The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1894-09-15
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

The state board of equalization, which
is composed of Governor Waite. Secre.
tary of State McClees, State Treasurer
Nance, Auditor Goodykuntz and At
torney General Engley, reduced the
valuation on railroads, the Pullman car
company and telegraph companies in
this state nearly four million dollars
for the current year; and yet the cry of
the Populist party is-"Down with the
corporations" but it will take long
time to throttle greedy monopoly by re-
ducing taxation on corporate wealth
and piling it up on the masses as Waite
& Co. are doing. Fact Of the matter is
the Office seeking class land 1t is the
ruling element) in the Populist party is
largely composed of men who have been
tried, found wanting and rejected by
the Democratic or Republican parties.
This element, which is always hunger
ing for spoils, has forced itself to the
front, and in its Unsuitable greed to
get good hold on the public teat will
wreck the Populist party. During their
brief lease of power in Colorado the
Populist oflice-holders have shown that
they are as susceptible to the corporate
touch as the corruptest politician in the
old parties ever dared to be.
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The Republican judicial convention
for the Ninth district met in Glenwood
on Monday and nominated Hon. John
l.. Noonan of Glenwood, for district
judge, and Hon. George d. Johnstone,
of Aspen, for district attorney. Judge
Noonan is the present occupant Of the
county judges chair in Garfield county,
and is lawyer of ability. lie has held
several official positions and has dis
charged the duties devolving upon him
ents. His record both as citizen and
official is clean, all of which makes him
as formidable candidate as it was pos
sible for the Republicans to put up
against Judge Rucker. Mr.. Johnstone
is the present encumbent of the district
from one end of the district to the other
His ability as a prosecuting attorney is
unquestioned and his popularity is un-
bounded. He will win in canter.
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In the person of Ezra Flemming, the
Republicans have put up very strong
man for commissioner. 1t is doubtful
if man better qualified to fill the posi-
ton could have been found in the dis
trict. He is one of the early settlers in
the county and a heavy taxpayer. Mr..
Flemming will likely receive the en-
dorsement of the Democrats to-day and
will be elected by a large majority, no
matter who the Pops put up against
him.
All prejudice aside, itwas bad politics
for the Populists to nominate Mr.. Waite
for another term. A new party claim
ing to embody the true principles of re-
form, should not show itself perfect
adept in the manipulation Of machine
politics. This has been done in nomina-
ting Mr.. Waite at Pueblo, and will lose
the party he represents more thousands
of votes this fall than the Populist ma
jority counted in '92.-Balfour News.
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The Denver News Of last Saturday
came out and asked the Republicans
to either endorse the candidacy of Hon.
G. S. Thomas, the Democratic nominee
for governor, or put up ex-senator N. z.
Hill as their candidate. From this it
will be seen that the News is ready to
use its powerful influence in aid of the
election of the Republican nominee.
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The Populists have nominated George
S. Witter as their legislative candidate.
Mr.. Witter is a young man of gentle
manly instincts and good social stand
ing and very little can be said against
his qualifications as a candidate, aside
from his youth, inexperience and his
Populistic affiliations.
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Judge Rucker, who recently quit the
Democracy and joined the Populist, has
been nominated by the latter as their
candidate for district judge. w. b.
Wiley Of Aspen, will be the judges run
ming mate for district attorney.
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The Denver News refers to Waite as
"a yellow dog Populist," and on ac-
count of that color and breed will OPP
pose the old man in the pending con-
test.
Waite is facetiously referred to as