Salt River herald., 1878-11-02
FRO7E FLORENCE.
4 Xeway. and Interesting Letter.
FLORENCE, Oct. sl, 1878.

EDITORS II ERALD :-Ihe pollll- cal cIuldron is now in that simmer ing, bubbling condition subsequent upon the near approach of election time, and as the interval quickly ! narrows to that fateful day, the heat evoked from the friction of the frey contestants and zealous partisans as they hotly struggle for chimerical honors, is fast bringing it to tha t hot, see thing, boiling condition which assumes the most interesting phases to the coatemplative mind za it cOnjures up visions of sorely dis appointed, unsuccessful aspirants, whom, in q metaphorical sense, are passing through a somewhat similar experience, aud doomed to soon see their fond hopes and ambitious longings evaporate and dissipate in thin air as they sadly realize from the returns that they were defeated by the less deserving clndidate- not being the fondly-hoped for sub ject of preferment of their fellow citizens.
 It is astonishing to see the. legion of Pinalitcs who are willing to sacri- fee all selfish interests to lay their offerings on and offer up their de- votions to tue altar of political hon ors. Office seekers here are too numerous to meniionT-in fact every man who is not otherwise en- gagged has slpresented himself for pO7 litical prcferment. 1 am lost in wonder as to where the votes are all coming from. It were pleasant, if space would permit, to dish them (the candidates) up in the form of glittering generalities," garnished with hifalutin adjectives," and ac- companied as a Sa'tce i1iqudnte, with beautifully expressed l" high sounding sounding superlatives.'' l Now, as luck would have it, large proportion of these candi- dates I entertain the dearest and most devoted friendship for, and cherish them as the apple of my eye. Yet they can't all hold oflice-I don't mean that exactly-rather there are not enough offices for them to fill. 1 would discriminate among them, and hold up to public 1 ftvor and support the most deserv- ing ones-and better still, the ones most likely to win; the winning side being the b est, you know.
 1 have meditated in deep and pensive mood have struggled and wrestled wiih the subject from morn till night-;rlas, though, without avail. At last, completely prostrat- ed wi;h myself-imposed herculean task ; tormented and torn-up in mind, 1 sat me on the curbstone and fairly shrieked with anguish of soul. In desperation 1 wandered off in search of some green aud shady dell, or quiet, lonesome ravine, where l could lay me down and die, glad to shuttle off this mortal coil under such dispiriting conditions. r 1 But the heavy cloud of uuhappi- ness o'ershadowed me in my re- treat. and under its dread, oppres- sive inAHence, 1 9wokesto -lifyfagain and was recalled to things mum dane by its gorgeous silver lining, which proved in fact to be but the smiling, iEippyi countenances of Col onel Woolsey aud Judge Cox. : They have just returned from tha Globe, King and Picket Post mining districts, in the best of hu- f'mor over Itin highly-ehlmg pros poets of the colouels success in his 1 aspirations for the honor of repre- senting his territory as its congress sional delegate, promised in the as- peet of affairs in those districts. As 1 predicted in my lest letter, this county is Woolsey stronghold" which is selfevident, in spite of the attempted ridicule of ihis assertion. r The colonel met with the warm est reception imaginable. and has come back here with the strongest assurances of receiving fattering endorsement of their esteem aAd ap- prcciation of his fine traits of char acter, and unseliish devotion to ad- vancing the interests and assisting the material progess of this terri tory by an overwhelming majority in these districts.
 He left here tonight for Tucson, where he will address ths citizens on Friday evening, returning here to address the citizens of this place on Saturday evening. It is ex- pected he will remain over until af- ter the election, attending to his in.
 terests.
 The colonel is more favorably considered here than any of his op- ponents, and l predict for him a hattering support and heavy vote. A large number of our voters are