The indicator., 1897-01-30
POLITICAL CHAT.
Few Observations, and Items Of
Interest Gathered Here and
There Regarding the Spring
Election

II f. |. Meston should be nominated
by the democrats and elected mayor, he
would know but one street in the city,
and every voter knows which one tn t
would be.
ID. C. Coates lost his contest for j
S. Greenes seat in the Legislature. This
is bad year for contests anyhow. Mr.
Coates has many friends in the city who
will be sorry that he did not succeed.
Alderman Campbell has been an able
and fearless exponent of the populis,s
ever fince he went into office, but they
never notice his loyalty to them
Tho populists are ever ready to con
demn but never to commend the official
acts OF the men they elect to office.
The following very important, wise
and original observation is to be found
in last weeks issue OF that bright and
spicy" paper, the Call, run by "Growler'
Gray;
The political pot has commenced tc
simmer, and it looks as if it was liable
to boil over during the coming spring
campaign.
ExSenator Drake is back in line
again with the republicans. He was
one OF the mainstays last fall of the
national silver party, scornlng to be
called Il republican in that memorable
campaign, but he is all right now.
There was "A time when Mr.. Drake had
much to do with the republican part, of
this burgh.
Willisford Dey promises to give the
Eighth ward a clean and able admins
tration in case OF his election to the
council. We are quite willing to he
lieve it. II the hackers of the citizens
movement can only get over the IN
case part of it, we can already see the
Eighth happy in the broad light of Dey.
1t is all nonsense to talk about "boo-
die aldermen in connection with the
city park question. 1t is an easy mat
ter to shout ''boodle," but quite diff
do everybody justice the INDICAroR ex-
presses the opinion that there was very
little boodleism in the present city ad
ministration.
j. G. Overmeyer, who cuts swata at
least four inches wide in Pueblo politics.
wants to be assistant to the man whom
Governor Adams appoints adiutant
general, and Cash Moses may be that
man. II j. G. had on suit of blue
clothes with shiny brass buttons, he
could sally forth from his tent and set
tie the Leadville strike alone.
C. +. Ross knows exactly all the ins
and outs of the city clerks office, and
will very likely be re nominated by the
There are lots OF people
outside the party who have had deal
ings with the city clerks office, and
who will vote for Mr.. Ross in order to
have man there who thoroughly un-
derstands the duties of the office.
Thomas Grove is said to be now
Richmond in the field for aldermanic
honors in the Seventh. He will very
likely bo laid on the shelf Just as he was
two years ago. The railroad men have
control of the politics OF the Seventh,
and they have no weakness for steel
works man. They would not hesitate
to pull out handful of Mr.. Groves tail
feathers before he got fairly started to
fly.
1t is said that Walpole captured
the meeting of the republican central
chairmen for the Mckinley people.
But II. A. Hathaway was only selected
to fill the vacancy caused by the resig
nation of Lin Mos es, and to hold forth
only until the day of the republican
so what was there to cap
ture? Such shrewd diplomacy as that
An unusual amount of political ba-
cilli is floating through tho air and is
very infectious. The symptoms III the
victim are an uncomfortable desire to
shake hands with everybody, which act
OF familiarity is accompanied with
bland smile which is meant
to popularize the owner. The disease is
not likely to prove fatal in any instance.
though several prominent citizens will
in all probability be Frustrated by it.
The democrats are roundly abusing
the republicans because they have the
etfrontery to place ticket in the field
but they are going slow with the pop
ulists as yet. Their idea is that il the
pops" put ticket in the field also.
they are all wrong; il they pitch in and
boost for the democrats they are all
right. The pops are in dilemma
They must either forego their party or
gsnization or incur the displeasure of
the Pueblo Tammanyites, which would
be something awful.
A great deal OF discussion has been
caused by the republican caucus which
met at the city hall the evening OF the
2lst inst, but the funniest thing said
was contained in last weeks issue OF
the Post. 1t commented thusly: The
most notorious feature OF this meeting
was the fact that Teller's name was not
even mentioned. All friends OF silver
will remember this" There is no more
reason why Teller and silver should be
mentioned at mere informal meeting
OF the precinct chairmen OF any party
than that they should be talked of at a
dog fight Anyhow Teller is safely
back in the senate and practically ev-