The Greeley tribune., 1912-01-11

how many people thcre are n the
nresent time In desperately nafu
circumstances people to wno3
every dollar means . great oeA.
| The number Of these people ~ uno
me>.ent time II much greater tIAan u"
commonly supposed. ,,
Tho Republican charges certsin
nspers and writer's with neahk
wouId.be "refosmers". l submit II
has come to such . pass that every
man and women In this county VINO
wants decency in county governnen'
shouId constitute themselves . 10.
former. Things need reforminG:
Neither can this Journalistic
praft-apologist shift the burden by
pointing its finger at the school anu
city school government. They AO
not wasting money.
The Republican says such taiA
will hurt this community. Every
scoundirel that ever was dragged
into the public light, every wrong.
tiOer. every CRATER, when exPosed
invariably makes this defense-that
his exposure il going to hurt the
community. l submit 1t Ia not men
who allexe that taxes are too high
who are going to hurt the commune
itv. but IL L. the waste, mismanA&e-
ment and unbusinesslike methods
which is doing the harm. The ABOVE
n,sition by the Republican Ii un-
manly and silly.
The Greeley Republican says thaf
whether the county funds have been
wisely spent or not Is q matter Of
Judgment and opinion. ! say 1t fs
NO longer . matter Of Judgment or
opinion; it is q matter Of un(fisPut-
ed fact that our funds have been
wasted
Greeley Republican. why do you
seek to cast dis<redit on writer's Dy
limiting at Interior motives? 1 AS
sure you l know Of no such per-
sonal motive. These writer's want
no public office, and would accept
none whatever. These public ard-
cles do not help business but rather
hurt it. There Is nothing to gain
and everything to lose by them;
friends are alienated and financial
and social loss often incurred by
these articles. The statements
made have often been painful to the
writer's and it has at all times been
to come before the pub
ic and call attention to matters OF
violation of public duty. 1t has
,,en done from y sense of duty and
,nly from q sense of duty. 1t SEEM
Il to many that such as the Gree
ey Republican were deliberately
the facts and trying to
from the people the true
ondftiOns of affairs. We should be
ecreant to duty to remain silent In
he face Of the conditions that have
cen proved to exist in this county. Z
Omebody had to speak. We could 3
OF expect the preachers or school n
aacflers with their jobs at stake to /
o it; We could not expect struggling a
Oung business and professional j
zen with the bread and butter of "
heir children at stake to do 1t. 1t h
as up to somebody that couldn't q
Q starved to death to go ahead. 1t
regretable it wasn't started soon- h
the committee of Clark, Bull y
'ck, Crone and Mumper deserve all n
he credit for starting, one or two n
rave men for keeping the ball a
llling, and the rest are simply try. y
X at this late date to humbly do
enanco for not sooner assisting =
nd now to cooperating with pen. :
NE recompense has been the ap-t,,
roval Of hundreds Of the good pe0- !
le of Weld county who have writ q
N and 'phoned and spoken their :
to this paper. :
The disapproval Of some men is +,
e highest recommendation one :
IN have. JOHN T. JACOBS.