The Greeley tribune., 1912-08-15

,h, | am no republican. and am
.'r,hcr from being one now than ~
an, previous time In my Me, anu !
nnycn't voted for relsubiican tof
m,,,sidcnt or governor tor twTnsy
f.Du,. hat I do NOT think any Law
9h,ding, country loving auAe0 WsH'
any civic pride or pse<iiiectaon Ior
"F honest administration Of public
AN .;nc.s should sickle for party, Or
p"r ',n" nnunin.<,s In purely local At.
f,, ',,. NE have laad too much u
'rn, \, our tinancial loss and injury
In The yeas's gone ny.
when MIR. Carlson was Arst nosni.
,,..I for his present Oetco l hAd
"" ,,c..d his course ~ aAsistant dis.
r,.;ct attorney at Fort Collins ana
.r,.,tch,Sl my ticket and voted Tor
Inn In that election. l did II con-
.ri,utiously with neither baaA nor
,'or,onal dislike for tho nominee of
nv own party. And Mr. Car1soa
has justified my course; No mas
more tian nlade good. I do Hoe,
in fact, hesitate to say that IN ny
nninion mo district attorney we nave
had i'm this district has made ~
"nod = record In the last ewcnty
Years. And ! am not disposed 20
.ucht either the repoeattoAs Or on0
..'ryic..s Of any Of his predecessors In
oniu, when 1 say it. They werc 70
', man both able ard hOaest, bat !
a, not peIicve one Of them wo0ld
have succee(ied In 20 completely
rnutiuS this gang Of robbets ~
h,ve had In our Weld cOunty aS-
# fairs and getting 20 many OF the 10.
i've participants into the peniteA-
tiary. Other things beang equal. Or
near II, 1 am for tho man who can
do things, and Mr.. Carlson DOES
them. and therefore 1 am tn favor
of keeping him right where he b
rather than see him either soep out.
or step up, II an opportunity wero
presented him to reach Just now
higher position.
i ann aware that sOmc fault wao
found with him becanse he. pro-
sumably. allowed One Of tlne coa1fy
commissioners 70 escape with . hno
whom some Of NJ believe even moro
guilty than the oae who Was coa-
yicted. The democratic rcsoaahoas
in q way voice tlais dassaa5sfActtoA-
But many who hAvo been fully co.
infant of mattesS connected WIN
the psosecuGioas know that tAis Wes
at the time apPaEeatly absoaueeey
necessary In osv1ee 70 secHEe the
convictaoa Of others. And 70 90
needs to be told that tlz1s b theory
OF Criminal prosecution. both sanc-
toned AID psactaced = I'll or
courts; ~ witness the rcceoe efaAl
of the McNanaasA hsothess for blow.
ing In Los Angeses.
ed to detract froa Mr.. CAsasoa's
well deserved credit for both $50
cess and nearly superhunnaa Labor
leading up 70 it. By claiming tha4 IL
required neither unnanAl ability nor
great effort to bring Il about; but
now, a. one Of several Others who
were originally In . minor degFee
concerned In bringing about tho n
yestigatiOas Wf1rh Nd to these co.,
yicti0ns I heaicvc I knOw ~ much
OF the inside workings Of the prose.
cutions ~ docs any ono outside tho
sheri3's Office Or the cOaft. ard
hope not to appear pgesamQtuoas
whea aay tllse I form . WAo9y d3f.
fegen1 conc1na1pa - - ~ Eoa1
maet4e - - nnAA1ss. ~ - ~
otjxsr hand n it wesO really true
that ta1s was . .A1ned easy" ~. -
the toagh woald aay. ard tAat Mr.
Carlson Oaly performed tho O6vt0as-
y necesaasy and very simpas duty
imposed upoa him ! coa3d very Coz
slsteatly ard pertincatly reply 70
that. that would nuch prefer to
hear . mans political adveesartes
ny q him that circumstAnces were
favorable to his succcsses. and thus
show why he sncceetlcd, than to
have him compelled to stand mp ard
explain why IL was that he failed.
In coaclusi0a I wish to say thAt
4, - you have seemingly Affirmed,
Mr.. Carlson has not in the preseat
political crisis In his own party fully
known It all times Ills oWn mind 1
think 1, and many others, can fully
nndesstAnd his position ard excuse
him. There aFc a& preseat hundreds
Of thousands Of coasc3enttOus citi-
seAs q these United States who ase
paxxled to know ''wfeeo tbey axe
~" ard what to do In the coming
election. Many Of ~ have been
these IN times gone By II No aEe
moro fortunate in our c0avic1ions
noW, ard for one independeat csti-
zea ~ least am able and willing to
say that do not care rye straw
what Mr.. CAFlson's political coavtc-
ti0as arc nor what position in poll
t1cs he takes 30 loaG ~ he does his
0Aicial duty aud serves the peouae
who trust him.
Very respectfully submitted,
J. MAX CLARK.
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