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The Glenwood post., 1912-08-17
WILL PUT 100 IN JAIL

Hot Springs, Ark, Aug. EFF l
am compelled to tell all that l know
about graft in the New York police de-
partment there will be one hundred
prominent men go to Jail. They have
said by those already under arrest that
are not true.
"Rose is talking entirely too much,
and Furthermore, is nvr telling the
truth, but l am going to tell what l
guess, if 1 don't. The New York po-
lice will get me if L do and if / get
out after telling the district attorney,
the bunch will likely take shot at
me, but L IN going to come clean with
my story.
"When District Attorney Whit
man s representatives arrive this even
ing, 1 will have a talk.'
The foregoing statement was made
by Samuel Schepps, said to have been
the paymaster" who gave the money
to those who murdered Herman Rosen-
thai in New York and which has re-
suited in one of the greatest scandals
of recent years.
Schepps is anxious to go back to
New York, but he does not want to go
in charge of anyone connected with
the New York police department.
eff Whitman man arrives he is
good enough for me, but l don It want
to go back with any of the regular
force. 1t would not be healthy" de-
clared Schepps.
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Or Did He When Frightened Rush Into
Grand River Until Carried Down
By Swift Waters?
CASE ENSHROuDED IN MYSTERY

Did Robert Roberts (colored), when
attacked by Robert Freeman, seek ref
uge from his assaliant in the swift
waters of the Grand river until he had
gone beyond his depth and was drawn
down by the angry undercurrent or was
he murdered by his enemy and thrown
into the stream or did he wander aim
lessly into the stream after being
struck on the head with a rock thrown
by FreeWan and dazed until he knew
not where he was going? These are
some Of the questions that it is proba-
BILE a jury in the district court will be
= asked to pass upon.
This much is known. There had
been some trouble over money matters
between Bob Roberts, well known
over Garfield county, and Robert Free
mon, a colored man who has this sum
mer been working on the Trumbor
ranch near the mouth of Noname
creek.
1t seems that Freeman had givea
Roberts some work in clearing a piece
of land of rocks, but at the time the
work was finished he did not have
enough money to pay him. Last Tues
day Roberts approached Freeman and
began in a quarrelsome manner, so
Fraamau saws to damanl tho monav
The two began throwing rocks at each
other and Freeman says he is not GER
tain whether he struck Roberts with a
rock or not, but that he might have
done so. They came closer together
and finally clinched, but Freeman says
when he saw that Roberts would not
fight he let him go and the latter ran
down n sand road and into the river
The Glenwood post., 1912-08-17
Shafroth and Thomas Forced Into Spee|
Corral, U. S. Senate the Coal
Patterson. lyman Faction Make
Hard Fight

The democratic assembly which was
because Of two incidents that occurred.
First. The assembly went on record
condemning the assembly feature of the
primary law, and guaranteeing its re-
peal if democracy is successful at the
next election in the state.
Second. Governors Shafroth AMI
Thomas tied up with the Speer organ
ization in the city and county of Den
yer in order to get support for their
senatorial candidates. and Governor
Adams also tied up with the Speer
crowd and got their support, thus lead
ing on the. primary ballot for United
States senatorial nomination.
1t must not be forgotten that the
democrats are responsible for the as
scmbly feature in the primary law,
They enacted it at the last session of
the legislature. Their reason for con
demning it at Pueblo was that it per-
mitted the creation of political ma
chimes and after condemning it the
leaders formed one of the strongest
machine steam rollers ever used is a
Colorado political gathering and pro
ceeded to put machine men on the pri-
mary ballot and keep all others from
securing the necessary ten per cent.
Tom lyman was steam-rollered entirely
off the ballot. Likewise was Ben Hill
lard in his candidacy for the United
States senate. Rose Lee Smith of Den,
yer was kept off the ballot as can
didate for superintendent of public in
struction, and Leo Vincent didn't dare
let his name go before the assembly
for the primary position as secretary
of state. The machine played as its
favorite, Alva Adams of Pueblo as
against Governor Shafroth for the
senate; Joe Maupin of Canon City as
against E. M. Ammons, Tom lyman and
Lieutenant Governor Fitzgarrald for
governor; John R. Dixon of Denver as
against Tully Scott of Teller for the
supreme court judge; and so on down
the line. The machine was in complete
control even to the extent of double
crossing Governor Shafroth after he
had joined with it in helping to keep
the Speer delegation from being
thOwn out by going there as a Specr
delegate.
w. II. Malone, secretary to Cover
nor Shafroth, lead the fight to throw
the Speer-Shafroth delegation out Of
the convention, but vas unsuccessful
In the first congressional district as
sembly the same machine that cen
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The above dispatch is clipped exactly
as it was published in the Pueblo Lead
cr, the original Roosevelt paper of this
state. If it had come from any other
source we would have believed that
some wicked press agent was playing
"A trick on the people in an effort to
damn Mr.. Roosevelt with fake news.
But it is genuine and tells story that
should receive notice.
''Mr. Perkins, former partner of J.
p. Morgan;' note the names; says
that the Roosevelt party has "unlimit-
ed funds.' If Mark Hanna had ever
made such remark how the people
would have held up their hands in
holy horror.
"And," he added, Gas long as the
party keeps on the right track it will
have the proper support
just try to digest that remark. If
it means anything it means that as
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registrars or the voters being brought
to the bar of justice.
We also call the attention of the
people of Colorado to the magnificent
primary law we have -ritten upon the
statute books of our state. Under its
provisions a candidate must expend
more money than his entire salary Will
total before he gets the nomination
from his party and he must make a
half dozen trips either to Denver or
to the county seat of his county in
order to perfect shis political party or
ganization and submit his platform t.
the people, thus guaranteeing to the
rest of the state great amount of
prosperity from money expended by
cand didates. Also, under its provisions
no poor man can secure a nomination
or election to any office unless he first
shall have promised his official sup
port to some corporation that will pay
his campaign expenses. Anyone hav-
ing few days to spare and desirous
of seeing hemaphrodite- political
monstrosity in action is invited to be
entertained at one of these so-called
assemblies.
We are extremely proud of the fact
that instead of passing a good bank
guaranty law as we promised the peo-
pie, we have secured the submission to
the people of four proposed bank guar
anty laws, not one of which, if enacted,
would protect single depositor in the
state. Thus have we left this promise
open to be made again and campaigned
upon this fall.
We call the attention of the ship
pers in Colorado to our amendment to
the railroad commission law. These
amendments so changed the law that
whereas the supreme court held that
the bill as passed by the republican
legislature was effective and could be
forced, now it is non effective and
uncomfortable; thus giving to the
railroads and the shippers another OPP
portunity for two more years of quar-
res and disturbances over freight
rates and service.
In traversing Colorado, either by au-
tomobile or buggy, we request the
traveller to notice the fact that we
have not expended one dollar on tho
roads of the statp neither have WV
made any attempt to improve them, or
to use the internal improvement fund
left us by the national government.
This gives us over half million dol
lars to scrap over at the coming cleo
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trolled in the state assembly again had
control, and Ii. II. Sedomridge of Col,
orado Springs was high man over
Thomas Ehrhart of Chaffee county
while Benjamin Kobey of Pitkin was
crowded entirely off the primary bal
lot.
One of the hardest fights of the
democratic primary will, no doubt, be
between Charles II. Leckenby of the
Steamboat Pilot and Roady Kenehan
for the nomination for state auditor.
Leckcnby, who is favorably known to
every newspaper man in the state, was
tho only person who had the nerve to
go into the primaries against the
Leckenby practically broke even in the
vote at the democratic assembly, all
of which he credits to the work of his
many newspaper friends. He says he
will depend on them to pull him
through at the September primaries.
What is known as the Stewart re
publicans have completed their list OF
nominations with which they hope TO
capture the republican primary. The
list is as follows: Governor, Philip
B. Stewart; United States senator,
long term, Merle D. Vincent; attorney
general Ben Griffith; state treasurer,
o. d. Cass; auditor of state, Arthur +.
Malcolm; judge supreme court, R. D..
Reese; congressman-at- at-large, L. j..
Stark; regents state university, o. j..
Pfeiffer and B. P. Smith.
The Pueblo Chieftain has submitted
the following platform for the respect
fu consideration of Colorado democra-
cyj
The democracy Of the state of Colo
RADIO points with pride to the remarka-
BILE record of its present state admin
istration. A record filled with the
non-fulfillment of single promise,
and besmirched with the qualities of
inefficiency, disloyalty, corruption and
dishonor.
We view with alarm the claim of
tho republicans that if they are sue
cessful they will again place the state
on business basis and reserve for the
future a substantial bank account.
lit is with pleasure that we call the
attention of all democrats to the fact
that each member of our party who
made request for position under
the present administration was given
that position at the salary requested.
We are extremely pleased with the
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fact that under our administration of
public affairs our colleges and Other
educational institutions have been de
pleted of their student bodies, thus
stopping the wear and tear on floors
and doors and thus allowing us to give
the Janitors and other employees the
same amount of money for the clean
ing out of less dirt and litter. We are
proud of the fact that under our hand
ling of the moneys in the public treas
ury we succeeded in the first twelve
months of our four years incumbency
III spending the entire one-half million
dollars left by the republicans and
during the second twelve months we
were enabled to give private citizens
positions as collectors, soliciting funds
from private individuals and organiza-
tions to maintain our state institutions
of learning and our charitable homes
and hospitals.
1t is with pleasure that we call at
tention to the fact that we have left
vacancy in the United States senate
to be filled by the people.
Nor do we point with less pride to
the fact that of the thirteen pledges
we made to the people of Colorado dur
ing the two campaigns in which we
were successful, not one of them has
been redeemed and our campaign ora
tors can this year rehearse their
speeches of four and two years ago
and redeliver them, thus saving to
those orators the time and trouble of
learning other speeches. Under our
efficient legislative record and espec-
tally under the initiative and referen-
dunn as enacted by us, name factories
can be established whereby citizens Of
our state can become enriched signing
other people s names to legislative pc
''''hS "ishout lcdl VI lbT
forgery. Likewise under our initiative
and referendum, proposed laws without
number can be submitted upon forged
names and the secretary of STATE must
advertise those laws even if he knows
the signatures to them to be forgeres
and that they will not stand the test
of correctness following their adoption
We call the attention of the people
of Colorado to the efficient registration
law recently enacted by our assembly
and signed by Governor Shafroth.
Under its provisions 81 900 false names
can be registered during one election
in the city of Denver and voted for
democracy without any danger to the
The Glenwood post., 1912-08-17

The GraHl Junction Sentinel has Just
installed afnew Goss perfecting news,
paper presf which prints the papers
from lart roll and folds them and
delivers them to the carriers at one
operation And at a rapid rate. This
is an evidehce of prosperity that looks
good to a ai1lewspaper man and we con
gratlate 5he Sentinel on the new ac-
quisition.
The Glenwood post., 1912-08-17
THE CANDIDATE
OF THE INTERESTS

Chicago, Aug. 2.-George w. Per
kins, eastern financier and former
partner of J. p. Morgan, today said
thai the progressive party of the coun-
try has unlimited funds. "And,' he
added, "as long as the party keeps on
the right track it will have the proper
support
Perkins will remain in Chicago until
after the progressive national conven-
ton, which begins Monday He was
emphatic in his prediction that Roose-
welt will be elected.
The Glenwood post., 1912-08-17

Walter Merrill of the Grand Junction
Printing company and c. B. Rich, one
of the leading real estate dealers of
the Peach city, were members of the
Booster excursion to Glenwood Thurs
day and called at this Office.
The Glenwood post., 1912-08-17
schepps to Get Immunity for His
Testimony

New York, August 12.-Samuel
Schepps, alleged "paymaster of the
murder crew" that killed Herman
Rosenthal, is to be held on his arrival
here from Hot Springs, Ark, where he
was arrested Saturday as material
witness and not ~ one Of the accom-
The Glenwood post., 1912-08-17
Gave Visitors the Glad Hand
Also a Dutch Feed and a Wash
in the Pool
VISITORS ARE LOUD IN PRAISE

About one hundred and fifty Grand
Junction Boosters, members of the
Fifty Thousand club, reached Glenwood
a little after noon Thursday by a
special train on the Midland and were
at once piloted to the Hotel Glenwood
where an elegant luncheon was served
by "Mine Host Harry Burnett. At
the close of the splendid ''feed'' ad-
dresses We're made by Congressman
Taylor, Mayor Todd, Col b. +. Mont
gomery, Roy Vickery and Harry Bar,
nett. The visitors were loud in their
praise of the committee of Glenwood
business men that had provided the
luncheon and for the tasty manner in
which Burnett had served the same.
The Glenwood band gave Il concert
from the hotel balcony and also in the
hotel Office where Miss Mabel Moore
rendered a vocal selectio ON with band
aceoinPasiissent.i The -Grapd Junction
band also gave concert, with singing
by Mr.. Blanchard Mckee.
The next attraction was ball game
between the mterstates of Grand
junction and the G1euwopl foam, which
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resulted in score of to in favor
of the visitors. From 4 to 6 p. III. the
visitors We're treated to a swim in the
big pool through the courtesy of the
Glenwood merchants and the Glenwood
Hot Springs and Hotel company.
The eXcursionists occupied their
spare time in calling on the Glenwood
business men with whom they were ac
quainted and making new acquaint-
ances.
The visitors left for their homes at
9 O'Clock after declaring that the day
had been most deligstrully spent and
passing unanimous vote of thanks
to those responsible for their splendid
entertainment.
There was general feeling that
such trips We're of great benefit alike
to the visitors and to the towns which
are visited as they tend toward a spirit
of harmony along the line of develop
ment of the country. The spirit of
good fellowship and harmony was very
pronounced in Thursdays meeting
and we can speak for Glenwood and
say that we are glad our neighbors
paid us this pleasant visit and hope
they will come again.
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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-01

have been shy of rainbows for these
many years, and it grieves us to sug-
gest that he has been careless in APP
plying too highly colored pigment in
painting these rainbOWs. Mr.. Todd
has the division of the votes to be cast
in this state next Tuesday distributed
with mathematical accuracy. He gives
the republicans so many thousand, the
progressives so many thousand, and
the residue. which is a great many
more thousand is given to the demo-
Gratis, insuring that party a majority,
or more properly speaking, plurality
of $4,000. We can hardly understand
how Hugh was able to stop at the mod
est $4,000, and are surprised that he
did not make it an even 100000. 1t
would be just as easy to write the lat
ter amount, and the rainbow would
have been more highly cOlOred. To
one who can hardly accept Mr.. Todd s
mathematical calculations without a
grain Of salt, there seems to be pos
sible contingencies at the election
that Mr.. Todd has carelessly over
looked. He has not taken into account
the prohibition, the social-labOr and
the socialist vote in his calculations
The two former may be negligible
quantity. but in ignoring the socialist
vote in tabulating his figures Mr.. Todd
has made grave mistake, which in
the end may upset his predictions
That vote is going to cut some ice
next Tuesday, and may be a factor in
bringing disappointment to our young
friend of democratic prOclivities.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-01

Pat Shine, of Spokane, spoke to a
gathering Of people in this place Tues
day evening from a democratic stand
point. Mr.. Shine Is shrewd, keen
lrishman, an attorney, and personally
a genial gentleman. But he has the
politicians failing of straying from
facts. Probably Mr.. Shine is excus-
able for this, as he confesses that
he has taken no part in politics for
twelve years. This Is no doubt true,
for It was evident from his statements
that he has been doing the Rip Van
Wrinkle stunt, and has kept no tab on
the. growth of the state and the mater
ial changes that have taken place in
Washington during the past dozen
years. He tried to compare the cost of
maintaining the state government of
today with what 1t cost in 1900, obvi-
ously an unfair comparison. But that
could have been passed unnoticed had
ne not sprung defamatory article
on the audience that appeared in the
Wall Street Journal, in which the cost
OF maintaining this state was DISTRICT
ed and falsified. Now If Mr.. Shine has
not been asleep these dozen years he
knew when he sprung the article that
1t was almost wholly without founda-
ton of fact. The Wall Street Jour-
hars article is a tissue of misstate-
ments, written in total ignorance of
the financial condition of this state,
and has been exposed and refuted
times without number. Furthermore,
Is 1t not strange, with the denuncia-
ton of Wall street on every tongue
from Maine to Mexico, and from the
Atlantic to the Pacific coast, that any
speaker would have the temerity to
quote Wall Street authority to make
point against any candidate? Emf
mating from Wall street is enough to
condemn such an article in the minds
OF all people without the necessity of
denial
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-01

One of the speakers Tuesday night
at the democrat rally dwelt with much
gustO upon the amount of money Gov.
Hay spent in his campaign prior to
the primary election, and in covert
language intimated that the governor
must expect to recoup himself from
the office. The speaker did not say
that in so many words, because he is
personally acquainted with Gov. Hay
knows his character for probity, but
he did so by insinuatiOn. That may be
politics, but hardly honorable even in
politics. Under the law a candidate
for office must file, under oath, q state
ment of his expenditures in making
the race for Office. 1t is a good law,
and honest men abide by 1t strictly.
Gov. Hay filed an itemized statement
OF his expenditures. They amounted
to over $4,000, but every dollar was
legitimately expended, and what Ia
more he paid the money out OF his own
pocket. He paid his fare in travelling,
so is under no obligations to transpor-
tation corporations. He asked not a
cent donation from any one, SO he has
no debts to pay in the way Of Offices or
special privileges If he is elected, He
would go into the Office untrammeled
by prediction promises. He made an
honest statement of expenses, swore
to the statement with a clear con-
science. The speaker said nothing
about the expense account of Bob
Hodge, the ex-prize fighter, and dis
credited candidate for governor on the
progressive ticket. Yet Bob Hodge
travelled as extensively over the state
prior to the primary election as did
Gov. Hay, he flooded every city, town
and hamlet with his Autograph and
literature, his campaign could not
have cost any less than that of Gov
Hay, yet Hodge had the effrOntry and
nerve to make oath that his election
expenses amounted to only one hun.
dred and fifty.fOur dollars! Why. that
would not have paid the postage on
the stuff he flooded the mails with,
Bob Hodge did not have the money to
spend as lavishly as he spent it. 1t
came from men who are backing his
candidacy and who expect to be re-
warded If Hodge is elected. The in
vestment on Hodge was a gamble. by
gamblers, with the expectation OF q
rich return upon the investment. Yet
the speaker would damn one candidate
by remaining silent as to his perjury.
Can voters be Influenced by such tao
tics?
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-01

Mr.. Merritt Is very affable gentle
man and fluent talker, but coming
out OF city where he touches elbows
daily with bright men he presumes
the people of the country do no think
ing, and will accept any declaration
that may be made from the stump
In his his speech here he appealed to
the voters to elect a democratic con-
gress while they are electing Mr.. Will
son, for should Mr.. Wilson win. and
congress be republican, his hands
would be tied and he could accomplish
no reform, If SO inclined. That sound
ed good and plausible. Mr.. Merritt
spoiled 1t all in the next breath by de-
nouncing Mr.. Taft for not accomplish
ing any legislation of merit, when it is
well known that Mr.. Taft has been
DATED and harrassed and all his pro-
posed reforms nulified by democratic
congress. Mr.. Merritt declared that a
president could accomplish nothing in
the race of an antagonistic congress.
and yet could denounce President
Taft for failure when he has been had
icapped with a democratic congress
mat may win with the unthinking.
put Mr.. Merritt was facing an audience
that could not be very easily bambooz-
led by such flimsy appeals.