Evening star., 1924-10-11
KHAN ISSUE RULES
COLORADO AS COP.
W|NS|TSSUPP0RT
Ku KIux SeiZeS Control OF
Party and Dictates Ticket,
Showing Strength.
ORDER BACKS MEANS
AND PHIPPS FOR SENATE
La Toilette Strong, But Draws
Most From Democrats-State
Conceded to Coolidge.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.
StsH Carroenopdepf nf The Star

DENVER. October lin Colorado
State politics you either wear the
x. X. n company brand or you don't.
The hooded order is SO well organ
lied that it seized upon and made
its own Republican State ticket Ii
is so up-to-date in it's equipment
that the flaming cross, which is seen
for miles around, is lighted by cleo
tricity The opponents of the klan
have fiocked to the Democratic State
standard, but party lines have been
sundered Particularly is this true
of the Republicans. The Republican
national committeeman, c. c. Hamlin,
is anti -klan and, assertions have been
made, against the State ticket because
of it's Illan hue. These have been
denied, however. To less extent
the Khan has drawn from Democratic
ranks.
The voters OF Colorado seem to diff
ferentiate between State and Ma
tional tickets, when it comes to the
Klan issue. President Coolidge is re-
ceiving the united support of the Re-
publicans whether klan or ti-klan
This is contrary to Democratic hopes,
to be sure But conservative Demo-
cratic sources admit that today Cool
idge would carry Colorado. and go
further, admitting that he Will prob
ably do so in November. The La Fol-
lette leaders do not make such ad-
missions, but some of their support
ers do.
State Normally Democratic.
In a State which is normally Demo-
cratic, if it. is normally anything, it
seems rather strange that the over
whelming testimony is to the fact
that Coolidge has the State neatly
tied up, particularly with the third
ticket in the field, which in olost
states draws as heavily and more
heavily from Republican sources
than from Democrats. The answer
as I got it from a conservative Demo-
crat in a position to know whereof
mally anything. Furthermore, he said
La Toilette is cutting more heavily
into the Democrats here than he is
into the Republicans. Labor. which
has been strongly Democratic, is
going nightly for La Toilette, and
while La Toilette is getting some
of the Republican farmers. he is also
getting some of the Democratic.
There is just one way in which the
strings could be pulled that would
prevent the Republican national tick
y
Even in this case, however, there is
doubt whether they could be success
fully pulled. An order from Glenn
Shaver, Democratic national cam
paign manager, to throw the Demo-
cratic strength to the La Toilette
ticket might turn the trick. Mr..
Shaver, 1 am reliably Informed, has
been told by some influential Demo
Gratis in the State that they would
like to know what he intends, that
they would like to know whether the
Democratic vote is to be thrown to
La Toilette in order to prevent the
State going to Coolidge and in order
to make it more certain that the Sc
lection of President shall be thrown
into the Congress. Talk of such
combination comes to me also from a
La Toilette source.
Democrats Deny Plan.
The Democratic leadership in the
State is stoutly denying there is any
intention of trying to hand the State
electoral vote the La Toilette. 1t in
sists that Davis has a good chance to
carry the State and that La Toilette
will run third.
1t would be folly, under such cir
cumstances, to try to put the La
Toilette ticket across. like trying to
have the tail wag the dog. But one
thing Is certain, there is no chance
of getting the La Toilette vote to
line up for Davis to prevent Coolidge
taking the State. The La Toilette
movement it is felt, would gain moth
ing by such tactics. On the other
hand, some Democrats feel that IL
the election can be tossed into Con-
gress then their candidate, Davis.
has a very good show of becoming
President.
Old timers in the State recall what
happened in 1892, when the Demo-
cratic strength of the State was
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