Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-07-26

COndefnneQ tN6 lnolCtiNtNt III tH1 noHl0 W
business peace and prosperity. What
kind Of business is It. one must ask. that
calls for the smoothing over and disguis-
ing Of tho political rottennesss Of Colo
rado.
The Denver Chamber OF Commerce has
been pleased to express Its distinguished
disapproval Of Judge Lndsey's eondem-
nation Of Simon Guggenheim and Of tho
condition Of things in Colorado which
permitted him to become senator. Tho
objection seems to be that some OF tho
people back east where the Judge has
been leeturing might learn something
they don't know. and thereby be diseour-
aged from coming out to swell Denvor's
population and so RAISE tho price Of its
town lots. Tho Chamber o! Commerce
is commercial institution. as its name
implies. and tho moral character OF tho
state Of Colorado is important to Il pure
ly as commercial asset. Tho Chamber
Of Commerce is not at all concerned with
tho facts in tho Gusgenheim case except
in the way Of suppressing thsm. And so
Il got after the Judge.
No one heard from the Chamber Of
Commerce when = man possessed Of
some millions came into tho community
and with cool presumption said by his
eondues:-Go 10: hare arc = lot Of poor
cheap. contemplate creatures Of tho biped
species that for few dollars will do any
thing want done. They are no. all
Harry Orchards TO b sure. but they're .
cheaper lot They're not low enough In
tho human scale 10 do rampant murder.
even under the belief tha. ,hsy arc aveng-
ing wrongs done by that element Of tho
community which porsonify. They have
a conventional morality that Is above that
sort Of thing. But SEQ how quickly can
find enough Of them who. for 30 much
filthy silver as can Be graspsd thus will
abort their honor. s;fangie their manhood
and play the traitor to their common
wealth. And then went on and proved
4.
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Tho Chamber Of Commerce wasn't
sayin' word" about that But all tho
Same tho man or woman who 10 citizen
Of Colorado and does no; resent tho olee-
ton o! Simon ouggonheim As an insult TO
tho state ss whole and to himself por-
soaaily Is either too ob:usa morally to
caro- wha; l, implies. or too dull in:olice-
;ully TO SEQ what !; involves as TO tho
economic future Of Tho people. |! Judge
Lindsey exaggerated tho condition o! rot
;enness which prevails JUS. at present
and many people not in tho Chamber Of
Commerce fsi! 70 SEQ how he eould-.hcTo
Is nothing 50 well calculated TO make tho
Judges oaaggorat!on dwindlo into COM
mon place as tho attempts Of supposedly
representative bodies to disguise our
shame and bcli;,le our disgrace: to de-
press whatever moral sonssbilisy wo do
possess. Whenever an institution lends
eouatenaneo 20 tho promotion Of political
prostitution why not move down onto
Market stree, along with tho oshe. cham
bors Of prostitution.
The Denver Chamber Of Commerce
must surely have some honorable men in
Il. and in protest against tho resolution
that condemned Lindsey for holding up
to tho seorn and contempt Of tho world
the man who has made Jest Of all the
vaun.ed honor Of the suffrage in this
state. they should march UP to tho Office
Of this captain Of industry and demand
his resignation.
Perhaps there isn't much In the question
Of morality. Il Is only relative thing |
after all. But there is something SO cool
ly presump:ious about mans coming |
into community and saying by his con-
duct: Here are lot Of poor. cheap. con-
temptible creatures who for a few dol
lars will do anything dictate. Tha. was
probably what Inado tho little Judges
blood boil. He can overlook all sorts Of |
defects in a badly conceived and brutality |
reared boy: one whom the poverty. hun
ger and dirt Of the civilized Jungle has
made into beast, but ho can't endure
the full grown man who acts on the prin-
eiple that honoTs can be bought with
money.
1t may ba the popular thing to abuse
Lindsey. but after all 1t is fortunate that we
always have in the world a few heroic |
souls who are either seeking to restore
supposedly lost paradise or to realize
their ideal of future world in all things
blessed and undefiled. Part Of the time |