La Junta tribune., 1914-06-20

anything whereby thy brother tum-
bieth. or Is offended. or 10 made
weak This congressman Is going
TO have our vote no matter what
ticket he runs on.
! The Pueblo Chieftain never misses
an opportunity to ridicule and make
sport OF the progressives and It's
chief apostle Theodore Roosevelt.
They are helping along nightly the
effort to bring the progressives and
repu blicans together this and redeem
this great state.
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| Rocky Ford had some wind and
hail storm last Sunday afternoon
according to that truthful purveyor
OF facts and fancies who officiates
on the editorial tripod Of the Gazette
Topic. He says they had hall stones
In the melon metropolis on that
quiet Sunday afternoon as large as
baseballs-nine inches In circum-
ference and weighing eight ounces.
Plate glass windows Suffered In con-
sequence. as II is quite natural to
suppose they wonld II any were To-
Gated In the path OF the storm. One
OF them went through a one inch
board. which probably caused the
editor to thank his lucky stars that
his Uranium was not exposed TO the
ravages OF the storm. That would
have been worse than a dose Of dy-
Mantle. eh. Jack? Irrigation bitches
overflowed their banks and the
streets were inundated ana oe,;ars
flooded. And yet. Rocky Ford sur
vived the ordeal. and will probably
have melons to throw to tie birds Oh
Watermelon Day.
The law business In Colorado
must be ms much on the bum
as every other iine-judginE by the
number Of lawyers who want to run
for justice OF the supreme court this
fall. The Colorado Bar Association
has passed q resolution looking TO
the nomination Of judges who shall
be the non-partisan choice OF the
lawyers Of the state. There IL one
Justice Of the supreme court 10 he
elected this fall. and the plan Is for
the lawyers Of the state to select the
candidate. regardless Of party lines.
and then ask all the political assem-
bites 10 approve the selection. The
vote To select the candidate Is open
TO all practicing lawyers In the
state. Up TO the present date l3s
lawyers OF the state have been NOM
mated by the members Of the bar.
Why not nominate all the lawyers
In the state and be- done with Il.
a ballot for the selection OF the one
candidate. who will finally be the
associations choice. viii be held NJ.
ter June 2:d.
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Years ago Tom Reed. speaker of
the house. In speaking OF the demo
cratic party. said: "You can't
last long because you are not accus.
toned 10 governing anybody or any
thing: you cannot govern the coun-
try because you cannot govern your
selves. YOU are incompetent"
Right now the people Of Otcro
county are IN a position to appreci-
ate that declaration. With a great
army Of unemployed all over the
country Il II evident that some
thing II wrong In our rational NJ.
fairs. When the state did not have
= single bid for the 81 .0Oo. 900 bond
issue. authorized Al the recent spec.
sal scssion Of the legislature 10 pay
Ammons' war debt. Il IL apparent
that something IL wrong In our state
affairs. when the county Of Otero
10 compelled 10 issue interest bear.
Ing warrants 10 pa> It's JUST debts,
Il IL quite probable that our county
Affairs need fixins. TIE democrats
are incompstsnt. just - Tom Reed
says. They are convicted upon sheis
own evidence.
Dsd you notice how saroas The
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