The Glenwood post., 1912-01-13
J. C. OSGOOD
SAVES THE DAY
In ConciIiatory Speech at Good
Roads Convention Prevents
a Stampede
GLENw00D LOSES OUT

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. Pueblo, Jan. l2.-The good {.
q roads convention here today, by .
o vote Of COS to Al endorsed o
% what is known Us the Rainbow .
o or Southern route as the Colorado {.
q portion of the transcontinental e,
O highway. q
y This vote was taken after a {.
. very bitter fight between the ad- e
. vocates of the Northern and O
. Southern routes and after almost %
. the entire Denver delegation had {.
q withdrawn from the convention. o
q The proposed road will pass .
o south from Pueblo, over Veta =,
y pass, through Silverton, Ouray, o
. Telluride, Montrose, Delta, Grand {.
% Junction and thence west to Salt q
= Lake City. 0
. Q o 5000 300 o 10000
Pueblo, Jan. 11.-John c. Osgooi
former head of the Colorado Fuel x
Of the good roads convention here TO-
night, when half the delegates were
ready to bolt the meeting and to ren-
der null and void all the work that has
been done toward good roads. He
made one of the kindest speeches of
the da (which quieted the storm and
bridged over a chasm that would have
divided Colorado in two parts so far
as the good roads question is concerned.
The entire day was given over to a
bitter fight between the north, led hy
Denver, and the south, led by the dele
gates ofS-the Arkansas valley, over the
recommendation of the northern o.
southern route for the transcontinent-
al highway. test vote showed that
the south lead by 575 to 465 but tha.
the state was very evenly divided. The
north charged that the committee CT
credentials had been unfair in seating
delegates. Denver had been given As
delegates and Pueblo Ill. Powers coun-
ty got Sc while Otero had l4O and
alleged favorism was charged in other
instances.
While the committee on credential,
had given the best of it to the south,
President johnson in his rulings hal
been favoring the north. 1t was after
a number of delegates had been threat
ening to bolt the convention and ALI
tagonism was at fever heat that Rep.
Lubers, former speaker of the house,
introduced resolution, directly charg-
ing President johnson OF stacking the
committee for the recommendation of
the northern route and of appointing
fifteen members on it when only five
were ordered. The resolution after as.
sailing johnson, ended with an endorse
ment of the Santa Fe trail and the
Rainbow route.
1t was greeted with storm of ap.
plause and Kisses in the midst of
which President Johnson arose, declar-
ing that he considered the resolution
"A slap at him and the other officers oil
the convention and that if it prevailed
he would lay dow his gavel and walk
out. He declared THAI he mad tried to
do what was fair
1t was at this time that Mr. Osgood
arose and in a soothing address quelled
route should be endorsed but that 4
Colorado system of highways could ba
built with little ingenuity and careful
handling of the funds and that all of
the routes could thus be constructed.
He pointed out that hasty action would
retard the movement for good roads for
years. He chided both sides and de-
clared that they were merely defeating
the program for which they had
worked.
The delegates appreciated the situa-
tion and adjourned tonight with har-
mony prevailing. The Lubers resou-
tion was held over and it is thought
that some course of action will be de-
cided upon tomorrow. Nothing what
ever was accomplished today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Schwarz of Ea-
gle came down yesterday and were tho