The Arvada enterprise., 1920-08-05
THE DEMOCRATIC DONKEY is
STILL ABLE TO KICK!

state Of inertia that he could not
kick" wore evidently laboring un-
der delusion, as aptly exsmplified
in Thursdays State Assembly. The
otherwise demvrc and pensive little
animal cut up something scandaious
and demonstrated that while he
might have been coaxed with bale
Of bay attached to pole just ahead,
~ Dcwe- on earth could drive him
regardless Of .te impending danger
Of characterization.
Among those in touch with affairs
politically it was pretty generally
known that that hidebound, big ear
cd old "bsast Of the jungles" was
trumpeting Justly and doing all man.
ner Of fancy stunts to display his
eestscy in anticipation of the results
Of the assembly which he hoped and
believed would redown to his own
advantage.
TO be more explicit, the Republic
cans Of Colorado believed that the
Democrats were so hard pressed for
support that they would not dare to
grapple with the great octopus which
was threatening to gather them body
and brssches within its seductive
coils. But their hopes and beliefs
came to naught. While It was live
" tussls, there was no time when
the trse spirit Of Democracy failed
to assert 4 sway. The chairmen and
spokesman Of the organization made
II plain from the start that the &C.
casion was one Of great moment In
tAs cause Of Democracy and that no
candidates name would receive the
full indorssmrrt Of the convention
who could not satisfy the convention
that he was . Democrat with no ZEN
tangiing alliances" So when the
name Of James n. Collins was pre-
ssnted to the convention - . candi-
date fer governor, It was not enough
for hin and his henchmsn 70 assert
tAat y vaesa ;DsMoefst, for i1Gnsd-
s166N tasED aseSe from the midst Of
that great - Ct humanity the grim
spsetre Of alicnism, whose presence
proved rather dixquie.ing to his for
mer assumed composure. The plat
form upon which he was supposed to
stand ~ q qualified Democratic nom
inss was In striking contrast to that
to which be had formerly and illad-
visedly subscribed ~ chairman Of
the executive committee Of the Nom
partisan League.
While some Of the delegates as
ssmbled were inclined to pass this
fact by with scarcely q word of dis
sansion, not ~ with the rank and
file Of the convention who remen,-
Der that few weeks ago there was
q great convention in San Francisco,
which caused the earth to tremble,
and they ray it lie still trembling.
There can be no denying the fact
that for an hour or more the air was
fairly blue with castigation, vitupcr-
alton and personal invective that did
nobody credit INDUCING In them. but
whsa the atmosphere. charged and
sarchascsd had clarified, somehow
everybody took on an air Of satisfac-
ton that wrsathed their faces in
suilss apd ths remainder Of the pro-
gram WAS carried out without fur
thor encounter 70 speak Of.
While the Non-Partisan League
candidate. James N. Collins, had a
large number Of personal friends in
the sssembly, who were willing to
veueh for him ~ . man OF integrity
FROM the standpoint Of . citizen and
business man, they nevertheless ques-
toned his right 70 attempt to gain
the support Of the assembly standing
or attempting to stand on two plat
forms Numerically opposed to each
other, and the further the discussion
Of tAs matter proceeded, the more
pronounced became their convictions
that 70 dominate him might he tax.
ing . danRerous step toward social.
ism and political disruption. They
had read Of ..hc conditions in North
Dakota, whers the man who Is re.
sponsibis for those conditions, has
been convicted Of disloyalty to his
country, thru nis activities durii i;
the war and his fight against the ant.
red flag law. They further recallc'
that they had heard or read that
. livery stable keeper was put In the
position Of cu-todian Of S25, 0cO.O 200
Of the peoples money, which seems
to have vanished and no one knows
where Il has zone, and no one "a
find out bscaueo the governor has re-
fused access Of the books 10 the aud.
itor Of stata. No other authority cor
do 10, Il 10 claimed, because Of . r;l
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