The Washington herald., 1913-08-30
Denver's Judge, Object Of Pc.
Iitical SkuIlduggery, to
Expose Enemies.
HAS WOMEN'S SUPPORT
Attack Made on Juvenile Jurist by
Crooked City Machine Through
Fake Organization.

IN TINS country hIlONu luG "Ollu ONSL AOi
his work for de kids"
On the eve Of Judge Lindsey's arriva
in WASHINGTON to answer the attacks
which have been made against him
Washington was swamped yesterday
with literature from the sO-called or
Canization which has been after hi
scalp for months.
Judge Lindsey will address a largt
meeting under the auspices of the Con
q esSional committee Of the Nationa
american Woman Suffrage Association
at the Columbia Theater tomorrow aft
crnOon. He viii then make his first re
lily TO the iusdious attacks Of ''Tht
Beast"
For weeks the county has been flooded
by circulars signed only by The Women
Protective League OF Denver. and 70 in
form the country which has trusted hin
implicitly and honored him, that Judge
Lindsey is protecting and shielding perpe-
traitors of hideous outTages against young
ghls. II is advanced as an aPparen
policy OF the juvenile court over whiCl
Judge Lindsey presides that these case
are not to he prosecuted. unless -
fragrant that their suppression would 10
lmpUSs Die. and then only !eHieHt sen
gruces are to he imposed.
Summarized. the statements in these
circulars are.
That the women Of DENY er, who elected
Judge Lindsey three OF the seven times
the hIpal tisan machine has forced hin
to run for Office in the last thirteen years,
now convinced that he has been
!rrrcaut To his trust. and that they rag
lily are ObtsmIng the requisite l"Wp sig
natures to re, al Ietiuon.
That the records of hi court show that
time after time hagrant cases. involving
"utrages against young girls. have been
dismissed by Lindsay without trial.
That in cases where a trial could not
Ie avUiIeI an where a sentence to the
.~r1te leralmatory at Buena Vista was
imposed Judge Lindsey has imposed a
leulnnt seut-ure. and the offender has cs-
apcd with few months incarceration
I. rai:>e of the policy Of Linsey in such
,.ses
That the police record OF certain cases.
,..,ruad ,uri.S 0c which are printed in the
,r..nIars. prove the last two "ha' ges.
Two Make Up "Ben~t."
raln ....v Incorporated. The Womens
I4ute-tile Leagle Of Denver is the
least 4 careful investigation Just con
,mlcd in Denver disclosed the fact that
The Womeus Protective League COM
prlscd two PeoTle-E X. Whitehead, sec
r.Iary of the Colorado Society for the
IHrNcrriou # cruelty to Children and
-'"ilna.s. and D.. Mary Elizabeth Bates, 4
I'-.t-r r.EstcIan. wrll known there for
,.,.l.!ln NseWS on ss-N problems. and h"i
sr1ou- alliance with Whitehead in all his
fl-ht~ ugaiusJ Judge Lindsey. As far a.
can he ascertained. these are the only
Two who have signed the recall petition
referred Ia in the circulars
To how that these TWO arc of the Beast
is not dIffi.ult. The humane society was
..uudrd j.v the late Walter Cheesman.
IIc.igeut Of the Denver Union Water
Company. the most oppressive public
s..,i,n ,rr-o.atlon IN Denver.
Cne-smau founded the humane society
- a rlo-.. corporation. Then. Though his
I,Llt.,aI iuCrense. lie managed to have
The salaries of its officers paid by the
State. and had Offices furnished it in the
State capitol He appointed f. X White
head its secretary. Naturally the Chees-
man estate dominates the society now
As Waite" "heesman dominated it during
his lifetime As it has paid agents. ap-
lointed nv the society. throughout the
State. il is power in POLITICS.
Victory starts Fight.
For twenty years the people of Denver
lad been trying to escape from the Op-
preston Of the Denver Union Water
CulnQauy For ~ enty years they had
fought torhave the city buy out the COM
p4ny and establish municipal Ownershtp.
From the time he mounted the bench
Judge Lindsey was in the front of this
fight Three years ago the fifty-year
franchise Of the water company expired.
In the campaign over the renewal of this
franchise Lindsay and the clean govern
ment interests fought for municipal own
ership and won the election.
The water company Immediately car
lied the case TO the United States Supreme
,'ourt and lost. The decision was handed
Down last spring. Lindsey had won his
battle. and upon him again the wrath of
the big interests was turned with all its
fury. Lindsey had just undergone a seri-
GUS opera ton in Battle Creek. 1t was
apparent he could not attend to any bust
ness for months. Here was the chance
for the claws Of the Beast to rake a pros
trate form. The circulars were prepared.
copy for them being taken TO the printing
office and the proofs corrected BY f. K.
Whitehead. They were put in the mails.
Every large newspaper in the United
States was on the mailing list. Civic and
religious societies were flooded with them.
Senator's and Congressmen found them in
.heir mail. An effort was made to have
Denver papers carry the propaganda.
Even the hostile papers refused TO have
anything 10 do with it. Boss Evans own
paper. the Denver Times. refused to get
nto the fight. believing that Evans con-
aectiOn wiki il should be kept from the
public.
Truth of the Charge.
It is interesting to note that the dauSh-
ter Of Walter CheeSman. founder of the
humane society and president, while he
lived of the Denver Union Water Com.
pany. is the wife Of John Evans, son Of
the boss" thus uniting the tramway
and water companies and offering the
humane society as the tool Of both.
All this is by the way of identifying the
Beast with the "Women's Protective
League The real issue, of course, con-
Germs the truth or falsity Of the charges
made by the League" They are utterly
and entirely false.
Taking a section here and there from
the police blotters, the plotters have built
up what they present as a case to show
that Judge Lindsey has not protected
young girls. The court record Of these
casts, available to all, has been studiously
ave tded.
Here is the situation in Denver with re-
gard to such cases: -..
All the courts operate under one law a
rigid statute placing the age of consent at
eighteen years, and designating as rape.
punishable. upon conviction, by an in
leterninate sentence up to forty years,
sither in the reformatory or the peniten-
dary, any such case. regardless of the
circumstances, in which girl is shown
10 be under eighteen years of age.
Because Of the very severity of the law
juries in Colorado have refused TO con-