Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10
Inc ADVICE.
GiLA, N. NJ June 2slh, 1894


Ed. SOUTHWEST SE%NTfNEL;
The great political wheel 10 getti n
ready to turn. and tho candidates are
putting their names in the wheel to be
ground out at the County convention.
All the names that have been put in the
wheel with one or two exeeptions) the
taxpayers do not want. The County
commissioner are the men that should
be selected with the greatest Of care.
They should be men Of good moral char
acter, men of ability, men that have
made their own business a success. They
are the men that have the handling Of
all our money we pay in for taxes. They
should never consent to pay out n dol
lar unless they get value received for it.
There are, no doubt, all kinds of schemes
worked to get something for nothing out
Of the County funds. As 7 said before,
the men who hold the money strings.
should be men Of famiiieb,9 aud have real
and personal property in our County,
They should be men chosen from the
East, South and West OF the County
seat. They should be the first men put
before the convention, As their office IS
the most important to the taxpayers.
Heretofore they haye been the last men
TO be voted for ia the convention and
they have been railroaded through as
officers Of very little Importance.
The sheriff has heretofore been consid-
cred the most important officer in the
County. Owing to the great royalty paid
the man who had the most money at his
back got the Office Now9fellow citizens;
Can't you see where we do ourselves and
our County a great INJURY, by adopting
that principle9 A sheriff Should DO one
OF u best, sober citizens. He should te
next in standing to our Hon. Judge. He
is the guardian Of the people. He brings
criminals to justice. lie should not ar
rest a criminal and say to him:"I can tell
you how you can beat your case" Such
a man lie no friend to law and order, and
is an enemy to his constituents. There
are plenty Of good men throughout the
County, for all the Offices in it. Do not
be in haste in selec ting our County Off
Gals. The men that would, make good
officers, with one or two exceptions, are
not in the field yet. Let the Office hunt
the man. Hold caucus meetings and find
out what the people want. Let's talk
over the matter and see what men would
make good officers for this County. Say
John Dos name is spoken. You say,
"who is this man?" Well, he is a neigh
Dor of mine, and 1 fnd be is a man who
attends to his business, and is honorable
in all his dealings and is a thrifty man
and has all his property within the
County.
No moro on politics. 1t is %dreadfully
dry out here, but then 1 never look for
rain until after the 4th of July. Stock
are drawing up very fast. No feed on
the range to speak Of. The water holes
have dried up, and that throws the stock
all at living water. The people are talk
ing Of picnics on the 4th, but L guess
Silver City will find a great MANY Of
them wandering through the town on
that day. Money is very scarce and the
people have but little to spend for amuse-
ment. The river is very low but there is
plenty of water for all purposes. The
crops look fair. The first cutting Of al
falfa is fine, and most of it is in the stack
1t has been the coolest spring ever
known here. There will be no fruit to
speak Of. We have great hopes in the
Mogollon mines; il they are successful
we will have a market for our hay and
gram. We have plenty Of Greek ped
oilers among us. They sell dry goods
Say you want a pair OF s~uspenders; they
ask one dollar; but hold on a minute and
you will get them for a quarter.
) Respectfully;