The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-12-13
SUNDAY NIGHT MUSINGS
BY c. T. RAWALT

THE Denver Post announces that the Mellon plan OF
tax reduction is very popular in Colorado amounting
sort of landslide of public opinion They quote Senator
Phpps as the earnest friend of the plan There not
much doubt that worth much the Senator
would be for it, We have observed mad rush of the
common folks to support it and rather surmise that the
real friends OF the be counted a mighty
small piece of paper. While talking tax reduction they
mako it very plain that they do not propose to do
whole lot of things that the public demands Cystalized
opposition to the soldier bonus is thing they
must be had if tax reduction secured In the
time they talk in millions of investments for highways
military expenditures and substantially every form of
spending that makes for the prosperity of priv
ileged few This administration for raising
money for everything thai will benefit its friends, but
dollar for the barest justice to the who
driven into military service at the point of bayonet.
1t admitted that volunteer could not have been
secured The draft compelled service and the least that
can be done is to pay them fairly for their time.
THERE seems doubt that Calvin Coolidge will be
the republican nominee for the Presidency. His oEpo-
nents not able to break in any terms The John
that stage Democrats therefore clearly
slider their Their job is to beat past master of
standpat republicansm. Mr.. Coolidge makes an ideal
candidate from the standpoint of big business and his
campaign will be munifcently endowed. All that money
do will be his without turning a hand Evidently
Henry Ford is willing to devote his attentions to his
private business and with conditions they Mr. Me-
Adoo should democratic best bet Mr. McAdoo is
hold him highly and there is real democrat who would
oppose him The combination is invincble unless dis
turbed from the inside of the party.
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RECENTLY of those products of the devil
letter, received at this office and it
signed by "a Man." Verify paradox. coward is not
man in any of the word. 1t would be insult
to mankind to call him a man. Rather he belongs to
that family of degeneraes who sneaks behind his vic
tim and sticks knife in his back, Especially is this
true when he attempts to assasnate persons character
He is the lowest of all criminals and any punishment
meed out to him would be too enent If there is
place in Hades where the punishment is than in
all Others there will be found the defamer of characters
=Saida Record.
Conceded, Bro Meacham, and yet you have been CIV
ing considerable aid and comfort, edtorally another
anonymous bunch the Ku Klux Klan You try defend
organization that is id anonymous that they
hide their cowardy vsages behind masks and perform
their purposes in deadliest secret They hide their
bershp give every evidenc of being ashamed towards
and that they and you have been lending the
tabshed prestige of your paper and influence to
their defense. Now you kick when other coward
sends you simple anonymous letter. something that you
toss in the waste basket We throw dozen there
each year and mention it any than would
notice the barking of a walk up the street
But you affect to think there is something decent about
dsreputable bunch of malignant towards who
ize anonymous society and through it commit un-
speaabe outrages Better get in the clear own
against decency before crticse some pimple
who offends your dignity