The Washington herald., 1920-05-24
by RAYMOND G. CARROLL.

hNef' may zA-Op Cfeehs
wooden stairway worn psintiess by
the dragging tread Of the blind. in
a room that opened out upon Ara
pahoe street sat q sishtiess. gray
little man 81 years oId-calish Eu-
bank. probably the only surviving
son Of q Revolutionary soldier. He
had tapped his way, in. like many
other unseeing ones do, TO visit
with Lutte Wilcox, the famous blind
EDITOR of Field and Farm. who him
self had come West years before to
wrestle a fortune from the stub
born slopes of the Rockies
Neither of them could actually or
mentally visualize, the throbbing
new Denver outsides the metropolis
of large and substantial ONCE build
ingss and handsome lawn-encircled
residences. To them Curtis street
near by. with its double row of
fancy -fronted moving picture pal
aces-at night a mid-continent lane
of flashing electric splendor-did
not exist, They lived and talked
in the memories of old Denver; the
trappers. the goldseekers. the gam
blers, the csttlemen, the redskins.
the buffalo-skinners. the nestors
who came in three instaliments to
dry-farm Colorado, and lastly.
vaguely of the tourists attracted
by the extra dry climate and, the
magnificent mountain scenery sur
rounding.
Women Run Denver.
What has this Old Denver to do
n
asked.
Tombstone value" was Lute's
doubly dry reply. "Denver's re-
nown rests solely upon it's green
cloth and brass-rail past. Today.
thanks to our women. we can offer
you nothing-absolutely nothing
but Judge Lindsey and the mines
owned and mothered by John d.
Rockefeller. Jr. hold with Plato
that civilization. when IL has killed
every living thing in nature. turns
around and kills itself. Denver has
simply become a place where the
old town was"
Not quite so bad as all that. but
will have to confess that there
is considerable crepe-hanging. The
women's anti-vice committee is
raising a $4,000 fund and seriously
threatens Denver with a curfew
/ ordinance shutting young people of
the streets after 3 p. m. II the
headlines of your home newspaper
should startle you some morning
with an account of all the Colorado
women being driven into exile up
the steep sides of Pixies Peak,
don't be surprised, for it would on
ly mean that the men have shaken
off their chains and turned on their
fair keepers.
Political UpheavaI Brewing.
Undoubtedly there is a smoIder-
ling of some sort going on inside
the 100000 male voters of Colora-
do. one-fourth of whom live in
Denver. The best crystallized par
.ty representation that either the
Democrats or the Republicans can
get out for the primaries is 20
per cent each of the states total
vote of around 100000. The re-
naming 60 per cent of both sexes
wait to express their pent-up feel
ings on election day. which ac-
counts for the failure of the wisest
guessers to predict for some years
back which way Colorado was go
ing.
The Rovers." as Colorado people
are called, took Woodrow Wilson
into their hearts four years ago,
and plastered their parlors with
his Autographs. Today / doubt IL
you can find a picture of Wilson
in a single Colorado home. 1t is
the story of a busted romance. the
r.
revulsion of feeling that follows.
Naturally. the Republican aspi-
rants for the seat in the United
States Senate now held by Charles
S. Thomas. the Denver lawyer and
a Democrat. are treading hard up
on each others heels. The leaders
in the race are two wealthy men
and a poor Denver lawyer. who
went to France as national
guardsman. but upon his ability as
a leader OF men was given COM
mand of a regular army regiment
that he led at St. Mihiel and else
where in the overseas fighting.
; Lieutenant Colonel Rice w.
Means is that dollarless ex-sevice
offering; a Means without means
and a fine. clean-cut, educated, six
foot Rocky mountain specimen of
manhood. His opponents are Karl
c. Schuyler. an able young Denver
lawyer. who made his fortune with
the Midwest mining crowd. and
Sam d. Nicholson, a bluf. gener-
Gus, middle-aged Leadville mine
owner.
When one says Midwest mining
crowd" or &C. F. and 1. people"
aloud in this mountain trimmed
city. eyebrows go up understand
ingly, for those are the tags given
men associated with the ruling
Eastern capital. Governor oliver
H. Shoup, who so far is unopposed
for denomination. and Senator Law
renee c. Phipps, holder of the long
term Senate seat, belong in that
category. II Mr.. Schuyler should
make the Senate vacancy, and Mr..
Shoup be reelected. their financial
hackers and friends would have
control of Colorado both at Den
yer and in Washington. I see the
makings of a lively contest within
the party in the candidates. of Col
onel Means and Mr.. Nicholson.
Thomas May BE Candidate.
Senator Thomas, who has, strong
ly opposed Wilson and the League
of Nations since that day when he
stopped going to the White House,
may run again. In the event he
z does not the Democrats have an