The daily sentinel., 1912-08-19
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Sentinel Special Service.

Denver, Aug. l9-The premier
point which commends the democrat
ic state administration 10 the voters
is its eXcerllence of conduct. Politi-
cal opponents, of course, will rant
and rave and cavil and fault-fnd. hut
the indisputable fact remains that
economy honesty and high regard
for the peoples rights are the para
mount characteristics of the officials
entrusted with the reins of govern
ment in 1910. There have been no
lost hospitals or missing roads or
pardon syndicates in the activities of
the democrats who have handled the
business of the commonwealth in the
past 20 months.
The republican brethren of the
standpat variety are sorely beset to
find material from which to manu-
facture ammunition to hurl against
the present administration. Weighted
down with the nauseous and noxious
records of the McIntyres, the Pea
bodys and the Buchtels, they feel the
handicap and are casting around for
anything however flimsy. upon which
to rear foundation of raucous criti-
cism. So far they have not succeed
ed to any degree: but with the elastic
conscience of Big Steve" and Tom
Devine. the steam roller operatives
at Chicago, we can well look for
charges brimful of falsehood and
burdened with those products of i'm
agination which have placed Big
Steve and Devine and their ilk in
class all by themselves.
But, however, much they may
charge and countercharge and criti-
else and denounce, there is one office
in the state capitol against which the
shafts of their malice must fall harm
lessly The conduct of the office of
Secretary of State by James B.
I Pearce cannot be assailed successful
ly. The thousands who have had oc-
casion to patronize it since Pearce's
incumbency. political enemies as well
as friends, all join in the verdict
that no office of its character in the
United States has been run with bet
ter concern for economy and integ-
rity. The consensus of opinion is
that 1t is a model of commercial ac-
tvity. wherein every subordinate de-
partment is organized and operated
with the precision of a first class
bank. The manifest ambition on the
part of Secretary of State Pearce. has
been to make such a record that fu-
ture incumbents must live up TO a
high character of organization, and 4.
at the same time, demonstrate TO the
people how far keen and applied bus
iness methods can succeed in placing
public office well above the grade
of the great majority of commercial
or financial institutions
In addition to all of this, in itself
of supreme Importance to taxpayers
and the general public. there is the
further important consideration in
volved in the splendid financial con-
dition of the office. Records are the
best testimony of efficiency, and
Pearce's record proves that the state
is richer by tens of thousands of
dollars, due entirely to his insistence
and persistence in making delin-
quents fulfill their obligations to the
state. And notwithstanding this
success. the work in this connection is
not at all complete, so that 1t would
seem to be a part of wisdom to not
only reward true and faithful SER
want of the people, but TO return to
office the man responsible for such
success.
The man who has made good is
a deserved and appropriate slogan for
James B. Pearce, the best secretary
OF state Colorado has produced in
her history