Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-01
A VITAL WARNING


The Press understands that Mark Rose is to be
again sent back to the capital to for the passage
OF the Swng-J ohnson BILL
we are not all in sympathy with such proposal
ana iee tnat 1T would be woefu waste of the tax
payers money, simply and purely because Roses days
OF usefulness back In Washington are ended
We are not saying this in spirit of malice or un-
Kndness We are merely stating fact that should be
OBVIOUS that no necessity need exist for calling the
public's opinion
How can Rose expect to go back and seek aid and
cooperation of President Coodge and Republican lead
ers when he has recently reviied and repudated
them? The vindictve remarks he so recently hurled
at the administration and the strenuous campaign he
conducted against them Will not be forgotten quickly
tnat rose can go back and occupy the sphere of
usefulness he enjoyed last spring when he by
Imperial Valley on the same mission.
We are not quarreling with Rose his political
aflllatons. One of the naienabe rights every free
born American enjoys lining up behind the candidate
or faction whose he espouses. In this case Rose
was one OF the saunch supporters of La Toilette and
the badly beaten Independent party That itself,
would not be unforgeable had he not conducted such
violent campaign of false propaganda against
dent Coodge and msrepresented the laters attitude
toward the Swlng-Jo Johnson bill.
Is it to be expected that Rose will be received in
washington with wide open and given joyous
welcome by those he SO tactlessy assallea? Hardly!
Ii the tales OF his back-sndlng from the kepupli-
can cause have not yet been sufficiently BROADCAST
ed does 1t not stand to reason tnat members OF the
Coloraao River Controi CluD Will all the
tails OF Roses recent Affiliations thoroughly
blaZoned to the world?
feature from the bill entirely. Rose is OF the
chief of that feature and said to have de-
that he would prefer to the entire bill lost
rather than have the canal feature eliminated.
Neither Mr.. Rose the Imperial Irrigation dis
trict should labor under the false impression that
Roses recent antagonlsm toward those he would now
fawn upon and seek favors from will not be used
against hm by his opponents, who go to seek prompt
passage of the bill minus the canal provision
Let confusion arise to the attitude of the
Press toward this bill. We staunch adherents of
the canal feature and will be, so long the provision
remains that the people themselves the ones who
shall go the polls and say whether this project shall
be built not.
But we assembling all the facts in a fair dis
passionate attempt to show why any efforts of Mark
Rose toward helping this legislation from on will
be absolutely futile far Washington is concerned
Surely in this great valley of $4,000 souls, there
must be some one effectively present the peo
pes cause and who will not at the very outset be ham
dicappd Mark Rose of necessity, will be If he goes
back to the capital now.
Under the circumstances, we feel the biggest kind
Mark Rose do the valley is to refuse to under
take an expensive mission like this on the peoples
money when no tangible results can possibly come
from it.