The daily sentinel., 1906-11-22
CHARACTER ASSASSIN ON DUTY

emate enterprises bankrupted and the character of men
unimpeachable integrity honor.
backened jackals
purpose stop not at the devilsh intrigue and
lying.
n upon a proposed extension o
franchise of The Grand Junction Electric
which before the city council of this consdera
on the other sheet rented its columns last night for
dirty cowardy and lying attack the writer
of this city. be complmenting
sheet too greatly to charge that he the author of the
scurrilous article much would be pleased be able
have claimed its authorship. the paid
hreling of the Gas whose villany hidden
behind the editorial privilege of newspaper.
The question of the rights justice passage
franchise extension not considered in the article
length. The major portion of the devoted
asserting nuendo thar the mayor city
accepted publication proposed
PAID FOR BY THE CITY. BUT PAID FOR BY THE ELEC-
TRIO LIGHT COMPANY had blacRmailed that company
The
that since N Bunting has been this
he into contract 10 do any printing for the city
of Grand Junction whatever. furthermore
he has refused the printing matter what
for the city and that in accepting the of
voluntarily surrendered the position of city which
will during years o incumbancy of
his Office several thousand dollars. That
and the public generally knows that premium
that he pays for serving the public in his official position
He did accept the publication of the ordinance from
the Electric Light would
COMPANY had they one to offer SO LONG AS THE CITY
is NOT A PARTY TO THE CONTRACT OR DOES NOT
HAVE TO PAY FOR 1T
The business advertising 1t Is not
just sufficiently phanthropc refuse which
the law accept, n
seurrilous incendiary The help It, If
the Electric Light company Sentinel
advertising majority of the mer-
chants this whose appear
Its columns
The Sentinel and Mayor Bunting the writer calls upon
any interested party to examine the affidavit NJ
coney city clerk and who has the
of the light ordinance If the Electric Light
compelled to for the publication that ordinance
certainly city is
an ordinance In of the word Is legal docu
ment, is simply proposal whlchc Electric
pany makes to the city and for which they required
to have published.
Now mark what we say The principle vantage point
which the company. corporation lighting
and competitor of the Electric Light company
to make hidden attack the Electric Light company
through the mease charge by their hired
that N Bunting doing something contrary
publishing the proposed ordinance for extension of their
franchise.
Mark further what they they
charge laying ourselves liable to the law why
don't they bring suit engage
paying the of such suit but shall
an action for damage. which we think we have ample
grounds begin from the dirty lying charge
which they made last night which they utterly
false and which we hurl back into their lying teeth
The of the city no power
TO ordinance upon same. duty
members of the council. challenge any of
Gil citizen of Grand Junction by any
word ever attempted to influence their action
rejection of the proposed The
appeals answer whether if the writer was in
place whether would charge him being
jealous nature. certainly would expect be
CRATER, ''f he be in
judgment We hope that have
satisfaction whoever the paid was,
seemingly too cowardy appear in the open
No, the has neither sold Light
company the Gas company, whom
favorable thing they get city
is in and the other is the trying
in. there is the difference n n nutshell
The Gas company repeatedly said that, II Electric
Light company would the city per
its receipts, has done, believed
1t entitled to extension franchise council
is endeavoring obtain the best city possibly
can. but THE PUBLIC WILL AGREE WITH THE sENTIN-
Ell THAT 1T HARDLY LOOKS FAIR TO LET THE GAS
COMPANY SAY WHAT is AND IS NOT FAIR. INDEAIING
WITH THE ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY
The public Will also with II can
hardly expect justice statement paper
makes regarding Mayor Bunting l. n Bunting is
and editor of another newspaper have been
legitimate target for paper which
Is warped and biased Jealousy don't pretend
TO deal justly with
There is n high satisfaction however TO us in the .
knowledge that the fact that the other
paper by kick and cum. from sup
do their bidding that whatever is written
In Its columns persons OF between the
lines to what cheap attorney. politician dsgruntied
stakeholder is behind the gun. when goes on.
We have absolute faith in the public 1t cannot be
Illegal transaction. because have in the regular
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