Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1911-03-17

jority vote, the people of this city
| voted to place in office those elected
| on the No-License ticket. and as the
result OF the election of this ticket al
ter strenuous fight and tremendous
| opposition, our city did away with
the saloons and all traffic in liquors Of
| every kind, and
] Whereas, the No-Liccnsc party con-
tinued in power for six years whcn
two years aso the Independent No
License party was organized which
| joined hands with the No-License par
ty upon the liquor question and as a
| result the same conditions prevailed
| the past two years as before and there
was no traffic i'll liquor of any kind
in our city.
Therefore be it resolved, That we.
the No-License and Independent No
License parties in joint convention as
sembled do today declare ourselves
most emphatically upon the same
platform where our parties have stood
so successfully for years and do here
by declare ourselves absolutely
AGAINST the sale of liquor of any kind
in any manner; we oppose the sale OF
liquor or even its free distribution
either by means OF saloons, or in drug
stores, in alleys or in any other place.
We do not believe that the liquor
question is a dead issue by any means
but by keeping it down and maintain
in" the present high moral standard
of our city. we believe that no one
will allow any other party to gain
headway in any election. The people
of Roct'- Ford have been more than
satisfied with an absolutely dry town; {;
therefore we propose to place before
the people of Rocky Ford as our can
didatcs men who stand absolutely for
dry town and whose records cntitle
them without question to bear the
banner of the No-Liccnse issue as
they have i'll the past.
We commend the present mayor and
council for their efforts in endcavor-
in~ to solve the water problem and
we especially commend their action
in placing upon the city ballot at this
coming election 4 list OF all the pro-
posed water propositions and we alb
soluteIy pledge our candidates to use
.hcir best efforts to put into immed-
late effect the water proposition most
favored by the citizens of Rocky Ford
as expressed by their choice upon the
ballot.
And whereas. the business men OF
Rocky Ford and its citizens have
this mass meeting every voter OF
Rocky FORD that the people OF the
city may choose their own mayor and
candidate for Office rather than have
them dictated by a clique or gang
and
Whereas. men. who first favored a
nominating mass meeting. who work
ed for it and asked that it be called
and who by so doing, tacitly pledged
their support to such nominating mass
meeting. have seen fit to have called
a partisan political convention and to
have taken part in nominating its
ticket which distinctly is not the
choice OF the citizens of Rocky Ford
or OF even its own party members. but
which has been dictated by machine
methods and gang control.
Therefore be it resolved. by the cit
liens OF Rocky Ford in convention as
semblcd. that We express ourselves
in the most emphatic terms in favor
of tho PEOPLE of Rocky Ford choos-
ing their own candidates to repre-
the people OF Rocky Ford and not the
interests OF any clique. faction or pub
lie utility corporation
Upon the call Of nominations for the
office Of mayor c. 3. Govreau placed in
nomination G. M. Coffman and on motion
Of G. W. Higgins the nominations were
closed and Mr.. Coffman was declared
the unanimous choice of the convention
for mayor.
The present alderman was called to
the front and made a spirited address in
| which he endorsed the platform that had
been adonted and accepted the nominal