The Delta independent., 1917-03-09

of topics it debates the ueqstion of the
abolition of capital punishment.-Lead-
vile Herald Democrat.
North Dakotas farmer legislature"
isn't going to waste any time fooling
bodies might well follow the example
set by the rural legislators in the
Congressman Keating, editor-in-chief
of most Democratic papers of the
state, says there will be no war with
Germany We suppose this is official
and we should advise our readers to
not let the Posts red scare heads
frighten them.-Hotchkiss Times.
You often hear about THE Little
Red Schoolhouse" but did you ever see
one of that color? Possibly. but not in
Colorado. This state has at various
times painted things red. but the Grim
son streak did not include school
houses.-Iliff Independent.
Politicians are dissatified with the
primary law and an effort is being
made in the legislature to repeal it.
but it is not likely that the people
will tolerate such a backward step.
When the assembly feature of the
primary law is eliminated and we have
a real primary law without any such
handicap, then there will be little
cause for the people as a whole to
complain-Oak Creek Herald.
That Democratic pinnacle Of selfish
ness-Charles Smooth Thomas-cer-
/ tainly looks after kith and kin. Old
Smoothly has had Son-inlaw Malburn.
once attorney OF remote knowledge
and a peewee practice. appointed chief
bank examiner of the United States.
Think OF it! Chief bank examiner,
not faro bank examiner. The new job
gives the infirm relative $4,000 a
year. Besides his son-in-law Mr..
Thomas a couple of sons in big paying
federal positions, and Charlie gets a
few plunks out of the government for
the senator's job. Again we say, how
good it is for brothers to dwell TO-
gether in unity.-Telluride Examiner.
Why not save all the expense of
hn1 n1 hv in ha W1 nj %
thing over to the newspaper. Most any
patriotic editor land they're all pat
riots) will gladly conduct whole cam
paign in one issue of his paper and
declare who is elected. It's perfectly
feasible. Bro. Will Ferrill. of the
Rocky Mountain Herald. just the other
day conducted a whole campaign and
elected a UnitedStates senator for the
whole state OF Colorado. The election
was unanimous. 1t cost the taxpayers
nothing. 1t required only typewriter
and some imagination.-Monte Vista
Graphic.
A strong effort is being made to
have the Legislature enact a law that
will stop the so-called child labor In
the beet fields of Colorado On its face
the advocates of the law seem to have
the best of the arguments, but inves-
tigation shows that the four months
of out door labor in the fields makes
strong boys and girls and in school
work during the winter months these
same children with their physical con-
dition good, make better progress than
the ordinary youngster that doesn't do
| the out door labor No Comparison
can be made OF the child employed in
the cotton mill. sweat shop or depart
ment store. In fact the child of the
German Russian farmer that helps dur.
ing the season with his parents in the
beet fields has a physical training in
the open air and learns to work, some
thing that the average American boy
and girl are beginning to view with
aversion and adhorrance. We hope
that the State OF Colorado Will not
have the freak Legislation on It's statute
the state. without due investigation
OF actual condition and results.-
4 Brush Republican.
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