The daily sentinel., 1912-07-27
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

! Struthers "a.
The whole harmony schedule was
! torn up from the start. Even the
| participants in the alliance got fear
/ full and seeing this or that portion
of their piece of pet machinery buck
/ ing, they went riot mad and forgot all
| about the combinations they had
agreed to support
| Mort Steele got 81 votes against
| Charley Jones for the clerkship ard
will get on the ticket.
! Dr.. b. c. Oyler ran several laps
behind Judge Sullivan for the judge
| ship. He received 80 to Sullivan's
81. The popularity of the present
incumbent has not manifestly de-
creased after his decade of service.
Ray Yunker, who did all the heavy
work for the prOgressives in the
second ward, was rewarded by. a
heavy vote for coroner. He received
81 to % for e. A. Krohn and 25 for
DR.. II. Freudenberger.
ID. w. Aupperle was picked on as
one of the sacrificial lambs over
whom Benton Canon will meander to
success next November. He receiv-
ed so votes while II. G. Crissey of
Palisade registered II.
John Brown was the only contend
err for the assessorship. and his name
Will go alone to the polls
Lee Hampton's boomlet for the
superintendency went skyhooting
when Prof. Smith got in the ring. He
rounded up 76 votes to 80 for z. B.
Mcclure and 23 for Hampton; o, sig
niticant figures,
William Briggs, who narrowly es-
capped slaughter at De Beque in the
ms rin
sioner from the third precinct against
C. II. Skinner, IS, and Tom Dwyer,
q. Dwyer, it is said, got into the |
race at the very last minute. In the |
Fruita district l.. d. Lee led with 60
votes, w C. Knight next with 80 and |
Ben j. Snyder third with 81. Snyder !
is the only real progressive in the |
bunch, and he got ready knitting |
at the hands of the regulars. Ben !
had repeatedly stated that he would |
never run on ticket headed by Taft |
and he got portion of his punish |
ment today.
Jimmie Fisk will run for surveyor |
without opposition in his party.
The following justices of the peace |
and oonstables We're placed in nomi- |
nation for the various districts:
Grand Junction Justices-J. p. |
sweeney and John II, Hi!l Constables |
%. b. Trumbo and II. E. Grubbs.
Palisade and Clifton district jus
tices-R. II. Bancroft, Nathan Hob
son and w. h. Lundy. Constables,
Scott Miller and William Donovan.
Fruita district justices, Hick Stew
art and A. T. Scott Constables, Will
inn Roach and Fred Cool.
Collbran justices. f. II. Bloss and
S. c. Skinner. Constables, o. Hughes
and f. j. Crosier.
De Beque justices, William Myseri
and r. G. Harris. Constable, George
Bales.
The following is Smiths resolu-
tion, which was overwhelmingly de-
feated:
The Republican party of Mesa
County, Colorado, in convention as
.sembled in conformity with its time
honored customs and usages, takes
this method to publish to the voters
of the county. state and nation, a
declaration of it's principles to the
end that all may fully understand t;ie
objects of the party In a government
of the people, for the people and by
the people.
since first being entrusted with the |
affairs of the nation the people have
reposed that faith in the party that
IL has conducted the business of the
government for thirty three years.
We, therefore, point with pride to
its wonderful achievements which
have been made solely. by the carry
ing out of its solid platforms adopted
by the party of the nation since 1856. |
We do now here say firmly that we
approve and will support the nation
al platform adopted by our party at
its convention recently held in the
City OF Chicago
Endorsed Chicago.
We not only do endorse their past
records as able, faithful. conscientious
and wise statesmen and know the
thanks of the whole people are due
them for their efforts and able con-
duct of the affairs of state during
their official careers, but we a,so
most heartily approve of the work
of the Chicago convention in the
nomination of William Howard Taft
and James SChoolcraft fisherman for
the respective offices of Presiednt and
Vice President of the United States
of America.
Boost for Senator Simon.
His always attentive duties and er-
tiCient honorable service in the Sem
ate of the United States places the
party under renewed obligations TO
the Hon. Simon Guggenheim and es-
pecially is this true to the peopie OF
Mesa county in that his efforts were
so successful in the securing of the
Federal building and the construc-
tion of the High Line canal.
We denounce the present puerile
Democratic administration of tins
state as misrepresenting every prom
Use and pledge 1t made the people.
Stewart Hotly Denounced.
We denounce the braZened misrep-
resentations being made throughout
the state as to the conduct of the Chi
cago convention by one, who claim
ing to be immaculate. is known 10
have at one time been the greatest
political thief who ever crossed the