The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1913-05-06
THE DAILY SENTINEL
The Story the Ballots Told:

IS THERE anyone who will today and say that Grand
Junction is Socialist community?
We certain there is not.
Grand Junction proved in the effective way posi-
bic yesterday that the Socialists hopeless minority in
this city
By of than to l Socialist nominees for
school directors defeated yesterday in election in
which the big issue Socialism.
Socialism made the school election YES
terday BY THE SOCIALISTS THEMSELVES. They
threw down the gauntlet They put up their candidates and
boldly announced that they expected elect them the
three nonSocas candidates They had fooled themselves
into believing that they could win because Grand Junction
had REPUTATION of being Socialist town when there
was no foundation to the reputation.
he Socialists made the issue and the people accepted
the challenge.
The Sentinel began than week ago to urge the
people to turn out and take advantage of the opportunity
rebuke Socialism, show the world that Grand Junction
is Socialist The Sentinel consistently and daily
urged this line of action and glad today that
our urging most effective. The people responded The
biggest cast in local school election rolled up
1850 in all OF this number there were $3.50 straight
non-Sociaist votes only IS straight Socialist votes and POI
scratched ballots
The non-Socalist candidates. Freuoenberger, Swre and
Rhone poed 1917, 1894 and r,436 respectively.
1t Waterloo for the Socialists. They made the
ISSUE they marched the field and they got the
of a drubbing imaginable.
The Socialists strained every effort get large
vote for their candidates They put up stiff campaign We
believe they poed their full strength
The Sentinel the only newspaper in the city with the
courage take stand the We urged the defeat
of the Socialist candidates from the Another pa
per sought play hot and cold with both sides as it has al
ways done when the issue of Socialism involved 1t
the personal organ Of Mayor Todd Grand functions Soc
astc chief executive is also the representative of big
porae interests and therefore such campaigns strictly
between the devil and the Deep blue sea- and eneav
with the hares and hunt with the hounds One day
it has editorial prasng Socialism. The day it has
roasting Socialism It's great game--this stradding
game.
There many lessons to be drawn from yesterdays
election. 1t interesting story the ballots told
Among other things proven that Socialist
not be elected office SAVE AND EXCEPT BY THE
USE OF THE PREFERENTIAL SYSTEM OF VOT-
ING.
If the preferential system had been employed three
ago the first general election under the charter
Thomas M. Todd the Socialist candidate would have been
defeated for mayor by ratio big that which defeated
his candidates for school directors yesterday Todd
through the manpulaons of the Bucknzed preferential
system. Under other conditions could he have won.
Another thing proven by the election yesterday that
the great majority of the citizens of this community do
propose that Socialists shall control public institutions
and that when the issue is clearly Defined overwhelming de-
feat is always certain for the Socialists.
We are glad Grand Junction had the opportunity yes
terday sentiments the straight of Socas
tic control.
he result was decisive.
The effect will be lasting
The local political atmosphere is clearer today.