Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-04-19


city officials have started in ut the
right pace, and everything looks prom
Using for the best city administration
that Denver has had for years. Mayor
Wright in his inaugural address made
n most favorable impression. and II he
carries out the policy outlined therein
with wisdom and courage, he Will sure
ly make n record for himself OF which
lie and his party may be proud. His
remarks ON the subject OF corporations
Were especially strong and TO the
point. He Is no anarchist. hostile TO
all corporations us such. and In favor
OF taxing corporations higher than any
body else; but he Indicates very plain
ly that corporations which have fran
chIscs must give the people the very
best service In return FOR the privileges
given 90 them, and that he rs mayor
VIII be satisfied with nothing less. and
Will take nothing less. This r. the SEN
slble attitude. and one that VIII be ap-
proved by rlght.mlndcd people every
where. We have seen the results OF
crazy and unln,clllgcnt opposition TO
kansas and TcSas-and also In our
own state; and people are Tired OF tine
dcmaeoglsm which speaks OF NIL cor
porntIons rs II they were Incarnatlons
OF the devil, when everybody knows
that some OF them have done more 80
help and 10 develop this state than
any other agency: but on the other
hand, II would be In the highest de-
gree unwIsc TO allow the corporations
which enjoy franchises. like water
and gas and electric and trnmwny
companies, TO perform their duties In
n sllrshod manner and not 10 give In
return for the privileges granted 10
them tile best service possible. Mayor
Wright has hi, the golden mean in this
matter. His whole address, In fact.
shows that he regards the running OF
n city rs primarily business propo-
sltion. 10 be undertaken In very much
the same spirit ns the running OF n
large private business This Is the
spirit the people approve OF. and pub
lie opinion is certainly with the new
mayor.
The newspaper man who was at
Shanghai In the early part OF our late
unplcasantncss with Spain seems TO
have transferred his headquarters
from Manila TO Porto Rico. At any
rate. the ghost stories" which have |
come from the latter island recently.
and which have been given an unfor-
'unate circulation by the Associated
Press, show that somebody with n
very vivid Imagination is mt work. |
There Is another artist Mt Havana. and |
nj Manila there Is n sccond.raic pur-
vcyor OF sensational fabricntions. Ev- |
cry few days we are treated to horri. |
BILE story OF American soldiers NAL. |
treating poor natives; or horrible |
frauds in the commissary department:
OF natives in Porto Rico starving |
by thousands, while the pampercd |
menlals OF the United States govern
ment live in palaces; OF n general feel. |
Ing among the best people in Cuba |
that the tyranny Of General Wood |
cannot longer he endured: and so forth J
and so on, nd nauscam. The worst OF |
1t is, that so much OF this sort OF stun |
Is published in the news columns.
though much OF II Is marked special, |
that numbers Of people take 1t for |
news, and accept the horrible stories
rs facts. 1t is always harder TO catch |
n lie than TO start one. so that It is
extremely difficult 30 counteract the
bad effects of such fabrications.
The safest rule under the conditions
Is TO believe nothing one
sees In newspaper correspondence
about our foreign possessions. except
the official reports from duly accrcdIt-
ed officers of the government.
Il does not yet appear whether the
state is TO have n revenue during the
next two years or not; and whether the
and other state institutions
will have 90 close their doors is yet to
be decided. The late Legislature may
have meant well: but IL it did, 1t was
the most incompetent body of men
ever got together since COLORADO be-
came Il state; and If it was not incom.
petcnt 1t was something worse: there
is no escape from the dilcmma-it is
like the catch question rs to whether
n man would rather be n bigger fool
than he looks, or look n bigger fool
than he is: the answer in either case
being GLOW could youi'
A Kansas City paper has published
an interview with Il brother of Tom
Maloney, who lives in that place, but
who has been out in Denver helping
Tom lntelv. in which he stntcs TINT