The daily sentinel., 1912-08-24

FORCONGRESS

Hon. IT, II. Seldomridge. candidate .
for congress ON the democratic ticket
from the Second Congressional dis
trict, came to Colorado Springs from .
Philadelphia, Pa, in 1878. He en-
tered the preparatory department of
Colorado college in February OF that
year and graduated from the college /.
in 1885. During his college course
he occupied place on the reporter
ial staff of the Colorado Springs Ga
zette, which was then managed and .
edited by the late b. W. Steele. who
was one of the ablest and most tai /
ented editorial writers in the state 4
After leaving college. Mr.. Seldom I
ridge spent a year on the ranches OF
his father, j. +. SeldOmridge. 65
miles east of Colorado Springs, in
what was then Bent county Mr.. /
Seldomridge, Sr., was one of the
largest sheep owners in eastern Colo /.
RADIO and graZed his herds on range
tributary to Little and Big Horse
creeks, controlling a section of coun-
try Is miles wide by % miles long .
In 1856 his father disposed of his
ranches and sheep and went into the
business of buying sheep in New
Mexico and Texas and selling them
to large eastern feeders
Mr.. Seldomridge returned to Colo
radO Springs in the summer of 1856
and became city editor Of the Ga
zettc. Mr.. Steele, who still edited
the paper, though republican in
politics, was very much opposed to
the protective policy of his party. 1t
was largely due to his strong ana
able editorials on the tariff question
and his intimate association with
Mr.. Steele that Mr.. Sedomridge be-
came an advocate of the democratic
doctrine of a tariff for revenue only.
In 1883 he gave up his position on
the Gazette and entered the grain
business with his father and brother,
under the firm name of J. T.. Seldom
ridge q Sons. Mr.. Seldomidge, Sr.,
died in December, 1896, and the firm
name was changed to Seldomridge
Brothers. In 1907 the business was
Incorporated as The Seldomudge
Grain Company. The company does
an extensive buying and shipping
business i'm Colorado and adjoining
states. Mr.. Seldomridge was elected
president of the Colorado Grain Deal
ers' Association in 1911 and was re-
elected in 1872.
Through the conduct of his bust
ness he has become thoroughly ia
miliar with the stock-growing and
agricultural resources of the state.
lie is also familiar with the mining
industry of the state. His name ap-
peared on one of the early stakes
driven in the Cripple Creek district.
Mr. Seldomridge has always been
a democrat. In 1885 he cast his
first vote for Hon. NJ. f. Stone, the
democratic candidate for Judge OF the
supreme court. He celebrated his
2lst birthday by attending the DEM
oeratic state convention in Denver
as delegate, at Which convention
Judge Stone was nominated. He has
been present as a delegate in nearly
every democratic state convention
during the past 25 years. In 1896
he was honored by the party in be-
ing chosen a delegate to the national
convention from the Second Con
gressional district He was among
the first in the convention to give
his vote to Hon. W. j. Bryan, with
whom he has enjoyed a personal ac-
quaintance since 1894. In Novem-
ber, 1896, he was elected to the state
senate from the Twenty-eighth dis
trict, comprising the counties of El
Paso and Douglas, by a plurality of
II 900. He was reelected in 1900
by plurality of over 1000.
In matters of state, legislation he
took strong stand for economy i'll
the expenditure of the public funds,
and supported zealously measures de-
signed to equalize taxation and to
secure an equitable valuation of cor
porate property. His record on la
bor legislation was clear and consist
au nj rnpaippI h., ~ nj
legislative committees of the State
Federation of Labor His candidacy
has been favorably commended to
the working men and women OF the
Second Congressional district by res
olution of the Federated Trades
Council of Colorado Springs at a
meeting held August 10, 1919.
Mr.. Seldomridge has always been
interested in civic betterment, and
warmly supported the movement that
resulted in the adoption of the COM
mission form of city government for
Colorado Springs. lie was elected
member of the convention which
framed the charter and was chosen
president of that body
Mr.. Seldomridgo has always been
identified with the progressive spirit
in the democratic party
His candidacy appeals to all class
es Devoted in every way to the de-
velopment and upbUilding OF this
great state, desiring that prosperity
should be the portion of every citi-
zen, he submits his claims to the vot-
ers Of the Second Congressional dis
trict, having full confidence in their
intelligence and patriotism.