The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-08-12
SUNDAY NIGHT mus,Nes
By C. T. Rawalt.


paper. The fight having ended to satisfaction we
felt if the forgotten the better this week
Judge Stone the battle the and
it becomes unpleasant duty unfold that
we have heretofore ignored
Judge Stone now has taken the contract of pulling
some red hot chestnuts from the fire for his friend Hen
retta Lake, who evidently has sufficient brains
nerve to tackle the job himself And unless msjudge
conditions he is going get his fingers badly scorched
There is still opportunity Judge, for you profit by
the experience of the past weeks 1t disgrace
for any to meet political defeat 1t is very desr
able for him to know exactly how defeat was accom-
plished Such knowledge enables him to steer his pot
ical bark safely in the future and we feel that
careful of how you met defeat be useful to
you in future which you This constitutes
one for the close analysis going to give
your attitude for the past few We absolutely
claim personal feeling of animosity Judge Stone
In fact we cherish the hope that after to a
thorough understanding going to be friends and
in spite of the Judges declaration that eiminat
ing any chance of again running for Office this county,
feel that it is quite possible that again lead or
follow the democratic party victory But he
must first be purged of his entanglng alliances
one of which is his utter abandonment of his selfrespect
by acting as cats paw for Henrietta Lake s;ss
In speech in the Assembly and in your article
last week deliberately charged that this editor had
made political deaI with od-tme democratic
leaders You did not name them but the inference was
clear You meant the democratic of
Now Judge we have got to disabuse your mind of its
error To do will have to with some very un
palatabe facts An eminent philosopher once described
ngrattude as the "Sum of all Crimes" Judge Stone
you are rapidly earning the title of Migrate and it
painful duty call your attention to how and why
We have known you, and of you, since you were
little boy Possibly you imagine that some superior
quality in yourself advanced the honorable position
you now hold and which you do not R You grave
error You elected County Judge very largely on
the fact that you of that splendid citizen
your father He enjoyed and still enjoys the confidence
and esteem of nearly every who knows him. and SO
far have observed has in proving him
self efficient and capable in every place has exerted
his efforts 10 this fact you much for original po
tica preferment During your earlier service in the
office of County Judge the general opinion is that YOU
reasonably good Judge gave attention to the
duties of the position and complained your ad
minstration There time however, when we were
at war and after you drafted you sought and
through some influence with which we are not at this
time acquainted, obtained appointment which carried
nice Ss5 salary and opportunity to wear a beautiful
uniform For some time thereafter many Coun
y citizens commented caustcly but privately
upon the Board of County Commissioners allowing YOU to
take down County Judges salary in connection with
your government emolument.t In fact demanding your
resignation was urged upon the commissioners
are greatly deceived But the Board did comply with
the request and thereby should, think stand quite
favorably with you est'v fff ss Is "a lrsassl
When the over and that without you ever
reaching place where your pentup patriotism stood
chance of leaking out through German bullet hole you
were honoraby discharged from Uncle Sans service
many of your friends expected you begin again
the salary were drawing County Judge But you
n1gner learning
The opportunity for putting polish on your
legal attainments at time when you supplied with
singulary efficient and capable young lady clerk who
had proved her capabilities while you gone 60 war"
was auring to the least and without thought
the embarrassment occasonng your associates
in politics, the county you Boulder
to school and left the young lady to your salary
commissioners to it and the public criticse quiet
ly but forcefuly; the first in this countys his
tory when they maintaining county official as a
charity pupil at college ttN ss
Judge Stone you not victim of conspiracy be-
tween this editor and democratic politicians You are
reapng the merted reward of negecting the Office to
which your constituency elected you. The people are
long suffering and they do cause
The heaviest burden the democratic this county
has to through this campaign the fact that the
county commissioners did long compel you to
resign. s'te
You much troubled Judge, this editor "borng
from within Permit advise that we always ap-
peal to the hesrt and Intelligence of the people,
find the heart and intellectual organs the
side and where the brains with
solid ivory generally get results
In another article will take up your League crit
icsms. We note with interest that you will write a
ries of articles attacking the League Permit
wise that do write and do not copy you
article before Those copied arguments
swered often that it rather pals to rehash
them again
In closing let again suggest that you and your
Client Henrietta have been greatly the
of the Board of County Commissioners
unless desire