The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-23
THE CHOICE.
For Whom to Vote at the Approaching elee'
lion.

ABOUT TWO weeks hence the voters OF
Laramie county will be called upon to
cast their ballots for county and pre-
cinct officers to serve two years from
the time their predecessors terms close.
The selection of honest, faithful and
competent men TO conduct the affairs
OF the county must he acknowledged
paramount to all other questions in
volved. The campaign just opened
cannot be strictly regarded In the light
of a contest-more especially is it not n
political contest. 1t must be conceded
by all that 1t is the first duty of the
voter to examine into the qualifications
Of the man whose elevation to Office he
is solicited to aid in securing.
Let the honesty, industry and compe-
tency Of the candidate he the test
whether or not he he entitled to sup
port at the polls.
Upon this basis the LEADER proposes
to review briefly the past career of the
several candidates placed in nomina-
ton by the republican convention on
the It'll inst. as also, to give its views
concerning the in which they
will, il elected, discharge the duties Of
the Offices for which they have been
severally designated. When weighed
in the balance, if found wanting, we
shall not ask our readers to support
them. On the contrary, II their record
be good, We ask for them that cordial
support to which merit is invariably
entitled.
One Of the most responsible Offices in
the county is that of sheriff. For this
important trust the republican conyen-
tion has presented the name of
HENRY II. HELPHENsTINE,
who is almost universally known, not
only in Cheyenne but throughout the
county, as an honest, enterprising citi-
zen; a man possessing excellent bust
ness qualifications and enjoying a strong
personal popularity with the masses.
The esteem in which he is held by the
people was shown during the canvass
last summer for seats in the legislature,
when he was one G. the few republic
cans chosen, where many we're called, to
represent the county in that body. His
record in the legislature is n matter Of
such recent date as yet to he familiar
to the minds of the people. Serving
as a member of some of the most i'm
portant committees in the house, pune
tual In attendance, vigilant in the dis
charge of his duties and ever on the
alert to work for the best interests of
the people, he was regarded one of the
best men in the body Of which he was
a member.
Mr.. H~elphenstine is Il native of the
Buckeye State, in the prime of life,
having Just entered upon the thirty
seventh year of his age. In 1S4S he
removed to Aurora, Dearborn county.
Indiana, where he grew to manhood,
engaging in the stock business. When
the civil war of 1915 commenced he
abandoned his peaceful pursuit, and
enlisted as n private in the eighteenth
Indiana volunteer infantry in which
capacity he served until the close of the
war. At the siege of Vicksburg in
May, 1868, he was severely wounded.
At the close of the war he wa mus
tered out of the service and removed TO
Louisiana, where he engaged several
months in mercantile pursuits. From
Louisiana he removed to Illinois and
was engaged there fourteen months in
r~ailroading, and at n later period con
Quoted the hotel business in London,
Ohio, his native state.
Mr.. H~elphenstine has been a resident
of Cheyenne about sever years. During
the greater portion of that time he has
been engaged in his present business;
that of n dealer in meats and vegeta-
bles. lie is nov the senior partner of
the well known firm of IIelphenstine &
Durbin.
He is about five feet ten inches
in height, weighs about one hun
dred and sixty-fiye pounds, has light
brown hair, sandy whiskers, and, in a
word, is a fine specimen of physical
manhood. He is one of our most re-
liable citizens, plain, practical, and a
man on whose judgment it is perfectly
safe to rely. We are confident that he
possesses a clear comprehension of the
fact that it is the duty of n sheriff, at
the present state of affairs, to labor
faithfully to bring to speedy justice the
criminals yet at large, who have for so
long impeded travel and rendered life
and property unsafe on the thorough
fare between Cheyenne and Deadwood.
He has been successful in the man.
agement of his private interests and,
we believe, will not fail, as sheriff, to
render complete satisfaction to the
public.
For the Office of probate judge and
county treasurer, the convention placed
in nomination
FRANK S. WHITNEY,
who has been in the west thirteen years,
and ten years of that time n constant
resident of Cheyenne. Almost every
body knows frank Whitney, and it
is safe to say that few men in the coun-
ty has more sincere friends or a less
number of enemies, than he. Mr..
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