The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-08-10
SUNDAY NIGHT MUSINGS
By C. T. RAWALT


published the night VIM. E. Sweet Democratic candidate
for governor appeared before local audience under the
of that paper there appeared large advertisement set
No wonder that changed tacticsGrand Junction
Daily News.
We are reprinting the above verbatim venom, poor
grammar. bum spelling and paucity of thought because
have special interest in it. First Walter Walker is
one of candidates for Lieutenant Governor and
such aided by charge that he is subject to in
fuence from the business Office of his paper. Second,
Charley Adams of the News is quite well known
to really fellow and has been given years
enough know better than to utter baseess lie against
business competitor political foeman. Either the
clip abovawas written by pnfeathered editorial pissant
hired to edit the News during the real editors absence
else Charley ignoring the lessons of than thirty
years of tutelage at hands, has written most
foolish and offensive attack whom he will ad
dress respectfully winter when Walter Walker
presides the There 100 the
subscription list of the Grand Junction News who will be-
eve that Walter Walkers editorial favorable
Mr. Sweet occasoned by desire expectation
of patronage Those who have brains enough to think
will interpret his switch the real facts Walter Walk
err like thousands of others is very apt to have
ceved opinions The word Radical" has been over
worked in the Mr. Sweet the beginning of the
campaign the interests thought calling Mr. Sweet rad
ica would put him out of commission. But he went to-
Grand Junction other places spoke to the people
directly and created the conviction that he safe and
capable of being good Governor and Walter Walk
among hundreds of Others made his mind that the
candidate of the toers what he pupored to be-
honest and able representative the Sovereign Democ
racy Therefore Mr. Walker fell with his precon-
ceived opinions He still advocated the nomination of
VIM Weiser, his home He did not burn his bridges
behind him. for he naturally felt that Mr. Sweet likely
to win Mr. Weser and he also felt that worthy
would be named in either He prints advertise
ment for Mr.. Sweet Would The News have declined it?
Not in hundred years This paper prints ads for hosts
of people We ads for Nicholson and Phipps year
ago. They have right to present their views
for unlike candidate for Governor and his
campaign manager Pat Hamfat, we believe in and exer
else free speech And VIM Sweet perfect right
address the voters of the Western Slope through Walter
and try to advise them of his attitude
public questions sr-- vssft n, rss
Charley Adams. will give you gratuitous
editorial prescription: Advise that kid you trying
make editor outen" that little thought gen.
eral effects constituent the editorial
oratoy Tell him to avoid writing lies papabe and
plain that will know they lies Tell him that
if he is less hasty he fill all his space without jump
ing at conclusions that from predisposition Do
you catch the idea? We that the who wrote
4 that squib is who WOULD HAVE CHANGED HIS
MIND for the he falsely charges Walter Walk
er did Advise him kindly but firmly Charley along the
lines we advised how TO support Bryan in 1895 with
changing politics stultfying conscience
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/ CERTAIN Republican and Democratic laborhsting
papers making much OF the Of Paul Proseer
temporary chairman the State Assembly
They affect believe that his slap labor
the toers from the party this They do not seem
have noticed that Mr. Prssers foolish creased
the skids under him and resulted in his being ousted
chairman and Billy Adams substituted Also they failed
to observe that his speech eliminated from consdera
tion Tor the nomination for Attorney General position
for which he practically slated until he run
ming on the mouth The laboring understand the
position Of the Democrats perfectaso they
that from Mr. Shoup and his military oe.rchy they
no chance than the proverbial celluod
E is PAT HAMROCK RUNNING THIS STATE.
I is Pat Hammock running the state of Coorado7 Is
this and talking bigger than the
aw Can he and his crowd of pull that
would be denounced outrageous by law and order
state administration if these stunts done by
the Ku Klux Klan? The action of Pat Hamrock his
the nationally known labor leader from Sunday
night absolutely inexcusabe should be denounced
by good citizen of the We this
ton although not at all agreeing with Fosters policies
or plans
1t is time that Hamrock called down and called
cvn hard but evidently it will take change in admin
st ators at the state house in Denver bring this about
II After the deportation of Mr. who creating
disturbance in but who forcbly taken
rom his hotel by this great military chieftain and his
ma'ons Hammock boasted that consulted"
OF course VI realize that it is a dangerous thing to
ticize this distinguished adjutant of Colorado
who is permitted by the present governor
70 do Just he pleases and who would like make the
whole state military but take the chance just
E the
Pat Hamrock alone will be good and sufficient reason
FOR defeating Oliver H. Shoup for reelection bv $4,000
ma ory If the is induced by the big business
interests of Denver to aganG and Junction Sentinel
We somewhat grieved that he is-for
the presentdoing just that thing As for the constu
tion and the laws they letters with
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