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Newspaper
The La Jara Chronicle
Location
La Jara, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
3
Chairman John F Vivian issues Bulletin No 2 urging every Republican in Colorado to vote straight ticket and distribute literature. Warns of stay-at-home votes and attacks Democrats as evasive on issues while praising GOP records and Roosevelt doctrine. Call to register voters by October 27 and mobilize committees for a decisive triumph.
A Republican era complaint claims a Standard Oil funded special train traverses Colorado to aid Democratic candidates including Bryan Hughes and Shafroth. The piece laments corporate control, cites Bryan’s past anti-corporate stances, and accuses Bryan of hypocrisy for not denouncing the train and donors. It frames Hughes as a corporate ally and questions party integrity.
The piece rebukes Honestjohn Shafroth for misrepresenting sugar policy during his bid for governor. It argues that his claims about Philippine sugar harming Colorado’s industry are unfounded and that Democrats generally favor free sugar imports, contrasting Shafroth’s unusual stance with party doctrine. The article cites figures on past imports from the Philippines, Hawaii, and Porto Rico, and questions his explanations of sugar trusts and duty elimination.
The Octopod accuses the Colorado Democratic slate of heavy corporate ties and wealth influence. It alleges Standard Oil money funds campaigns and trains, citing Cassady and Hughes as wealthy corporation lawyers. It notes sixteen lawyers on the ticket, many employed by firms or utilities, shaping party links to big business.
A study of William Jennings Bryan’s books shows he used nonunion printers for his printing work, despite professed affection for union labor. The absence of the union label in the Com moner amused union printers and undercut his labor stance.
A satirical look at Dr. Bryan as a traveling purveyor of nostrums for the body politic. The piece mocks his shifting remedies from silver cure to anti-imperialism, government ownership, and a new Oklahoma sage brush bank-deposit tea, framed as a critique of political gimmicks and reform parties.
A political compare and contrast piece arguing Jesse F. McDonald, a self-made miner from Colorado, is honest and merits voters’ support over John Shafroth, a lawyer accused of demagoguery and political license. The piece highlights class, sincerity, tariff views on beet sugar, and prior electoral outcomes. It predicts McDonald’s victory in November.
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