The daily sentinel., 1907-03-18
HoYr REFUSED TO ANSWER
nepublican Representatives Partisan
Act-An Cnsavory Politicai MiN
up over Fruita Bridge.

Errita has been having a time Try
ing to get the legislature to make an
appropriation for the bridge she
wants to complete across the Grand
river Politics has crept into the
matter and there have been some IN
tarasting developments lately. Sen
ator DeLong. according to reports
nublisbed in the Fruita republican
organ became highly indignant last
weel, when it was reported to him
thar If was being circulated that sew
er,l influential democrats at Frulta
lbad done more toward getting the
anpropriation bill through the Iesis-
Iature than either he or Representa-
rive uoyt Senator DeLong, it seems
also showed his displeasure over the
sending of Mr.. Page, a democrat by
the Frulra Chamber of Commerce, to
Denver to lobby for the bill. As
result Mr.. Page returned home ana
two republicans were sent down by
the republican organization at Fruita'
From what the Republican sheet at
Frulta saws. Mr.. Page, when he ap-
peared before the republican finance
committee of the legislature, was
hardly treated with courtesy although
he made a logical and clear statement
in behalf of Fruita's fight for the.
bridge appropriation. 1t seems that
only republican may make an appeal
for ANYTHING to the SILLY Sixteenth. ="
As an evidence OF the desperate
efforts being made to keep the demo
Gratis from getting in a position to-
have any credit for securing the ap-
propriation if one is secured, we re-
produce the following from the
Fruita Telegram, the republican
sheet:
Senator DeLong does not mince
words in dealing with the situation.
In very emphatic language he declar-
ed that if the democrats in Fruita, in
and out of the local administration
do not at once cease trying to make
democratic thunder out of the bridge
appropriation bill and allow the
credit for whatever comes to Fruita
to go to the republican representa-
tives to whom it belongs, he will
throw the entire appropriation to
Delta"
An act of Representative Hoyt in
connection with the matter is not
very creditable to that gentleman.
Simply for political reasons Hoyt re-.
fused to courteously answer a commun
icatiou directed to him in connection
with the appropriation by Dr. S. p.
Green. of Fruita. who as the demo-
cratic nominee ran against Hoyt at
the last Lection and came near de-
feating him DR.. Green. as a member
of the town council OF Fruita, was
delegated to communicate with Hoyt
and secure his cooperation in the
matter. Hoyt. it is reported, and on
republican authority too, refused to
answer DR.. Green in regard to the
appropriation but wrote DR.. Green to
the effect that If he had any COM
munications to make to the Mesa
county representatives in the legis-
lature, he CHoyD, would prefer that
i'm the future he address himself to
Senator DeLonE as he, (HoyD would
hold no further intercourse with DR..
Green. Evidently Hoyt is not rep
rcsenting Mesa county as a whole but
the republican party only, as a rep
.resentative.
These same statements concerning
Hoyt's action We're given publicity in
the Fruita Telegram, in connection
with a bitter denunciation of the
democrats and defense of Hoyt and
Senator DeLong
Narrowed down it means that the
two gentlemen from Mesa county
want all the credit for getting the
bill through, if they do get it
through, when as a matter of fact
they do not deserve it all.
Saturday DeLong notified the re-
publican organization at Fruita that
he thought he could get an approp-
ration of $4,000 for the bridge in
stead of the $4,000 asked for. All
such appropriations were cut down
by the legislative committees.
1t is an interesting and yet at the
same time not very savory affair now
stirred up over this quite insignih.
cant matter. About five columns OF
space was devoted to the affair by the
little republican sheet at Fruita the
Telegram, saturday Many inter.
views with Senator DeLong ran
through the long-winded article.