The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-08-05
CHARGE BALLOTS
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PROHIBITED
Fraudulent and Infamous Actionss
Charged to Rockefeller Men
In Colorado Elections.
CLEAR EXPOSE MADE
BY SUPREME COURT,
Sheriff Jeff Farr and Whole Coal
Company Grew Ordered to !
Get Out. e..


ulent and Infamous prostitution of,
the ballot was: resorted to at tho
last election by the Republican, or
ganization Of the Colorado coal
fields in behalf of John D. Rookie.
feller's Colorado Fuel & Iron COM
pany. This is the latest charge
brought against the men who put
over' Governor George Carlson.
Sheriff jeff Farr, and the other,
Law and Order" candidates who
succeeded in the last election.
Who charges it?
Frank p. Walsh7 80
Guess again.
The supreme court of the state of
Colorado!
Court Gusts Whole Gang.
In q decisoin that confirms all
Walsh said about; the: corrupt meth
DDS of the Rockefeller company, the
highest court in the state orders
Sheriff jeff F'arr and all his coal
company crew to step down and out
and turn over their stolen offices to
their Democratic opponents.
The same Infamous and fraudu.
lent prostitution OF the ballot that
gave Farr his bogus election also
sWelled the plurality of Carlson, the
coal company governor now in office.
But because the case at bar con-
cerned only the result in Huerfano
county. Carlson is left undisturbed.
The decision and opinion Just
handed down by the Colorado SUI
preme court constitutes an amazing
expose of high-handed intimidation,
coercion and corruption practised by
the coal company and the RepubN-
can party. The court .fiadsa that tho
coal company was the Republicans
party, and that party's - candidates
merely the servfle tools used by thiSi
company to rivet the chains of indus
trial tyranny on its employees.
There can be-" says the court. re.
1erf1ng to conditions proved to exist
In the Colorado coal fields. mo free
open and fair election. as contem-
plated by the constitution. where pri-
vate industrial corporations SO
throttle public opinion, deny the free
exercise of choice by sovereign elect
ors, dictate and control all election
officers. prohibit public discussion Of
public questions, and tmperially
command what citizens may and
what citizens may not, peacefully
and for lawful purposes. enter upon
election. or public territory"
Every act Of corruption described
by the supreme court was committed
late in the year 1914, after the date
when Rockefeller's agents had swornl
that political activity had ceased,
and after John D. Rockefeller had|
practically assumed personal chareel
by sending Mackenzie King to Col
orado and had formulated his much
advertised Colorado plan.r
They were committed, says the
court, long after all disorder had
ceased, and when the federal troops
were in charge of the district.
To cofFoborate its findings, the !
supreme court quotes the admissions
Of e. II. Weitzel. highest field Off,
Ger for Rockefeller, who personally
ordered the Democratic candidates
kept out of the eight closed precincts
on the ground that they were agitat-l
Court Findings .Corroborated.
The whole case is summed up byi
the court as follows: !!
~ I'VE are unable to find q precedent
where like, or similar conditions,
have been considered as in this case,
wherein private corporations have
assumed to deny the public character
Of an election and to arbitrarily take
charge Of and conduct the same as if