Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-04-15
WILL R. MONKMAN. Publisher.
FRIDAY, APRIL Is, 1910
Subscription R.tes.
BY THE PEOPLE
The Slogan of Republican Editors Of
Colorado.

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the number OF fifty-four gathered il
Pueblo on Saturday last. III response
to an invitation from State Chairman
Work. for the purpose, as best e%
pressed in the welcoming words o.
Dr. Work as follows:
Republican editors OF Colorado
l have brought you here for the pur
pose of securing your views upon 10
cal and national conditions. | am in
deed proud to have so many accept
my invitation, for ! know it bespeaks
| Republican enthusiasm. You reflect
| the sentiment of the party member
in your local communities. From
| now on l shall be your guest. you
shall be the host. The officers of the
| association now have charge"
And there was no false or veal
notes in the conference of Republican
editors that followed. Each cdito'
voiced the sentiment OF his constitu
cnts and there was complete accor'
in the belief that Rcpublicanism rep
resented progrcssivcness and STABILITY
of government. while Democracy rep
resented only the flag ends OF expert
| mental legislation and the deliriuu
| tremcns of executive action.
The vast majority OF the editor:
stood for the two or three reforms
demanded by the people and insisted
that they should be advocated in the
next Republican state platform. Chic
| among those reforms demanded b.
the people is an honest, up-to-date
well matured and thoroughly protect
ive-to the voter-Dircct Primary
| Election Law.
For years both political parties it
Colorado have declared for such
law. and for years. with brazcn at
| frontery. both political parties have
deliberately and wiliully broken thei
pledges.
The Republican state platform las
year was unequivocal in its promise
on this subject. and the Republican
editors, who believe i'll keeping faitl
with the people were most insistcu.
that the Republican legislators should
redeem the party pledge, wheneyei
special session OF the legislature
might be called.
OF course the editors had a tall
fest" that would fill the columns o.
the Enterprise to reproduce. but il
brief their speeches were an uncquiv
ocal endorsement OF the declaration
of State Chairman Work that every
4 Republican in the state will be givct
/ an equal chance with every other Re-
/ publican TO make known his wants
| The editors did not represent the
insurgents. although many of them
might be classcd as insurgents: they
did not represent the conservative
although many of them classcd them
selves As conservatives; rather the fif
| ty-four editors who accepted the
chairman's invitation aud who came
| from every nook and cofncr OF tho
state represented a party press diviC
i II l. L. -
principle that the national govern
mcnt as represented by Presidcnt
| Taft's administration must be sup
ported and that the state of Colorado
must be redeemed TO the Republican
party.
| They were also united on the prop.
osition that these results can only
be obtained through a fearless pro
| grcssive fight for high standard o.
| American principles that will give t.
every Republican equal rights with
every other Republican. They were
united on the proposition that the
reign OF the boss is At an end. They
were united on the proposition that
the state organization must follow
| the declaration of Chairman Wori
that all Republicans shall receive
/ equal treatment at the hands OF their
| party.
First-Support the present tariff
law but demand the creation of .
commission to adjust inequalities.
| Second-Support all those progress
i've ideas that have been endorsed by
the platforms OF all political cOnvcn-
tions for years.
Third-Demand that only candi-
dates shall be nominated who will en-
act into laws the pledges upon which
they are elected.
rourth-Ihat the reign OF the par
| ty boss is over.
| Fifth-That the time is ended when
the state organization can dictate q
complete list of nominations from
/ county constable to governor.
| SiNth-That the time is past when
a state convention can nominate 4
complete ticket in three hours.
| Sevcnth-That Colorado shall not
be held UP to tho world as a pauPer
state by a Democratic administration
! that. through its own incfsiciency is
responsible for that condition.
| State Chairman Works address to
the editors was 4 classic in political
history that we regret space will not
allow us to give intact, but we here
quote few gems:
| Within the memory OF us all. n
new political conscience has hccn
born in Colorado. A different atti-
tude towards public affairs. Not nee
cssarily a moral awakening. but an
appreciation OF the necessity for the
aNnlication OF old principles OF COM
mon honesty in public duties. Eat
only between public officials and their
constituents whose welfare they are
elected and paid to protect but he
tween party leaders Of conflicting am
billions and interests"
Much useless debate has tccn
wagcd in Colorado relative 10 wom-
an suffrage. We have it and always
L shall have. In ordinary carnmalcre $