remarks of the gentle
man who preceded him. he said it
gave him great pleasure to know that
a one-time Republican had found a
Democratic home and that he hoped
other Republicans without a home
would find one in the Democratic
party.