Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-04
Details and T Princiiples

There is vast difference between stubborn re-
fusa failure thru negligence, to keep promise made
by party to the people, and an honest difference OF
opinion based upon sincere desire to the best
interests of the people,
The promises made in the Republican platform last
fall explicit the degree of telling the people what
the party proposed to do if elected to office but the de-
tails of that performance wisely and properly left
the wisdom of the legislators and executive officers.
There is good prospect that the party pledges
will be fulfilled by the legislature and that the people
will be given the legislation that promised in the Re-
publican platform. And the people of the state, who
both intelligent and faminded will be able to judge for
themselves whether the senator's and representatives
have acted in sincerity and good faith and they will not
base that judgment upon the demands of any particular
person that the laws shall be enacted in all their details
to meet that particular PERSONS ideas.
In the of the amendment of the direct primary
law for example, the party platform promises
amendment of that law in such to
necessary expense while still safeguarding the peoples
right to control nominations for public offices That
pledge cannot be kept by repeating the direct primary
law and going back to the old convention system
troed by machine bosses But it be kept in various
of minor detail and it is up the legislators to
use their good judgment of which way will bring the
best results of economy and clean politics.
Similarly in the matter of good roads. The people
have been promised better and efficient sys-
TEN of road management That promise cannot be kept
by continuing the present plan making a pretense
of change to other plan that is like the present
in ell its essential details But there are honest diff
ferences of opinion concerning the ways in which the
best results be obtained in the expenditure of the
state road funds And it up the legislators
their power according to their best Judgment to keep
the pledge to the people 1t is be expected that
the plan that wisest to them under all the cir
cumstances will be accepted the best plan by all the
people; it may not be regarded ideally perfect
plan by anybody. But if it is genuinely the expression
of the best judgment of the legislators it will be accepted
by the people honest fulfillment of the party
promise.
Senators and representatives need not fear unfair
criticisms If they sincerely do the best they under
the circumstances Personal enitics and partisan iea
ousies loom big in the halls of the capitol but they
do not have much influence with the independent men
and women of Colorado But the other hand no one
need think that he will be able to rislead public opinion
been amply demonstrated in recent events The out
burst of public indignation against useless DELAY and
possible failure to enact the promised legislation has
been fully justified and the disapprova that has been
expressed would be but small part of the political
storm that would have been aroused had there not been
change for the better.
The people are not going to be deceived either by
unjust criticisms by tricky maneuvers to avoid lust
blame They demand square deal from the party in
power and they propose to give square deal TO those
who deal squurey with them