The sun., 1912-07-01
BIG STEVE Of Denver
UNSCATHED BY CHICAGO
ROosevclt's Denunciati0n and
Heney's Hot Words Didn't
Bother Him.
HIS STATE Is FOR BRYAN
lie Suggests Gov. Shafr0th Of
Colorado May BE Baltimore
Dark Horse.

Big Steve came to town yesterday.
Big Steve? He's the plump man from
Colorado whom Francis J. Heney. William
Finn OF Pennsylvania and Theodore
Roosevelt took turns in denouncing
while the Republican convention was
going on in Chicago. He IL Archie NJ
Of Denver and has been called
the Republican boss Of Colorado. He sat
in with the Republican National Com
mittee on pro Ky and irritated Col. Roose-
welt by helping to seat the Taft delegation
from the state OF Washington. where
upon the Colonel spoke OF him as "the
Guggenheim delegate although in pre-
vious campaigns he has plugged for the
Colonel.
Mr.. Stevenson is at the Waldorf. He
10 hulking big man with double chin.
a massive head and long. curly hair.
He does not look at all wicked. In fact.
he might be taken for a we'll fed Bishop.
He reminds one too Of Tom Wise. the
actor. II he's the political boss that
his enemies say he is. he Ii at least boss
who has opinions and 10 not afraid the
public will detect them.
For instance, Mr.. Stevenson approves
OF woman suffrage. He said yesterday
that the women OF every State were
bound to get the franchise sooner or
later and ought to have II. He said
that Colorado in its many years experi-
ence with the voting sisterhood had
found il good. He said the votes Of
women had helped to make the State
cleaner and happier.
Il have seen magazine articles saying
that suffrage had worked out badly in
Colorado" he said with emphasis. Tho
charge is unjustiied. have yet to
hear OF a woman voter being bribed.
And you mustn't believe that compare
lively few women 90 to the polls. The
proportion Of voting women is just As
large as that OF voting men; in fact. ]
believe that it is about one and half per
cent. larger.
Equal suffrage will be obtained in
New York and everywhere else. 1t 10
fundamentally just that II should.
Women who earn their own living and
all other qualified women have q right
to vote for better laws that will improve
working conditions. Suffrage will bring
equalization OF mems and women . wages,
and that . proper too
Just a. frank was Mr.. Stevenson re-
earding direct primaries. He does not
like them and says they will be done away
with.
For one thing he said. 'the poor man
running for Office has no chance under the
direct primary system. The campaign
is too expensive. I remember Senator
Flint OF California telling me that II he
had stood for reelection in California in
the campaign which gave the Senatorshir
TO John D. Works the necessary effort a,
the time Of the primary would have cost
him SiOOOOo.
Moreover. the primary defeats thu
purpose Of the very men who are honestly
in favor Of il. It's a scheme Of aristocracy
no, Of democracy. It will poss."
Mr.. Stevenson said he was not init
mately acquainted with the affairs Of th'
Democrats. hut he suspects that nethe
Champ Clark nor Gov. Wilson will b,
no minated at Baltimore. He suggested
that the dark horse might prove to be Gov
John d. Shafroth Of Colorado. who hal
not figured in the halloting thus far HI
remembered that MIR. Bryan had men
toned the Colorado Governor in the lis
Of progressives whom Mr.. Bryan SOM
time ago said were acceptable TO him.
In Mr.. Stevenson's opinion Preeiden
Taft will carry COLORADO this fall, thougl
he admits that many Coloradans still
revere Col. Roosevelt. II Bryan shouls
happen to be the Democratic candidate
Mr.. Stevenson shook his head. Their,
are lots Of Bryan men in his State. he said
and he added that IL Bryan had been al
avowed candidate tho Colorado delegation
would never have been instructed 70
Speaker Clark.
"Coi. Roosevelt's attack on Preeiden
Taft was most unjust" MIR. Stevenson
said. Roosevelt will not be electe,
President. II he were to he no wouldn'
he President anyway; he'd be Theodor
tho First"
Spoke up venturesome reporter
~Well. Mr.. Stevenson. how did Heney'
remarks at Chicago strike you?"
| They didn't str ke me-" flashed bae
Big Steve.
sAnd Judge Ben Lindsey. the Children
| Court NAH"
| "A faker."
.And the Denver Children's Court it
self?"
a fraud. I hear that Heney an
Lindsey went to Baltimore to whisper /
Bryans ear" Mr.. Stevenson concluded
they re a fit pair to travel together
The big man from Denver Is here o