CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-07-14
Many
Candidates
Scores OF Democrats
Seeking Nomination
Great Scramble of Local Demo-
Gratis to Get Up to The Public
Crib States Being Made.


country is that it has plenty OF candi-
dates.
The chances of success are never SO
poor that the Democrats do not have a
lively time in the convention and hot
contest over number Of Offices.
1t has been said that there is pc
culiar microbe which infests people and
causes them TO be continually seeking
Office
Whatever the name of this new dis
ease may be- it can truly be said that
the Democratic party is suffering from
veritable epidemic and some are hay-
ing violent attacks. The germs are
sP esding
There i no other way Of accounting
for IT,
II hardly seems possible that any
sane Democrat would want to spend
his time and money running for Office
in this county this fall with Fremont
80 surely going Republican.
But there are dozens
There are so many cand dates for
every office that it has been extremely
hard for the slate makers TO keep
things in hand.
But some good work has been done
already and when the conventions are
all over and the smoke has cleared
away some people who nov think they
stand show Of being nominated will
wonder ho~ it all happened.
The Democratic party has two dis
tinct sets Of slate makers and when
these twGnsehinee get together and
work in harmony the powerful effect 10
wonderful.
But :or the present every member of
the Democratic party has a perfect
right to be candidate for anything he
wants and few indeed are failing to
take advantage of this undeniable pre-
rogative
For clerk but three people are being
much talked about. There is Ed. Min
or who FOR ten years has stood willing,
and Don Champion who served as
county commissioner for one term.
But the man who seems to be in the
lead at present is CLARK Cooper. Mr..
Cooper has had the advantage OF never
having been a candidate here and of
having once been a Republican.
Everything else being equal the
Democratic party will nominate man
who has once been Republican quick
er than anybody else. They have tried
il all the way from Horace Greeley
down with almost equal success but
they have the habit and still keep it up.
Lou Wood has been much talked
of for assessor but the Slate makers
have different plan.
1t is understood that the powers have
already offered this important post to
Geo h, Marco, a very gentlemanly
italian, Of RockvAle.
Marco is supposed to carry few
dozen Italian votes in his vest pocket
and it is these the powers are after.
Marco has also had the advantage of
being Republican. and recently, too.
That makes him look good to the Dem
ocrsiic slate makers.
Mr.. Wood is man of some promi-
nence in his party and must be reckoned
with II he is shifted out OF the assess
orship for Mr. Marco he will probably
be gwen something else and his next
choice would be county treasurer.
For Treasurer there seems to be no
well defined, exclusive candidate. This
office will be like an overflow meeting,
supplied by people who fail to get in at
the other place. Several are looking
with an envious eye on il as second
choice and il may fall to any one of the
big bunch OF candidates for other
honors.
Henry White who is a second termer
as commissioner has been mentioned
for almost every good office in the list.
he could probably get what he would
ask for as he 10 very close to the ring
of slate makers. but he has practically
decided not to be candidate this
year, Mr.. White knows the situation
mighty well and he doesn't relish the
hard fight Il will take for any Demo-
crat to make a showing.
There are some candidates mentioned
for judge. Although he has won out
twice against odds it seems that Judge
Eldred does not enter into the calcula-
tions of the powers and may be
dropped. This place may be given 10
Florence. Geo. Nix or Geo. II. wilkss