, 1884-11-01
JEFFREY'S JOBBING.
Some Facts About the Man Of Many
Offices.
Using Information Officially Obtained
For Personal Gain.
The Results Of Repeated Re-EIec-
ton Again Illustrated.

Since the nomination of j.. X. Jeffrey
as the Republican candidate for County
CLERK, the SIM, ~pocketing at once its
pride. has feebly cbirped his praise.
Any and every man and woman Of sense
will admit that the reasons why Mr.. JEFF
frey should not continue to hold the
County Clerkship, together with half a
dozen other clerkships. exist now in all
the force they possessed before the con
y%ention met and are just as forcible now
as they were two weeks e when he was
struggling for the nomination against the
influence Of the Republican organ.
But the SIN has recently discovered
that Mr.. Jeffrey MUST be elected, to
quote its own words, and after cropping
for a few days it has finally a~scertained
that Mr.. Jeffrey MUST be elected be-
cause:
He is conceded to be one of the most
competent clerks. and his acquaintance
with the county records is exceedingly
valuable to all who may desire informa-
ton from them.
Mr.. Jeffrey acquaintance with the
records is ms of the many reasons why
he should not be gwen an opportunity to
continue that acquaintance.
Mr.. jeffrey retired from the humble
but modestly lucrative business of a
dealer in secondhand furniture to
manipulate the records and all the clerk
ships in Laramie county. During the
past six years he has acquired a oompe-
tency by means of his acquaintance with
the county records" Has he become
fairly wealthy by economy and by saving
a large part of his legitimate income as
the County Clerk and Clerk to every
thing where there was the remotes
chance of the services of a clerk being
required? Hardly.
For six years the people of Cheyenne
and Laramie county have had in Mr..
Jeffrey a man who has been Register Of
Deeds solely that he might carry on n
real estate business with advantages
which no other dealer could by any posi-
bility possess. For six years Mr.. Jeffrey has
used his acquaintance with the county
records and the transfers of property to
deal in real estate, and to-day the records
will show that he has bought and sold
more pieces of real estate than any man
in the city during that time. Mortgaged
lots, encountered for a small part of their
value, have been sold to Mr.. Jeffrey at
the face Of the mortgage rather than have
the mortgage foreclosed; dozens of lots
have been purchased by him be-
cause he learned from the
records that they were owned By
persons who had purchased them years
ago at a trifing value and he knew the
owners were ignorant of the present
worth Of the property; in fact Mr..
jeffrey has used his knowledge as an
Official for his own aggrandizement and has
thus, in six years, become wealthy. He
has made a real estate office out of his
County Clerkship, and by SO doing has
proven that he is not a worthy official.
The LEADER defies successful contradic-
ton of these facts.
1T is conceded that he is n competent
clerk. Are competent clerks so scarce
that MIR. Jeffrey must be given a rowing
commission for life to prey on the official
record of the county, As Clerk of the
County, Clerk of the District Court,
Clerk of the City Council, etc, etc. ctr.
and as a real estate dealer, Mr.. Jehrey's
time has been so occupied that he has
necessarily been obliged to employ a num-
Der of assistants. These men have per
formed the clerical duties, routine duties so
simple that any man of sense
can readily learn them. Each
day the same old routine is gone over
again and each day the same old formulas
are used. Wherein then exists the mar
Vicious and mysterious excellence which
Mr.. Jeffrey possesses beyond hat of the
ordinary bookkeeper, teller or accountant?
Those who champion Mr.. Jeffrey as the
nominee for Clerk are given to singing a
refrain about the wisdom of keeping a
good servant. 1t has.been demonstrated
time and time again that the policy of
giving one man an office in fee-simple is
wrong in principle, unwise in fact. and an
tagonistic to the spirit of American insti-
t%utions. Nh. Jeffrey has waxed fat on a
collective diet of Cherkships and The
LEADER believes that every reason why
he should not be continued in office which
existed a month ago is still potent.
Hence THE LEADER has no hesitancy in
stating that Mr.. Jeffrey should not be re-
re-re-re-elected,