La Junta tribune., 1912-05-25
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realizes that democratic judicial tim
ber won't have much OF show IN
Otero county this fan prOvidinl
Roosevelt is the presidential candi
date-and his suspicious are vel
founded Our judicial candidate In
sinuates that people can be bought
or at least he has a suspicion thai
they can be- bought IN great droNes
to vote for Roosevelt To make
the claim tina, Roosc.elt's great popu
larity is a result OF the lyaish use OF
money is an insult to the best citi'
zenship of this great country OF ours.
II the dear people. the plain pee
pull" are purchasable. they are GER
tainly not 1T to make laws under the
Initiative and referendum. and could
not be- expected to act with unbias'
ed iud gmcut on the recall of Judges
or judicial decisions our judicial
candidate is not consistent In his
faith in the people Votes are not a
purcha sable commodity when a right.
eous cause is in jeopardy nor for a
candidate representing that cause.
whose whole life has been an exposi.
ton Of the policy Of the square deal
My friends. this idea that you
have that all the people in town are
fools is a little erroneous. You claim
the people here are the biggest fools
you ever knew. Well. let me tell
you something have lived In a
number OF places and am here TO
state that the people are exactly
alike In every town There are the
wise ones and the foolish ones.
there are the ones who have oil IN
their lamps and the ones who have
none. when an issue f. up to be
decided the p,r,cuiaE. that can be
fooled by the smart politicians is
Just about the same The only differ.
'AN' - Ahdl wv P'llNlNAhitH ~ a i'.
tie smarter in some towns than 9th.
ers. Tho people are not The funny
thing about the people who are fool.
ed is the fact that they are the
very ones who DO all M" talking The
smart politicians us" them for al.
yertising purposes. and they never
fail to deliver the goods, II is so
In every town. and IN every cline.
That's why "lssles' were Invented
Issues are not for the great com
mon people. They are the tools Of
the smart politicians You just
watch around awhile and see II am
not telling the truth Bert Walker
William Jennings Bryan. who lee.
tured before the delegates OF the
Methodist conference Ia MINI, apolis
one night this week. took occasion
to reitroato his statement that he
Was candidate for no office and did
not Expect 10 be
Il hope tina, no unfricndly news
paper" h" said. will say that am
a candidate for bishop am no,
here to minglc In the politics Of your
church. "
lie then urged all church members
To get into politics for the purpos.
Of public morality and good govern.
ment
\ got into politics when Young.
and expect To stay In unril die" he
declared. and when the applause had
subsidized continued But don't
want YOU To expect or b.licy. that !
am, or ever expect io he a candi.
dat. can do NOR. by remaining In
politics a. pri,at. citizen. for
then my friends u"yor ar. pulling at
my coat tails telling m. not To do
h,a, or this for fear IL will hur, me.
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chsrlc. Mcvcy. the Nil, sian deep
well king, returned HON. last Monday
nigh, from a brief -ojourn In ri Paso
T.ras. ~h.r. b" Was called to max.
bid on putting down four wells on
III. lin. OF III. ~ Paso and South.
western Railroad-at Tucson. -.
mond. henson and Fairbanks Will.
down that way h. closed mp n con.
,rae, with IN. Maxwell Irrigated Land
Company 10 put down an csp.rim.n.
tai we'll. 1000 feet deep. seven miles
north of Maxwell for IN. company.
who'll Investigate. tn" bowels Of IN.
earth In iba, section and Sc. ~ha,
they can find They propose to look
for coal. oil. gas or art.sian ~a,.r
In that section. or maybe II viii bs
Just = hol. In tn" ground.
We ar. revolutionary only In tho
sens" that Washington and l.ln,o,r
and their colleagues we're revelation