Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-05-16
FACTS Ass FACTS.

United states lana Once pSfohAff
and the register comes In for personal
abuse. The Democrat has not had
word to say. however. over the dis
position of trustee notices coming un-
der The Jurisdiction Of the county
treasurer. Under Mr.. s. q. Wallis
administration The Herald Was ostra-
clsed except in one instance. and the
cnts endeayorei 10 secure publications
for this paper. Since Mr. Bass'sr
has been IN Office The Herald has not
received a soiitsr, trustee sale from
him. s,i1 The Herald has never ui,
tered a word against Mr.. Wall or Mr.
BaiFfnr for sending notices To oppo
sl,son newspapers II they constd
cred II their duty 10 stay with their
newspaper Supporters " Was and is
their privilege and no one will ever
he sbused by this paper for standing
by their political friends. In fact,
ail things being even. We commend
osYcfals who stand by those who are
responsible for their creation. and
The Herald bears no iifT@iinr
asnsnx; Mr. Baisfer for refusing 70
give this paper publications or against
Mr. wsil for carrying out his convic'
tons while In once There ARE
some men nominated against the Ia
fannnc of their party papers and se-
tlne their election without any IA
yorS--psy for their support. etc. Sneh
officials are free To ro where they
please aud often announce no prefer
enfe and allow clients TO have their
notices published where they like. Uu.
der general practice such = policy Ia
the bcsi for the public Ma thr man
paying the money should be allowed
some say II he SO dcrires, but The
Herald was denied the publication OF
trustee sales prior to the Republican
administration Of the land once and
the register was one who endeavored
10 have sueh publication in The Her
aid. When he took once be simply
exercised the preroga,ivr of his osYice
and selected The Hernid ae the on
ssai publication fof land notices and
this was no more than right under
the ruling Of the Democratic comn.
~ tr~asnrsrs.
Agasa, ib- assertion that The Her
Md sss awarded constitutional amend.
ments by Republicans over Democrat
le papers comes with mighty poor
grace under the circumstances. In
the nre; place the publication of con
siitutionai amendments by Republi'
can Administrations was secured for
stonf onc.irnfh what II has cost un.
der fasionists. No Republican sec
Rotary Of state ever inserted such m
amendment in daily publications ont.
side of the -four or Ave large dail'cs
~ the state. and then only In one
weekly publication In a county. ~
svon ar the Demo Pop fpsioBiste a..
rurcd Office the amendments were
Eiven To every antl-Republiosn paper
In the state. both daily aud weekly
no matter how many publications 10 8
coua,y. and the state paid an crces
si,a bill OF something like $4,000
When the Mcintyre administration
was In power the secretary OF state
only published amendments In one
paper In each county and absolutely
refused TO have Same In daily publ
cations outside OF Denver. Colorado
Springs and Pueblo, Since then the
fusIonists have been In control ard
last year ibe fusion secretary of state
squsndered fuads rs the amendment
was given TO every fusion paper, even
where there were half dozen In one
county. although the law required ir
sertion In only our publication. In
la Plata county The Wage Garner was
given the amendment and then ss a
campaign contribution the Democrat
was given the amendment for the ini'
Iy and received therefor about szoe
and every Demo-Pop daily In the
state came In for the same kindly con
sidcration at the expense of the tax.
pays who are nov called upon 20 con
tribute 10 the expense through the
revenue bin The records will show
tbese statements TO be absolute facts
which We are prepared 10 prove tor
money aud thus the piaintiyc whine
OF the Democrat last week loses its
effect. II was made to falsely mis-
lead the people Of Durango and la
Plata county. The Herald made no
kick because the Democrat received
campaign contribution OF SsOo
through being given the amendments
which no Republican was ever guilty
Of doing. As before stated. the DEM
ocrat has not halted AT any misrcp-
resentasion In order to back up the H.
legal stand OF the commissioners and
present council. In order that Il might
get In Its -hns" 10 tho extent of aev-
eral thousand dollars year between
city and county. but facts are facts
and The Herald is prepared To prove
same before any court In the iana.
Let the laws be carried out and
there will be no kick and ofiiciaIs will
receive rightfui consideration by Tn"
Herald.