The Bessemer indicator., 1893-09-23

The polling places in some of the
Bessemer "precedes" have been
changed as we'll as the apportion-
ment cf delegates.
DIR. +. S. Dodds has not decided to
withdraw from the race for coroner
as reported and generally believed,
and is not likely to.
Mark the predictions: Frank
Hawke will walk into the conven-
ton next Thursday at the head of
an almost solid delegation from the
hill.
Mike Martin for justice Of the
peace and Pud McCadden for con-
stable of the Bessemer justice
precinct will make the race on the
democratic ticket.
There is but little opposition in
Bessemer to the nomination of f.
=. Hawke for assessor The people
demand recognition through him
and are almost unanimous in his
| favor.
1t Is hard to understand why
handful of wire pullers ON the hill
are working for II wealthy Pueblo
man for third term of office as
against IA poor Bessemer man for
first term.
Judge French is "in the hands of
his friends" and will not crowd him
self in as n candidate for justice from
this precinct against Judge Willauer
and Judge Darnell unless they, his
friends, say SO.
After the Bessemer delegation
casts its vote in the convention of
the IS inst it will be hard to find
man who will say that he put in
three solid weeks of canvassing
against Mr.. Hawke.
The Pueblo Press has selected
Chris Wilson as particularly good
target for political shafts. Chris
cardinal sin is his going back on
the democrat party, and the Press
together with many old stagers is
getting after him.
Since it is generally understood
that Chairman A. Il. Graham of the
republican county central com
mittee does not intend to return
from Chicago the inquiry is fire.
quently made, why doesn't he re-
sign? And echo answers why.
The fond hope indulged in by
j. II. Vorhees and his populist
friends that the democracy of this
county would indorse him for
district judge has been dispelled.
The democrats will put up n straight
hickory in the judicial convention.
The appointment of delegates in
the call for republican county con
vention has been changed four
times and is subject to further
alterations. Does anybody suppose
A. Il. Graham is manipulating the
the wires from his retreat in
Chicago?
w. l.. Shockey is one of the men
who mourns II lost opportunity.
Had there been fusion of demo-
Gratis and populists he would count
on his big majority when he was
elected mayor of Bessemer in April,
1892, and would have been out for
county clerk.
The third party ticket is strong;
there is no denying that, and since
the democrats find themselves in n
minority they may defect to the
other parties and the contest take
place between the republicans and
populists. Should this be the case
the fight will be close and interest
ing.
Had there been fusion of the
democrats and populists Bessemer
would have been represented on the
ticket. With a good chance of
prise had j. X. Dempsey or ID. w.
Hartnett been nominated for sheriff,
either of whom would have been n
strong candidate.
The Pueblo county populists in
convention assembled snubbed the
veteran populist governor of the
state by refusing to nominate II. G.
Nesbit for county commissioner
| from the 5th district. Mr.. Nesbit is
an appointee of Governor Waite and
courtsey would demand that he be
nominated. Davis II. will hardly
relish the rub.
| Several recruits have been made
to the ranks of the populists of late,
the proselytes coming from the two
old parties. Only n short time ago
Chris Wilson, now the populist
candidate for treasurer was demo-
crat, while Attorney c. ii. Coan and
G. II. Nash, the Pueblo Hardware
Co. man were republicans. All will
now work for the success of the new
party.
| ts.'.-
The populists Of Pueblo county
certainly made bad break when
they defeated Chairman Utter for