Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-19

land road. National pike, Boon and
Lick road, Santa Fe trail. Kcarney's
road, Oregon trail and other famous
highways of the early days. was pro-
posed in bill introduced today by
Representative Borland OF Missouri.
t would provide sixty-foot high
way from Washington to San Fran
cisco and Olympia. Wash. the cost
to be equally divided between the fed
eral aud state governments.
Editorial Comment.
OF the lesson of the Good Roads
convention the Pueblo Chieftain says:
colorado has shown herself to be
supreme. In the action by the good
roads convention yesterday it was
demonstrated that for once the citi-
zens OF the state cut loose from any
entmgling alliances and supported the
entire state. To an outsider it might
appear that the Endorsement of the
Santa Fe and Rainbow route was the
Endorsement of certain section OF
Colorado. But to those who have
Watched the control OF conventions
Pc -he, powers that bave their head
quarters in Denver yesterdays result
is nothing more than the serving OF
notice to those powers that at last
the state has outgrown their influence
and control.
Yesterdays vote was the signal to
the controlling interests in Denver
that from now on the capital city will
only be 4 factor in the Management
OF conventions and affairs in Colora-
do and will not be the boss of those
conventions and affairs.
The result cannot be hut beneficial
1t will stimulate every community in
the state to feel that at last equal rep
resentation is to be secured by all sec
tions in conventions and gatherings.
1t will give TO them an added interest
for every gathcrin" in the future.
Yesterdays action must have a
strong bearing on the political con-
ventions that are to follow this fall.
If the commercial interests OF the
state, bound as they are to the finan-
cial interests that have their centers
in Denver. can defeat the powers OF
Denver in good roads convention
certainly the political interests outside
the state can defeat any political
proposition that emanates in either
party in the capital city il that propo-
sition has for lis object the control of
the party by the city of Denver.
1t was not the endorsement OF the
Santa Fe and Rainbow route so much
that the delegates desired as the prin-
ciple that was at stake. Ever since
1876 delegation after delegation from
every county in Colorado has attended
various state conventions and after
reviewing the work of those conven-
tions on their return home have found
that through some underlying and
far-reaching influence Denver has in
variably controlled the convention to
he. al NJ IL,
terests that have headquarters in that
city and incidentally to her own ad-
vantage. Time and again efforts have
been made to frame combinations that
would defeat those results and each
time the smooth wire pullers of the
capital city have defeated the efforts.
In this case the result was differ
ent. Some months ago the Arkansas
valley from Leadville to the state line
started to organize on the good roads
proposition. As the organization
grew other counties joined until it
became formidable force having for
its object not SO much the indorse-
nlent OF any route as it did the teach
Try of Denver that at last the parent
G. dorado had secured control of the
child, Denver. The results yester-
day are certainly gratifying to the res
they will be more than gratifying to
every section of the state even to the
sections who through timidity sup
ported Denver i'll yesterdays fight.
Colorado is to be congratulated on
the result and The Chieitain would
suggest TO every resident of the state
that the point gained while long
stri 'e in the right direction can easily
be lost unless the advantage is re
;aired. The upholders of each politi-
cal party should see to il that in the
conventions this fall the same results
obtain as obtained in this city yester-
day. Give Denver square deal but
rot the control OF the affairs OF the
state -
The Pueblo Star Journal comments
TN 5:
Pueblo congratulates the people
OF Colorado on the results of the
Good Roads convention held in this
city during the past week. The cQn-
Har,;nr.l -.