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The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
THE POST believes there are saloon

THE POST believes there are saloon
men in this town who do not really
want to violate the laws and who arc
doing 80 against their real desire and
judgment and because they think they
are forced into it by others who will
not be square. We realize fully the
position these men are placed in and
yet we believe they are stnding in
their own light. There is no denying
that the saloon men are their own worst
enemies and are rapidly bringing about
their own elimination by such conduer.
as they have been party to in Glen
wood during the past year. What these
more respectable fellows should do is
to 60 to the recalcitrants and tell them
that they themselves would report to
the officers the first violation of the
law and insist on the punishment OF
the offender. They would thus place
themselves in better position with the
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03

THE POST is making NO fight on
the saloons and has no grudge person
ally against tho saloon men, Some Of
them have been decent enough to ad-
nit nearly all the statements the Post
has made which some other people
have not been honest enough to do
although they could not controveet
them. All we ask is that the saloon
men obey the law just as is required
of the livery men, the druggists, tho
grocerymen, the doctors and the rest
of us. Is this asking too muchf Can
any good citizen ask for lessf L.
there any sense or reason why the sa-
looms should claim protection under our
laws and then trample those laws un-
der their feet? Even the honest sa-
loon men will answer no. Well then
let IS face about. The republican
party is the only party in this cam
paign that is pledged to law enforce
ment. Which. side are you on, Mr.
Voter.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
THE MAYOR saws we are a. go

THE MAYOR says we are a. good
as any of our neighboring townA
That doesn't necessarily prove any
thing and might or might not be cred
table to us. There are saloon men i1
Glenwood today who are violating the
law not because they really want to
do SO. They started out by keeping
the law but finally yielded to the In
huencc of others and now they arc
eonteu.ing themselves with the 60
phistry of Drach that they are NO
worse than the other lawbreakers.
Gentlemen that will not do. A crime
committed by another does not justi-
fly crime on your part The mayor 8
argument is not tenable. Besides be
has not answered our statements
which in another part of his article
he practically admits as true. The
marshal has admitted that conditions
were much worse than they should be.
So has almost every member of the
town board. The saloon men have net
attempted to deny our statements BE-
cause they know them to be true.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
BETWEEN THE DEVIL
AND THE SEA

The democrats say there is neither
gambling nor a wine room in Glenwood
Springs. Humph!
The democrats try it again and say
that if there is gambling OF wine
room in Glenwood Springs, the oper
ators should be prosecuted. Well, you
have democratic police force, a DEM
ocratio sheriff, and a democratic dis
trict attorney to do it for you.
Finally, the democrats say thesa
things do exit, but the republicans
ought to prosecute the violators. Well
just put the republican ticket in charge
of the city government and there
won't be any more of the violations to
prosecute.
In fact, the whole attitude Of tns
democratic party in the town cleo
tion, as expressed by its organ, the Av.
alanche, reminds one of the man who
was jerked up for stealing his neigh
boris kettle. Says he, in defense:
"Thcre wasn't any kettle, 50 I could
not have stolen it. Besides, the kct-
tie was cracked, and lastly. l intend
to bring it back tonight"
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
auaaENHE1M AND THE TARIFF

Senator Guggenheim recently, denied
having made s.atement, which appear
ed in several papers, that the reduction
of duties on lead bullion as contemplat.
ed in the Payne bill would not affect
or injure the mining interests Of Colo
RADIO.
"On the contrary, said the Senator,
~ am in favor of the presen. duties on
coal, coke, sugar, marble, starch, lead
bullion, pig lead, hides and wool, AMI
any other product Of Colorado that is
protected under the Dingley law. And
in addition to this I am opposed TO the
provision in the Payne bill permitting
the importation of 100000 tons Of Phil.
ippins sugar free of duty and shall do
all that in me lies to eliminate that
feature from the bill when It reaches
the senate. We have growing industries
in all the above mentioned articles and
at the present we especially need the
help and protection that the present
tariff gives us. i believe in the ehmin'
alton or reduction of duties on those
articles upon which the welfare of my,
own state is involved.
"WThat disposition will finally ba
made as to the duties on the artieles
have mentioned, l, of course eansot
predict, but my individual efforts shall!
be directed toward retaining the pros
ent rates and protection afforded US. -
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
50 aAY WE. ALL OF us

The saloon Non who bad their side
doors open will certainly 60 US against
1t and no one will have sympathy for
them. They closed their doors Sun
days at the reuest of District Attorney
Gentry and he warned them that they
ahould obey the law the same as other
people. Now, If evidence has been 80
cured that viii call them into court,
10 one will be to blame but themselves.
Avalanche.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
WELL. HERE'S YOUR
ANSWER. MIR. MAYOR

O In this life, man has three 6
o choices. He can either put up 6
o with conditions; he can change Z
O them, or he can move out. The =
O mavor has asked the Post editor (:
o why he does not move. In reply :
Q we will say that we prefer to JOIN (:
o hands with the better class of Z
O people in Glenwood and try to i.
O change conditions. We have put 1.
o up with them long enough. The !.
@ editor of this paper came into
O Glenwood ahead of Mayor Drach
% and without consulting Drach e
o about it. He hopes to remain here /:
O as long as he chooses, or go else 4
o where as suits his fancy, and with s
o out securing Mr.. Drach's permis- (.
o sion. To say "If you don't like !:
o our style you should seek new 10 G
o cation" is begging the question 6
g 1t is the argument of the school
o boy, and beneath the dignity OF {
o one who aspires to hold an execut-
{. tive position. In addition to this,
o it is equivalent to saying, "Condi
o tions are not what they should be,
o but we refuse to correct them,
o and what are you going to do
Q about it?" We can only say that
o the good people of the town will
O endeavor to correct present condi-
o tions, without the assistance OF
o Mayor Drach, the record Of the
o past year furnishing the best proof &
o as to Mr.. Drach s sincerity along I
o the line of bettering moral condi-
o tions.
100000 o . o Q o Q o
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
@. H. BARNES, member of a large

G. H. BARNES, member of large
plumbing firm in Colorado Springs,
spent last Saturday and Sunday in the
city He said Sunday afternoon: az
was talking to gentleman this morn.
ing when some half dozen men came
along / never heard such foul Ian
guage from men and the man who was
with me at the time, and whose name
l did not learn, said to me, Il was ex-
pecting to come to Glenwood this sum
mer and bring my wife and daughters
for month S vacation, but if what
now hear, and what ! have seen on
the streets, are samples Of what Glen
wood has, / shall not bring them here.
| am glad they are not with me now,
to hear the talking of these men. !"
This is one of many cases that can be
cited
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
~ was consistent with public safe

ty."
Yes, the peace and order conditions
have been somwhat disturbed for fac.
They were disturbed considerably last
Sunday morning when a drunken brawl
took place in a prominent part of the
business section. Will the mayor claim
that it is common sense to handle
such disgraceful events with ''forbear-
ance"g They were slightly disturbed
on the same day, Sunday, when three of
Glenwood IS most respectable and re-
spccted ladies while taking an after
noon walk and in their attempt to reach
north side of the river were almost
jos.led off the pavement on Grand av-
enue by three drunken buns. Why
were these and many other men drunk
on our streets at that hour of the day
if the laws had been enforced and the
town so well polieed as Glenwood g ma--
shal and his apologist, the Avalanche,
would try to have us believe? If the
law was violated, as no one doubts, how
can these people go before the people
on their record and claim reelection?
Don't say is is up to Gentry. Don t
say it is up to Shumate. It's up to the
officials of this town to enforce ths
Laws which they know are violated ev-
cry week and which they are sworn to
support.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03

The city council of Glenwood
Springs paid the editor of the Post to
go to Denver to work for a normal
school. Is he hypocrit now, or was he
one then? Avalanche
Not guilty, good neighbor, in either
ease Glad you mentioned the matter
however, and in reply will record
little history.
The editor was. called from his fire.
side when suffering from an attach of
tie grippe which rendered him almost
bedfast; was asked to go to the ho}e
house. He went and there met a num-
Der of our citizens. Mayor Schwarz
presided and he with others asked Mr..
Dickson to go to Denver and intercede
with Governor Buchtcl and if possible
induce him 10 withdraw his alleged OBJ
iections to Glenwood as the site for a
state normal school.
After objeeting for some time Mr..
Dickson very reluctantly consented to
make the trip. In the course of the
discussion, however, he gave it rs his
opinion that it was wild goose chase
He told the people present that in
his Judgment there were two obsta-
cles in the way of the selection of
Glenwood as the site for 4 normal
school and that either of them WAS
fatal. One was the fact that the re-
quest for such school was made f q
republican legislature by Mr.. Napier,
the democratic representative and the
other was the moral condition of the
town. Others agreed in this eonclu
sion although editor Holmes hooted
the idea but Mr.. Drach, Glenwood g
present mayor, on the way home ad
mitted that both of these objections
would militate very seriously against
our success.
Mr.. Dickson, however, felt such ii
deep interest in the welfare of his
children that he was willing to take
a normal school for Glenwood even if
it came through the devil. He made
the trial and succeeded completely in
the mission for which he was delegat,
ed. In company with Mr.. Napier he
visited the governor, and secured from
him promise that he would not fight
Glenwood but if the legislature locat.
cd the school here he would sign tho
bill. He did not hesitate, however, to
say that Glenwood had bad name in
moral way and we have always
thought that he felt pretty certain he
was taking no chances or he would not
have been quite 50 free with that
promise
Afterwards in trying to interest SEN
ators and representatives, to support
the Glenw'ood normal we We're told
that Glenwood might be a good place
for home for ineorribibles or reform
school but that they did not believe
we would appreciate an educational
Institution.
If the town board paid Editor Dick
son $50 as intimated for this trip,
they did it on their own suggestion
and because they ordered the trip,
against our protest and we earned the
money and delivered the goods. If
you want any more information, just
ask for it.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
WOULD zprrol Ho1AfRs

US believe that he is but voicinR the
secret opinions Of the candaates on
the democratic ticket whan he decries
the influence of churches on mankind!
We have more faith in some Of these
candidates, and the wonder is that
they will stand silent whom their
spokesman is hurling such defaming
charges at the churches and Christians
of this city.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
AN ADMISSION OF FAILURE

The so-called interview by Mayor
Drach in last Fridays Avalanche i.
about as good confession Of the fail
ure of the present democratic party tc
make good as the most ardent republic
an could ask. Here are few quota
tions from the mayors interview:
"Few people fully realize the diff
ficulties which have confronted the
town government in it's desire to
carry out the wishes of the people
in general, and upon the main Is
sue, municipal ownership Of the
water works, and 1t is but natural
that some should feel impatient
that not as much has been accom-
plished during the year as had been
hoped for at the beginning"
Yes, we have noticed that the peopl,
do feel impatient and that impatieuse
is taking shape in a fashion that is
very uncomforta to the present ad.
ministration.
"While having made slow prog
ress on the water question except
as to the filing of the appeal to the
supreme court, the suit involving
the rights of the town to Grizzly
creek waters, the town board Of tho
past year has otherwise shown its
spirit of progress by assisting per
sonally and financially in the pub
lie gatherings and advertisement
of the town, and by the construc-
tion of more concrete sidewalk, gut
tering and cross- walks than has
been constructed in all the previous
history of the town, an improve
ment which will doubtless continue
until Glenwood Springs viii have
as good sidewalks as any city, large
or small, in Colorado"
But the property owners paid for the
sidewalks, didn Z they.
Though peace and order eondi-
tions have been somewhat disturbed
and are annoying at times, due to
a large public works . few miles
distant having in its employ large
force of men, many OF whom neces-
sits4ed on the patt Of the town e1-
treme police regulations, tho con
dition has been met with common
sense and with - much fofbsssenes
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
A CERTAIN eLENwooD IN

expecting his sister to come here Tor
a visit. His last letter to the youag
lady contained the following message;
Whatever you do, do not land here
after night unless l can meet you.
Get here in daylight, for 1 do NOT
think it is safe for you to be on the
streets after night Should those
conditions exis. here, where we hope
for thousands of visitors during thu
coming season?
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
THE cANDIDrEs on the republica.

THE CANDIDATES on the republican
ticket promise n cleaner Glenwood.
Tho candidates on the democratic
ticket simply point to their record.
Holmes is backing the democrats nnd
fighting against cleaning the city. He
strikes blow at the God fearing peo-
ple when he defames the churches.
Will the noble men and women Of this
city strike back with their ballots and
thus tell the gamblers and harlots to
gof The Avalanche defends them.
Oh, the shame of it.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03

officials and their business would have
better standing in the community.
Instead of this they show their moral
weakness or eowardice by falling In
with the lawbreakers and they are soon
considered as bad as the worst and way
shouldn't they be when they are vio-
lating the law just as the other fel-
lows are doing.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
THERE is ONE consolation i,

THERE is ONE consolation in i.
all and that is that the Avalanche
and Mayor Drach and Marshal Weld
enhammer have not been able to con.
urovert a single material statement
made by the Post. They say our state
ments are ISLANDERS but we want to ask
in all candor who is the slanderer, the
men in authority who permit the evil
conditions, which none can deny, or
the man who tells the truth about
those conditions and asks for better
thingsi
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
MORE THAN TWO DOZEN .

were recently arrested for drunken
fight that occurred near the coal chute
of the D. g. r. G. All but six were
later released, but six were held in
the county jail for the past two weeks
while the condition of Holley Moore,
the man who was stabbed, might have
time to become better, that . trial
might be held. These men had to be
fed; Moore required doctor's serv-
ices, and other care. Tho taxpayers
pay the bills. The tinhorns-oh, weli,
they are not ON the taxlists of this
county, and thus have no such ex-
pense.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
1.-THE OFFICERS have run t

desirable out Of Aspen, and see some
of them in Genwood," was a state
ment made the other day by one who
seemed to know what he was talking
about. Continuing he said: ~ know
one fellow that had just money enough
to pay his fare from Aspen to Cardiff
and he walked the rest of the way into
town" And yet there are some who
will tell you these people are not sesk-
ing homes in Glenwood.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
ONE OF THE candidates on tn

democratic ticket recently said "The
best way is to just shut your eyes and
see nothing" All, that's just the
trouble. We've been shutting our eyes
too long. But tho trouble is, the peo.
pie who come here refuse to shut their
eyes. The people from over the coun-
try won't shut their eyes. They keep
their eyes open and they sec US as we
are, and not as the mayor would have
us think we are. Voters, the remedy
is in your hands. Remember the high
school. Remember the normal school.
We must have cleaner and better
Glenwood before we can hope for
either.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
sosss OF ou1 ta1pay.r. arc

SOME OF oU1 Taxpayers arc get
ting very tired lot having to pass
through crowds Of drunken men when
they step from their bono door onto
the street. Why not heed the call Of
these taxpayers and remove the evil.
Don t say it docs not exist. You know
better. If not you should seek the
truth and then join the crowd that is
fighting for cleaner town.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
JUST SUPPOSE Grand Junction

goes dry, as many predict. Where will
the gamblers and "Robins" seek a
home? Do you suppose they will give
Glenwood the go-by unless we make
wholesale cleanings Not at all. They
will seek q refuge here. This Is prov
en- by the coming to this city OF the
Aspen and Lcadville runouts.' Do
you want any more of this class o:
people in Glenwood!
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
IT IS NOT pleasant for a sureeo i,

IT Is NOT pleasant for a surgeo /
to cut out a cancer. He would rather
not be Obliged to do it but it is some.
times the only effective remedy. The
mayor and marshal have encouraged
a wideopen condition and now they
object TO the truth being told. They
are Just a little late speaking. There
is now only one way out Of the tzon.
BILE and that is to cut out the cancer.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
THERE MAY BE times when

the truth is better withheld, but such
times are never found when the people
demand cleaning of their home town.
The truth may hurt, and some may
vince under the rapid fire of queries,
but after all it is better to clean up
and let the world know that we have
done god job of it. 1t will cause
far moro people to come to this city
for a summer vacation.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03

IF MORAL conditions are good and
there are no druncs on our streets,
why do the enemies Of . cleaner Glen
wood continue to blame the ahoshoue
workmen for tho troublei That should
be suffioient proof to sonvines any
ono that something Is wrong IN Den
mark"
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
IF THERE Is NO gambling in al

II THERE 1S NJ gambling IN 0ion-
wood, why do the men who gamble for
a livelihood continue to stay in the
town! Do you suppose they are living
at the expense of the restaurant and
hotel menf Not mucha they pay the
coin of the realm for their food and
lodging, and the question then Gomez
Where do they got this coin2 They
never work Mt honest labor, do they!
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
WE DouBr II there is = saloon ms

WE D0UB1 II there is . saloon man
or gambler in the town that will open
ly or secretly advocate the closing OF
the Glenwood churches. They have
not forgotten the teachings at Their
mothers knee and know that the in
fluence of the church is what has
brought tho world to ITS high state Of
civilization. Croakers to tho contrary
Notwithstanding.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
m rH1s o1xAT Asd os .uppossa

IN THU o&RA1 hnd OF supposed
freedom and loyalty does anyone have
to apologize for asking for the enforce
ment of the lawf The Law has been
winked at and trampled in the dust
too long in Glenwood- And for this the
saloon keepers are not the only ones to
blame. We know some who have en-
couraged and helped them to break the
law who are entitled to a. much or more
censure than the saloon man.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
WHEN MR.. HOLMES denied a se,

WHEN MR.. HOLMES denied a Few
days ago that the laws against gam
bling were being violated in Genwood
John Moore begged him to go with
him saying he would take him to a
gambling game in five minutes.
Holmes declined to 60. Some people
very conveniently refuse to SEQ any
thing which they don't want to see
and yet they are very ready to abuse
those who do see and who tell the
truth about what they zee. Better
get a new pair of specs, Henry.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
TWO nER1uso D1 were

TWO 1ERIHt0 1u01 were cross
ing Grand avenue Sunday afternoon IS
SOME high school girls were going to-
ward the pool. These men were al1n
in arm, and finally sought q prop up
against 3 friendly snee. Several peo'
ph saw them, and yet we are told
there are NO drunken men on Grand
avenue.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
IF THE EDITOR OF the Aval

IF THE EDITOR of the Avalanche
wanted to know the real facts, why
did he not accompany John E. Moore
on a trip Of inspectioni Some people
are willing to close their eyes to eondi-
tions and say tho other man Il knock.
ing, but they will not seek the truth
for themselves.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
WE ARE TOLD t

WE ARE TOLD that there are
twelve places in Glenwood in which
liquors are sold that do not pay one
cent of license to the city. Some OF
these people arc willing either to pay
or quit selling. Some will hate 10
give up their "dollar q bottle" graft.
Why not compel them to come through
the same as other liquor deslersf
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
when FRIENDS of lawbreakers

WHEN FRIENDS of lawbreakers
are driven to the point OF decrying the
churches in efforts to defend the i'm
moral characters, those friends are
surely in desperate straits. Editor
Holmes knows that were it not for the
uplifting influence of the Glenwood
churches, matters would be even worse
than they are At this time. Remove
the churches and hear the Avalanche
howl.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03

PA1K(3S Of GIeuwood should nev-
eq again eomplai. Of the eon&tions II
Glenwood Il they DO any Issa than
their best next Tuesday to remedy the
conditions. Now 10 the golden oppor-
tunity. Wsll you vote for your boys
and girls, fathers aad nothess!
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
IF TIE TRUTH HURTS. i

you to remove the conditions that havc
demanded the telling of that same
truth. Don't mako the inquirer be.
ieve one thing and find the opposite
when he or she gets here. Let . have
. clean town to greet the summer Wis
itof.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03

~ DO NOT RELIEVE there is .
busine7s block in this town that does
not have one or more assignatiou
houses in it, said a Glenwood busi-
ness man the other day. Was he
ightf
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03

IT MAY BE Glenwood girls have
not gone wrong, but if not we cannot
give the credit to the gamblers and
tin-horns that are on our streets. No,
the credit must be given 10 the par.
ents who have taught their girls to
shun vice and become noble women.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03
THE AVALANCHE denies the chu.c,

has been help in bringing about tho
high standard attained by the leading
nations. 1t should be pleasure to
every church going voter, whsther
Catholic, Episcopalian, Methodist, Bap-
tist, Presbyterian OF Christian, 70 cast
a vote against Editor Holmes and the
immoral conditions.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03

NO LESS THAN FOUR Of Aspen's
recently discarded "Robins" were in
this city Saturday night and Sunday,
parading our streets as breezily ~
though they had the freedom Of the
whole town. Well, perhaps they did
have the freedom Of our streets.
The Glenwood post., 1909-04-03

WHEN ANY MAN defamcs the
churches, he is either deusely igro,-
ant or is about ready to repent AMI
get on the side of those fighting tho
gamblers and harlo.s. The doors ara
still open Henry, better come in out
Of the wet