Cheyenne record., 1918-10-10
BREAK PLEDGE CN
WAR LOAN EFFORT
aE?UELicAi!s FORGET PROMISE
AND ARRAY GLASS AGAINST
Mass TO INJURY OF LIB
ERTY EONDS.

In an attempt to array the classes
against the masses. the leading Re-
publican papers OF the state have al
ready begun spreading the gospel OF
! the Gold-Dust Twins. These papers
are corporation-owned certainly they
! are corporation-inspired. Yet 1t was
! 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 q
courteous open letter urging upon the
Republicans the wisdom OF patyiot!cal-
ly dispensing with party politics until.
Uncle Sam had gathered in his bill
lions to fight the Hun. A letter.
couched IN camouflage English AMI
| evasive rhetoric, came back-but the
Republican meetings continued Now
their editorial thunder" is< family
| heard.
The present rumbl:cg is principally
directed toward the Non-Partisan
Leagu but It shows clearly the class
against mass" doctrine. Il is hardly
necessary to argue the cause of the
| league. 1t seem quite able to care foI
itself. Yet it should be pointed cut
that the organization is made up al.
r:ost entirely Of farmers-men who
| have felt the profiteer's pinch, the
sting of the price queen, bee, the en-.
croachn ents of 4 capitalistic crew
who would fatten during the war
These farmers banded for their own
and their neighbors' good. They have
bravely and loya'ly met every gov
/ ernmental obligation, every war-fund
drive. The open attack by tie Repub-
! lican press Only proves that the oft.
repeated initials G. o. P. must. in this
year of grace. stand for Grand OLD
Procitoers." Obviously the party If
out for the scal?s OF all who will not
stand and deliver.
But possibly such thirgs might have
henn anticipated from an organization
which norlinated multi-multi-mil
lionaire for United States senator and
4ncther m!llionare-not quite SO null
ti-for governor Nevertheless this as.
sault on large body Of the stltc's cit
izenry at time when all should he
working in harmony for the War
Cause needs a sturdy rebuke.
Happily the proverbial cat esca,ed
from the bag when the Grand OIL
P-ofiteers started this gas attack.
Hereafter the peopIe will swallow the
Republican verbal bombardrnents with
a grain Of salt-salt on which the war
tax has been willingly paid. but on
| which there is no extra" for the ben
eft OF nillinnaire candidates and their
swollen campaign funds.
Franklin f. Carringer OF Jefferson
county has been named to fill the va
carcy on the Democratic ticket ere
ated by the Withdrawal of Harry
Churchill, nominated for lieutenant
| governor. but compelled to decline bo-
cause Of the press Of private business.
Carringer served four years in the
state Senate and made an envia BILE rec
ord. That record can well be his plat
form. He is a 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
ncsses and bogs and built highways
and boulevards. He can be entrusted
to take the great Colorado Of today
state.
With the Gold-Dust Twins as candi-
| dates and each Of the pair rushing
| vocfferously ito finance" the cam
naien. the Republican leaders viii
clean up" long before the id~s Of No
~er,bcr. II will be profitable even
though they los. every office-which
they expect to do.
Tom lyman has been marked sat
isfactory" by the Anti.Saloon League
In view of his record. that was ex.
pected. Since his nomination he has
been marked "sati.factory" by ALI.
OF the people. In view Of his princ:.
pies. that was a c:rch.
The Democratic platform sturdily in
dorses civil service. But for the past
two years there has been civil service
1T the state house. holland ms secre
.ary Of state. Hubbard As attorney gen
cral, Lcckenby rs auditor and now
running for treasurer. and Mrs. Brad
ford as superintendent Of public in
sturction. have been handing 1t out.
II there is place in the Democratic
platform for the war prof!teer to stan
upon, then indeed that spot is SO small
and sharp that its point must be dig
ging into the W. P.'s cloven hoof.
A Million People VS.. Million Dol
lars! Which will it be? Tuesday. Nov