The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-06-22
SUNDAY NIGHT MUSINGS
By C. T. RAWALT

ranchmen produce attendance on various forms
of entertainment less contributions to the needy, in fact
general retrenchment to take the slack Thus all of
limited way, truly, but in the aggregate
running into thousands trimmed from what has
been steady and all this to swell the profits of
stockholders of whom received their stock for moth
ing Eastern investment bankers will take most of the
loot How long will it take to educate the toiing class
ordinary labor, small business and ranchmen real
| ze that injury of THEIR CLASS constitutes
menace to ALL For Gods sake wake and become alive
to the that your class is the that is being
fed and while observing the writings of the INDIVID-
UAL the comprehend, if that you have
an INTEREST.
| WE spent little time in Denver last week and
naturally met some politicians. We came home possessed
of few ideas and without stating how arrived
conc usions, going to state them briefly:
Either Gov Hadey or Mr. Griffith will be the Repub-
lcan nominee for governor.
VIM. E. Sweet will be of the Democratic candi-
for and he will be opposed by per-
haps two Others one of whom will be not yet
announced We believe John T. Barnett and Mark Skin
ner to be the most likely for the honor
There is at present intention the part of Den
yer Democrats to let western slope get the
ticket for governor. For mysterious Julius
Aichee still chairman of the Denver democracy and
divided delegation is certain from that county.
The reactonary forces centering all their efforts
the democracy They do not believe the election of
Republican possible and certain that the progressve
will the candidate.
If progressive ideas win in the democratic party not
single republican be congress from this
state.
IN opinion the great of the politicians do
comprehend just how much behind the progressive
victories in Indiana Pennsylvania and Iowa Democrats
consider it merely rebuke to Mr.. Harding and
Republicans consider it trivial current merely ndicat
ing local dissatisfaction among candidates In opn
ion the lesson is that independent thought and the
knowledge that organized opposition upset all the
plans of the politicians is growing faster today than
before. We recall when to even scratch ticket
called forth denuncation and considered dsgacefu
Today admit voting straight ticket is to cast
Election intelligence. In report of speech
delivered at Cleveland, Ohio, recently occurs tie fol
lowing quotation
frankly pessmistic view of of the predomi.
S of of s at
exercises of Western Reserve University here
entite it 'The Decline Of the American GovernmentS
The secretary declared that the drift of recent
structure by undermining the constitution sweeping
primary the bloc agitation and the countrs readiness
accept constitutional amendments were given by the
from ancient safeguards and toward complete social
mocracy
i Very alarming to the Honorable Secretary. farm
bloc intoerabe but bankers bloc is just necessary
to keep the country balanced direct primary which
gives the actual citizen voice in the affairs of his
try is menace and indication that approach
ing social democracy and that of course, is bad. We
have been autocracy long that return to demo-
cratic government is alarming.
i WE'LL let us the Secretary is correct in
his conclusion that changing What does that
connected with the recent elections? If it has
significance it that the revolt is general not local.
that it is conditions and personalities that
the We will concede that the behavior of the ad
mnisraon has hastened action but the general dssas
faction has been growing for ades Slowly
Tut surely, the people have observed how the three
partments of government have been gradually going
over to the management of Big Business They have
noted that poor people have rights the They
have noted that legislatures prostituted the
of the interests and they have observed that
ves grovel the feet of the arsocracy
of wealth. And it has bred independence of thought,
an organized revolt 1t will be accentuated many fold
by the dongs of the thirty days Organized
organized labor not going to be placed in chains with
making colossal struggle to itself There
enough jails to hold the who going
Just of their present The aborers
and last ideas lterng through the fat heads
the oilers They beginning to comprehend that they
vote themselves out of the hole instead of strike
themselves Even Sam Gompers begins under
it, and that for the so-called pro-
gressveness We still have confidence that ballots
of bullets will solve United States problems The
progressive encourages
i -:
| THE Grand Junction papers pretty about
Denver printing houses canvassng their town for work.
They make frantic appeal to their people to turn down
the representative when he arrives Denver cannot do
work cheaper bit better than their local
printers and still there is ground for just that Of
competition The Junction has been boosting the Frank
r lin had thev