Evening star., 1926-10-22

NOntinned from First I'aSe)
clare that Governor Shoup maintained
order in the miners strike in Colo
RADIO with 40 rangers. and did 1t ef
fective1y when in the past 1t had
been necessary to call out regiments
Of state militia.
The two newspa pers of Denver, the
Post. pnhlished by Bonfils. and the
Times. published by Shaffer. have
taken opposite sides in the Ruher-
Material race, the former supporting
Shoup and the latter Adams They
are At 1t hammer and tones. Pub
fishing daily charges and counter
charges, the Post has sought to pin
on Adams the Khan emblem. 1t has
tried to make sweet out a Kan cam
didat6 for the SENATE, too.
Both Adams and Sweet have op-
posed the Klan, the Times replies.
calling on Shoup and Waterman, the
Republican nominee for the Senate.
10 refute the ''lies' Of their supporter.
the Post. AZ matter OF fact. the
attacks delivered by the Post against
Adams are causing some worry
among the leaders Of the Republican
organization They fear the reac-
ton among the people who have
great regard for Billy Adams.
Report of SiOO Gift.
The Denver Post has published
story TO the effect that the late GOV.
Alva Adams in 1917. contributed 800
to the Fellowship Forum. published
in Washington. now as the organ oi
the ku Klux Khan. The charge Ia
that Alva r. Adams, son or GoV.
Adams, IL campaign manager lot
Rilly Adams, and that the contribu-
ton TO the Fellowship Forum If a
sure Indication of the connection OF
,he Adams family. including Billy.
with the klan.
Alva b. Adams. replying to this
charge. points out that when his
father contributed the 400. the publi-
cation was being started as Ma :
sonic organ. that his father was 'he
father of Masonry in Colorado ana
that there was no earthly reason why
he should not contribute the money.
The Khan then had not come into
prominence.
The Post, in reply. asks. wv ny
doesn't Billy Adams denounce the
klan?'' Hut Adams record against
the klan is known. and he does not
have to denounce the Khan any more
than President Coolidge had tn de-
nounce II in 1924. when La Toilette
and Davis, his opponents. had at
tackled the kIan and called upon
Coolidge to do the same.
The Khan is doubtless going to cast
a large vote for Adams and for sweet
berause OF its opposition to Shoup
and Waterman. 1t hates Shoup be
cause Of his attacks upon 1t. and II
dislikes Waterman because he de-
feated in the primaries Senator Rice
W, Means, who has been a Khan
fa vorite. There IL no reason why
the Democratic candida tes should now
froth at the mouth because the Re-
publican Khan votes will he cast for
them. Their record on the Klan is
straight. and IL the I<lan wishes to
take 1t out on the Republican orga nj
zation. why should the democrats
worry?
bid for Anti.Klan Vote.
The effort of the Republicans and
the Post is to win antiKlan votes
for their candidates and against
Democratic nominees. 1t ie directed
particularly toward the Democratic
catholic vote. which is large. The
Democratic Catholic leaders are more
are to Adams. In fact. they person
ally like Adams. But Sweet has fail
ed TO make a statement favorable to
the Catholics az a result OF his in
vestiastion. along with other mem.
hers Of a Protestant commission of
the troubles between the Catholic
Church and the Mexican government
1t in this that the Catholics are hold.
ing UP against Sweet more than the
alleged Klan designation. for they
know that Sweet two years aso while
campa iRnins for governor denounced
the Khan and opposed the Repuhlica n
Khan ca ndidate.
Gov. Sweet has so far taken no pub
lie 3otice of the Catholic attacks
against him. He still hopes TO get a
third or half the Catholic votes in the
state because Of his hold on labor
But If the church campaign against
him becomes very. active. as II
promises to do. Sweet may cut loose
with public demand to- know IL the
Catholic Church In to dictate who
shall he Senator from Colorado and
what views that Senator shall hold
OF affairs in Mexico.
Not Anxious for Row,
III III uOcS. df"tnNI IcfiEOuE HnO
fanatical war may develop. Gov
Sweet Ia not anxious to start IL, hut
he can he pushed into It, He insists
that ne and the commission which
went to Mexico to investigate condi
tionA has made no report. and that A
press dispatch quoting three members
Of the commission, though not him.
sAlf In which some Of the things told
the commission by President Gales of
Mexico were repeated is the only
thing which has emanated from any
member Of the investigating body.
Gov. Sweet feels that Catholic opposi
ton to him is due really to the fact
that he has not said anything about
the Mexican troubles in favor Of the
church.
The Denver Post has sought Ia
make Adams out a wet, hut dry or.
gani::ation leaders have not taken to
this charge. holding that Adams will
strictly enforce the dry laws If he he.
comes governor. Adams has strong
following among the farmers who are
church people and dry.
Under the initiative and referendum
law. the people of Colorado are to
vote on whether or not to repeal the
dry prnvisiens se the state constitu-
ton with proviso that the repeal