The semi-weekly miner., 1884-11-01
Feeling of the People in the
Northern End of jefferson
County.
A Better Showing and More
Favorable Outlook Than
Ever.
Disheartened Republicans Con.
oede q Democratic Vic.
tory.
From our Regular Correspondent.

m1ucS 8uU crops Ut tT8U0 anu tI8lSAC,
but, "Howd'y?" ?" whats the show
in your country? ?" 'How's the out
lOok?"
Republicans and Democrats alike
allow that Toole will get there. Not
one individual Republican out of
hundreds with whom 1 have con-
versed but concede the election to
Toole, Pemberton and johnson, and
in this county to the greater portion
of the Democratic ticket, but in pin
ming these confident Republicans
down to offices they fail to call the
turn on any particular nominee.
Almost all concede the commission
ershlp, treasurer, probate judge,
sheriff. clerk and recorder and super
intendent of schools, to the West
Side Democracy, with q sure thing
on assessor, councilman, assembly,
man and joint representative to the
East Side ditto,
AT JEFFERSON CITY.
The parties are about evenly d.
vided. Seventy-five or eighty votes
will be cast here with preponder-
ance in favor of McSorley, Berendes.
Parsons and McDarmOtt.
Ellis, for councilman, will be some
what injured by his late action in
school matters, but the fact of his
having been represented by public
speaker, lately as owning. fathering
and sending to school in an unsafe
place, two pretty little children, will
have no influence with political
fayorites or young lady friends with
whom he has grown up. The latter
all remember him kindly-a cham
pion of their youthful grievances
and many of them "are so sorry, but
must vote for one of maturer years to
represent them in the Legislative
hail." "If us ladies can vote on
school matters why not for county
and other omcers?"
The city has fallen off greatly in
point of numbers since the railroad
passed it .and took hundred
coal burners, wood choppers from
the vicinity and business men
from the locality to locate in and
near Wickes. Sill there is future
for Jefferson City, after the develop
ment of many adjoining mines.
AT GREGORY
but few men are seen upon the streets
and yet there are no idle men in
camp. All told, there is popula-
tion of about 400. The precinct will
cast about 15O votes. So badly mixed
are the electors in their opinions that
it is hard to guess how the precinc'
will 60. But few of the candidates
are personally known, and a party
vote may be looked for, or, in other
words, half and half election.
UP AT THE ALTA MONTANA
I encountered about fifty hard
listed, honest miners, many of when
expressed themselves as perfectly sat-
isfied with the manner in which
Democratic officials had administered
the affairs of the county, and who
declared their firm belief in keeping
III office a party which had been so
faithful to every trust impaired to
their keening. Very many of them
now at work in this famous mine are
Republicans, but intelligent men
who are thoroughly posted through
the medium of the press positively
refuse to further trust party who
will continue as their leader so great
fraud as James G. Blaine.
From the Alta Montana our party
went directly to
WICKES.
The trif1ing excitement of a few Re-
publicans, created by the arrival OF
Judge Knowles, had subsidized. and
every party at all interested in the
campaign gave calm expression to
their honest convictions. There is
not an unbiased individual in Wlckes,
the principal town in this county,
but what acknowledged his dlsap-
pointment in the Republican leader
and his ability. Where he stood at
par before his appearance he is now
rated at 3D@40, and in few cases
at O@14.
Carter's ant:gonism to the South
has killed the man forever politically
with every man from south of the
Missouri river.
HUNT,
Col. Johnson's opponent for prosecut-
ing attorney, is rare specimen of
the Cro:by carpet-bag politician, a
dead failure from the East; a hanger
on to defunct ideas; lnalcontent OF
the violent order; hunter for unat-
tained honors and general kicker
against the old time solid Republi-
cans. He wants to revolutionize the
Republican party and crush out
what purity and honor is left in the
nearly annihilated carcass.
w. E. PARSONS FOR COUNTY cOMMIs-
SIONER.
For six years the good citizens of
Jefferson county have given Mr..
Dougherty an opportunity, in long
term trial, to demons trate his fitness
as county commissio ef. He has
done as well as he knew how but
might have done better.
A good county commissioner is a
rarity. He is one of the three
guardians of every interest of the
county. Not a penny can be paid
without first receiving the sane