The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-10-30
PROMINENT DEMOCRAT
OPPOSES ED. HEATING

| in reply to one OF the circular letters
| sent TO many people in this distrlci
| by Scott Ferris asking that Win the
War Heating for Congress Clubs" be
formed. Col. Spencer has long been
| leading Democrat in Fremont com
y ana was until after the primary Tia
YEAR Democratic county chairman f,y
Frea ont county. The letter was first
published in the Fremont County
Leader. the Democratic newspaper a
Canon City. and has since been pub.
lished in many newspapers.
The Letter:
Canon city. Colo, oct. >. 1918.
Hon Scott Ferris. Chairman Demo
cratic National Congre sionu Com
mittee. Washington, d. C.:
Ny dear Nh Ferris:
Your letter. inviting me to aid in
bringing about the early organization
II a patriotic win the War h-AT-
ING FOR CONGRESS CLUB" has
been duly received.
anu unalterably in favor Of win
ming the war and / want 1t to De- d
regular knock down and drag out lin
ssh. with Berlin wrecked, Cologne laid
waste. Hamburg. Bremen and every
Hun city reduced to small particles OF
brick dust ashes and glass. Napoleon
was declared to be the outlaw" of
| Europe and banished to ST. Helena.
want the Kaiser and his ring leader
stood before a firing squad and exc
cuted. In so far as I could ] have ell
deavored to contribute toward win
ming the war | joined the first help
win-the-war club organized In Colo
radn and was made its secretary. ]
organized the first branch Of Four
Minute Men in Colorado and am its
chairman: have helped with the food
administration and am member Of
The Fair Price" committee. ] am d
price reporter to the Division of stat
istics in Washington; have served
as volunteer bond salesman in each
OF the Liberty loans; l served as coun-
~ chairman of publicity in The Third
Liberty Loan and have underi aiken
the same task in the Fourth; me
and my house" have observed the food
regulations in every detail: | have
sold War Savings stamp and bought
all / could: / have bought a small
Liberty bond and expect to buy more
have contributed to The Rod Cross
and other war activities: ] have sent
smokes TO the BOYS 'over there" /
have endeavored at all times 10 rea
der the greatest measure OF service
toward winning the war and whatever
have failed TO accomplish is due en.
tlrely to limited ability and means
Ny spirit has always been 100 per cent
willing
An Invitation from Heating to help
win the war by electlng him 10 Con
gress appeals to me as being a ridi
culous as would an Invitation from
the devil 10 join him in singing We
Are Marching onward to Zion" on
April 2s. 1917. three weeks after this
country had declared var on Germany.
Heating stood on the floor OF Congress
and declared emphatically that he was
against this particular war" He
further said IL was not an American
war-that our President didn't intend
making II an American war Keat-
ing voted FOR everything the Presl-
dent didn't want and AGAINST ey-
erything the President asked for
Heating scored 100 per cent wrong on
every measure passed to aid in carry
ing on the war and showed unmistak
ably that his heart was not with his
country in the greatest crisis IL has
ever had or ever will have. And now
/ am asked by the Chairman Of the
Democratic National Congressional
Committee to aid in returning Keat
ing to Congress in order that he may
s,r,.,rt tI,o pv.efFaur In his war npli