The Bessemer indicator., 1893-10-21

courtesy with business in the stern dis
charge Of his duties which Is properly
recognized by the public and the sheriff
has greatly increased his popularity.
Two years ago he had a clear walk
away for the office over his competitors,
G. r. Griffin and W. II. Farmer. and
the people will give him another term.
Messrs Guyot and Ssuerland who
resurrected the defunct Pueblo World
and started in to pull the candidates
on the republican ticket for all they
were worth got sat down on very de-
cidedly; in fact the gentlemen were
squelched out of the notion and the
World has ceased to evolute. 1t is
gratifying to see such newspaper fakes
sat down on.
Ed g. Donley who is running for
commissioner from the 5th district
stands high among the ranchmen of
the county among whom he has large
acquaintance. Mr.. Donley is proprietor
Of the Headlight Feed Store and in his
many dealings with the ranchcrs has
made fast friends. Donley is II man of
unimpeachable honesty and would give
the people square deal in Office.
G. j. Long, candidate for county
commissioner from the end district is
taxpayer in Besssmer and Pueblo
and has been identified with many
public enterprises. His opponent on
the populists ticket, Ben Diggory, is
making a wild move to capture the
Office. When nominated he was still
resident of the 3rd district and after
wards moved into the 2nd just for the
sake of office, proceeding that looks
very much out of place in party that
has no use for man who seeks office.
1t is one of the cardinal principles of
the populists of this county TO sit down
on office seekers. They should sit
down on Mr.. Diggory very hard.
One OF the most popular men in the
field for the suffrage of the people is
G. j. Long, candidate for county com.
missioner on the republican ticket from
the End district, Mr.. Long is n car
pentcr by trade. member of the
carpenters union and has been o
resident of Pueblo for twenty-one
years. Few men are better known
than he and everybody is his friend.
This is the first time he has ever
aspired to county Office and he affords
an example of where the office seeks
the man. A man of good judgement.
of much practicabilNy and blest
with lot of good hard sense, he
should by all means be one of the men
to sit at the commissioners table next
term.
John N. Mckee who aspires to the
office Of county assessor is one of the
self-made men of the West who rise in
the world by their own indomitable
will and perseverance. He has been
In this state for fourteen years, the
early part of this period being spent in
prospecting where. like many another
he lost all his hard earned casE-some
$500 When he found himself fiat
broke he and a companion hired the
use Of rifle with which they killed six
deer which they sold for $42 and came
to Pueblo to get new start. Mr.
Mckee lie n machinist by trade and he
worked at this for time and then took
n job Of firing on the railroad Later
he was deputy United States revenue
collector. He has always been idnenti-
fled with the interests of the city. max
ing his money here and spending it
here. By experience and education he
is qualified to fill the office o: assessor
and the voters of the county will make
no mistake by electing him.