, 1888-05-12
THE CANDIDATES.
Two Regular Tickets Named for
Converse County.
M. Campbell and R. S. Brown After
the Sheriffalty.
Several Nominees are Endorsed by
Both Conventions.

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vention placed a ticket in the field at
Douglas last Tuesday and the Demo
cratic delegates designated their oppon-
ents at the same place the next day.
j. E. Evans, Douglas, presided over
the Republican assemblage and j. @. +.
Stowitts, Mauville, recorded the proceed
ings, while Judge @. +. Maurer and Chas.
Rastaetter performed similar offices for
the Democrats. There were several
spirited contests for places on the tickets,
but good feeling prevailed. According to
the Budget, county seat was not men
toned in either convention.
Following are the tickets made up by
the conventions at Douglas:
Democratic-Sheriff. Malcolm Camp
bell, Douglas; clerk, Chas. Rastaetter.
F%etterman; probate judge and county
treasurer; Edmund J. Wells, Glen Rock;
county and prosecuting attorney, f. III.
Harvey, Douglas; county commissioners,
Frank Wolcott, Tolland; J. NJ. Booth,
Glen Rock; q. II. Cross, la Prelle; coun-
ty superintendent of schools, Cornelia
M. Lusk, Lusk; coroner, w. f. Longer,
Lusk; assessor, Saml. Slaynaker, La
Prelle; surveyor, A. T. Seymour, Glen
Rock.
Republican-Sheriff, Robert S. Brown,
Douglas; clerk, Carl M. Carver, Douglas;
probate Judge and county treasurer, Ad-
Olson A. Spaugh, Manville; county and
prosecuting attory, Daniel Prescott, Glen
Rock; county commissioners, Frank VOL
colt, Tolland; Fred H. Reddington, Lusk;
Edward 7. David, Glen Rock; county SUI
perintendent of schools, Mrs. Cornelia
M. Lusk, Lusk; coroner, w. r. Rennick,
M. D., Glen Rock; assessor, Saml. Stay
maker, La Prelle; surveyor, Eugene B.
Wilson, Manville.
Many OF the nominees are well known
in this city and will receive whatever as
sistance can be given from this point. 1t
is not improbable that several Cheyenne
men will be on the ground election day to
aid their friends.
1t will be noticed that Frank Wolcott,
for commissioner, Mrs. Lusk for superin-
tendent of schools and Samuel Slaymaker
for assessor were endorsed by the Demo
Gratis after being nominated by the Re-
pubiicans.
In the Republican convention an at
tempt was made to vote an extra delegate
from both Glen Rock and ManVille.
John Storrie was Robert S. Browns
opponent. He received seventeen votes
as against twenty rendered the successful
nominee.
Chas. Rastaetter, formerly with Fl. Alt
man in this city. and Malcolm Campbell,
for several years an Albany county deputy
sheriff were placed on the Democratic
ticket for clerk and sheriff by reclamation.
F. H. Harvey, for prosecuting attorney,
was nominated unanimously.
f. f. Lonabaugh, Lusk, was mention,
ed for prosecuting attorney by Douglas
Republicans, but would not allow his
name to go before the convention.
When the office of probate Judge was
reached in the Democratic convention, e.
j. Wells, Glen Rock; Nat Baker, Lusk
and Chas. E. Clay, Douglas, were placed
in nomination. Mr.. Clay withdrew and
the ballot resulted in twenty votes being
cast for Mr.. Wells and twelve for Mr..
Baker.
The Converse county election occurs
next Tuesday, the 18th inst, when the
county seat will be chosen and a set Of
officers selected.