The Delta independent., 1914-10-09

efficiency we diminish the army of
the unemployed. We must lessen the
|heart-breaking days and years of fail
ure which now confront the graduates
of our schools. The boy on leaving
school should be self-supporting and
a producer.
One of the most important issues
that must not be lost sight of in this
campaign is the necessity for an econ
omical businesslike administration OF
our state government. The Shafroth
and Ammons administration have al
most bankrupt the state and piled an
unbearably heavy burden of taxes on
our people. Democratic officials. for
getting their public trust. have regard
ed the peoples money as private prop
erty, to be used in building up and per
petuating a political machine. Con-
slider these facts. When Governor
Shafroth assumed office. he found all
of the current bills of the state paid
and $5O4,264.67 in the treasury. The
legislature appropriated to maintain
the state government, during the four
years he was governor, the sum of
S7.7S1 ,513.51, which was an average of
81 .945, ,37S50, each year. The annual
appropriation for the Buchtel admins
tration, Immediately preceding the
Shafroth administration, was S1.222,-
296.5S. an increase of appropriations.
per year. of s723,0S1.92. The surplus
of s504 4,264,67, left in the treasury by
the Buchtel administration (Republi-
cam was changed to grand to-
tai deficit of s1.265 1914. for
the four years of the Shafroth Demo
cratic) administration. In other words,
the Shafroth Democratic. administra-
tion ran behind its income s316,i24.36.
each year.
Another example of the almost Grim
inal wastefulness which has charac-
terized the present administration.
may be found in the way that Mr.
Pearce. present Democratic secretary
of state, has wasted and misused the
printing funds under his control. For
the purpose of the election OF 1912,
Mr.. Pearce was required by law to
publish the proposed Constitutional
amendments and the initiative and re-
ferred laws to be voted on. in one
paper in each of the counties of the
state. The law prescribed the maxi
mum amount that might be paid in
4
1927. 1t is a matter of court record
that the average cost of publication In
each of the counties was $S2.S7. Ac-
cording to every business principle
sire to save the public's money. Mr..
Pearce would have left the publication
of this matter to the paper in each
county that made the lowest bid. In
stead, the maximum amount was al
ways spent in every county. This
money was distributed among all OF
the Democratic papers OF each county
when the law requires that II be pub
lished In one paper only. In most
cases. one paper did the publication
but the other papers shared the prof
its. This division was made In consid-
Grafton Of an agreement entered into
with Mr.. Pearce. that these papers
would support him and the rest OF the
Democratic administration. The prof
1t to Democratic papers on this item
alone was 1o5.4OO.OO. Allowing to
the papers that actually published this
matter. a profit of s3O,0OO.0O, which
would have been much more than
reasonable profit. this one deal still
cost the people of Colorado at least
100000. This is only one OF the
many examples of Democratic misuse
of public money.
The Republican candidates have
pledged themselves to stop this and
other similar forms of extravaganza.
and eliminate all the needless dupli-
cation and all the inefficient political
appointees. characterizing the present
Democratic administration.
Two years ago, the Progressive Par.
ty was born with the devoted purpose
to serve mankind. Surely, these men
and women did not intend to organize
themselves to further the selfish poll
tical ambitions OF office seekers. Their
weapon is the ballot and II holding to
party lines at a particular time results
in waste OF their ballots or in the
election OF men who profess their faith
but whose actions oppose their princi-
pies, party lines are forgotten and
Progressives cast their ballots for can
didates of other parties who more