The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-11-06
KU KLUX WIN ELECTION
New State Policy will be Under the of
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from the National ticket clean down the line, and the
surpriaes not confined any single state even
county of the
In the nation the people seem to have given
uvoca endorsement of dishonesty rascality in
ter the most complete and convincing expose had
Of official delinquency after having established that the
resident used every effort protect the thieves
If this age, the people give him wonderful
aging endorsement
Notice is served by them that the Nation is a fair
and pleasant thing rob and that President who pro
ccts the thieves will receive their utmost approval Sit
ing presiding officer the deliberations of the Sen
ate President then Vice President Coolidge heard the
mamber of Hardngs cabinet denounced and exposed
an robbers of the Government and he heard they had
carried their thefts the point of impering the
ions first wall of defense from foreign aggression An
Unfortunate death and he placed in position where
ne could easily dispossess the thieves from their and
stop the but instead he bent every energy
heir protection
We do think the history of this country recalls
which parallels this
Looking for explanations is purely conjec
perhaps when the total returns made public it
viii be possible to correctly analyze the results
In opinion, the holacust started with the New
ork convention Sure it is, that with its adjournment
he Democrats of the entire nation sckened to the
ont of collapse No who had observed politics
ut knew that Davis stoopigeon for Coolidge
nd that there serious intent of party leaders to
'ect him. From the very moment he nominated the
g reactionary Democrats deliberately deserted him and
or the augmented Coolidge vote Progressive Democrats
eetng the trend of things generally La Fol
cite. They not accompanied by very large
of Republican progressves But enough went with
lem Mr. La Toilette spectacular popular
vt this writing cannot be stated accurately either what
hat vote nor how states if any, he carried
n Colorado he received something like fifty thousand
CITES to Mr.. Davis seventy thousand to Mr. Coolidges
hundred eighty thousand This ratio will probably
fairly true all the north part of the United
tates and if so he will receive about five million votes
A splendid start has been made through the patriotic
md progressive candidacy of Mr. La Toilette toward the
ormation of effective Progressive party Never be-
has the line of demarcaon between ctionaries
md progressives been clearly drawn.
The Ku Klux issue also figured heavily in the result
ationa state and county Mr. Davis and Mr. La Toilette
9th took advanced grounds against the Klan. and its
incipes Mr. Coolidge maintained his usual silence
public concerned and thereby earned
heir approval and support In this and other states
here reflection national conditions. In Coora
o, the issue the Klan squarey drawn There
0 Republican party. 1t entirely absorbed by the
Their candidates for United States Senators
ndorsed by the Klan. Means is certainly member
ereof and Phnps approved by them The result is
bat of the best in Colorado ignomniously
feated by Lawrence Phpps putocratc representative
privilege and Rice Means the possible form
crook ard rascal who has failed beray
when given has proved his Klan loyalty
y establishing his reputation perjurer.
The Democratic state ticket is all beaten with bare
ssbility that Sterling Lacy for Lieut. Governor and
ary Bradford for State Superintendent both of whom
loved eleventh hour endorsement by the Klan may
been elected Their election, if it has occurred
to be credited to the Democrats neither will
,gain be recognized Democrats by the party
Governor Sweet intensely unsatisfactory to the
amocrats of the He had established reputation
being utterly disregardful and insulting his friends
30 had brought him into political prominence He es-
shed genera reputation for pigheadedness ingrat-