The Glenwood post., 1920-11-13
EVEN POLITICIANS
MAKE MISTAKEs

politicians, or who prefer to rate them.
selves as such, who prior to the pri.
mary and general elections insisted on
Pinning their faith to that disloyal and
un-American organization created and
dominated by the Minnesota convict,
Mr.. Townley, have since had oppor-
tunity to reflect on their faulty rea-
soning, and the most of them have
been forced to admit that when they
pinned their faith to the Non-Partisan
League they made serious political
mistake, such as they will not again
be guilty Of committing.
When few Republicans in the state
men who were under lasting obliga-
tions to their party for past consider
ation-took the view that their politi-
cal success depended on their friendly
attitude toward this socialistic organi-
cation and insisted on toadying to it
ON the theory that they could not
otherwise be elected, loyal Republicans
abandoned them to their new-found
friends, taking the attitude that If the
N. P. L. support was Of more conse-
quence to those people than Republican
support, they were welcome to It.
The most notable example of this
character was in the case of James D.
Pitcher Of Southern Colorado, osten-
sibly Republican but in reality .
rank Socialist and Non Partisan Lea
guer. Jim and his radical friends
forced his nomination on the Repub-
lican ticket for state senator in his
district, and the N. P. LIS. endorsed
him and went down the line good and
strong for his election, and the Re
rublicans-well, they did just as they
ought tc have done, by way Of punish
ing traitor-thev chose the lesser Of
two evils. They elected Billy Adams,
a lifelong Democrat against whom they
have been voting for the past thirty
years.
II the Republicans Of that district
had nominated a real Republican In
stead Of Socialist for state senator,
they would have had no trouble in de-
feating Billy Adams this year. In
fact, we are informed from what We
believe to be a reliable source, that
under such circumstances Adams
,ro,,yd ro4 boyo Io.a, - oc,d3do&o os
he had frequently announced his de-
sire to be free from political respon-
sibilities hereafter.
But whatever else we may say Of
Billy Adams, we cannot Justly accuse
him of being disloyal to the flag and
the country he pretends to love. In
this western slope country the we'll
known attitude of the league toward
some candidates and the equally we'll
known and favorable attitude Of the
candidates toward the leagne, served to
defeat said candidates for nomination
at the primary election, and thus mer-
cifully spared them from defeat at the
regular election on November 2.
Whenever Partisan League
leader and organizer goes about over
the country proclaiming the fact, or
the alleged fact, that during his term
of office n certain candidate was more
loyal to the N. p. L. than to the party
which elected him, and Furthermore
that this candidate took more interest
in league affairs than did members of
the league who were elected as leag-
uers-well, you can just imagine what
sort Of depressing effect such state
ments would have on that candidate Is
party associates OF years standing, and
what the natural result would be when
those friends entered the booths at the
primary election.
This is only meant to show what
poor politicians we can be at times
and how foolish we are when we allow
ourselves to imagine that we can ig.
more and disregard the advice Of our
party leaders and associates, and get
by with it.
Jim Pitcher was offered the Repub-
lican nomination for state senator II
he would repudiate the N. P. l.. and
make the race squarely on the Repub.
lican platform. He refused the sug-
gestion of lifelong Republican friends.
and the N. P. LIS. forced his nomi-
nation at the primaries the most
natural result.
Republicans Of his district, under the
advice Of the Republican state central
committee, did the only thing they
could do and maintain their self res
meet and naytv uova1tv Thev voted