The daily sentinel., 1905-03-15

Mr Carnahan. or none Of the other
gentlemen who have interested them
snIvos in the matter. have become
lugewarm. Whatever is begun for
Grand Junction must NOT be dropped
imply beeausa some itue opposition
is confronted That should only make
the contest the leeuer
j. :
Evidently that editorial in the
church News oil last week, calling to
time the eyer-changing and unre-
liable editor Of our evening eontem-
porary. hit the buH's-eye. Ever since
us appearance there has been column
after column of explanation on his
part He makes a most weak con
fession as to his motives in the mat
ter and for his change in front. In
effect. it is that. because his sub
scription list was not increasing, he
must abandon his attitude which IA
vored the policy of the ministerial
alliance and adopt such a policy as
would Increase his circulation. Could
anything be more weak than such
confession. lie publicly eonfesses
that, even though the position he
took was an honorable one and was
the result of his best judgment he
would abandon that policy for mon
etary consideration. A newspaper,
to be of any force, must take sides
and maintain it's contentious if there
is anything worth while in the policy
adopted. But no such subservient,
trucking policy viii win friends or
adherents TO any cause, which may
be abandoned on The first skirmish.
IL the position the other paper took
heretofore was correct then. III is
now. What faith can the readers OF
that paper have i'm its utteranees, if,
when -assat1ed. its policy changes. or
whom it loses or does not gain sub
scribers. it Will change it's policy to
suit conditions.
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The corporations of this state are
bound that they will so gerrymand
the senatorial districts of this state
that they shall have fun and free
control on the other side of every
thing pertaining to the states well
fare. Nor viii they stop at fixing
up senatorial districts so that tools
and plant creatures can be elected;
but they propose 10 redistrict the
state for judicial purposes. Mesa
comfy will come i'm for its share OF
annoyance If the people do not raise
howl that win reach to the capitol
itself. It is proposed that Mesa coun-
ty shall be cut off from the Seventh
district and added to the Ninth dis
uiet presided over by Judge shu-
mate. 1t is also charged that the
senatorial district in which Mesa is
included shall be changed so that we
shall join with Larimer county,
county that is 500 miles distant from
MS more or less. There is only one
purpose in this gerrymandering 1t
is to secure control of the legislature
by such men as Bill Evans and 9th
ers, SO that they can secure such leg
islation as may ht their purpose. We
don L want to be Joined to the Ninth
district for judicial purposes, and the
ahsurdity Of Mesa and Larimer SEN
atorial district must be apparent to
everyone. But such things have been
done in states before and there is
no reason to suppose that such pur-
pose VIII not be carried out in this
state lie it suits the win of the giant
corporations. The newspapers of
these gerrymandered districts seem
TO be apathetic over the matter, but
they should arouse themselves and
make such howl that the plant
creatures in the legislature will not
mistake their meaning To be saved
from a fool legislator is what all
good citizens must now pray for un-
til the legislature closes. that we may
he saved from fool and freak legis-
laton
i. !. i.