The Lamar register., 1918-07-31
Third District Democratic Assembly
Held In Denver So Heating
Can Be At Home
tour Special Correspondent)

music while the audience was being
seated
The first reel showed the machine
Democrats in full action with their gi-
gantic tanks running down the hand
ful of followers of Atmospheric Road
Building Thomas Jefferson lyman.
Tom was in the picture and with
agality astonishing for one OF his size
snd form, leader of a life of ease at
the expense of the taxpayers Of
Colorado, slipped to one side, gathered
about him enough trusty warriors to
get a place ON the primary ticket with
16S votes against Gunter's 722
However, this was just sort of
preliminary TO the big picture which
came in two reels. The row here SEEM
ed TO be whether Major John Martin
should head the party on its trip over
the skids in the Third district, or
whether this leadership should again
be slipped to Ed Keating. And say,
there was action all the time in these
two reels. 1t was worth the price of
admission plus the war tax.
From the scenerio. it appeared =
debate had been arranged between Ma
jor Martin Of Pueblo and Congress
man Ed keating who says his home
is Pueblo but which claim Pueblo in
dignantly denies. Admiral A. NJ. LAM
bright of Las Animas acted as bottle
holder for keating and when the film
is first flashed is noted in front with
his coat off ready for the fray. Brig
adier-General Frank McAlany of Pu-
eblo acted as bottle-holder for Martin
and dressed in PLAN Beach suit
which can be stripped for instant act
ion in case there is disposition on
the part of the gang to start anything,
remains in his mob Of delegates.
Martin sails right into the scrap
from the drop Of the hat and pulls
keating's record on him. II is in cold
type and that part of the delegation
not made up of postmasters, howled
Then John, wiping the perspiration
from his brow and shaking back his
massive locks, spring Keating's posi-
tion on the various war measures from
the time he voted against the McLe-
more resolution down to his action
against conscription. The postmasters
do not yell. The federal office holders
remain silent, but the 4s delegates
from Pueblo fairly tear their hair
from the heads with glee. John.
warmed up by the heat, which was
plenty, and the enthusiasm shown by
the postmaster contingency asks,
in view of the facts, if sit is any
wonder all the Huns, all the pro-Ger-
mans, all the Pacificists, all the Debs
Socialists. and all the Bolshiviki in
the Third district are for Ed Keat-
ing?" Palm Beach suit MeAlany trip
ping over two postmasters, four feder-
al office holders and an even dozen
labor agitators, gets to his feet, and
yells with pleasure. While there was
much speed and some mighty good
action in this reel. it was not up to
the third and last.
Between the two reels the delegates
go out for luncheon and while engaged
in trying to find enough to sustain
life on the few dollars they have left
the keatingites hustle the applause
contingency necessary to make the
next reel magnificent success. When
the ringmaster, Charley Philhaur OF
La Junta, calls time in the third reel
the place is jammed with postmasters,
registers and receivers of land Offices,
deputy United States marshals, de
puties from the Office Of all other fed
erai office holders in the state. With
them are bunch of fellows living in
Denver who have so far avoided the
work or fight" ruling, all brave fol-
lowers of Keating's. Right up in front
seeking the place Of allotted Admiral
Lambright is Billy Lyons, one of
Keating's political touts. This is the
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