The Glenwood post., 1906-11-03
Facts Concerning Former
Official Now Again
Seeking Votes
some HOT SHOTS FROM TtNBROOk
To the Voters of Garfield County ::

To the Voters of Garfield County:
came to Glenwood over 10 years
ago and have been engaged in market
gardening and greenhouse work ever
since. Am a democrat and will be SC
long as the parties hold their present
helped to put the democratic party
in it's present powerful position in
Garfield county and now that they are
preparing to betray the confidence oi
the people it is some ones duty tc
warn the breadwinners of the county
in time to call halt. and it is to
them and not to the dyed in the wool
party voter that | write these lines.
have never taken an active part in
politics before. Am not 4 politician,
have never had an office and never
will Am not boiling the party but
am not going to let the people step
unawares into the pit that the demo
cratic party has dug for them this
fall in Garfield county. This county
is second to few in resources and
second to none in the quality of her
citizens and is entitled to officials for
the people and not for fthe party. 1t
is piece of history that seldom fails
with any party that when a party be-
comes 80 strong as to be impregnable,
the people generally pay for their
mistake.
was born in Cass county, Mis-
souri. of New York parents and grew
up among tax ridden people who
we're thrown into bondage by board
Of county commissioners who Issued
and sold $3.50, 600 in bonds for rail
road that never was to be built. The
people refused to pay until ordered to
do 30 Dy the supreme court who said
that If the people chose to keep IA
party in power until it ha1 sold them
soul and body none but they were to
blame and that the bonds must he
paid to the innocent purchasers.
l came to Otero county, Colorado,
81 years ago and witnessed the uproar
caused by the stealing of everything
stealable by the seventh general as
semby, better known as the Robber
Seventh. At about the same time
the people of Otero county were the
victims of an $50, 600 court house steal
from the effects of which they were
burdened for go years by excessive
taxes and meanwhile the county bust
ness was done in long store building
rented for the purpose and partitioned
off by wire netting into stalls much
like the stalls in livery barn, and
, in 1899 they issued new bonds and
built court house.
Why did not someone warn the
, people in time to prevent these rob
berries that enriched the few and i'm.
| puverished the many? Why did no,
someone expose the insurance com
panies before they had spent many
millions of the people money to elect
tools for political machiner
Uust Dceduso thc Ho'Pic 5oioo" hooe
3 a warning until the bitter pill of bond
age has been swallowed Why il
. Garfield county paying interest or
, 1928, 900 in bonds1 What has sbt
e to show for themf A *ll, 200 court
8 house that strangers caunot find be
t cause it resembles 25cent roomint
house. Who is TO pay these bonds
] my fellow citizens You or YOU
! children. Can you pay them whil'
: you are kept busy buying toll roads
Q rebating corporation taxes and voting
o for party tools because lot of goot
3 men and women are nominated t.
e carry them through9 Is ii good bust
/, ness policy to pay the price we dt
q for feathers to line the nests of thes
t party and corporation tools?
9 Why did the people elect Mr.. C. X
Diffendarfer county commissi oner il
g 1899 by a majority OF 299 and after
o three years trial defeat him by g
4 votes in 1909, leaving him the onl.
i man in county or state defeated a
: per official count published in Glen
y wood Post November 1899 and 1902
II There's cause. my fellow citizens
b and glory in the ability of the Col
n orado voter to change the politics o
II county and state often enough to kee
d either party from becoming stale
= Have you that cast those SEQ vote
e forgotten why you did It'll Why dt
's Mr.. Ditfendarfer appoint to tho offic
1t Of road supervisor in his own distrit
man that had been tried for yeal