The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-01-17
SWEET FOR GOVERNOR

political friends well those who desire to
real active continued governor of the state
will be gratied with Governor Sweets announcement
that he will be candidate for reelection These two
we believe constitute large majority of the voters of
Colorado
In his letter making his intentions Mr.. Sweet
it strikes hits at the heart of the situation when
he says:
''The office of governor can much or little,
cording the inclination of the incumbent If he is
by the honor of the position is content not to
disturb the quo and is satisfied simply to attach
his to such require his signature he
will find in the office much to crafty his pride and will
be counted by many an excellent On the other
hand. if he trammeled by precedent and really
wants to he find tasks demanding all his
There is office in the gift of the people in
which initiative and perseverance the face of open op
position Indifference much to the life of
the commonwealth that of governor"
1t is natural for with attainments fitting them
for exalted positions of honor to hem but too
many of them. having achieved this ambition,
in the smoothest Channel that be found
Consequently they lay aside the initiative and much of
the energy that them in private underak
ings, and develop the disposition to let well enough
alone
But governors in the country
ed attention by calling upon the carpet problems
hang around upon the outside for years courting
trouble and wonk they bring Sweet is of them He
has not feared go and look the domain and
suggest changes moving he thought towards improve
ment.
ms mas brought criticism, of which have
nduged in ourselves but out of multitude of council
comes wisdom" and make doubt that all of the
activities the have quckened by the vr-
ty of the governor.
While criticism and opposition have sackened
his energy the experience he has had and will have
at the end of his first fit him all the better
for the next two years work.
He is of convictions and the nerve to execute
that which he believes is right and best but
tion is that he is amenable While we have
differed and may differ with him details yet in
the things that for good government Sweet
is sound and he is satisfied things Just as
they but willing risk his reputation upon an
effort to improve them.
In our humble judgment he is the bestequipped man.
among the available in the state for
succeeding term The fact that he from the allure
ments of the United States Senate complete if poll
tics permit his of placing the state government
on business basis, far such thing possible
shows that he places achievement Office above achieve
ment of ofice,-Grand Junction Sentinel
LoRDY. Lordy how Henry Ford has fallen in the es
timation of bunch of editors that used to fairly lick
about capable for the office he Poor old
Charley Rawat But he's got Sweet and Ed Keang left
-Hotchkiss Times
How come you to think are peeved? Did we
always protest Ford the industrial giant of this
of the most Indifferent attainments? Mr. Fords refusal
to consider the Presidency suits dot His endorse
ment of Coolidge is not either. He has his
right to choice you l. There is
suspect that friends PreS
dent will follow him into the Coolidge camp This editor
has always been for McAdoo part regret
the Ford boom the fear that would get away
result in his nomination. in which could easily
see that neither the democrats republicans
mate who would beat him In that case we would
have suffered two defeats, Mr. MeAdoo could
not be President and Mr. Fors genius would have been
lost to its most fertile field No dear old aciduous Tom
if YOU well pleased We are at the condition
you blamed well satisfied and also Ben Hill
ard left and he is going to skin Phipps-