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Supporter Of PinchOt.

man 10 take over Mr.. McA0oo'S
shoes.
Supporter Of Pinchot.
Like Mr.. McAdoo, he IL for pro-
hibition and for actually literally
enforcing. It. He was Governor
Pinchot's main support In the last
conference Of all the governors OF
the Union when they came to Wash.
ington to present their viewS to
President Coolidge on prohibition en-.
forcement.
Like McAdoo, Sweet suffers when
he thinks OF the gufferings of the
farmer and he befriends the farmer
against his alleged oppressors the
rniddleman and the railroad.
During Sweets term. as Governor
Of Colorado legislation has been
passed promoting the cooperative
movement among farmers and thus,
it IL said, securing much better
prices, for instance, for the beet.
sugar farmers of Colorado in their
dealings with the beet-sugar manu-
-facturers.
Like McAdoo, again, Sweet has
the firm confidence Of the railroad
trade unions which are the back
bone of the Council for Progressive
Political Action" which in turn has
been the backbone Of the recent
progressive revolt in the west.
Hope Of PrOgreSsives.
From every standpoint 1t is al
legged by Sweets friends that ii
McAdoo is to retire, then Sweet
should succeed him as the rising
hope Of the uprisen prOgressiVes
in the Democratic party.
It IL further competently AMI IN
deed perfectly truly alleged that
in Mr.. Sweets case there will he
no question of good fees or bad
fees earned in the service of cor
porations. Mr.. Sweet worked for
himself. He is reputed to be the
first man in Colorado who ever
made fortune out Of the bond
business.
At any rate, whether the first
to do II or not, he did do it. He
also, it is reliably known, did it on
a large scale. He then, with a
fortune In his pocket, sold his
business absolutely away to others
and himself went into the career
of being a public man without any
business impediments clinging to
=
him.
Since he is rich and radical, and
since the country admires wealth
and is tending toward radicalisn. il
| is claimed that the state OF the
running track ought to he ex
ltremely suitable to this dark horse
Democratic Tongues Wagging.
It has to be added, on inquiry
that virtually nothing that Mr.
Sweet has done as Governor OF
Colorado is found to have created
any widespread resentment and con
demnation among business men.
The news of the conference be
tween Mr.. Sweet and Colonel House
and other Democratic party mag
mates of the Colonel House schoo
n New York set all Democratic
tongues wagging here today in view
of the fact that Colonel House
after his exploits in the matter
of woodrow Wilson, still retains Ms
glamor as a picker Of winners.
What the results Of the conference
in New York may be is underter'
mined, but Is 1t one hundred pei
cent certain that when Mr.. Sweet
arrives in Washington he will be
looked over and his disposition and
behavior, both in the stall and under
harness, will be carefully studied
For League Of Nations
The problem will be to discoveI
whether or not IL McAdoo Ii
scratched, can Sweet qualify to be
entered in his place.
Personally, Mr.. Sweet, In the oh
eerVation Of this writer, Is q
buoyant, brisk, alert business man
who opens his mouth to preach sur
prising sermons on the Ten Com
mandments and the beatitudes" and
the brotherhood of man, and peace
on earth and cooperation between
labor and capital and the League
Of Nations as the proper basis for
practical politics.
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