Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-30


Governor Earl Cooley Governor at
next Falls election.
Dame Rumor" then shifts that pic
ture hat to the other side of her head
and fits across the Brown Hotel loppy
and other halls where politicians meet
and whispers in the ears of the faith
full distributors of her wisdom that
Governor Shoup while he has given up
the idea of running himself does not
intend to allow his political 1nachlne
to be oiled, gassed and started oy Jonh
Vivian, and that he has selected George
Shaw, of Fort Collins, as State Chair
man and intends to put him across.
Dame Rumor" also has it that Rush
Holland. the present Chairman, Will
resign on the occasion OF the meeting
OF the Committee. No ono Will ADMIT
to having any direct information from
Holland to the effect that he is going
to resign and he may not 90 that coin-
plimentary act in favor of either MT.
butcher or Mr.. Shaw, but II he does
resign Dame Rumor' will without
doubt stir up an awful fight in the
Republican ranks, which will be amlc-
ably settled on the day the Committee
meets without either any blood-shed
or the loss of party prestige.
Dame Runner performs wonderful
feats previous to political gather
ings She usually takes the midnight
train for oblivion on the night be-
fore the gatherings are held. she
departs when the leaders get together
and settle all the character destroying
stories she has started thus 1t always
has been and thus 1t always Will be.
At the Lincoln Day banquet John
Wesley Hill, of Worcester, Massachu-
sets, will deliver the principal oration
and Republicans will be present from
all over the state. 1t will be the gath
al, 10 nv
stories of the accomplishments of the
party in state and nation, during the
past two years. and to prepare Tor
the campaign that is just ahead:
When Dame Rumor' is not talking
about who is going to bc Chairman OF
the Republican State Central Com
mittees she is ensnaring within her
statements the names of various can
didates to succeed to the position so
ably filled by Governor Shoup. Now
she lights on the shoulder of some
friend of Attorney General keyes who
would like to be warden OF the state
penitentiary and she names keyes as
the most probable successor to tho
Shoup toga-then she fits across tho
capital corridor and whispers in the
ear OF some fellow who wants to be
secretary to governor and who
chances to be a friend OF State Trea-
surer A. NJ. Stong. that Mr.. StonE has
De6n tn8 IuOSl Wouuetiu
of Colorado's pennies the state ever
knew and Lo! And Behold! his name
appears in tho headlines as peach
of a chap for tho republicans to put
at the head of their state ticket.
Dame Rumor' never tires. No
sooner have those headlines appeared
than she takes the wings of the morn
ing and flies to Pueblo and whispers
to some friend Of Charlie Ballreich
that under all circumstances he should
be tho Republican nominee for gov
ernor. and that friend fits up to
Denver and begins to talk Ball
reich as the best dressed man and
the most polished speaker the state
affords and that as governor he could
command the undivided attention OF
any crcwd-even tho all tho governors
of all the Other states were standing
around.
Once again Dame Rumor" smiles
to herself and flys away TO tho aEri-
cultural section of the state and
hovers over the potato patches near
Carbondale and slowly descending she
makes the music of moving ma.
chine say to Its aEriculturalist driver
that Gene Grubb. the potato wing of
the world, should be governor long
enough to bring the farming industry
into its own and so her message ID
spread thruout tho state TINT genial
Gene Ia going to leave the potato
patch: shine his shoos. get city
barber to cut his hair. put on a white
vest and succeed to that position
where when tho next legislature meets
d he can say:
Gentleman of the General As
sembly:-As Governor / desire to
recommend
And so Dame Rumor" for tho past
four months has been fitting here
and there trying to stir UP trouble.
trying to pick candidates and once in
while trying to make some Demo-
crat believe that maybe his party has
n chance.
However, as said before. Dame
Rumor" performs n wonderful amount
OF work-some good and some bad
but in tho end on the midnight before
primary day Dame Rumor'' will fold
her wings; slip into the cave of past
memories and cease to exist and tho
Republicans of the state will, thru
their Primary ballot, choose Colo
RADIOS next governor.