Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-03-24
DON'T VOTE ON THE
WATER PROPOSITION
Citizen Voices Warning tc
the People
DANGEROUS IDEA
IS PRESENTED
People Cannot Vote intelllEently on
n the Water Question and They
Should Therefore Let It Alone

Editor of the Enterprise.
l am surprised to see that our city
council has submitted seven PROPOSE
tions on the water question to be
voted upon Now this would not be
so serious If it was not for the reso-
luton that the Coffman ticket has
pledged itself to carry out the prop
osition that had the most votes. The
resolution in part is as. follows:
And we especially commend their
action in placing upon the city ballot
at this coming election list of all
the proposed water propositions, and
we absolutely pledge our candidates
to use their best efforts to put into
immediate effect the water proposition
most favord by the citizens of Rocky
Ford as expressed by their choice up
on the ballot"
I see in this one of the most dam
gerous ideas that was ever presented.
How ask if one out of 90. yes l
will include the one-hundrcdth one,
that will vote on the seven PROPOSE
tions knows which one Of the seven
is the best? l mean to say that there
is NOT I in a 100 that is sufficiently
infromed on the water question to
intelligently vote on it, and the only
way the 90 will vote is to guess. or
he might shut his eyes and make
cross opposite any one of the seven.
Now, ] will make a venture that
il each of the seven members of the
council, including the mayor. should
vote on the water question. and II
we could see the seven ballots, we
probably would find four or Ave diff
fercnt propositions voted upon. Now.
gated the question for two years,
they would be about the only ones
we would consider capable Of voting
intelligently. and If they differ so
ouch how can you expect those that
nave no knowledge or information to
vote.
Now here is the danger: Suppose
the two poorest propositions should
have the highest vote, one had one
more than the other. and my vote
gave it that majority: nowsssupposc
the council that has pledged to carry
out the will Of the people goes ahead
proposition, and it be an entire fail
ure, thereby through the ignorance
of the voter and carrying out that
idea as they are pledged to do would
have another failure to record.
I will say I don't intend to vote on
a single one of the seven, because ]
am not qualified to vote. and hope
every voter in Rocky Ford. will do
likewise, for by your vote you may
throw our city to a terrible expense
and loss. and am surprised at the
old city council in submitting such a
dangerous proposition. Particularly
it has become dangerous when one
of the tickets has pledged itself to
carry it out 1t is not because the
citizens of Rocky Ford are Ignorant.
but they are not informed well
enough on any one of them so they
can vote intelligently.
Now when We elect the new coun-
Gil let them get down to business.
and get good capable men to investi-
gate each proposition-it will cost
something to get that information
let them report to the council the two
best propositions, giving us the full
details Of the amount of water we can
get. quality and the total cost: then
after the reports are published let us
)ote on the two. then we can vote
and know something about what We
/ voting for.
Let us get down to business. We
are bonded about $4,000 for water.
What have we got? If we had got
down to business eight or ten years
ago we would have had something
for our $4,000. Now I have not ta-
ken part in either convention, / in
tend to vote as ! please, SO ! am in
hopes no one that goes to the polls
will vote on the water question: II
is dangerous to do so. particularly If
they carry It out. Respectfully.