The Greeley tribune., 1906-09-27

The Tribune has said good deal
about the legislature, its members
and thei, work, and the necessity OF
sending men there who are represen-
tatiyes OF their communities in fact
as well As in name. The diAculty
has always been that because OF the
small pay and the heavy expense,
few men who have the nsoeszry
ability, coupled with unQuestioned
honesty, could be prevailed upon to
accept the once, 10 the neg lect OF
their private Affairs The result has
been that the or5ce has frequently
gone to some third-rate politician,
sho Was willing to take the job
much as Pullman porter does, with
the expectation Of making his pile
Oh The side, rather tl.an from his
salary. This has really happened 50
often that there has come TO be but
little honor in being representa-
tive, and the quality Of the avail
able legislative timber has been still
further weakened thereby. In view
OF these things 1t is = real peasure TO
= good citizen to contemplate the
legislative candidates on both Weld
county tickets this fall. have con-
sidered the four from all viewpoints
and from such information as has
been cleaned l don't believe any one
of them would disgrace his county by
accepting = bribe or selling out d.
rectly or indirectly. This Is saying
a good deal in itself.
There 10 only one man in the
county whom I know personally
that l would rather see represent
Weld county than Mayor Frank J.
Green, and that Is George NJ. Hous-
ton. Nj. Houston is not running
and my preference is no disparage-
ment whatever to Nj. Green. Mayor
Green came to Greeley in May. 1870.
As he is . bachelor it would not be
quite fair to say how old he was at
that time, but my impression is that
be wasn't practicing law then. He
has grown up in this community and
has never been an Office seeker, nor,
l might add, in scarcely any sense a
politician, though for ten years he
held the office of deputy district at
uorney and has been mayor Of Gree
ley for the past two years. The
nomination that he took this year
has been offered him more than once
before, but he would never consent
to run. consider it = distinct gain
to good government that he accepted
this year, for he comes up to the
Tribune's standard for legislator
possessing absolute, unquestioned.
honesty lot just honest enough to
keep out Of jail, but honest all the
way through; coupled with ability
to accomplish things, and a willing.
ness to work hard for the good of the
community. As an attorney, vitally
interested in Law and Law making,
he will gain in experience enough tc
Offset his loss of time from private
sffairs by going. He is hard stu
dent Of Law and other things, is vel
known all over the county and liked
wherever known. The democrat.
could have made no better choice.
Mr.. Green's running mate, Thos
q. Wilson OF Eaton, is not so vel
known over the entire county as i
Mr. Green. He is connected Will
the First National Bank of Eaton
and is a prosperous farmer of tha
town. He has lived in the count,
. long time. Those who know hin
tell me that he comes up to tn,
Tribune requirements. am goini
to take day of soon, go up to hi
home neighborhood and learn hov
he stands, get better acquainted
with him personally, and in fact
find out all l can about him, goot
or bad. When get back I'll tel
Tribune readers all i found out, ant
What l personally think of him.
| And now ! want to say few
words about Harry Watson, one o
the republican candidates for repre-
sentative. don't like the wa,
some OF the democratic organs arr
going after him, because believe
they do him an injustice. 1t !.
true he is ..iu the potato combine
known as the Big Five. 1t is alst
true that every one Of the men wht
are In that combine have become
rich out Of the business, and that
his known connection with the Bis
Five will cost him a lot of votes