CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1899-10-12
DEMOCRATS EFFECT FUsa
DeIesates ObedIent to Their Masts
and Put Up the Ticket Agreed
Upon by the Leaders"
Weeks Ago.

Weeks Ago.
The three original usion-for- -spo4a
parties met in county conventitn
Saturday morning. They occupie
the three floors of the court houseI
Not that their numbers were so greas
but more to keep up appearance
than anything else.
The nine Teller Silver Republicans
which constituted the delegation fru1
all parts of the county to represent
that party, occupied the county couft
room on the first floor. The PopuliSIh
with ninty-ive delegates, had the u
trict court room on the second ho&r.
Thirty-six of the unterrified and -
washed were packed in the jury ro1
at the extreme northeast corner III
the building on the third floor. 1t 81
surmised the Democrats took tbs
elevated position from force of hah
they having been laid away on tte
top shelf these many years.
The arrangement gave the tripNe
convention much the appearance ri
an old-fashioned wheat tack-litx5e
at both ends and bulged in the middle.
The effect was much the same, aiSo-
The narrow foundation caused tie
middle to slip and slop from aide 10
side whenever an extra gust of ui1d
caught the cap sheaf.
y They we're al slow in cQnysai1x =
and it was close to II O'Clock before
a move was made to get down to
strict business. All three factions
had fish to fry and each was cautious
ly sparring for place. The Tellerites
shisd the first castor and made q
ringer The pops followed suit.
getting a ''leaner.r which was knocked
clear away from the stake by the
heavy Democratic QUOT.
Having won their point the Teller
men withdrew and the contest mar
rowed down to a see-saw between the
heavy weights.
To an outsider 1t looked as if the
Populists might have demanded the
whole cheese and made their demand
stick, but in reality it was as the
chairman of the Democratic county
central committee said he would like
to see it: The Democratic party was
the central figure around which the
other satellites revolved. In short,
the Democrats dictated terms and the
pops accepted. 1t took them long
time to reach the point, however, it
lacking just an hour of being Sunday
morning when the final gulp was
gulped. This was not because the
Populists could not agree with the
Democrats. but because of split in
their own ranks.
The ticket as finally agreed upon
gives the Democrats four out of the
eight nominees, and reads SIS follows:
For Sheriff. David Houston, Pop.
For County Clerk, W. B. FELTON,,
Teller Silver Republican.
For Treasurer, T. B. Coulter, Dem.
For Commissioner, julius McCand-
lass, Dem.
For Superintendent of Schools, Jas.
Woods, Pop.
For Assessor, John D. Williams,
Pop.
For Surveyor, Arnold B. McFall.
Dem.
For Coroner. John H. Penney. Dem.
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The Santa Fe Route has just is-
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six-months' calendar. July to Decem-
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tionA Sill inches, each, of Bur-
banks celebrated Pueblo Indian por-
traits. which were this seasons art
sensation. and have hitherto only
bssn reproduced in Brush and Pencil.
Attraetively bound with engraved
cover rsprsssatiAa ancient Aztec
calendAr stone.
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