Evening star., 1924-10-11

thrown to the populist nominee
Weaver. for just such reasons as are
now advanced for giving La Toilette
the electoral vote of Colorado Cleve-
land was running against Harrison,
and it was believed that by giving
the Colorado vote to the peoples
party and preventing the Republicans
getting it, Clevelands chances Of sue
cess would be enhanced So the word
was passed along. and the Democratic
party in Colorado ceased to exist so
far as the national ticket was con-
cerned in that election.
Expect Davis To BE Last.
La Toilette supporters laugh at the
claim that their ticket will run third
in Colorado. They are willing to bet
that Davis will bring up the rear.
Labor, they count. will go pretty
solidly for La Toilette, drawing
largely from Davis. Only in Pueblo
County where Bill" Young is the
most prominent labor leader and a
sanch Democrat. supporting Davis
and Bryan. has the La Toilette move
ment among the workers Jagged,
Even there, the La Toilette people
insist, the trend from now on will
be toward their ticket.
One handicap the La Toilette eroup
is laboring under in this State-the
inability SO far to get together on
single list of La Toilette presi-
Dental electors. The matter is now
in the courts. The so-called Farmer
Labor and La Toilette parties have.
filed the same list of electors. But
these are not the recognized groups
or progressives-recognized by the
La Follette national campaign man
aeenent: the recognized group
Vnh
OF the coal miners in 1914 when
the Ludlow massacre occurred, so
FAR has not been able to get its
list of electors on the ballot. II is
seeking now through mandamus
action to have the courts throw ont
the Farmer -Labor-La Toilette party
electors and to substitute it's list.
Fear State Ticket.
Failing this, in the end thew NAV
be compelled to accept the eroup Of
electors now on the ticket. The
F'armer-Labor party, so-called, has
complicated the situation by putting
up an entire State ticket including
candidates for Senator and governor
The recognized La Toilette group ia
aiming to keep away from entaneIe-
ments over the State ticket, feeling
that unless they do the full La Fol-
lette strength cannot be polIed for
the independent progressive ticket.
The insurgent La Toilette group is
sometimes called the Tanner-Monroe
group. Unless this tangle can he
successfully Strengthened out the vote
for La Toilette may be somewhat
divided
This Fall Colorado elects two United
states Senators-because of the
vacancy caused by the death of Sem
ator Nicholson. filled temporarily by
Senator Ava A. Adams, Democrat.
under appointment by the governor.
and because the term of Senator
Ph1pps, Republican. expires next
March. While the six electoral votes
OF the State are being eagerly sought,
the senatorial elections are of almost
as great Importance from a national
point of view. Should the Democrats.
for example, gain both of these seats
tnen the Democrats would be aided
materially toward the control of the
upper house in the next Congress. and
the Republican control would be
weakened in the same measure.
Say G. o. p. Backed By Khan.
Senator Phipps, Republican. is con-
testing with Senator Adams for the
long term, and Rice w. Means. Re-
pupilcdn, Win Morr1SOn Shafroth
Democrat, son of the late Senator
Shafroth. for the short term. The
klan Hight enters intimately into these
Senatorial races, the Democrats claim
ing that both the Republican capdi-
dates and particularly Means, are
klan candidates. Means, they insist.
is himself klansman. His nomina
tion was brought about in the Re-
publican primaries by klan votes.
Means is city attorney of Denver.
which is klan controlled at present.
DR.. John Galen Locke, grand dragon
for Colorado, has had his office Just
across the hall from the Republican
State headquarters.
An attempt was made in August to
bring about the recall of Mayor B.
F.. Stap1eton of Denver because he
had appointed number of klansmen
to office, including Means as city at
torney., 1t was defeated by a vote of
to /. Democrats insist that the
result was not significant, however.
because many anti-Klan people voted
not to recall the mayor, who, by the
way, is Democrat. 1t is generally
admitted, however. that this recall
election tended to strengthen the
Klan throughout the State and made
it possible for the Klan to gain con-
troll of the Republican State ticket.
Many guesses are made as to the ac-
tual strength of the Klan, upon
which depends to q considerable ex-