Denver labor bulletin. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-19??, 1918-07-27

1t will be quite different in the pri-
mary election next September.
Martin Speaks Three Hours
At 1890 Tuesday morning the dis
-trict assembly opened. A vote was
not reached until o'clock in the after
noon. At the opening each cnndi-
date, Keating and Martin, was each
granted one hour to present his case,
Martin and his publicity bureau hav-
ing charged Keating with being q
pro-German. traitor TO the President
and TO the nation. with being . tool
Of the working people. and other in
dictmcnts Of divers and sundry char
acter.
Major" Martin held the floor for
nearly three hours in n ranting as
sault upon Congressman Kcating, but
didn't advance his cause n single inch.
In reply, Keating, with calm, deliber-
ate voice and dcmeanor, shot Martin
and his bipartisan machine cohorts
full Of holes and drove them to the
wall. He read n letter from Speaker
Champ Clark which contained this
emphatic sentence: "Thc man who
makes the charge that Keating Is pro-
German is either weak in the upper
story or very economic Of the truth
As matter Of fact, this letter hit
displays n lack Of decision and char
acter which he formerly possessed.
Today he Is n plaything in the hands
of corporation politicians who a few
years ago found II difficult to dig up
n sufficient vulgar vocabulary to ana
thematize him. Martin was elected
to one term in Congress from the
Third district and quit because he
thought he wasn't receiving proper
recognition" at Washington.
Keating Has Big Lead.
When the district assembly roll
was finally called and counted Keat-
ing had 161 votes and Martin 10S.
As n matter Of fact, the real strength
Of Kcating in the assembly was POI
and Martin 6S. The difference was
caused by the gag administered by the
Pueblo bipartisan machine
In replying to Martins TRADE Of
abuse, Keating said he did not appear
before the delegates to explain, but
to answer the misrepresentation made
gress. And he did answer in n way
that made Martin and his bipartisan
corporation cohorts writhe and wither
in their seats. Frank Hoage, chief
advocate Of Martin. publisher OF the
Pueblo Star-Journal, who during the
Colorado coal strike wrote n letter
to John ID. Rockefeller, asking for
$4,000 for opposing the strikers,
arose once during Keating's speech
to make some reply, but was howled
down by the delegates.
Fight Of National Interest
Martins name will appear upon the
ballot in the Democratic primaries,
and he may get the political designa-
tion Of the Republican party in the
Third district. Corporation men,
Democrats and Republicans, want to
defeat Heating because Of his faithful
labor record in Congress. This IL
not Third district fight alone, nor
Is Il confined to Colorado. Kcating's
defeat is demanded by the great cor
poration, batting interests Of the
nation, because as chairman Of the
labor group in Congress he has been
. pricking thorn to the exploiters Of
labor.
Labor Must Do Its Duty.
Should Heating be defeated in the
September primary election or the No
vember general election, every labor
man and woman In Colorado should
hang their heads In shame. Labor
thruout the nation expects, and has .
right to expect, that Colorado labor
viii prove true to the cause and stand
like solid phalanx with the one man
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