The Coconino weekly sun., 1892-11-03
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
The cket Made up of Men Whose Record, the Party May Well Be
 Proud Of.


 cannot be too highly complimented fol ! the nomination of their candidates. The selections were all made by accla- nation, and only good men were chosen, The record of each individual candidate is clean, and each one is held in high esteem by the entire commu nity. That it will receive the support of all good citizeas at the polls on the Sth of November, is beyond d doabt.
 F. R. NELLIs, of Williams, the nom. inee for Councilman, is native O. New York, and was born in Lewis county in 1855. When ten years olt parents moved to Wisconsin and Ford, as he is known to his sriends, has been in the west ever since. In 1881 he came to Arizona and located in Chalen. der, where he was appointed post. master, and also served two years as justice of the peace. When the county of Coconino was organized Mir. NelliS was appointed its first Recorder. He was also one of the members of tho committee to confer with the commit. tee from the old county on the ques. tion of county division. During his residence in Arizona Mir. Nellis has been active in all public affairs and has at all times acquitted himself in a creditable manner. Mir. Nellis is al present engaged in the stock business, He is also large property owner, and he is held in high esteem by the citi. zens of Williams.
 HARRY FULTON, the nominee for the Assembly, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1855. His boyhood days were spent in Zanesville. Ohio. In 1875 he went to California, and in the following year he came to Arizona, making the trip alone and on horsc back to Prescott where he lived foi three years, two of which were spent in freighting. The last year of his res idence in Prescott he filled the position of clerk in the postotlice. In 1879 he came to what is now Coconino county and engaged in sheep raising, and has proven himself to br oue of the leading wool producers of this section. When the law requiring sheep inspectors went into force he was selected by Governor Zulick as competent man for the position and his appointment was made, and at the expiration of the term he was re-appointed by Governor Murphy. Each appointment coming to Mir. Fulton without solicitation on his part or that of his friends. Mir. Fulton is known to our citizens for his sterling qualities, and he has always takea an active part in the affairs of the co unty. lis knowledge of public affairs peculiarly fits him Cor the posi- tion to which he was nominated, and he will work intelligently for the good of Coconino in the halls of the Terri torial legislature.
 N. G. LAYTON, the nominee for Pro- bate Judge, was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, in 1852, where he lived on farm until twenty years of age, when he learned and worked at the shoe business until 1880, when he caught the western fever and went to Colorado, where he followed mining with the usual miners luck, until 1883, when he came to Flagstaff and worked for the Arizona Lumber Company for several years, iu the saw mill, until the spring of 1890, when he was un- fortunate enough to lose portion of his right hand. Mir Layton two years ago was elected Justice of the Peace of Flagstaff precinct, and after the organ ization of Coconino county he was ap- pointed deputy recorder Mir. Layton is well-known to the people of this county and they know that he has the qualifications to make q competent probate judge. Being a deserving candidate he will be entrusted with the duties of that office for the next two years.
 HARRYZ. ZUcK, Republican nominee for District Attorney, though not an old man, has acquired sufficient age to endow him with abundant qualitica- tions for the office he seeks. He was born in the state of Illinois twenty three years ago, and for the last ten years he has lived in Arizona. Harry is admirably fitted for the office of Dis trict Attorney. He has had the benefit of long period of training as deputy clerk of the district court, which posi- ton he filled with distinct credit, and his admission to the bar was proceeded by five years of hard and ceaseless study. His thorough preparation was shown in the brilliant success he scored in the rigid examination which initiated his admission to the bar. A more de- serving young man than Harry is not to be found in the community. Cour- teous and obliging, competent and ac- complished. his whole character is of