The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-10
OUR CANDsDATES.

county treasurer for the past two
years. He has been tried and
found worthy of any Office within
the gift of Gunnison county citd-
zens, and if merit in public ser
wants counts for anything, he
deserves to be again elected. Mr..
Whip will undoubtedly poll the
largest vote of any candidate on
any of the tickets.
Thos. Sharpe. for clerk and re-
corder, is a mining man Of Ohio
City. He is an experienced busi-
ness man who is capable of prop
erly filing the Office of county
clerk. The people who believe
that one man should not be given
an unreasonably long tenure of
office in this county will take pleas
ure in supporting such an able man
as Mr.. Sharpe. He viii make an
excellent and accommodating official.
William Watson, for sheriff is a
man of sound principles, an alert
and progressive citizen, decidedly
westernin his ideas and sympathies,
careful and of good judgment. He
is n man of strong characteristics
and. being full of ambition and
energy, his life has been a busy
one. Modest and unassuming to
a fault, he readily secures the favor,
confidence and esteem of his fell
lows and at once impresses you
with the honesty and forcefulness
of his character. His conceptions
of mans relationship to his fellow
men are clear and his ideas of life
and conduct are strong and dig
nifed. If elected to the Office of
sheriff he can be depended upon to
discharge his duties in an able and
satisfactory manner. Mr.. Watson
is the present city marshal of
Crested Butte and in that position
is lauded on all sides for his official
conduct.
Joseph Mckee, for assessor, is
an industrious ranchman from the
vicinity of Baldwin, is an old res
ident of the county and is man
whom by his experience and bus
mess tact well qualified to give the
people a just and equitable assess
ment. The Office of assessor is
undoubtedly one of the most i'm
portant in the county. The incum-
bent of this position must be
familiar with values, and be q
man who would exercise careful
judgment in the matter of ASSESS
ing the property of the county
according TO its value. Such @
man we believe Mr.. Mckee to be.
George c. Eaton, for county
commissioner, is a man of both
theoretical and practical education;
a mining man who has caused
many thousands of dollars to be
prohtably invested in our mining
Industries; a man who has done
more than all others combined to-
ward developing the worth of the
Crystal district; a business man
familiar With the details Of our
county affairs, gained through in
terest in its welfare, and more
over, a gentleman Of dignified
bearing and pleasing address,
which Is a marked contrast to the
volatile cffnsiveness of some anna
teur politicians. He is capable to
properly fulfill all the requirements
that viii be made upon him, if
elected, and we do not believe he
will ever abrogate TO himself an
attempted dictatorship on county
matters, or try to form a political
machine to dispense spoils. In
over six months of intimate busi-
ness association with Mr.. Eaton
we found him to be very able
and straightforward business man.
Miss Mary E. Williams, for SUI
perintendent of schools, is Gun
nison young lady who, by her
charming personality and cultured
manners, enjoys a great popularity
among the people of this county.
She is the present school superin-
tendent and has given the very
best of satisfaction by her COM
pentent handling cf the position.
O. II. Aikine, for surveyor, is
well known throughout the entire
county and has followed the pro-
fession of civil engineering for
many years. He has long been a
resident of Pitkin. where he is in
terested in developing mining prop
.erty. He will serve the people
well if elected.
John W. England, for coro1er,
is one of Gunnison's pioneers, is
well qualified for the office for