The Keota news., 1918-10-11
BREAK PLEDGE ON
| war LOAN EFFORT
REeU0LicANs FORGET PROMISE
AND ARRAY CLASS AGAINST
MASS TO INJURY OF LIB.
GRTV BONDS.

h - attempt to array the classes
lGA&nst the masses, the leading Re
publican papers Of the state have o.
ready begun spreading the gospel OF
The 0old.Dust Twins These papers
are corporation-owned: certainly they
arc oorporationinspirsd Yet II was
Z distinct surprise when they started
their dubious errand in the very face
Of the pressure brought TO bear on
their candidates to cease campaigning
untfl after the LIBERTY Loan drive.
From the sincerest Of motives.
Thomas lyman. backed by the other
Democratic candidates, had written
courteous open letter urging upon the
Republicans tho wisAnm Of patriotical
iy dispensing with party politics until
Uncle Sam had gathered in his bill
lions to fight the Hun. A letter
couohed in camouflage English and
evasive rhetoric. came back-but the
Republican meetings continued. Now
their editorial thunder" Is family
heard
The present rumbling 10 principally
directed toward the Non-Partisan
LSARu0, Dut IL DuO"o CtGSisy kuS SA"SS
against mass" doctrine. 1t 10 hardly
necessary to argue the cause OF the
league. II seem quite able to care for
itself. Yet It should be pointed out
that the organization Ii made up al
most entirely Of farmers-men who
have felt the profiteer's pinch. the
sting Of the price Queen-bee. the en-
croachments Of . capitalistic crew
who would fatten during the war
These farmers banded for their own
and their neighbors' good. They have
bravely and loyalty met every gov
ernmental obligation. every war-fund
drive. The open attack by the Repub
lican press only proves that the oft
repeated initials q. o. p. must. In this
year Of grace. stand for Grand Old
Profitssrs." Obviously the party is
out for the scalps Of al who will not
stand and deliver.
But possibly such things might have
been anticipated from IN organization
which nominated . multi.multi'mil'
lionairs for United States senator and
another millionaire-not quite 80 mul'
ti-for governor. Nevertheless this as
sault on . large body Of the states cit
isenry at . time when all should be
working In harmony for the War
Cause needs . sturdy rebuke.
Happily the provsrbial cat escaped
from the bag when the Grand Old
Profitesrs started this gas attack.
Hereafter the people viii swallow the
Republican verbal bombardments with
a grain Of salt-salt on which the war
tax has been willingly paid. but on
which there Il NO extra" for the ben
eft Of millionaire candidates and their
swollen campaign funds.
Franklin f. Carringer Of Jefferson
county has been named to fill the va
cancy on the Democratic ticket ere
ated by the withdrawal Of Harry
Churchill. nominated for lieutenant
governor. but compelled to decline be
cause Of the press Of private business
CarrinGer served four years In the
state Senate and made an enviable rec
ord. That record can well be his plat
form. He is a successful business
man, with offices in Denver and in JET
ferson county.
Tom lyman has taken derelicts and
built men. He has taken rocky fast
nesses and bogs and built highways
and boulevards. He can be entrusted
70 take the great Colorado Of today
and build q greater, more magnificent
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