The Elbert County tribune., 1911-12-22
SIMLA COMMERCIAL CLUB
ADOPT STRONG RES0LU-
TI0NS At THEIR MEETING

RESOLUTIONS adopted Dy the olu'h
Commercial Club ut it, regular meeting
D-cember 81, 1911
On investigating We find all the tax
pay rs io tn l. or s,,u hem pa / Of El
bert County to be unite in signing tn,
petition requesting The Board uf Court,
Commissioners to submit to he qualified
elrcto the question of tn per aneni
location of a county seat in our County
We find with very fsw exceptions ali
the citizens from the west Bijou, east,
nave literally signed the petition ex
epting few persons who have polit
'al a-plrai ions or are mo- be 70
wa who are trying to thwart the will of
he people in asking them to refrain
rom signing the petition. And thei
again we find the tUwn of Elbert who's,
citizens are leaving no stones unturnee
IN helping to give the people that which
is guaranteed them by law, clear ex-
preston at the polls, their choice of To-
cation FOL the County Seat. All these
facts we find in our investigation and
we find further that there exists to-day
threat of the Big Stick in the hands
If the Public Officials who are holding
Public Office by the grace and the suf-
frage OF the peoI lie in this county. They
are using every means at their command
by moral suasiol or mis-statement of
fact and coersive mathods to bring a
bout chaotic condition within the
ranks OF the voters of this county for
the purpose OF defeating the obtaining
# signatures to the petition now in cir
culation
We also find that the Editor OF; the
Divide Review at Kiowa whose face ap-
pears in the Chapel of the church. at
regular intervals and berates his offer
ings to the public in -secureing Them
from an open cask is the rear end of
his drug store at the cost of the youth
Of that community. That this same
Editor in the last forty years of his ex
iStance made one trip among US and call
I'D us paupers in the editorial columns
of his paper hecause We dare ask for
justice.
Now THEREFORE b. II r., o we'd: y
he SImla Commercial C,ub in session
now assembled that b, this Club imgi
diately order a communicable tirrct
to each of the Public Officers Who ar
holding Office ana obtain from them il
possible fearless expression for theiI
views upon the question of permauei
location of the county seat Of I'll ert
County. which we deem paramount
issue effecting our people to day. And
the Secretary of this Club he instructed
To get into Immediate communicated
with the public officer at NICE and u
20 answer t hi qui j : is r. i've
=. ,ue SIm,a Cnmmerr,ai Ciub in this
particular, IN our sta il fur the people
l;i'"ft Clu ty, ths mem er
Of he >im.a GummercIal Cub j1inty
and separated, oppose the renominatio
who purposely avoids this all-important
ssue before the people.
AND iiE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: rhal
se extend TO the good people Of Ebert
aud vicinity who have 30 liperaliy signed
tue petition to help place b, for the
- OIL privile-e now being deplrd aud
ore 10y the people # nipwa ana VI
rnitS our heartiest congratulations in
what the. may do in behalf Of the pei
pie. Many who have been honored in
the kiowa locality with putllc offie
and are yet beihg homo ed Al the ex.
ence of the people are sitting on the
iii " wherein justice is contained for fear
ov. rtriro" through tneif selfish mo-
tlves. For forty years handful of tn e
eitizens If one locality hove dominated
Ei.ert County's government and is the
will of this cluu that Monarchy shall
not exhist OF heriditory occupation shall
.ot be PERMITTED within the borders Of
our county.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the
Secretary of this club be instructed to
forward to each Of the papers published
within EIbert County and to the Ramah
Telegram published at Ramah a copy Of
these resolutions for their publication.
Signed,
Toe Simla Commercial Club.