The chronicle=news., 1914-07-25

of the state committee the patriotic
ProGrcssiN"s were much wiser than
were the Costigan followers. The last
thing on earth that the patriotic
proErCssiycs desired WAS control of
the state central committee, for they
did not care to be responsible for any
ticket which Mr.. Costi"an might
head. and the reinstatement of Mr.
Temple would inevitably have forced
the resignation of Mr.. Dodge. and
tho entire responsibility Of the cam
Dairn would have been thrown upon
the patriotic progrcssivcs.
Their sole purpose In brin ging the
Temple matter into the state com
mittcc was to show how the Costi-
gans and the Causcys could ana
would bctray the most sacred friend
ships to promote their personal in
tcrcsts, and just what an arrant
hypocritc Mr.. Costigan is in dealing
with the people of the state.
The revelations in that committee
and the confessions made by Mr.. Cos
tiGan and Mr.. Causey that they were
violating the most sacred contidcnc-
cs of old-timc friendship made the
entire assembly hang its head in
shame that the ambition or sclf-in-
tcrcst of any men. however dcpravcd,
should lead into the ado Ition of such
methods.
The patriotic ProgrCSsivCs have
every reason to be satisfied with the
exposures which they forced the
CostiGan Cotcric to make of their
own infamy in the game of politics
this year. and when the matter of
thc reinstatement of Mr., Temple was
put to Il vote the managers Of tn" pa
| triotiC rroCrcssives held back enough
| votes to prevent the reinstatement Of
Mr.. Temple.
The state committee of the Pro
;rcssivc party by a majority of three,
on any sort of II fair test, is aDso-
lutcly opposed to the candidacy of
either the attorney for the mine
workers or any attorney Of the min"
operators in this important cam
pal IN in Colorado, and If Mr.. Costi
"an docs not undcrs tand this feeling
he is certainly too blinded with his
own sClf-importanCc and selfish am
bitions properly to understand the
Overwhelming sentiment of the pru-
pie of the state of CUIrado against
both himself and his political doc
trincs.
Another matter that the patriotic
ProErcssivcs made manifest was that
Ben Griffith is just a. much like
Costigan in his political methods as
are two peas in pod. There is
rule in the Progressive 1arty that no
oificC-hold"r or candidate fer public
office shall serve as a member of any
party committee. Griffith has been
. member of the state committee,
aud under all rules of honor and de
ccncy the announcement OF his can
liducy for the senate should have
disqualified him from serving ON that
committee. Not only did he not re
sign himself but he showed up with
a proxy to himself and insisted ON
casing two votes on every matter
that came mp.
Ills right to do this was ClIai-
lcn%cd. but, of course, the chair up
held him. The object Of this party
rule was to prevent wuuld-br caudi-
dates from using the party committee
as machiu" to further their own in
torcsts a against other would-hc
candidates. Mr.. Griffith kuow this
perfectly we'll. Tor he was chairman
of the committee that drafted this
rule. But when the rule affected
him as a candidate. like CoStigan he
threw the rule to the winds
Verify tn" Progressive party is in
desperate straits.