Gunnison news-champion., 1916-11-03
Shafroth Speaks to
Crowd

Hon. John F. Shafroth, United States
Senator from Colorado, was the princi.
pal speaker at Democratic meeting
held here last Tuesday night. and ad-
dressed large audience. Senator Sha-
froth directed his remarks more psrtic-
ularly towards the Progressives than
than the Republicans or Democrats, but
characterized achievements of the VIII
son administration as being progressive
in every sense Of the term. During the
course Of his talk he constantly referred
to and read from the Progressive plat
form which has been characterized by
the Progressives as being the most pro-
gressive platform in American history
since the days of Abraham Lincoln. He
then contended that the Wilson admin
istration had enacted into law nine
tenths of that platform. and. therefore,
the Progressives should feel very favor
ably toward Wilson administration, and
that the logical conclusion should be
that the Progressives would support
Wilson this fall
Furthermore, he brought out very
forcibly IN his talk that Theodore
Roosevelt, who was the father of that
Progressive platform. is now attacking
President Wilson for the very things
which he himself had advocated. and
which President Wilson has enacted in
to law.
In discussing that particular plank in
the Progressive platform in regard to
the revision downward of the tariff,
Senator Shafroth told of how the Re-
publicans, in their platform of 1908.
pledged themselves to revise the tariff.
but instead OF revising it downward. they
revised il upwards as was afterwards
shown by the monstrous Payne Aldrich
law.
He also touched upon the Federal Re-
serve law, and explained how the tinan-
cial world was wrested from Wall Street
and placed into twelve reserved banks
scattered over different parts of the
country, and illustrated very clearly
how it was impossible under that law
for panics to occur as they have in the
past.
Senator Shafroth made a very clear
exposition of beneficial effects of the
wonderful Eight-hour law. which has
been so much criticised by the opposi-
ton but which was heartily approved
10y the audience. He showed beyond
the question of doubt that statements
by the opposition and the railway COM
panies, to the effect that it would in
~ raa N hIrrdana IN fha rfan 80
sixty million dollars. WAS fallacy.
Many other practical enactments of
the present national administration
were taken up and discussed, and in
closing, paid high tribute to Judge
Gunter and the entire state ticket, and
besought the people of this community
to rally to its support, announcing his
confidence that they would be true to
the confidence which the people would
place in it.
This is the first time that Mr.. Shaf-
roth has been in Gunnison for q number
of years.
Senator John F. Pearson also made a
brief talk in which he detailed many in
teresting facts concerning the Work
mems Compensation Law, the Indus
trial Law, and the law which gave our
State Normal School g. 100 mill levy. and
showed how utterly baseless the charge
made against him by w. C. Robinson,
former State Senator from El Paso
county, and always . hostile opponent
Of our State Normal School, and now .
candidate for election for Attorney Gen.
eral on the Republican ticket, were.
The citizens Of Gunnison County are
always, Il seems. anxious to hear Sena-
tor Pearsou, and, - was the eass with
Senator Shafroth. b received hearty
applause.