Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-07-24
ROCKY FORD, COLORADO FRIDAY JULY "A, 1914
BULL MOOSE MEET
And Bump Up Against Trouble in the
Form of DR.. Barbour, Staunch
Costigan Adherent

COStigan Adherent
About twenty-five delegates, and these
mainly from La Junta, were present at
the Progressive county assembly in this
city on Tuesday forenoon.
m the absence of Joel w. Todd, the
county chairman, Judge Minor called the
assembly to order, and organization was
effected by the selection of G. A. Kill
gore and c. A. Beerbohm, both of La
Junta, as chairman and secretary re-
spectively.
After short adjournment to allow
committees to prepare their reports,
the assembly got down to real business,
of which the most important was the
reading and unanimous adoption of reso-
lutions presented by Judge Miller of La
Junta. chairman of the committee on
rules and resolutions.
The resolutions set forth that candid
ates for office on the Progressive ticket
must support the principles of the
national pledge of 1912, and condemned
the papers that claimed to be Progress
i've organs but were not carrying out
the party principles.
The resolutions took firm stand for
the enforcement of law and order, and
supported the anti-saloon and suffrage
movements.
The, concluding resolution was one
to prevent the support of the party
being given to any candidate for an
Office who had been a party to either
side in the late troubles in the state.
After the resolutions had been ad-
opted Chairman Kilgore spoke of the
aspirations of the Progressive party for
better things in Otero county including
lower taxes and a better government.
and stated that representatives must be
sent to the legislature who were for
law and order and justice for all parties
and that,a state government must be
elected capable of managing the state S
business without being obliged to resort
to federal intervention.
As it was impossible to secure full
delegation of seventeen from those
present to attend the state and con-
gressional assemblies at Colorado
Springs, DIR. l.. p. Barbour, c. II,
Daring, William Green and J. w
Lamb were chosen and empowered to
secure a full delegation and to vote its
full strength at the convention.
| And the trouble-breeder then goi
busy in the person of DR.. Barbour,
who inquired about the clause of the
resolutions adopted which referred tc
not supporting any candidate who had
been identified on either side during the
late trouble in the strike regions, and
stated frankly that if he went as del
egate he should support f.. p. Costigar
for governor first, last and all the time,
Judge Minor thought that every del
egate should decide for himself and
that if he felt in face of the resolution
that had been adopted, he could vote
for Costigan without violating the con
fidence imposed in him as a delegate
he should be at liberty to do so. But
he stated that while it might not be the
fault of Mr.. Costigan it was fact jus
the same, the people who are not fol
law and order are supporting him and
that Injuries his candidacy. "If we ex,
pect change said the speaker
"there must be a fusion between tn,
Progressives and the Republicans ant
if Costigan is put up this will be i'm
possible"
Fred Mason of the La Junta Tribune
moved that the delegates be instructed
to support George A. Carlson for gov.
ernor, but the motion was tabled.
| Other speakers thought the delega.
tion should go uninstructed, but some
notably "Billy" Green and James Nc
Neen-took occasion to say that COST.
gan in their opinion was a very ''weak
sister" and would not receive the sup
port of his own party.
Upon the proposition of nominating
candidates for county offices it was
moved and carried that committee of
five be chosen to consult with like
committee from the Republicans re-
garding these candidates and to report
at II a. m. July 2Sth at La Junta,
which is the date and place of the Re-
publican assembly. The committee ap-
pointed was Messrs. Miller and Lamb
of La Junta, Westfall of Swink and
Garwood and Green of Rocky Ford.
On Booster "trip