La Junta tribune., 1906-11-17
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To the People Of O.ero. Kiowa. Bent.
Raca and Prowers Counties:
Why is not this a good time for
you to prepare = bill and have it in
troduced at the next session Of the
legislature creating you into a new
judicial district! 1t seems to US that
every reason can be urged in favor
Of this and not q solitary valid OBJ
lection can be made against it. The
interests Of these FIVE counties are
purely agriculture and stock raising
and the judiciary Of the Tenth Judi
cial District which included Pueblo.
Otero and Kiowa counties. have been
from its creation by tie
city Of Pueblo. which is purely man.
and the city hall and the
so-ealled liberal Or sporting element.
have been the prime factors in con-
trolling conventions and naming the
judicial candidates for whom they
have given you only the privilege Of
voting for at elections. This has
been true Of both parties. In the
third district. Las Animas and Huer-
fano counties. through the machines
in the mining districts have been en-
abled to name for you the judicial
candidates for whom they have given
the citizens Of Bent. Bsca and Prov
err counties the privilege Of voting
for on election day. Now we take
it that the interests Of the city Of
Pueblo being solely manufacturing
and the interests Of Las Animas and
Hperfano counties being almost ex-
clusively mining. are. from business
standpoint. clearly antagonistic to
our agriculture and stock raising in
tefests.
Again. Pueblo - the judicial Gen.
ter Of the Tenth judicial District puts
the county seat in Otero county sixty
miles and the county seat Of Kiows.
at EAds. more than 100 miles from
the judicial center. and Bent and
Baea and Prowers counties from l2O
to $50 miles from their judicial head
quarters at Trinidad. And yet no
section Of the west Is 50 rapidly de-
veioping - this great valley. abso-
lutely without judicial identity 50
far - . Judicial center is concerned.
Now since there is . decided repub-
lican majority in the next legisla-
ture. which. from . political stand
point. will not feel bound to consider
Pueblo's democratic majority in the
premises. it occurs to US that il the
people want . judicial center Of their
own. the time is ripe for . united ef-
fort. regardless Of politics. to secure
Q new Judicial district and We can
80 no reason why the Pueblo judi
cary could have grounds for objec-
ton - Il lesssns both thsir WORK and
expense -. they are pledged by the
convention nominating them to &C.
cept no railroad passes whatever and
Il leaves Pueblo district intact to
itself with all Of the Judicial machin-
cry it now has. 1t likewise lessons
the work for the judicial officers of
the third district. leaving them with
their headquarters and official force
unchanged and it gives the valley with
its judicial center within its own
bounds and that too without any ad.
ditional expense whatever. except
the salary of one judge and that is
paid by the state. Instead of pay
ing a deputy district attorney, that
same money would go 10 pay a dis
trict attorney. and the same could be
said Of the district clerks in the diff
ferent counties. Viewing it from
every standpoint Of right and justice
it occurs to US that we should obtain
this district without opposition and
this we believe will be true unless we
should meet with the opposition of