The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-01-30
State Capital Notes

and Rush for congress, all as demo-
cratic candidates, seems to have hard
shedding. In the first place the Shaf-
roth and Rush bunch feel they are
tying up with the wrong fellow for
governor. Wild as they arc, End
ruady and willing to do anything to
get votes, they arc anxious to drop
Hubbard from the combination. How
ever, it would s5em, it required 10
diplomacy on their part to do this.
Hubbard did it himself.
For several weeks he has had two
members of his office force-Robert
Van Duscn and Jesse Molcr-travel-
ing the state at the expense Of the
people, trying to diSorganize the DEM
ocratic party. That is, Leslie has been
trying to show that Guntcr, holland,
Lockcnby, Higgins, Mrs. Bradford and
others in office arc q cheap burch of
pikcrs and that he is the only genuine
article to be found within the ranks
Of democracy. He got Charley Friend
to engineer his boom.
Charles is mighty coed man to
engineer q boom for fellow Ike Hub
bard. If there is anything construc-
tive Charley isn't against, that thing
has not yet bscn materializcd. Charley
is a simonpure insurgent. He is the
fellow who fathe. cd the insurgents
fight against Guntcr i'll the special
session, and might have gotten away
with it had not the republicans of the
House placed loyalty to state and Ia
ton above petty party politics and
prevented it.
Charley, be it told, hasn't any real
standing in his party. The chairman
of his county, jefferson, does not leok
with pride and admiration on Charley.
Not having any standing in the party
Friend gets a fellow known as Charles
ESGig of Larimer county, who by the
way has no ofiicic.l standing in the
party, to call meeting to launch thu
Hubbard boom.
Demo Gratis who were known Lot to
favor the windy member of the pres
cnt administration, were not invited
but they butted in just the same. Les
lie had a nice little resolution p-cpar-
ed-to be introduced by Friend-de-
claring him the real thing, the only
man upon whom nature has ever look
cd with pride End pleasure, and the
only man who could, as governor, lead
the misguided people of Colorado out
of the political mike. This resolution,
10 carefully prepared by Hubbard,
however, did not even get to vote.
The conservatives captured the meet
ing, pushing Hubbard, Fr.crd and the
radicals down stairs and adjcuricd.
However, it is said by those who saw
the resolution, it contained every
member of the present democratic ad-
ministratior with the exception of
Hubbard.
So much for Laclie.
Shafroth also has his troubles. DIR.
Jones CT Larimer county, who sought
to beat Charley Timbcrlake for Cen
gross two years ago and couldn't do
it even with the democratic landslide,
waits Shafroth's seat in the Senate.
Doc says Shafroth has failed to keep
his pledge to the dear people. While
Doc is right in that-it all being true
many democrats hold it lib comes
oac of their members to openly make
tho Charge which is common knowl-
edge. So Doc engineers a meeting al-
SO. His meeting 10 scheduled for
Denver at the same time IS the Hub
b--d meeting. Dec had lot of farm
ors with him and when it came time
TO pass rcsoluticrs he was right there
with one condcmning Senator Shat
roth in the scvercst possible terms.
Indeed the resolution, in substance,
says that as Senator Shafroth has
been rank failure, has been playing
the people yet failing to lock after
their interests, and that Colorado has
no business to return him to the sem
:.tc-sentiments which possibly are
held by nine-tenti.s of the people Of
the state who know "honcstjohn." The
farmers in Doc Jones' meeting adopt
cd the resolutions with a wild cheer.
Now for the finale: Doc Jones will
probably go agair.st Shafroth hi the