The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-06-04
WHY NOT POLITICAL PARTIES?
by Ava A. Swain, in Colorado Progressive.)


his business This for the purpose of determining whether
he has lost made money during the immediate twelve
months preceding Some business deceive themselves
in their invoice. They list credits par when they know
they couldn't realize 90 the dollar those credits
Isn't about time for the managers of Coorados business
to take inventory of her financial condition? Not poll
tcal inventory for the purpose of boosting the party pow
er. but dead I" rights inventory where stand
with that bank account commonly called public funds.
eN years ag" the people took an inventory. following
OF Republican rule and they decided make change
in officials. That inventory showed all debts paid
and balance in the bank If the people decd
ed to have change following that inventory what would
they do following inventory of Democratic management
believe they will make another change in public officials
Instead OF there being S5o4,ooo and more credit
all surplus cash gone and in debt expcn
ses alone if all the Democratic appropriations be paid
over million dollars An inventory today would
an outlay of considerable importance for red ink
Nha, became of the half million dollars and
plus and why such debt:
The question has been asked thousand times The
swer is known only in a vague way The people know De
mocacy used the cash to send Senators Shafrot and Thorn
las to the United States Senate. The people know this
done but they do not know Just how done 1t
compised through increased payros and the creation of
new POSITIONS the only duties of which work for
Shaoth and Thomas. The charge is often made that Sen
ator Gugsenhem expended million dollars of his
money elect himself the United States Senate The
charge can be made that John F. Shafroth expended two
million dollars of the peoples to elect himself the
United States Senate. In addition, the indications are he
would have expended twice that if the money in
the state treasury had not been exhausted The total ap
preparations of the Buchte administration
10 The total appropriation of the first Shafroh admins
tran was and of the second Shafroth ad-
insraton. 4.34SS45o5 The last Shafroth adminstra-
tion had increase appropriations the uchel ad
minsraon of $l,9o4,23lS9 Was this increase used for
the educational penal institutions? Not that any
discovered 1t used in increased salaries and
| for positions
Mas the Sharoh administration any better from bus
mess viewpoint than the Buchel? Not in the least On the
other hand noted for its extravaganza How
M the economy used? Note the comparisons In 1908
oY the of running the governors office $4,000 In
.o1-I2, Shafroth increased it 81 500 The increase in
the Secretary of States office So 500 in the Auditors
Office there increase of 3oo the treasers Of
cc of $3.50 The Superintendent Of Schools expended
under Shafroths second term than under Buc'
tel while the engineer jumped the of that depart
ncnt SCI 800 for the period The total increase in
house payroll alone S3So2255o These extra clerks
and officials did little else than labor for Shafroth for the
i United States Senate
i How about :hc Ammons administrations is almost daily
qucry. So far Governor Amons is concerned, he ,;
nothing Shai:oth debts with and he will
oct Of the woods, The total appropriations Of his ad
minstration S3o7ou1I3, which is 6315I797 above
the Bucel appropriations. Amons has succeeded in cut
ting the of expenses He has dispensed with
number of useless boards and bureaus but his greatest
problem has been his debt For another
it has almost three times much per the Pea
body campaign.
i Governor Peabody had from 12oo to 5000 men in the
field eighteen months, the total cost of which approx
mately $SooOoO Governor AnmOns has had 1000 in
the field little less than four months with approximate
cost of $65oooo General military disorder and lack of dis
cpine given by those the inside the for this
hn
sfv the public for it is too large.
i Under such conditions. is it about time Colorado took