The Meeker herald., 1900-10-13

| That old Democratic war horse,
Colonel B. F. Montgomery, will wake
the sleeping echoes of Bull hill this
campaign. With the Colonel, Senator
Seldomridge, Charles s. Sprague, the
brainy past editor of the Colorado
Springs Telegraph, and Mr.. Hollen
beck, Teller and Ell Paso's representa-.
tives will be of about the highest
standard attailable.
Senator w. II. Adams has no oppo
sition from the Twenty-fourth. Every
body is satisfied.
Republicans insist that the fusion
legislative ticket In Arapahoe county
is fatally defective, inasmuch as abou,
half its makeup comes from the ranks
of organized labor. Democrats believe
that therein lies its strength. Voters
will decide which is right.
Gilpin county has a complete fusion,
and the representatives named are w.
o. jenkins, Democrat, and II. r. Boil
singer, Populist. Senator Newell, elect
ed as n Teller Silver Republican, holds
over in the Twenty-sixth district,
which comprises Gilpin county.
Here Is the list of senatorial hold
overs, with politics Of each at time of
election:
First District-Fred w. Parks, Tel
Ter Silver Republican; Clay B. Whit
ford, Democrat; Charles I. Philip, Pop
ulist.
Second-Alexander Il. Stewart, Dem
,crat.
Third-Elias NJ. Ammons, Teller sil-
yer Republican.
sixth-Joel w. Smith, Democrat.
Tenth-James 9. Evans, Teller Silver
Republican.
Fourteenth-william II. Meyer, Re-
publican. .
Fifteenth-Clark w. Roe, Populist.
Sixteenth-James w. Bucklin, Popu-
list.
: seventeenth-w. s. Buckley, Demo
crat.
Eighteenth-Thomas Annear, Popu-
list.
Twentieth-Thomas ]. Ehrhart, Dem
ocrat.
Twenty -fifth-William A. Hill, Teller
Silver Republican.
Twenty-sixth-Samu v. Newell,
Teller Silver Republican.
Twenty -seventh-Albert T. Fisher
Republican.
enty-eighth-Thomas II. stratton,
Populist.
]. r. Whitelaw of Silverton is the
nominee of the Populists and Demo
Gratis for representative from Hinsdale
and San Juan.
Organized and unorganized labol
Jared well at the hands Of the Demo
cratic county convention in Arapahoe
county, says the Colorado Democrat
The candidates on the legislative tick
ct came largely from the ranks Of the
men who toll with their hands ant
heads for their daily wage. 1t is q
ticket which appeals to the bone ant
the sinew of this great city and cOun
ty, az well as to its business interests
There 10 not town nor village mol
mining camp In Colorado where the
name of Jim" Orman is not house
hold word, says the Aspen Democrat
For the past twenty years he has been
closely connected with the advance
ment Of the material interests of the
state in such way as to bring himself
into the most intimate relations with
all classes. AS the head of the larg
est nrm Of railroad contractors In the
West he has furnished the brains 70,
enterprises Involving the expenditure
Of millions; In carrying out the plant
thus formed by men of large means
he has been brought closely into con.
tact with the man with the pick as
well as with he OF the checkbook
"Jlm" Orman is equally well known
on the grade and In the exclusive finan
cial circles: and in honor to the man
it is but just to say he is better known
In the former than in the latter. He
is, and always has been. Jim" The
camp with roll of blankets. "A tough
experience and an empty stomach
learned before he had tested the ca