The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-10-02

snakes how can any man who was a
Democrat when Cleveland was presi-
dent, even Democrat when Bill Bry-
an was the whole show or a Democrat
when Parker was in the race, allow
such stuff to find lodging in his coco.
Call that Democracy Say, | call
that Bolshevikism, Socialism and a
dozen other isms packed with dyna-
mite. Every darn thing my party has
fought for, bled for and died for is
turned down flat and cold. State own
ership of mills, smelters and that sort
of stuff; state mining of coal; rees-
Establishment of a rule of anarchy and
disorder in Colorado. Bill Hayward
ism revamped under the name of De-
mocracy.
Well, not for me, pal. am glad
had the nerve to come right out in
print a week ago and said | had quit
the party in Colorado, and want to
say further if Wilson ever gives this
bunch his endorsement, l am off the
national bandwagon also. Sammie
Gompers seems to have too much of
a pull there to suit me anyhow.
Phil. Hornbein, who is chairman of
the Democratic State Central Com
mittee cornered me in the lobby of the
Albany hotel the other day. Says he,
What's this | hear, Senator, you
have left the party?" says he.
pntbfnsrp uauc I Hfha
left me. amt never been no social
list and don't propose to start in being
one now" says /, ''and you have grab
bed the entire Socialist platform and
labeled it Democracy" says |.
Hush, hush" says he looking around
to see who was near and pushing me
back of the telephone booth, Don't
say that out loud" says he, don't
say that out so any one can hear it"
says he. "Of course this is all bunk
but to get the Bolshevik and the
Socialist vote we need bunk" says he.
I'VE have no one but bunk artists on
the ticket from Shafroth down to Hub
bard or from Hubbard down to Shat
roth which way you want it," says he.
That's all right, Phil" says /, but
how about Democrats like myself what
believe in law and order" says /.
Well" says he, pushing me still
further back so Hosmer and McGour-
an and bunch of them federal office
holders couldn't see us together, I'VE
Il whip 'em into line" says he. Tam
men who now owns the party is back
in Washington to tell Wilson what to
do" says he, land take it from me,
Senator, Wilson will do just as Tam
says" says he, "'cause if he don't he
probably will be called names like my
respectable friend Norris" says he.
"If Wilson don't come out in letter
and make the Democrats get in the
bandwagon," says he, "the Post will
come out straight pro-German stead
OF half way that as at present" says
he.
Them eagle eyes and deer-like ears
of George Hosmer was working and
afore Phil got through telling me how
idfh anu Dun was boihE W Nhip NiAN
Honcst-to-God Democrats in line,
George edged himself into the CONVEX
sation and 1 want to say right now
that as edger-into-a-convers no
man has George skinned.
Senator" says he, 1--WE want you
on the stump in the interest of my
dear friend, that loyal patriot, that
noble citizen, that incarnation of vir-
tue and frugality, Shafroth," says he.
''The only stump I've got what Shat
roth can GET" says l, 'is the stump of
my left arm which came from rather
hasty explosion of dynamite at the
bottom of fifty-foot shaft" says l,
land the only way he gets that stump"
says |, sis when / land it on his SMELL
err" says /, "for if there is any other
man in Colorado what gets on my
nerve it is that teller Shafroth. Every
time / think of him | think of Soapy
Smith, Esquimau Pete, Jew Jerry and
a lot of them other sure-thing fellers
what died with their boots on.
But we must sustain the administra-
ton" says he. This is our war;" says
he. 1.-TWO years ago we put the party
across with the cry of he kept US out