The daily sentinel., 1909-11-01

/ thoroughly saturated with charter
and prohibition" that the business in
terest and material growth of the
city and valley will be overlooked
For twenty-five years a resident of
| the valley, he has grown up with it
he knows its possibilities and is iden-
titled with its material growth. He
has been member of and president
of the Chamber of Commerce and is
and has been an assiduous worker
for the material development of the
city, and his activity in this line
should appeal to the owners of prop
erty. to business men. and to all 9TH
ers whose material interests are
linked with Grand Junction.
While a charter man. he is broad
enough and independent enough to
know that there is other work for
city administration than dandling a
charter baby on his knees While an
ardent prohibitionist-one whom the
opposition knows full well will not
do to play with-he has line on
other work. too.
His administration will mean law
and order, and it will mean growth
and progress, too. II will not be
stunted along all lines that pet
schemes or a single idea might -four
ish in public talk The enforcement
of law would be his pillar of fire
by night" and the Law and order
faction knows this full we'll. The de-
velopment and growth of Grand June
tion would be his pillar of cloud
by day" and the business men of
the city know this.
His administration would come
nearer commanding the respect and
moral support of every man in Grand
Junction than that of any other man
on the ticket
The election of any other man on
the ticket will invite and have almost
continuously the antagonism of the
defeated faction. Both factions and
all factions will find the hand of the
iron chancellor" in the way, if either
an attempt to go beyond the law, or
to fall short of the law, is made.
We have had internal strife long
enough. Let each concede a little,
unite and elect Mr.. Slocomb as a com
promise man, and the energies we
are wasting on each other will be
united to build up the city and coun-
ty.
Fellow voters. both men and wom-
en-. | appeal to you to give this your
comparatively new citizen here, the
old-timer can tell you about the quail
tiles of Mr. Slocomb.
a church man. elected as a church
man, arrays all of the other forces
against him, and makes the church
political party, when Christ said to
those of His friends who were clam
oring for office, MY kingdom is not
OF this world" If we find a man who
viii enforce the law and stand for the
highest code of morals that the law
alone can give, let us yield the scep-
ter OF power to him and have an un-
biased field into which we carry the
Kingdom of love.
The saloons are voted out. The
election of man favorable to that
cause. or one who will wink at a vio-
lation of law ordained by ma aiority
of the people, invites anarchy II the
law is bad one. its enforcement will
demonstrate its bad qualities and kill
II quick. If it cannot be enforced
Test 1t with man who stands for en-
forcement. and the test amounts to
something: otherwise the strife is
simply prolonged.
MI Slocomb has no faction behind
him. His own honest convictions
and his high regard for law and his
appreciation of trust contided in
MIN make him man who can and
Will enforce the law and stand for
the growth and development of
Grand Junction, without arousing the
jealousies and passions.
| appeal to all factions to support
man whose administration will fur
nish no fuel to fan the fires of fac
tional fights that are detrimental to
all moral and material interests.
Let those OF us who stand for
Grand Junction. both morally and
materially. vote for the man who
stands for both these ideas.
A VOTER