The daily sentinel., 1906-10-30
SO THE TRUTH
MAY BE KNOWN

Reuben L. Starr, found guilty by a
jury of twelve of his countrymen OF
attempting to bribe a member of the
city council of the city of Grand June.
tion, to induce him to vote certain
way upon proposition then pending
before that body. and sentenced by
the district judge of the seventh jul
dicial district of the state of Colorado,
to term of Imprisonment in the
county Jail of Mesa county of six
months and to pay fine of 10000.
is asking for the suffrages of the hon
est men and women of Mesa county.
The memory of man is not so fleet
ing but that the incidents which led
up TO the trial and conviction of this
man Starr are fresh in the minds of
those who were Iresidents of this
county at that time. They have not
forgotten how he was ably defended
by brilliant counsel. who made des-
perate fight to clear him. pleading
his cause before an honest, intelli
gent jury composed of men who were
not residents of the city and not cog
infant of the facts in the old
water fight and therefore not pre1u-
diced In the least and fully qualified
to sit as jurors in the case They
will call to mind how the jury after
carefully going over every particle OF
evidence introduced on either side
and weighing the same with an ear
nestness of n man sworn to do his
duty, brought in verdict of GUILTY
which was followed by the sentence
of the Judge. They will remember
how the case was appealed-to the su-
preme court of the state OF Colo
raio which body reversed the decis-
ion of the lower court on the grounds
that 1t was error on the part of the
district court to admit evidence of n
certain character, in other words re-
versed the decision of the lower court
on a technlcality and ordered q new
trial. which new trial was never had
on account of the prosecuting attor-
ney refusing to prosecute the case
further for reasons which are on file
in the office of the clerk of the dist
rict court, The reasons given by the
prosecuting attorney for not prose
cutting the case further can be asser-
tanned by a perusal of the records,
they are too lengthy to publish here.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
case against Reuben e. Starr was dis
missed at the request of the prose-
cutting attorney. the cold bare truth
remains that Starr had a fair and i'm
partial trial and was convicted by n
jury and sentenced by court. If
you cannot depend on a jury of
twelve men to say whether a man is
guilty or not what are you going to
have for a criterion. If he was guilty
then he is guilty now although it is
true that there is no charge pending
against him.
Reuben Starr was nominated by
the gang" against the best judg
ment and contrary TO the wishes of
the self-respecting Republicans of
this county, who would have nominal
ed such men as George Caldwell. Jack
Gallupe or o. NJ. p. Steele, honest,
upright men who would have made
good candidates and would have fill
ed the position honorably should they
have been elected.
In an age when n national Repub'
lican administration is making a
splendid fight against graft and wick
edness in high places il seems rather
strange that the Republicans OF Mesa
county who represent the best that is
in that party should be asked to vote
for man whose idea of what is
honest in public life are so vague and
mistified and whose constant ana
combined infraction of the rules OF
good government and clean politics
has made his name by-word in this
community synonymous with all that
is underhanded and deceitful.