The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-01
MONTPELIER MATTERS.
The Farmers Busy-Politi:s at Fever Heat
General News

| OcIcTdl NEWS.
| The farmers are now busy threshing their
grain, and They are realizing abundant
crops. Potatoes this year are good, and
are as fine as evertwere raised in the coun-
try. They find ready cash sale. The farm
ers ara also baling hay and shipping it away
by the carloads, and are paid round sum
per ton in spot cash for the same.
| Politics is still raging here among a few
office seekers. All of the candidates are
confident of their success for county office.
There are already three county tickets in
the tield-Tax payers. Liberals and Loyal
Democrats. The Loyal Democrats are
those who were seated DIT the late state Goa
! vention at Boise, and if they represent the
| Loyal Democrats of Bear Lake county.
that party. on October 2 will find that
they made great mistake in seating
that delegation and ignoring the regular
Authorized delegation from this county
! The loyal Democrats got their seats in the
state convention, but rumor says they will
be defeated at the election. The Liberal
! party are Republicans. The taxpayers are
the party who made this county and they
formed this party for their own protection
and nominated nen for county offices who
has interest in this county; who are tax
! payers and will take care of the public
funds entrusted to their care The party
made selection of the best material in the
county for offices and there vii! be no ques-
ton that they will receive the support of
all the taxpayers in the county. As to state
officers, they will vote for who they wish,
and some will vote the Republican state
ticket, others the Democratic state ticket.
The friends and the legal voters of this
county are very dissatisfied with the course
the convention at Boise took in kicking out
their delegation and seating those that nave
always supported the Republican ticket
The old-time Democrats are now
determined to vote a straight Republican
state ticket to show The Democratic party
that in the future they cannot ignore their
delegation and seat men who have no in
terestS in the county. Politics is very
badly mixed up in this county and nobody
can tell the successful candidates until the
ballots are counted. A big fight will be
made by the both parties for the state and
with the three parties for county officers
The Taxpayers have nominated joseph
Jones again for sheriff and his election, no
question, is sure as it can't be otherwise
He has made splendid record as an of
icer and he will receive the support of Re
publicanS, Democrats and solid vote from
the Taxpayers. The other officers nomi-
mated on the Taxpayers ticket are good
HOHUEdDle HeH anu III IS U Oe nOpeQ tlat
every one will be elected. Fremont
Woods, United States attorney, viii make
this county his headquarters until after
the election is over He is here to
protect the Republican party interests
and will see that no Mormon will vote,
and from what your correspondent can
CLEAN there will not be Mormon vote cast
at this election. tbs dead issue, and no
party can expect it. The Hon. F. T. Du-
bois and Curtis, of Boise, will speak here
tonight on the political issues of the day.
The Mormons will receive their share of
abuse from these speakers. The Montpe-
lier brass band has been engaged for the
occasion. The Democratic party will hold
a rally here on the 18th of this month, and
they also have engaged the brass band for
this occasion.
The Taxpayers hold no rally, but submit
their ticket to the people on Wednesday,
October1.
The Montpelier Observer was attached
last week, and the property is now in
charge of Sheriff Jones. The presses, type
and building are under mortgage and will
be sold to foreclose the mortgage next
Saturday RAMBLER
MONTPELIER, Idaho, Sept &C. 1890.