The daily sentinel., 1909-03-18
MEN CHOSEN
IN USUAL
MANNER

Absolutely legal in every respect is
the selection and the formal appoint
ment of the men who are to act as
judges of the election on April in
Grand Junction. Not thing con
nected with the selection and ap-
pointment of these judges Ia list OF
whom was announced exclusively by
The Sentinel yesterday was done in
an Illegal manner or in an underhand
way The law has been followed in
every particular. There will doubt
less be no change in the personnel OF
the election judges, as no change is
necessary.
The law regarding the appoint
ment of election judges is very plain
and is as follows:
The officers of all cities anu
towns whether Incorporated under
| general law or special charter who
may be by law authorized to appoint
Judges of election for any election
| therein. shall in like manner upon
ike application appoint the election
Judges for each precinct from differ
| ent political parties in the manner
| aforesaid"
The Good Citizenship League is not
political party; neither is the Anti
Saloon League. Neither has any po-
| litical party recognition under the
| law. They are organizations, but not
political party organizations. They
| claim to be non-partisan and non
political. Therefore, they cannot
| name half the judges. under the law
The nomination OF the election
Judges was carried out exactly as IL
has been carried out from year to
year in this city and throughout the
| state, the two old and leading polit-
ical parties making nominations
from their ranks. Not n thing un-
usual, irregular. unfair or crooked
has been done in the matter Ii is
known that a number OF the election
judges are favorable to the work and
policies of the anti-saloon organiza-
tion. All Will conduct a tair cleo
tion.
1t is really not necessary to make
any further comment. The law
speaks for itself. and every man or
woman who can read. write or rea-
son can realize by reading the law
that no underhand or Illegal work
has been done
Simply to keep up its work Of viii
lihcation and lying. simply to at
tempt to add strength to the misrep-
resentations by which the Good cit
izenship League and its yellow Off
cial organ hope to win the flaring
story was published this morning TO
the effect that the selection of the
JuuS'S wis ilitBdI ana tfOOkeu, ana
that the Good citizenship League
proposed to have the work. set
aside"
The Good Citizenship Leagpe has
no right to name half of the election
Judges. II this league was allowed to
do so the action would be Illegal:
but this would probably suit the
leaders of the league so long as they
were the benefieiaries. The Good
League would not have
as much right to name half the cleo
tion Judges as the socialist party.
yet the socialist party is never, any
where, allowed that privilege.
The Good Citizenship League real
ly has nothing against the men Sc
Iected for election judges; but there
was chance to raise a hue and cry
by using little Misrepresentation.
and the opportunity was not allowed
TO pass.
The men selected by the city
ihairmen of each of the two leading
parties are all old-time citizens.
many of whom have frequently acted
rs election judges and against whose
work as election judges in the past
not one word of attack has ever been
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