La Junta tribune., 1914-05-30

JCDSE "a. iNiTf
down. Judge inity l. a good re
publican. and has been for fifty
years and more. but he IL strong
.dvoca,e OF law and order and be-
iieyes IN upholding the hands of the
governor In his efforts 10 enforce the
aw aud preserve order In the state.
as all patriotic citizens of this great
state should be.
Some interesting correspondence
has recently take- place between
Judge Finity and Senator Robinson.
of Colorado Springs. and II Is here
with given In full. The first letter
sas written by Judge ,Finity and Is
rs follows:
La Junta, Colo. May l6. 1914.
Senator VIM {. Robinson. Colorado
Springs. Colo.
Dear Sir: I learn from the pa
pers that you offered a resolution In
the Colorado senate asking Gov
w Itrtkh wi tut
son that he was incompetent TO fill
the office OF governor. hence I call
upon you to resign for the reason
that you have not got good. common.
horse sense and have disgraccd your
self and the state OF Colorado.
Very respectfully.
~ FINITY.
To this letter Senator Robinson
replied az follows:
Colorado Springs. May 90. ~.
Mr.. ". Finity. La Junta. Colo.
Dear Sir: Your letter of the 18Th
inst. has Jt.st reached me and will
overlook the strong words that you
have used and answer you with the
respect and courtesy that l believe
you deserve.
II seems that there IL quite an ef-
fort being made to make IL appear
that my criticism OF Governor Am
mons Is because | have taken III,
par, OF the strikers Ia the present
uniortuDai. difticuliy. That IL Who'll
ly wrong. and ! cannot understand
how any honest person who know
what ! have done or what have
tried 20 do could make such n charge
] have taken no part whatever H.
the strike and have no interest in
IL. except a. n citizen Of the state. |
no more approve the killing of men
and the destruction Of property at
Forbes. NcNally. Waiscn and other
places. by and ON behalf OF the
strikers. than ! approve the kiliing
Of men. women and children. and
the destruction OF property nt Lud
low by mine guards I have opcnl,
and persist.Dtly condemned all
acts OF violence aud all violations of
law by ~homsoc,er committed. NJ
criticisms OF Governor AmmonF
have been because he did not .n
force the Law and preserve order IN
the state. know Of no one who
claims that he has enforced the Iaw
or preserved the peace. IL II claim.
ed BY som. persons that he has done
the best he could. but that IL mere.
~ an admission that he Il incompe.
tent No one Ia the senate would
promise that he could or would do
any better IN the future than he has
done IN the past. Surely no one
wants the present conditions 10 con.
,inue OF 10 have q repetition Of the
past acts Of violence on either side.
The difference between ~ incom-
pesens and = COMPETENT official IL
we'll illustrated by the present situa.
,ion. Governor Ammons with thu
whole military forces Of the state at
his command could not or did not en-.
force the Law or preserve the peace
Many people were killed aud much
propess, was destroyed. Then the
president sent = small force tmuch
less at that point than the state had
ana since those troops reached the
field not . life has been lost or a
dollars worth Of property has been
Destroyed. What the presldcut has