The daily sentinel., 1912-03-05
JAMES B. HUNTER
STUNG CASE
FOR JURY
Excessive Fare Charged on the Milne
Vincent Special.-0ld-Line DEM
ocrat Gets into Very Expens-
i've Company.

:, Hearing various rumors today 8,
= to the effect that James B. =
: Hunter, one of the old-line {,
= Cleveland democrats of Mesa =
:, county, had suddenly deserted 9,
= the good, old-time democratic !,
: vessel after all these years and {,
: had fallen into the "insurgent" {,
= republican camp, The Sentinel 6,
{, started an Investigation this Z,
:, morning, and a queer state of 6,
= affairs was brought to light, 6,
= characterized by more than a 3
= few sensational features. 8
i :, :, e Sc, = 3 Z, e {, &
James B. Hunter, who is one of
the pioneer and leading land hold
ers of the Fruita country, is a men,
Der of the grand jury now in session
in this city. He went down to his
ranch home late yesterday afternoon
on the interurban. Along about twi-
light he was called up at his home
b. John Carnahan and earnestly in
vited to join special car party as
guest and go down to Fruita TO be
RECALLED by the eloquence of the ia
nous, simon-pure, first edition of
Colorado insurgency. Merle ID. Vim
cent. Not wanting to turn down
good friend like Mr.. Carnahan (who
presided at the meeting), Mr.. Hunt
err accepted the invitation. On board
ing the special car at Hunter station
he was politely informed by Conduc-
tor Coy Powell that the car was in
charge of Mr.. William Milne, who is
known as leading light, wheel
horse, main stay and high brow of
the Mesa County insurgency"
Mr. Milne, to show his earnestness
in the progressive line, calmly re-
quested Mr.. Hunter to cough up
20 cents for fare from Hunter sta
ton to Fruita. There being nothing
small or cheap about Mr.. Hunter, he
dug up in spite of the fact that he
was an invited guest. He gracefully
came across with that IS cents
also in spite of the fact that the
regular interurban fare between
Hunter and Fruita is FIFTEEN
CENTS.
Mr.. Hunter, so our report has it,
states that SOME people enjoyed the
Vincent Grafton, which was made up
Of 80 per cent of abuse and denunci-
alton of corporations for giving trans
portation free and of about l per
cent of laudation of Teddy Roose-
welt.
After the "meetin" Mr.. Hunter re-
turned on the same "Milne-Vineent''
special, and, before passing the city
limits of Fr1ita, he was again
touched" for 20 cents return fare.
In other words the old-line Cleve-
land democrat who strayed off into
bad company had been worked for
20 cents excess fare. and that on a
III
but insurgents" in charge.
Is this over-charge or eNcess-fare
case not case for the grand jury to
investigate? Especially in these days
of widespread "over-charge" prose-
BUTTONS of express companies, rail-
roads and other common carriers?
Should this matter be investigated
before Mr.. Milne settles his expense
account with Mr.. Vincent?
Is Mr.. Vincent causing the raising
of rates to those 'outside the fold, -
if they ride on these progressive
specials in order to break even
with his own car-fare expenditures /?
In spite of the Vincent Grafton last
night, James b. Hunter is still a
Cleveland democrat.
1t is said that there was lots of
room for more old-line democrats
and republicans, too, at the meeting
last night. Instead of hundreds be-
ing present" it is said that the crowd
failed to number one lone hundred
1t is explained by some of the ''in-
sargents' today that several thou
sand people, who promised to go down
to Fruita last night to make the
"meetin" the biggest thing of its
kind ever pulled off between Fruita
and Mack, backed out at various
hours during the day, and hence the
excess charges.