The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-08

ing at least 10000 votes 1t was shown
that thirty of the sixty-three counties
VIRTUALLY all the farming counties) were
we'll organized. II was decided to put
ticket In the field at the primaries in
September. The Democratic party in
Colorado, badly divided between the lib
erals and conservatives, presented the
weakest resistance and plans were laid
TO raid that wabbling organization. The
Workers League, the Committee of 4S,
the miners, the railroad men, the Dem
yer Trades and Labor Assembly and
other liberal organizations came knock
ing at the door. They were admitted on
a mutual understanding that there must
be no squabbing for office. but sincere
solidarity behind a ticket to be chosen
then.
The would-be allies climbed aboard.
Mr.. Collins was agreed upon for Gov
ernor. Edward Il. Anderson, president
Of the State Federation of Labor and an
aoherent of Samuel Gompers, was fixed
upon for Northumberland. William
Tanner, member OF the typographical
union, was selected to run for State
Treasurer, and Tulley Scott, now sitting
on the Supreme Court bench here. was
Endorsed for the United States Senate.
The rest of the ticket was composed or
farmers and regular Democrats who had
peSH hilllldleu Win lllo Aiiole ilOSiai vine
of the divided party. Only young Shat
roth was not included on the Non-Par-
tisan League labor ticket. However,
he won so handily that the raiders
thought it best to carry him along and
not oppose him and his large personal
following with an independent.
Against Christensen.
Then, that their position might not be
misunderstood, the farmers and the labor
men kicked the eager followers OF Parley
Parker Christensen Far0er-Labor plat
form into the street. telling them not to
come back and not try to put any of
their radical planks into the nice, con-
sentative platform that this new State
PARTY was going to adopt. The Christen-
sen men are still on the outside looking
In. Tanner repudiates them and so does
Anderson. The Non-Partisan Leaguers
looked shocked every time Christensen's
latform was mentioned.
For heavens sake understand that
we are no socialists" they shout.
AS has been told the combine did
everything except wipe out the old DEM
ocratic party. They adopted a platform
that Is so mild that it Is hard to recon-
Gle Townley with 1t. 1t may be called
mild but nothing else. There is one
plank that is attracting much attention
and that one calls for legislation that
would broaden the powers of the Public
Utilities Commission to have jurisdiction
over all businesses which are monop-
olies and charge excessive profits" That
T.'ank Is bit vague, but the others are
quite definite and far from revolutionary.
This ticket goes to the polls I'm No
vember as the Democratic ticket. The
labor candidates are being supported by
the labor organizations. - Not one penny
of the labor campaign fund goes into
the treasury of the Democratic party.
Not penny of it goes in to any central
treasury.
Labor Contributes Funds.
Organized labor has been called upon
to put up dollar a man and the men
are responding. And the Non-Partisan
league Is not donating dollar to the
treasury OF the party 1t overwhelmed
and captured. The league. like the labor
element, has it's own treasury. Shafroth
and the other Democrats who were mem
bers of neither the labor element nor the
Non-Partisan League must shift for
themselves and draw what comfort they
may out of the assurance of the Nom
Partisan League that they will be car
ried along in the general tide that will
power
The total Colorado vote. inclusive of
the women folks. is reckoned at approx
imately 100000 The Non-Partisan
League says it controls at least 10000
of these votes. Labor insists that it can
swing $4,000. The Republicans declare
this to be pure rot. inasmuch as Gov.
Shoup won the Republican nomination
Tor reelection with 1852 votes. and
they insist that only a fraction of the
Republican vote came out at the primar
es. Besides the Republicans expect at
least 10000 regular Democrats to re-
Duke the Non-Partisan League by voting
the straight Republican ticket in No
vember. For the Republicans to win in
November 1t will be necessary for Dem
yer, where rs per cent. of the Colorado
population Is concentrated, to give them
a huge majority. Samuel d. Nicholson
Is the Republican candidate for the
United States Senate Senator Thomas,
although not renominated by the DEM
ocrats, will run independently for re-
election.
Senator Thomas to Run.
His friends have filed the necessary
papers for him, although IL is quite GER
tain that the Y enerable Senator Is an I'M
willing candidate. 1t is a strategic move
10 forestall Non-Partisan Lea guers who
may seek to run independently and cut
in upon Justice SCOTS chances.
The Republicans have renominatcd
Representatives Vale, Undertake and
Hardy, and Colorado's only Democratic
member of the lower house OF Congress.
Edward T. Taylor. has been renominated
and Endorsed by the Non-Partisan
League.
Individually the leaguers wear Cox
buttons and say they are going to vote
for Cox. There Is tremendous fight on
for the State. Cox has been here. Frank
lin Ro jsevelt is here now. Senator Bev-
eridge is stumping the state for Harding.
William G. McAdoo is due later to try
to counteract Beveridge. Senator Har-
ding has not been here since his nomi-
nation.
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