, 1880-10-08
LOCAL NOMINEES

not be out Of place at this time.
Hon. s. w. Hovey, of Port Gamble,
the Republican nominee for Joint Coun-
Gilman In this district, has been repeatedly
elected to a seat in the Legislature OF
Washington Territory, and, in discharg-
ing his legislative duties, has acquired ex-
tensive and valuable. knowledge of the ne
cessities Of the people in his district. That
he has been repeatedly reelected is the
best proof OF the acceptability Of his SER
vice. His opponent, we believe, is Mr.. J.
McReavey, Of Union City, Mason county.
The latter gentleman Is known best in his
own county, and there mainly as a good
fellow among "the boys" Mr.. Hovey
will waltz in with laundering majority.
The nominee for Joint Representative
In this district is ID. W. Moor, Esq, Su-
perintendent of the iron mining opera
tions In this county. Mr.. Moor is an un-
assuming business man, and is not poll
tician by any means, which constitutes a
strong recommendation for him as against
Judge Kuhn, Of this city, his opponent.
Mr.. Moor is a thorough-going, practical
business man, a man OF probity, sound
views upon questions OF public interest,
and, II elected, he will doubtless serve the
people faithfully and well. The district Is
republican BY a fair majority, on a strict
party vote, and we expect to see Mr..
Moor elected. Mr.. Kuhn Is scheniing
politician, whose chief aim In Lille is to
keep a tight grip on some place at the
public crib. The people cali afford to Sc
lect their own candidate this time. ..
For the positions. of Auditor and Treas
urer, the republicans have done well In
re-nominating their two ''stand-bys."
Messrs. Seavey and Bartlett have served
the people so faithfully and acceptably In
the past that their election by overwhelm-
ing majorities is toregone conclusion.
In fact SO thoroughly and generally is this
understood that the democrats have lett
one OF these nominations vacant on their
ticket, and merely put up man in the
other place ito fill up with" Messr..
Seavey and Bartlett, as candidates, are the
property Of the people rather than Of any
larty.
For Proba tie Judge, Gen. D. w. Smith
OF this place, is tho unanimous choice OF
the republican county convention, as
against II. l.. Blanchard. the briefess at.
orley whom the democrats are anxious
TO dispose OF in some way. That Mr..
smith is thoroughly qualified 10 fiji the
position, Is conceded by all, while the
same cannot be said of Mr.. Blanchard and
maintained. For acts of stupidity in IL
gal matters, the latter has lost whatever
patronage he ever did have In HE profes.
sion, and he will come no nearer success
In this political campaign than he has ever
done heretofore-which means that lie
will simply add one more to his many de-
feats against overwhelming republican
majorities. The democrats can ney"r
iind q place insignificant enough to elect
him to, and they might MS we'll give 1t up.
Continued defeats would teach q man OF
ordinary common sense that he was not
wanted by the people to serve them In
any capacity. Mr.. Smith will draw dOz-
ems of democratic votes, and will be elect
ed by handsome majority.
Our genial, whole-souled nelghbor, Mr.
Frank Hastings, will be the next sheriff
OF Jefferson county. We can "fecl 1t In
our bones" The signs OF the times all
point that way. Mr.. Miller has held the
Office four yeara-long enough to demon
strate his capacity Tor 'working in" with
all classes. and being an things to all men
tor the sake Of popularity. Mr.. Hastings
is popular young man, will make n
splendid officer. and Jefferson county will
do herself honor In electing him.
For the Office OF Superintendent of Com
mon Schools, we have Mr.. II. f. Ryan.
who has. satisfactorily filed the position
before, against Miss v. Hancock, n young
lady teacher Of some ability and gradu.
ate OF the University at Seattle. Miss
Hancock is doubtless somewhat inexperi-
enced IN these matters, and whether or
not it would be wise to select her for the
position remains to be seen. Personally,
we know her to be very estimable young
lady; We can alse testify as to the personal
and social worth OF Mr.. Ryan. With
him as Superintendent, the county Is SURE
Of good officer; with Miss Hancock In
the position, 1t MAY be satisfactorily filed
For County Commissioners, we have
Messrs. r. ID. Aitridge, of Port Ludlow;
E. b. Mastick. Of Port Discovery; and
Wm. Bishop. eft Chimacum. The general
arceptability OF these candidates il shown
by the fIct that two of them have been
nominated by democrats as well a. repub-