, 1922-11-01

h Enterprise is a republican pa
! per. believes in the principles Of lh=
republican party and heartily endors-
es the entire State ticket, but when
it comes to L. L. Newton's hand-pick-
ed candidates for county offices.
whose nominations were secured by
unfair and Enthusiastically newton
ish methods, that is another matter.
Mr.. Newton, while State Committee
man and presumed to DO neutral be-
fore the primaries, endorsed and sup
ported through the Herald, the Off
cial paper of the organization in Park
County, certain candidates whom, for
obvious reasons, he wished to see
nominated.
He collected money from republican
candidates and used 1t to defeat them;
he permitted sample ballots to go out
from the Herald office before election
marked with the names of his candi-
dates he named his ticket in the Of
fetal paper of the organization; he
left no stone unturned to roll up votes
for the candidates OF tile little county
machine he has built up chiefly to fur
Their his own interests.
The Enterprise, like many others,
believes that In local affairs it is tie
man, not the party, that should be
considered. 1t is for this reason that
we ONE to the parting of the ways
when we are asked to support three
of Mr.. Newton's candidates, namely,
C. A. Davis, S. A. Watkins and G. A.
Holm for the offices OF sheriff, county
respectively.
The people are asked to r~e-eiect
these three candidates upon their rec
ords.
The Enterprise does not believe
they are entitled to reelection upon
their records.
G.. A. Davis has been the most ak
pensive sheriff that Park County has
ever had and has done more harm to
the cause of law and order by reason
of his methods of enforcing prohibit
ton and his fanaticism upon this sub
ject, than any other man who has
ever filled this position. He has less
ened respect for the sheriff's office,
made himself a joke and a byword.
and accomplished little or nothing.
S. A. Watkins is chairman of the
most extravagant board of county
commissioners in the history of Park
county. 1t was he who was largely
responsible for the letting of the coun.
ty. printing to the highest bidder. l..
l.. Newton. 1t was he who was insist
ent upon the special session of Curt
which was called to try liquor viola
ton cases at a cost OF $4,000, with no
convictions save where the defend
ants pleaded guilty.
1t is he who has permitted an in
crease Of 80 per cen In the cost of
maintaining government in Park
county over wartime figures.
G. A. Holm, the present incumbent
of the county treasurer's office. is
also asking reelection upon his rec
ord. His record is that he has done
exceedingly well by the Holm family
since he has been in office, paying his
young daughter a mans salary of
rIooV a year as QCPuey dho III ~
months increased the cost of his office
$2.420.25 owe what 1t wac for a cor
responding period during war times
1878.
The feeling has long been growing
among the taxpayers hat any fairly
intelligent person, who applied him
self conscientiously, could do the
work of this office without the assist
ance of a s125 a month deputy for
twelve months In the year.
For these and other reasons which
we could give IL we were put to 1t,
the Enterprise refuses to support
Messrs. Davis, Watkins and Holm for
the offices they seek, but recommends
to its readers in their places the fol-
lowing democratic candidates: w.
H. Loomis, p. =. Markham and Frank
Harrington.
Mr.. Loomis. who has a wide &C