The daily sentinel., 1913-03-17

counties than has. or viii he done.
= by the old counties whO have FOR
years neglected this part Of both
counties. AT the same lime we feel
that the creation OF Amm0us county
would have helped Grand Junction
very materially; that the Develop
ment OF this section would have in
creased our population ant rs we i'm
creased. Just so would Grand June
tion have grown. We re Uguize that
tGrand Junction should b. the metro-
polls of the western slopa, and it is
/ TO he regretted that it is held in such
contempt by the rest of lue state, as
I being against its own be- interests,
and that its affairs are iH The hands
of such narrow minded Individuals.
ITO the broad-minded citizens of
Mesa county we extend our thanks
I for their efforts in our behalf, and
to all such We shall have tho kindest
OF feeling.
Taxation without renTesentation
/ Will not come any neaTer winning
now than il did in the history Of our
l forefathers.
Our defeat was not ACCOMPLISHED
by either the Chamber UT Commerce
of Grand Junction. or tie efforts of
Representative Newton. desuite the
fact that they are gloating over the
victory and claiming the credit. The
chamber of commerce, In its efforts
to defeat the Ammons county bill, did
net confine itself to facts and efforts
at blackmail made them no friends,
but, ON the other hand, created a
sympathy for us in our light, and
their petitions and letter. grew to he
the sign oof laughter among the
members Of the Legislature. these
members knowing the true situation
as 1t exists.
Newton, as representntve Of Mesa
county, is very much Interested in
( the passage of bill reClassifying
Mesa county, at the urgent request of
the office holders, and hui few people
in the county know that this bill
raises the salaries of these officers
about S1O,000.0O per annum and de-
creases the revenue with which they
are paid about Sis, 100000 making a
deficit of about $25 900 per annum
that Will have to he raised by direct
taxation of the people. This matter
/ should have the attention of every
\ taxpayer of the county, and, if the
results are made known to them, we
feel sure they will rise up in protest
and ask that the bill be killed in the
senate A similar bill was vetoed by
I Governor Shafroth two Years ago and
this one should go the same route.
| The Fruita people, while in Denver,
made 1t point to see that this bill
and its effects We're pretty well
known BY all members oil the senate.
Another pet measure OF Mr. New
tons is what is known as the Relief
Bill" the effect of which is to relieve
certain county officials OF returning
to the general fund of the county fees
that, it is alleged. they have taken
wrongfully. 1t is claimed by these
parties that they had the right to
take these fees. Then, why is it nee
essary at this time to ask the legisla-
ture to legalize their acts? We un-
derstand that suit has been brought
by certain citizens within Mesa coun-
ty to compel the return of these fees.
| We wish them success in their under
I taking and promise them all the aid
we can muster.
Another bill INTRODUCED by Mr..
Newton, compelling stockmen to re-
pair all roads over which they drove
their stock, failed to pass, but be-
fore its defeat it was amended so as
to include ducks and geese. This bill
u caused considerable amusement not
only to the members of the house, but
to visitors as we'll This bill, so Mr..
Newton claims, was framed and sent
to him by the Honorable County Com
missioners of Mesa county. We, who
are in a position to know, feel that
the people of Mesa county have no
representation in the legislature.
I'VE have said that neither the
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ton nor Mr.. Newton had anything
whatever to do with the defeat of the
Ammons county bill. and it is per-
haps well to explain to you that we
4 We're the victim of circumstances
brought about through a trade made
with a certain element of the Demo-
cratic party, whereby they would
vote against the Ammons county bill
if the seventeen Republicans in the
house led by DR. Hasty would vote
solidly to defeat the Public Utilities
bin passed by the senate, or to strike
cut certain features Of The bill which
would destroy the most effective part
of the measure which the people OF
Colorado have been Contending for.
for the past ten years. We doubt Mr..
Newton's ability to conceive such an
idea. but he must follow the leader.
"The foregoing is not given in the
way of remorse for the loss of the
bill. The same would have been
written had we won, feeling that the
other citizens of Mesa county are en-
titled to the facts as they exist. We
have no contempt for Mr.. Newton;
only pity.
"We appreciate the words of praise
from The Sentinel for the people OF
Fruita who represented our interests
III Denver, and the ones who were at
home helping to furnish the ammuni-
ton, and are sorry they cannot say
as much for their own people.
"The people of Fruita have conf
dence in the district attorney and
feel that he will be fearless and i'm
partial in bringing to light some of
the matters complained of by resi-
dents of this section and we wish to
assure him that the good people of
western Mesa county are with him