The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1918-10-11
BREAK PLEDGE ON
war LOAN EFFORT
REPUBLICANS FORGET PROMISE
AND ARRAY CLASS AGAINST
MASS TO INJURY OF LIB
ERTY BONDS

In an attempt to array the classes
I against the masses, the leading Re
publican papers of the state have al
ready begun spreading the gospel OF
he Gold-Dust Twins. These papers
are corporation.owned; certainly they
are corporation-inspired Yet it wac
a distinct surprise when they started
their dubious errand in the very face
of the pressure brought to bear on
their candidates to cease campaigning
until 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 the wisdom of patriotical
ly dispensing with party politics until
Uncle Sam had gathered in his bill
lions to fight the Hun. A letter,
couched in camouflage English and
evasive rhetoric. came back-but the
Republican meetings continued Now
their editorial thunder is family
heard.
The present rumbling is principally
directed toward the Non-Partisan
against mass" doctrine. 1t is hardl.
necessary to argue the cause of the
league. 1t seem quite able to care for
itself. Yet 1t should be pointed out
that the organization is 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 captalistic 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
| ltcan press only proves that the of
repeated initials G. o. P. must. in this
year of grace. stand for Grand Oh
| Profiteers." Obviously the party i:
out for the scalps of all who will no
stand and deliver.
But possibly such things might have
been anticipated from an organization
which nominated a multi-multi-mil
| lionaire Tor United States senator an
| another millionaire-not quite so mul
| ti-for governor. Nevertheless this as.
sault on large body of the states cit
henry at time when all should he
working in harmony for the War
| Cause needs sturdy rebuke.
Happily the proverbial cat escaped
| from the bag when the Grand Old
Profiteers started this gas attack
Hereafter the people will swallow the
| Republican verbal bombardments with
| grain of salt-salt on which the war
tax has been willingly paid. but on
which there Ia no extra" for the ben
eft Of millionaire candidates and their
swollen campaign funds.
Franklin e. 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 we'll be his plat
| form. He is successful business
man. with offices in Denver and in JEFF.
| ferson county.
Tom lyman has taken derelicts and
built men. He has taken rocky fast,
nesses and boys and built highways
| and boulevards. He can be entrusted
to take the great Colorado of today
and build a greater. more magnificent
state
With the Gold-Dust Twins as oandi
| dates and each of the pair rushine
vociferously "to finance" the cam
paign, the Republican leaders will
clean up long before the ides of No
vember 1t will be profitable even
though they lose every office-whicF
they expect to do.
Tom lyman has been marked "Sa'
isfactory" by the Anti-Saloon League
In view OF his record. that was ex
oected Since his nomination he has
Seen marked Satisfactory" by AL
OF the people. In view of his primo
ples. that was a cinch.
The Democratic platform sturdily in
dorses civil service But for the pas
two years there has been civil service
at the state house. holland as secre
tary Of state, Hubbard as attorney gen
eral. Leckenby as auditor and nov
running for treasurer. and Mrs Brad
ford as superintendent of public in
sturction. have been handing 1t out
u there is place in the Democrat
platform for the war profiteer to stan
upon, then indeed that spot is go small
and sharp that it's point must be dig
ging into the W. P.'s cloven hoof.
A Million People VS.. Million Dol
lars! Which will 1t be? Tuesday, Nov
s, will tell whether the voters mark
IL greater than the dollar mark.