The Meeker herald., 1918-10-19
CAMPAIGN MONEY
SPENT WANT0NLY
REPUsLIcANs OPEN BARREL IN
UTTER DISREGARD OF COR.
RUPT PRACTICE sTATUTEs.
MAY END IN SCANDAL
MOTIVES OF GoLo.OuST TWINS
ARE TOO CLEAR TO FOOL
THE PEOPLE.

Should Lawrence C. Phipps and Oil
YER II. Shoup be elected United States
senator and governor Of Colorado re-
spectively-a thing which Is not at all
likely to happen-it Is now declared
that this state. In that event. would
suffer scandal even worse than when
Guggenheim. another Republican,
bought up q Colorado Republican Leg
islature and floated into the United
State Senate on stream OF gold.
The above statement is based upon
the open charge. now going out from
Democratic state headquarters. that
the Republicans. In fragrant violation
Of the corrupt practice statutes. are
attempting to buy two Of the highest
offices within the gift Of the people.
And the proof seems to be at hand
Phipps turned in to Secretary Of
State holland primary expense &C.
count tctaling $i.5GS.94. The statutes
hold d candidate for senator to to-
tai primary expenditure Of 5000.
Phipps admitted In his affidavit that
he r,n close to this mark.
The statutes hold gubernatorial
candidate to $4,000 in the primaries.
Shoup admitted In his affidavit that he
spent $2.i3G.44, being perilously close
to the limit.
But 1t has already been ascertained
that both men spent. as shown by &C.
tual measurements much more on
newspaper advertising than they ad-
mitted. In the cases OF some OF the
larger newspapers these discrepancies
are glaring.
Phipps says he spent only $4,000 on
personal expenses. which would in
clude autos. cards. precinct workers.
posters. etc. Actual evidence is at
hand that In one outlying Denver pre-.
cinct. picked at random. he spent s.
on autos and workers. The names Of
these workers are on file.
There are 21l precincts In Denver
alone-more than l.45O In all Colorado.
Even casual calculator will discover
that Phipps spent many. many times
what he admits on personal ex.
penses."
Shoup admits 321O in personal ex-
penses and $145 for workers. As he
ran much the same as Phipps, adver.
tised as heavily, had as many autos.
the thing really becomes absurd.
And the wanton expenditure contin.
ues. Verify. these twin candidates
are the "Gold-Dust Twins" They have
not even kept theirlSromise to refrain
from campaigning during the Liberty
Loan drive
There's a reason:
Phipps and Shoup have their eyes on
possible wartime profits. and are gaz-
ing also at peace-time profits. The
first is a Steel trust director. the other
Is an oil roynate. Steel and oil are
wartime necessities and peace.time
essentials. High political office would
give these men opportunity to exploit
the commodities In which their money
Is invested. Besides. taxes after the
war will have to pay for the war Po-
litical power would permit these men
to hold down their own levies while
they pushed up those of the smaller
payers. There would be millions in
the scheme. They are willing to
spend millions to get the millions out
Of the scheme.
But the people this year are agnins.
the profiteers. and the people know
very well that the biggest profIteers
are the Higher-Ups-the men who
count profits in millions It Is going
to be a poor year in Colorado for piu.
tocrats.