The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-07-08
The Infamy of Progressive Exposures

uncovered Tie unhiilOoS pfOSSSoAA8s
of Mr.. Costigan in the recent commit.
tee meeting of that party deserve the
thanks of every loyal citizen Of Col
orado.
Ever since Mr.. Costigan accepted &
retainer from the United Mine Work
ers to become their political attorney
he has been doubly determined to be-
come the governor Of Colorado SO al
more particularly to represent theil
interests.
It must be borne in mind that Mr.
Costigan never has represented the
United Mine Workers in any litiga-
ton in the courts of the state, but hi,
services have been confined solely to
the investigations before the congress
sional committee and in other semi
political capacities.
1t has been impossible for the pa
triotic progressives to get Mr.. Costi-
gan to state specifically where he
stood upon the question of law en-
forcement as applied to the United
Mine Workers.
In every speech he has delivered
there has been nothing but glittering
generalities and a great many idle
words about social and industrial JUS
tice. But not one word of specific
pledge of law enforcement against ev-
cry person who might bear arms
against the state, and no word has he
ever uttered except in defense Of the
actions Of the United Mine Workers
in the late unpleasantness at Ludlow.
The patriotic progressives determin-
ed that Mr.. Costigan once and for all
should uncover his real intentions to-
ward the people Of the state, and SO
precipitated the issue in the state
committee upon the high-handed and
arbitrary removal Of Mr.. ]. S. Tenn
pie, an old and highly respected citi-
zen Of the state, for the sole reason
that he would not agree with Mr.. Cos
tigan in relation to the proper treat
ment Of the United Mine Workers in
their war against the constituted au-
thorities Of the state.
In the conduct Of the proceedings Of
the state committee the patriotic pro-
Rressives were much wiser than were
the Costigan followers. The last thing
ON earth that the patriotic progress
ives desired was control Of the state
central committee, for they did not
care to be responsible for any ticket
which Mr.. Costigan might head. and
the reinstatement Of Mr.. Temple
would inevitably have forced the res
ignation Of Mr.. Dodge, and the en-
tire responsibility Of the campaign
would have been thrown upon the pat
riotic progressives.
Their sole purpose in bringing the
Temple matter into the state COM
mittee was to show how the Costigans
and the Causeys could and would be-
tray the most sacred friendships to
promote their personal interests, and
just what an arrant hypocrite Mr..
Costigan Is in dealing with the peo-
pie of the state.
The revelations in that committee
and the confessions made by Mr.. Co.'S
tigan and Mr.. Causey that they were
violating the most sacred condolences
Of old-time friendship made the en-
tire assembly hang its head in shame
that the ambition or self-interest Of
any men, however depraved, should
lead into the adoption Of such meth
DDS.
The patriotic progressives have
every reason to be satisfied with the
exposures which they forced the Co.'S
tgan gang to make of their infamy
in the game of politics this year, and
when the matter Of the reinstatement
of Mr.. Temple was put to a vote the
managers Of the patriotic progress
ives held back enough votes to prevent
the reinstatement Of Mr.. Temple.
The state committee of the pro-
gressive party by a majority of three,
on any sort of fair test, is absolute
ly opposed to the candidacy Of either
the attorney for the mine workers or
any attorney Of the mine operators in
this important campaign in Colorado,
and if Mr.. Costigan does not under
stand this feeling he is certainly toe
blinded with his own self-importance
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