The Lamar register., 1914-08-12
Just Tellin' Thingr

entitled, "The Fakers," telling OF the
meteoric rise of one T. Marmaduke
Hicks. We do not know whether Mr..
Blythe ever met Congressman Keat-
ing of Colorado, but we do know he
has certainly drawn deadly parallel
to the later's career.
We are not familiar with Keating's
boyhood or school days, but we well
remember when he first obtained a
situation as copyholder in the proof
room of the old Denver Republican Of
flee. From the first he was a con-
slant friend and admirer of every
politician he could get acquainted with
and never lost an opportunity of fore
ing himself to the front. In the nat
ural run of events he was admitted
as an apprentice into the Typograph-
ical union and shortly afterward was
admitted to full membership as proof
reader and he has used the labor dope
ever since to further his political am
billions. Along about this time, dur
ing the Populist days, when the state
had gone politically crazy, Heating
started out to be a Pop, but sudden
ly shifted his position when offered a
place on the democratic city ticket as
auditor. The democrats who were in
bad political straights at that time
had hard time to get enough men to
accept the nomination on their ticket
for the various offices in Denver and
Heating smelling around to sacrifice
himself on the altar and gain political
fame, volunteered to run for the hope
less cause. johnson was nominated
for mayor and Heating for city audi
tor The ticket had been put up with
no hope Of success, but the unexpect-
ed happened and on election day all
were elected with the political land
slide. The morning after election
Heating loosened up his belt and stuff
ing himself with a pillow swelled up
like poisoned pup when he came down
to tender his resignation as proof
reader.
Well, Auditor Heating took the Of
flee and Immediately consulted and
advised with Tom Patterson and he
did not make single appointment or
move during his term of office without
the boss sanction. The action natur-
ally made Paterson take the young
politicians destinies in hand and when
Keating's terms expired. he was
made political reporter on the News,
later being promoted to city editor
and finally jollying the senator until
he worked Tom McKenna out Of his
lifelong position as city editor.
During the intervening years Keat-
ing was the devoted adherent of Pat
terson doing his political scouting and
jollying his patron saint.
About this time we lost track of
Eds career, but we learned that he
later went to Pueblo and started a
paper and the next we learned of him
he was romping up and down the state
hollering his head off about free sug-
ar and that the state did not need the
$20,O00.00O yearly that the sugar
trust" was spending in Colorado. Then
he was elected to congress by one of
the strange political turns which first
made him famous and which elected
such men as Rhody Kenehan and Kon-
gresham Kindel. On his arrival in
Washington Heating turned down his
old friend Patterson and commenced
padding his own canoe on the politi-
cal stream of life. Turning. to his
billiant wife ian ex-newspaper woman
of note), Heating keeps her busy
writing articles to the country press
signed by him the text of which is
a." Edward the Great, did this, or
81" am about to do that. In fact one
of her brilliant articles used the pro-
noun 81" So times in three columns
telling what 81" (Edward) can do for
the dear people.
Read Sam Blythe's"Fakers" and then
look over Keating's record and draw
your own conclusions as to whether
T. Marmaduke Hicks and Congress-
man Ed Heating of Colorado are not
one and the same person.-D. P.
Sauners in the RrI1sh Ranuhl;con