The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-05-08
SUNDAY NIGHT MUSINGS
By c. T. RAWALT

By c. T. RAWALT
SUNDAYS Grand Junction News steals of our
editorials bodily and prints original We thought
it good when wrote it and like Charley
Adams we'll that the appropriation is freely forgiven
Whenever you short of editorial stuff, clip of
ours Charley 1t is all written solid base and surely
will improve your paper little.
SONIEWAY cannot assmilate the idea that there
has been corrupt deal between President Coolidge and
Henry Ford Muscle Shoals. The papers simply
ringing with the telegram sent by Correspondent Martin
to Fords private secretary and it looks if the tele
sent, and there very strong for be-
ieving that the President authorized the this in
spite his The language used might be very
nocent The President may hold the opinion
hold that Henry Ford operation of that tremendous in
dusry the greatest thing for all the people that has
been the way industrial develop
ment And if so he might have said just what he is
credited with and that without any wrong idea. We al
ways try to situation by placing ourself in
the position of the other fellow and had been Pres
dent would have held that precise view. We hope
would have had enough not to bat it to reporter
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THIS week front page print very iu-
minang article from the pen of Ellis Meredith probably
the keenest and brightest newspaper this
produced Ellis Meredith brought the
as political observer by Tom Patterson and his Rocky
Mountain News quarter of century ago. and did
apt pupil work under such admirable tuelage Asso
ciated with Patterson and Edward Keang she studied
Colorado politics first hand and believe knows
game Her article fine subject for consideration
1t shows just how Sweet and Shoup compete for Vice
Presidential honors each striving for prize far
exalted than the nominal position he seeks openly 1t
practically assured that La Toilette will
Independent ticket for President If he does the
that the Vice President will become President
that President be elected Failing of cleo
tion himself La Toilette would be quite well satisfied
with progressive like Gov Sweet and would cheerfully
support him rather than most any republican, for
republican corruption that has aenated La Toilette
given him much grief He will naturally gravitate to
the Democrats and if they have presented him with
opportunity to support their candidate he
it. He would not support a Democratic reactionary.
Republican leaders laying awake nights thinking
of plans for saving the g. p. ship. Their best bet
to sweep Colorado if it costs millions and they have
the millions to spend. We look for real warm time
here this fall States have been bought before now We
have three presidents outSTilden Blaine
and Bryan-but some way have confidence that there
is not money enough to carry Colorado this year
Republicans One thing mag rest easy on, the Re-
pubcans will not nominate progressive for Vice
ident He would contrast too violently with their
ard bearer.
ONE fine tempest has been raised by the adverse
comment of Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler the oper-
alton and desrability of the prohibition law some
people foolish enough to think they the
Eighteenth amendment looming the horizon. Such
people wise. law that suits both those who
obey and those who violate it will be repealed
Those who believe in total abstinence honestly believe
in prohibitory law regards liquor Those who fully
propose to ignore it have found its existence be the
most potential road to wealth they have known
Disng and bootlegging is the most profitable business
in the country today and fresh restriction enables
the awbreakers to charge little for their services
Also Dr. Butler says there such educational
effects exercised on the young Never has liquor
sumption invaded the schools and youthful society
der this monstrous law. But it is evil that can
be abated
THE Denver Express is the most reliable and read
able Denver paper that to this office We
armful of trouble whenever let copy escape from
the grasping hands of better half But she
fails to observe and comment the mental
ments of the delrium tremens victim who stuffs the
sugs in correcting the galleys of proof that
How woman misplace many is a mystery
to printers He, she, it merits being every
day.
GOVERNOR SWEET, imagine, will have no little
discplinng of his he refuses extend
ency to the mother who is pleading her guilt the
father of her five small children paying the penalty
the penentiary Under the fire of adverse criticism the
has evidntly been seeng himself against ap-
peals for release but if this womans plea is alto
gether fabrication, he will need to make plea of
justification for pardonng the breadw of the fam
ily-Grand Junction Sentinel
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE, editor of the Emporia
Gazette, of the brainest in the Republic an
party, looking for trouble this year. He says: The
Coolidge future doesn't look good to He's going to
have trouble. l don't know whether it will be in the
convention, in the election But l ams beginning to
doubt yybe thery Gle