Semi-weekly herald., 1914-07-27
BETWEEN you AND ME-.

BkTWEEN YOU AND ME-.
What difference who holds the of
fices 80 the people are given honest
and courteous service, coupled with
prosperity. We had heard so much
about the wonderful benefits that
would accrue by electing . Demo
cratic president and house and SEN
ate to go with him that we were
not very much disgruntied when the
news was waited over the country
the evening Of the last presidential
election that Wilson was to be our
chief executive the next four years
The political horizon was bright, SO
to speak. The Democratic program
promised q return to good old days
when every one who wanted work
could find it and the full dinner pail
would be found all over the land
But what sad awakening. Instead
after two years, we find hundreds of
thousands of men roaming the coun-
try looking for work with empty din
ner pals. We find the cost of living
higher with prices received by farm
ers on the downward trend; we find
foreign made goods coming to our
shores while our manufactures are
idle; we find sugar factories closed
or employees and growers receiving
less money; we find railroads in the
hands of receivers with many bank
failures--in fact, we find the AL
mighty dollar hard to get hold of.
Coming down to state affairs we
find anarchy has prevailed with ev-
cry effort of the governor to preserve
order decried by most of the state
house officers; we find the state labor
commissioner, appointed by the Sec
retary of state, roaming around the
country making anarchistic speeches
and stirring up trouble. we find the
credit Of the state nil-unable to sell
its bonds; we find our United States
senators voting for our farmers to
compete with the coolie labor of for
eign lands; we find our state In the
control Of federal troops to preserve
law and order because the efforts of
the governor to do so were handi.
capped on every corner by crowd
Of Lindseys, Kenehans, Brakes, st
Johns, Thomsses, Keatings, etc. We
might go on for a column and enum.
crate what we have suffered and are
going to continue to suffer If condi.
tions are not changed at the polls and
it's up to the voters to cast aside
partisanship and bring about the de-
sired change
AS we stated in the beginning OF
this article, what difference does II
make who occupy the Offices so VIZ
get service and adequate returns for
our money. True, the spellbinders
who are living at the expense of the
people, will be around telling that
more time is required for the carry
ing out of Wilson policies but they
will forget to tell you more time is
needed to carry out anarchistic pro.
grams. Honied words will flow from
Running Charlie" He will not tell
you about the time he was spewed
out of the Democratic party by Tom
Patterson, nor about the dozens of
state bureaus created by his mate
John Shafroth, whereby the latte,
was elected to the senate at the ex-
pense of the taxpayers; he will not
tell you the state is overrun with a
horde Of state and government off
cials whose main purpose is to de.
velop political sentiment in favor o.
state and national administrations,
and when he does so the federal ant
state officeholders and pap suckers
stationed around the hall will vel
approval while the bribed federal
newspapers will occupy columns the
next morning tell of the brilliant ad-
dress and the sacrifice Thomas and
his cohorts are making for the "deeI
peepul.'
This is thinking age and it's time
men and women we're not led by the
siren voice, but by actual conditions
and without regard to party or polit.
cal favorite, vote for men and poll.
cies that will restore law and order
in Colorado and give us economical
government and representation in
Washington that will uphold law and
order and have the nerve to stand
up for state interests instead of be-
ing led by schoolmaster who labors
under the impression that he is the
only one who has the right to have q
say. It's not sentiment we want, but
something to jingle in our pockets
return Of prosperity in the nation
and law and order in the state in or
der that we may appeal to the IN
vest0r and settler. No one is coming
to Colorado to locate or invest in
our varied industries until proper pro-
lection is afforded from the Lindseys
and the Jollys. Therefore, The Herald
makes the suggestion--appeals to you
Ito consider actual conditions and
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