The Raymer enterprise., 1912-03-14
Mr.. Hoyt Defends Weld Coun
~ Administration


Now an. ready to put you right in
regard to our county administration
You are in error as to the grand jury and
the District Court di5crediting any Of
our PRESENT county officers. True Es-
tes was convicted and sent to the pen.
but he was not a county officer at the
time of his Indictment, but it $ a matter
OF record that hh did not receive the
Nomination. but lost gu, by large ma.
jority at the last convention. In re-
gard to the other two county commits
sioners. will say just this. they were
in Office when Estes turned his trick
and they we're indicted along with him
because there wds no other way.
Now do you believ. in convicting 4
man on The say Of newspaper and poll.
ticians Of an opposite political belief?
The indictment OF a party by the
Grand Jury or the remanding for trial
by 4 Justice 0f the Peace is not even a
PRESUMPTION OF GUILT. but safe
guard for the people pending further
investigation by a proper court Of rec.
ord. - English and American Encyclo-
pedia Of Law.
Again 1t is the law Of every state in
Amdfica that every person charged
with a.ime SusT be HELD innocent
ill found guilty by jury Of his peers
Now Mr.. Graves. are you going TO
use your psperand influence to convict
two rt6n without fair and impartial
trial?
Besides | want 70 say that our pres.
tnt county administration cannot be
eXcelled in any county III any state in
the Union. Weld county has no debts.
the taxes are lower on our people out
here than any other place that you can
find. taking actual, valuation Of proper
ty and every Thing into consideration,
and say this, that if the people Of
Buckinhham. after dus confederation,
wished 10 compliment cur county nd
mlnistration on their efficiency they
had a perfect right to DO so, and good
grounds also.
In regard to whether the county di.
vision would tend to discredit the pres
cnt county administration or not, the
answer is:
Get the RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED by the
kEoTh COMMERCIAL CLUB when il first
decided TO work fora division of the
county. Read It carefully. That is our
answer to that question. Are We 60
Ing to sustain those resolutions? ! say
no, and | for one am going to fight the
proposition clear to the Governor Of
the State.
ion will probably notice that have
hot mentioned a County High School.
Well. as 1t looks. schools have not
been considered as Of much importance
in the discussion all the way through
II seems to me that If we can pay the
the price Of SET of COUNTY OFFICERS
THAT Is ALL THAT VIZ COULD WANT.
Still II might be well to look up the
law. Section 5977p School Laws says
under b956 OF the Revised Statutes of
Colorado Of 1905. the Coanty Commis.
sonerS shall levy annually, at the time
Of lcvying taxes for other purposes, u
high school tax on al! the taxable prop
trty Of tho county. said Tax not TO cH.
coed four mills on the dollar Of the as.
seSsed valuation and collected in the
same manner as other taxes are assess.
I'D and collected "
So. II we should get notion tina, we
would Ike 70 educate our children In
our own county, It would mean mills
more. making a total Of a. mills and
IL per cent. Looks like We have got
that 30 mill levy faded Il mile that We
were told would run our county. and
ktll we have only n 10 mill levy to sus.
tain our county organization,
Now have only touched lightly on
each point. To do the thing Justice,
would take a fair sized book; so will
not take up more Of your Spoce, but
will close by saying that It would give
the pleasure TO show you why the cut,
Ting Of other counties oir Weld did mol
lend to dscredit the old county CoulC
thow you big ditFcrcncd in the asset
of those counties at that time as CON
pared with US now. and still they rur
way short on their figures. d.
With hes! wShcS for your self aht
the people in and around Raymcr.
am Jntcnld.
4, e. l'oYt