The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-22
PEPUBLICAN COUNTY CON
VE:NZION.

4 The republican county convention;
;;was held at the court house, in Gun
Unison, last Monday. 1t was cal!ed to1
yorder by Geo. H. Holt, the chairman;
ssof the central committee, who stated
! 4the object of the convention. A call
s was made for nominations for. tempo;
4rary chairman. Ira Brown, of Irwin !
?.aand Theo. H. Thomas, Of West Gun !
a3nlson, were the only candidates. Hr.!
aBrown was elected and took the chair.
NMr. Gullett. of Crested Butte, moved!
sthat the membersof the Press be madei
Sa!honorary secretaries CT TIE coEv4.;s
ation. DR.. N. F. Hazen, of Pitkin,
awas unanimously made temporary sec-'
aretary.
4 Committees were then appointed on:
Credentials, order of business, perma- !
sanent organization and platform and:
RESOLUTIONS. After which DR.. }en-;
'anings introduced ex-attorney Gen.|
HISampson, of Denver, who made a
livery brief and appropriate speech!
afollowing which the convention ad !
siourned until 2 y. m. At that hour
#Chalrman Brown called the conven
Ation to order and the reports of the
Ncommittees were duly accepted.
q Nominations being IN order D:..|
HJennings GO, up and nominated J. r.
gHlnkle, the present incumbent, for
..Aclerk and recorder, remarking that he
chad filled the Office with satisfaction
Sand that he was true republican and
sthat he had lived here for tour years
aand all he had made was invested I'M
Amines, ranches, ETC., and his whole
Sinterest WIS identified with the inter
.ests Of Gunnison county.
q Mr.. Z. T. Colburn, of Irwin, then
SSarese aud said he wanted to put in
anominatlon man who had rode into
ath!s country on a jack, (and we
athosght, from his corpulent size, that
awhen he was coming if he had any
afeeling for the societE for tlis meven-
Htion OF cruelty 70 lhrAals, Jhat he
s#;would have got of5>rhd let tht jack
3ride awhile Mr.. Colburn also stated
ssthat he came here four years ago with
Iout dollar, and by hard work and
gpersistent efforts he did not have a
adollar now, and that man was Col.
ExW. {. Miller, general manager Of tlsse
|dStandard mining company, Irwin.
,aMr. Colburn forgot to mention that
.Neven if he did not have dollar now
ssthat he was interested in one of the
ssbest mines in irwin, which was worth
sanore than all the Offices in Gunnison
,scounty for many years to come-the
1Hopewell.
4 Mr.. Thomas, Of West Gunnison,
Esthen nominated Prof. Richardson,
Awho also suffered privations by being
Gan early pioneer, he having came
4here In 1873. He is the man who
iowned Gunnison county at one time,
yand held several prominent offices,
;dbut it was at time when nobodv
alved here but himself, and naturally
Che relgned supreme. After this, nomi- :
;Snations were closed and ballotins
Scommenced which resulted in Hinklc
4a4, Miller. 9, Richardson 8, Chas. : :.
aMcConnell 3, on an informal ballot,
ga votes being required out Of the Al
feast to elect. 4 formal ballot them
sresulted in Hinkle 80, Miller g, Nc.
sCay 1, Richardson 7. Gullett,- of
SCrested Butte, then moved that
AHinkle's nomination be made unani-
3 amous, which was done with the cxcep-'
NStlon ofthree dissenting Voices when
Nlt was concluded to take another,
xformal ballot that resulted in Hinklel
s|31, Richardson 2, Miller 10, McCay'
e, Shove I, then Hinkle's nomina-'
Itlcn was made unanimous. He was
8 ssthen introduced and made some re-ll
asmarks stating that the charge had;
sbeen made that he was not true re-
Fpublican. but that he cast his first:
/ vote ior Gen. Grant, second for Grant !.
sthird for Hayes and fourth for Gar
sheld, which he thought ought to:
smake true republican, and that he
s.lntended to do all in his power tos
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