Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-10-19

MURRAY. /. T., Oct. 6, 1888.
EDITOR FREE PRESS:
Cool frosty nights tell us that snowy
winter is fast coming to the C9ur d'A-
lene. Dry weather is still the rule and
water for mining purposes is very low,
there being hardly enough rain since
the fourth of July to lay the dust on the
roads. Politics are the rage just now
and both parties have on full war paint
and are after scalps. The repu blican
county convention met at Wallace Sep
TENDER 10th and nominated full ticket,
among whom are our old time boys and
sports, Tom McLelland for auditor and
recorder, Hardness for probate Judge,
and old-timer Charles w. O'Neill for
prosecuting attorney. and Fred Weber,
of Eagle, for county commissioner, first
district. The legislative ticket is new
'uns and also the sheriff, Jerry Savage,
of Myrtle, yet withal jolly genial good
fellow, and we hope he will get there
Eli on November 9th. Willis Sweet, OF
Moscow and others are to harangue at
Wardner to-day, then at Burke the Sth.
and Wallace the 9th. The Murray sill
yer cornet band does up the music and
the procession moves promptly at 7
formed clubs parade and do the grand
march to the Joy of We small BOYS and
pater familias and the pocket of We can
didate who is expected to be generous,
cheerful and afable to all we miners and
yeomen and set them up 10 the wish of
ye saloon men in the good old style of
early, late and often. Our friends who
are just now in the way little, the
democrats, held their pow WOW ON Octo-
Der 3rd, and put out u full ticket, the
same legislative ticket as last election,
viz: Council, Mayhem; representative,
Harvey Burk; sheriff, Dick Cunning.
ham; auditor and recorder, Frank lib
balls, OF Wardner; treasurer, ID. Holz-
man; prosecuting attorney, Murray Ha-
gan; probate judge. G. Cone. They.
ratify to-day at Murray. Mayhem, Ha-
gan and others are to fire the democratic
heart and renew the faith of the unter-
rified for the coming fight. The demo-
cratic club of Murray are to don their
hats and the drum corps give the rafting
Joy of fife and drum TO cheer up and
take something and all will be merry
while ye candidate will do the grateful
and set 'em up in good shape and loyal
cheer at the same end of we candidates.
purse. so the procession moves on in
The CGur d'Alenes at pace to vie with
the most sensitive new arrival from the
East, yet with all this noise, fuss and toll,
the only fact is left, that is to secure good
honest and capable men to fill all the To-
cal Offices in the gift of the peoples suf-
frages. and to the best interests of the
financial affairs of the county and econ
omy of the taxpayers money. 1t is no
small item to look at when county has
a debt OF 100000 on hand, to intrust its
affairs to an exciting election without re-
gard to party, when the interest of the
taxpayer is at stake, and the county af-
fairs need strong and able men to keep
its credit and faith good. and the inter-
ests of those who pay taxes 10 be pro-
tected by economy and justice in all its
affairs. Yet We are called ON every two
years to elect and change in all the
counties and the territory in general, of
ten detrimental to them, by electing
men too often who have neither the in
terest of their respective counties or the
welfare of the territory at heart, and
often men are elected who are not tax
payers, only in poll tax, and will often
dodge the collector on that issue, and
denounce the laws because they compel
them, or at least ought to, to pay small
moiety to keep up the running expenses
of both county ana territory. where they
by chance or choice for the time being
happen to reside. Yet at election time
they bob up serenely for any office in
the gift of the dear people. although
they are willing to saddle burdens of
taxation upon those who are actual resi-
dents of their respective locality and
must meet the collector annually or suf-
fer the consequences of failure to COM
ply. So it behooves all good citizens ir-
respective of party 10 see that good,
tried and true men only are elected to
fill the respective Offices at the coming
election. MURRAY.