Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-11-03
EDWARD KEATINe's RECORD
Continued from First Page

OF new orleans. But we ulQ anOtDet
thing; We established the principle OF
the right of an American citizen to
travel undisturbed on the broad seas
war or no waI. This right remains to
this day, but 1t is this very right that
Mr.. Keating voted to abrogate when
he voted for the McLemore resolution.
He calls it "technicality: this great
principle, that when an American ctr
zen steps on board ship, he can fold
"Old Glory"-the Stars and Stripes
around him, and lay him down and
sleep in peace, safe from bomb, shell
or torpedo, which otherwise might
blow him into kingdom come. And
look at it from another angle. The
President was hard pressed: tremen'
dous issues hung on his shoulders: his
letter of appeal to Congress was al.
most pitiful, begging Congress not to
take action that would discredit him
in the eyes of the whole world. Con
gress stood by him. but Mr. Keating
brutally deserted him. Do you call
that STANDING BY THE POLICIES
OF THE PRESIDENT?" Do you con
slider this a safe man to represent you
in Congress ON such tremendous
questions which involve the honor and
welfare of our great country?
Mr. Ncdtin9 ara INC NdtioHdI SudTu
Bill.
THAT no member of the Nation
al Guard shall be called upon to
perform duty in connection with
controversies between employers
and employees where the question
at issue is one of hours or labor,
wages, working conditions, or
right of either side of the contro-
Ent. Ia .afa
guarding of its legal interests
Please read that over again. then
again, and let it soak into your con
seriousness good and proper. 1t is an
amendment to the Hay National Guard
bill, introduced into the lower house
of Congress on March 10th. 1916. You
will find 1t on page 529l of the Con
gressional Record. The Hay bill was
approved by the President This
amendment was fought by Mr.. Hay
himself. and by Congressman Mann,
Adamson, Sanford and Fields. The dis
cussion covers two pages of the Rec
ord. The amendment was rejected by
the House.
Who introduced it.? Why, your
friend EDWARD KEATING OF COLO
RADIO, of course. Can't you see the
fine Italian hand?
None of us can ever forget the great
Colorado strike of 1894. Nor can
we forget that Mr.. Keating was the
open. active partisan of the most law
less element of the strikers. on the
floor of Congress: that il was entirely
due to his activities that the con.
gressional committee of investigation
was appointed, whose report, tainted
by partisan politics, blackened the
fair name of Colorado and her people.
stopped immigration and reduced val
ues from 25 to so per cent. And now
when the army bill is up. to federalize
the National Guard. Mr.. Heating, the
man who is supposed to represent us
in Congress, who swore TO take care
of our interests. slips In an amend
ment which, II adopted. would deprive
Colorado. and every other state. OF the
last vestige of police protection I'm
case of lawiess strikes. He would
cast a stigma upon our militia boys.
whom we know now, better than we
knew them, were a band of heroes,
performing their noble duty without
pay, often without shoes: keeping or
der as best they could, with a mini
mum of casualties. Can you imagine
what a condition would prevail with
no police protection In event of an.
1t IS almost unbelievable that anv
man, who processes to believe in the
maintenance of law and order would
do this vile thing: would be willing
to expose those who have been his
friends to the mercies of those who
burn and kill. But am compelled 10
believe that Mr.. Reating did this. for
the open page OF the Congressional
Record lies before me, in cold print:
and this act OF treachery to his friends
is there in its hideousness. And when
you go to bed tonight, my friend, lie
awake awhile and think what a con-
dition you would be in II the protec-
tIon of the law were taken away from
you. your wife, children and home.
Who Is Edward keating, Anyhow?
Up in Pueblo they say he came
there about April, 1912, and secured
control of the Pueblo Leader news
paper, and that that fall he was
elected to Congress; that his Pueblo
residence all this time has been the
Congress hotel, but personally that he
was in Denver most of the time, be-
ing a member of the Land Board, ap-
pointed by Governor Shafroth. In May
1913, he sold his stock in the Leader.
and since then has owned no property
of any kind or nature in this district;
that he does, however, own real estate
in Denver.
1t seems almost incredible that this
political soldier OF fortune" should
at this moment be representing this
great agricultural district in Congress-.
The banner agricultural county of the
world-Otero county-whose exhibits
at national expositions capture every
ing has worked against the real inter
ests of this great county. known the
world over, and has done nothing for
1t. He is not a taxpayer here, and he
comes to his technical residence only
often enough to "hoId his claim " II