The daily sentinel., 1908-11-04
THOSE WHO WON HERE.

The following are the successful
the gift of the people of Mesa
county:
Sheriff-Charles Schrader, Demo-
crat, reelected.
Treasurcr-M. NJ. Shores, Demo-
crat, reelected.
Representative-W Weiser,
Democrat, first term.
Commissioner No. ALBERT Bes-
sire, Democrat, first term.
Commissioner No. -Thomas
Dwyer, Republican, first term.
CIerk-R. f. Starr, Republican,
reelected.
County Judgc-W. :. Sullivan,
both tickets, reelected.
Coroner-H. $. Day, Republican,
reelected.
County SurveyOr-John Fisk, Re-
publican, first term.
Supt. of Schools-C. G. Sargent,
Republican, first term.
Assessor-N. N. Smith, Republic
can, reelected.
Surely IL was n glorious victory
that the Democrats won in Mesa
county, the rock-ribbcd Republican
stronghold of the western slope.
Like the mist before the morning
sun the oft-repeated declaration by
County Chairman Parker, of the Re-
publican organization. that Taft
would carry the county by 900 ma
iority and that every man ON the Re
publican county ticket would be
elected by overwhelming majoritics,
faded away before the onslaught of
ballots that poured in from every
section of the county.
a. a..
with the self-assurance that the new
ly installed voting machines, pur-
chased by republican officials Mt the
instigntion of republican bosses,
would make scratching of ballots
almost impossible, with splendidly
perfected organization, with the re-
publicans in charge of the election
machinery, with ample funds and
many other advantages, the Mesa
county republican leaders believed
that they were invincibie. but the
people proved to them that they
We're wrong.
The people voted as they desired
To vote and the result is the election
of four democratic nominees ON the
county ticket. every one of the four
offices being important, the cutting
down of the republican presidential
majority from more than II thousand
for Roosevelt in 1904 to only about
go for Taft in 1908, n big reduction
in the gubernatorial majority, and n
reduction in every majority that the
Republicans held in Mesa county in
connection with any office.
Every republican claim regarding
the result in Mesa county proved
untrue.
The tremendous ma ioritieS given
| Charles Il. Schrader for sheriff and
NJ. NJ. Shores for treasurer show that
the people regard these two men as
the best officials in the offices they
have held for the past two years, that
the county has ever had.
The triumph of William Weiscr
over II. IL. Bancroft, for the Iegis-
laturc. is one of the greatest victor
les of the day.
The election of Albert Bessire.
commissioners. over John Hynes, who
was elected by the republicans two
years ago, is another big triumph.
II is ample proof that the people OF
the county are not pleased with the
method by which the republicans arc
governing Mesa county.
John III. Fry. republican nominee
| for district attorney, carried Mesa
county by only I16 plurality. He
needed at least GOO plurality in this
| 'o''h'N 10 WIN. f'e II ueie"'eu anu
defeated badly. X. NJ. Logan, the
democratic nominee, has been elected
To succeed Hugo Sclig.
The majoritics of shores and
Schradcr exceeded all expectations in
view of the determined fight made
against these two men.
Charles Schradcr carried fifteen oi
the nineteen precincts in Mesa coun'
~, overwhelming his opponent in
many of the strong republican pre-
cincts. Schrader carried the city OF
Grand junction by over 800 plurality
- Shorcs earried the city between
500 and 900 plurality.
| Weiscr carried the city by small
| ''tr wong attorney
whose candidacy met with such uni.
| rad to face most ter
rifle opposition. Nearly every known
] means WAS emnlnYcd to defeat him,