The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-10-25
PROMINENT DEMOCRAT
OPPOSES ED. kEATING

/
in reply to one of the circular letters
sent to many people in this district
/ by Scott Ferris asking that win the
War Keating for Congress Clubs" be
formed. Col Spencer has long been
/ leading Democrat in Fremont coun-
ty and was until after the primary this
| year Democratic county chairman for
| Fremont county. The letter was first
! published in the Fremont County
Leadefs the Democratic newspaper at
| Canon City, and has since been pub
lished in many newspapers.
The Letter:
Canon City. Colo, Oct 2, 1918.
| Hon. Scott Ferris, Chairman Demo
cratic National Congressional Com
mittee. Washington. D. c.:
| My dear Mr. Ferris:
| Your letter. inviting me to aid in
bringing about the early organization
| of a patriotic Win the War KEAT-
| ING FOR CONGRESS CLUB" has
been duly received. .
am unalterably in favor OF win
! ming the war and l want it to be a
regular knock down and drag out fin
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 firing squad and exc
cuted. In SO far as | could l have en-
deavored to contribute toward win
ming the war. joined the first help
win-the-war club organized in Colo
rado and was made its secretary; J
organized the first branch of Four
Minute Men in Colorado and am Its
chairman; l have helped with the food
administration and am a member OF
| the Fair Price" committee; l am a
| price reporter to the Division of Stat
| istics in Washington l have served
| as a volunteer bond salesman in each
of the Liberty loans; served as coun
ty chairman of publicity in the Third
Liberty Loan and have undertaken
the same task in the Fourth; me
and my house" have observed the food
| regulations in every detail: l have
| sold War Savings Stamps and bought
! all l could; l have bought a small
Liberty bond and expect to buy more +;
| l have contributed to the Red Cross
| and other war activities; l have sent
smokes to the boys "over there:"
| have endeavored at all times to rem.
| der the greatest measure of service
| toward winning the war and whatever
! have failed to accomplish is due en-
firn1y tn Hynifod ahi1it,-
My spirit has always been 100 per cent
! willing.
An invitation from Keating to help
| win the war by efecting him to Con,
| gress appeals to me as being as ridi
| culous as would an invitation from
| the devil to Join him in singing I'VE
| Are Marching Onward to Zion" On
| April %, 1917. three weeks after this
country had declared war on Germany,
Keating stood on the floor of Congress
and declared emphatically that he was
against this particular war" He
further said it was not an American
war-that our President didn't intend
making it an American war" Keat-
ing voted FOR everything the Presi-
dent didn't want and AGAINST ev-
erything the President asked for
Keating 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 it has
ever had or ever will have. And now
am asked by the chairman of the
Democratic National Congressional
\
ing to Congress in order that he may
support the President tn his war poll
cies! Heating was extensively pro
German before we entered the war
ran true to breed in the sessions of
Congress since, and in my opinion is
very dangerous man to have In the
councils Of the country at this partic-
ular time
There are many reason why l re-
grea that l cannot support Mr.. Keat-
ing this year. l entertained a very
high personal liking for the man up
to the time he committed his first dis
loyal act have been a Democrat all
my life-never scratched a Democrat
or voted for Republican since at
tanned my majority. To this good
hour my political record has been
straight and clean and have felt
great pride in its being without a flaw
or blemish. l have voted for yellow
dogs" have eaten Grow" and have
had my share Of the experiences that
come to a man who has been con
nected with . party organization al
most continuously for thirty-two years
but have never yet voted for "yel-
low" American and l pray God to par
alyse my good right arm II ever I.
tempt it.
Therefore, my dear Mr.. Ferris, ]