Evening star., 1924-07-13
COLORADO
Special Dispatch to THE Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DENVER. Colo, July 12.-Coloradc
Republicans are already claiming the
Centennial state for Coolidge and
Dawes. without any ifs, ands or butts
while the Democrats-with the excep-
tion of the more hide-bound Demo.
cratic newspapers-are mostly silent
the few leaders who venture an opin.
ion being anything but positive In
their predictions. -.
The feeling seems to be abroad thai
the Democrats, by the manner. In
which they went about getting their
nominees sacrificed whatever chance
they might have had OF stealing the
state back from the Republican party
in so far as the national ticket y
concerned. Whether that feeling viii
maintain until election timeIs a ques'
tioh that cannot be answered now, FOL
Colorado has pulled some extraordt-
nary political flip-fops.
State politics and issues purely To-
cal to the larger communities or the
state stand to exert considerable IN
f1uence at the November election as
situations are lining up at present
and in this connection 1t appears the
Republicans will present more solid
front than will the Democrats.
Opposition to Sweet.
Gov. Sweet, who is more or less
pettish when his views are objected
to, refused to get on the Davis band
wagon at the New York convention
and is almost certain to be sulking In
his tent, despite the fact he Is to De
a candidate for renomination.
There is strong opposition to Swee'
within the party, and his refusal tc
n1 ,.yith ha i'm New YORK
will give his opponents one more
point to urge against him with such
of his followers as are only luxe
warm. Should Sweet succeed In get
ting the nomination it Is certain ne
will not have the undivided support
of the Democrats.
The gubernatorial situation as re-
CARDS the q. o. =. is still somewhat
uncertain, with Robert Rockwell, in
cumbent lieutenant governor, an
avowed candidate for the nomination
regardless of who else enters the
lists. and friends of former Gov: Oil
yer H. Shoup strongly urging him to
get in the running.
There is this about the Republican
situation,4 4however-that whoever the
party chooses as it's candidate is
practically certain to have the undi.
vided support of all factions.
Khan Issue Raised.
The Klan issue is declared to have
been injected into the primary figh,
Judge c. ]. Morely of Denver that he
will be in the running for the Repub.
lican gubernatorial nomination
While Morely has denied any KlaI
affiliations. the generally accepted be:
lief is that he belongs to the hooded
small potatoes by a majority of the
party leaders, and there appears lit.
tie danger at this time that he will
even get near a nomination.
1t is asserted the Klan also will
. have presumptive Republican nomi
and for secretary of state in the per
son of Rice w. Means. city attorney
of Denver, who announced his can
didacy for the senatorial nomination
early this week, and Carl Milliken
incumbent secretary of state, wht
Neither bears the outright staml
Of the Klan, for the reason that boil
vehemently deny membership
practice still prevalent in Colorado a.
concerns membership in the white
robed organization.
Milliken has a strong following IL
the party, but Means is considered tn
weakest of the men who SO far hav'
announced their candidacy.
Charles J. Moniyhan, Republican. o
Soi, " ho ia
candidacy for the short-term sena
torialf nomination a few days ago. i
considered to be the strongest oppo
nent Jesse F. Mcdonald. former gov
ernor, will have. Mcdonald an
nounced his candidacy some week
ago while in Washington.
The La Toilette movement has no
caused any apparent concern to dat
among the leaders of the majo
parties. There Is a strong division o
opinion as to which Of the parties h
will hurt most in Colorado.
J. B. DAY.