The Greeley tribune., 1903-10-01
WON
Inp11cANs HELD COUNTY
INVENTION SATURDAY.
|,ott Men Defeated by "Boss''
rhurchill and His Men,
Lively Alfonso and
CASTOR Affair.

h,vitbstanding that this Is, In a
| an off year in politics-only a
Lns nudge and a district court
| Ia he elected the Weld county
Iblican convention, held In the
bouse Saturday morning was
n, the liyeliest, and quietest,
! has met in Greeley in years. It.
| the battle of recent times re-
M. towit: The Wolcott men VS..
anti. Wolcotts, and while no
! mess was revealed and all PAL
Iants were suave and almost
Icbly polite in speech and action,
luder the surface was the deepest
Heal feeling and most OF the
! Istes had knives up their sleeves
! The other fellows. "
| is an admitted fact among the
Is politicians that the Hon.
h f. Churchill is the Republican
heal bCss of Weld county. He
| held and fought for that honor
1894, during which time he has
mathematical more than any
politician out Of Denver, yet
Oes about his business with a
S@ure that is maddening 70 op-
bts, both in and out Of his party.
falls campaign was distinctly
i in this county by the Repub-
against the return Of the Hon.
WOlcott to the United States
+. Mr.. Churchill has been op-
to Mr.. Wolcott's $ leadership In
politics fol some years and
gy opposed to his return TO the
and when the general assem-
yet in the state capitol last jan
he went to Denver and fought
st the "oafon's'' ambition.
Mr. Wolcott has many sraunch
lble friends In Weld county and
took up the gage thrown down
Churchill and since the action
I winter they have been on MI.
pills trail and after his scalp;
Saturdays little difference was
" the efforts made by them to
s capillary covering. Churchill
DIS friends knew that efforts
being made to 'chuck" him.
ne made no apparent move in
ei said he was tired of so much
ing and Quarreling; as member
state central committee he
pore OF that than he wanted ev-
lme he went to Denver; he
70 peace and a lot of other
IN that line; and If the other
would call a halt he felt that
ploFaole compromise could be
Fu' But as he refused to cease
" "olcott, the fight went mer-
u Inc former senator's ad-
y na1 made a winning. They
ieo County Clerk Adams, a
lVhurehill lieutenant, and they
uunoent that Saturday would
e BOSS under the guillotine
j" Aead rolling in the sawdust.
'uVhuFchill and his men aroused
e"es aud confronted the oppo-
'eo by such stalwart fighters
non James M. freeman,
senator McCreery and former
,uant Governor Brush. The
"'' was made on the conven-
IH'poTary organization line,
v'oCl men pitting the Hon.
n,t MafheS against Judge Charles
H. ."''u' an anti, for chairman.
asnes was loath to engage in
"c does rot believe in inter-
"".' as 1T tends to make
t''e enemy, but he was
osland and he went down to
.; 'a -, vote of 1871 for his oppon-
,,,I ,Ur himself. The temporary
u,,S ,,Ol was then made perma-
wv Lincoln Fishback as Sec
n,,s .ne routine business OF the
I'Ol lsI0 mad been transacted and
nn,,, ''s CHOSEN, and a fine set
nv T 'athered by the Hon.
gpes t'O'eeTy- endorsing Judge
kd w. ~, 'ellomination, had been
nj ''c antis elected l.. b.
Tito, '"a'Iman of the county
be,,, W. "ua in the goodness of
cp s AZ ! named some of the op-
o,'' as delegates.
"S Is the list of delegates
Min ,''ai Convention: II, f.
Jamo.' a. W. McCreery, Charles
'""'eS NeGruder Oar, Renee