Gilpin observer., 1918-07-18

ing the Observer to task for APPROX
ing the rlsn to abolish POLITICS in
the county election this fall. The
editor of that psper made 1t clear
tt at he was averse to the idea sole
'ly through mercerary reasons. He
impr gned the motives Of the Obser-
yer ard tried to make it appear
that it was scheme en- the Part of
the paper to have the outgoing COM
missioner hold over so that the pa
Ter would receive TIE county pat
ronage for four years. Only ignor-
amce could justify such a position
as that taken by the Register man.
In the first place we did not origin
ate the scheme, merely endorsed 1t
as the wise and patriotic thing to
do at this time for economy sake.
! Secondly, the Observer could not
assure itself the county printing for
four years If the meritorious plan
advocated should carry. The offic-
ial raper is designated every year,
and two years from now the terms
of the two hold-over commissioners
! expire. Lastly, and to show that
, the Observer was not actuated by
any monetary motives in advocating
that there be no county contest, we
will say that the county printing
that controlled by TIE commission
ers-fcr the Iast year, from July
LIST, 1917 to July LIST, 1918, amounted
to only $4,000 and not "over 81 900
year" as the Register falsely stat
ed, and carrying the amount along
to four yesrs and figuring that we
would receive $4,000 If there were
no election held this year. So the
amount received from the printing
is too small an item to cause a rep
utable parer to be swayed by 1t in
any way.
The editor Of the Register has a
faint hope that there is a chance of
a Republican being elected to the
board and he would receive this lit
tie patronage, not realizing that his
unpatriotic attitude during the war
has SO angered and disgusted Re-
publicans, Democrats and independ-
! ants that he is beyond the pale of
consideration for anything raid for
by the people. 1t is only through a
tender regard for old age and the
kindheartedness Of a charitable COM
munity that he Is even permitted to
remain resident, much less the re-
cfriept OF public patronage, so at
variance with the general patriotic
trend Of loyal Americans, has his
prorGernan an and Stacker policy been.
He les been a hindrance to the
prosecution Of the war from the
very beginning of the country's en-
trance into the conflict and both by
voice and through his paper has let
no opportunity escape to throw a
wrench into the war machinery. His
disloyal comment at the outset
caused the few rem aiming friends he
lad to caution him, but the Stacker
| srfrit was SO deep rooted 1t has
since manifested itself on numerous
occasiors. When appointed Food
Administrator, the appointment had
no sooner been made than his declin.
alton was fired back to the govern
ment, showing that he was unwill-
ing to assist his country's cause in
either important or modest capacity
He hasn't offered a word of encour-
agement, to say nothing of assist
ance, In any of the war drives. He
has never so much as bought a lib
erty bcrd in any of the drives, nor
has he even shown him self to be as
patriotic as TIE humblest school
child by buying one War Savings
stamp. He has reluctantly contrib
uted to the Red Cross. When other
fathers We're prord to he able to
give sen, he encouraged his boy
IL applying for exemption on every
con cefvatle grourd from skirts to
gall-stones. He has refused to pub
lish articles bearing on some war
work in connection with the war be-
cause he regarded it as advertising
and there was no pay forthcoming.
But the last Indictment and the one
IN which there can be no element
OF the slightest justification or miti-
CATION, is his refusal to help the gov
ernment to the extent of complying
with the simple request to turn his
watch and clock ahead an hour, and
to this very day he is following the
course that has been so natural with
him In life Of beirg behind the time.
Could the rankest Stacker or pro-
German have blacker record than
this? And then fer a disloyalist of