Gunnison news-champion., 1920-07-30
David Davis, Geo. Sullivan and Alex. Thomas
Run Neck and Neck for Commissioner.
Turner Leads for Assessor. Me-
Dougal for Jud dge and Henick
for Treasurer. Rawalt
gets on Denver Del
egation.

for assessor. L. /. Turner of Pitkin
secured the bulk of the votes, leading
with %. Walter Enbom of Sapinero Z
and James Robinson of Gunnison 4.
AS there were just 40 votes and 4
necessary to place on the primary bal
lot in September, Mr.. Robinson was
declared nominee. Indeed, every
candidate presented at the convention
gets on the ballot.
Geo. L. Miller having refused to run
for commissioner in the first district,
his supporters picked David Davis.
Il was close battle, but when the
smoke cleared away, Davis had l6
votes, Geo. Sullivan l3 and Alex
Thomas II.
Clarence Mcdonald, popular COM
| missioner from the second district, was
given unanimous vote for reelection,
DR.. Hanson was named as candidate
for coroner and Jack Robinson to sue
ceed himself as surveyor
The proposition then came up Of in
structing delegates to the state and
district assemblies. Judge Stone
wanted the convention to declare for
Rev. Ferris as q candidate for state
senator, in case Delta county had no
candidate to oppose Bob Rockwell, the
probable republican nominee. This
was vehemently opposed by the non
partisans, who professed love for Fer
ris, but so far as the convention was
able to determine wanted the place left
open either for Hetherington, in case
= he should fall down on the nomination
for state attorney general for which
he aspires, or for c. T. Rawalt, who
has been strongly advocated by the
labor unions as candidate for repres-
entative, but who was timid about
making the race. A large section of
the convention wanted to follow the
usual democratic custom of leaving
the delegates free to express their
own choice, subject to a recommended
\. ton only, but Chairman Hethcrington
made personal plea with tears in his
voice to be given an instructed delega-
tion for Attorney general. Finally
the two We're linked together, and as
| this was unsatisfactory to several
members of the state delegation later
named, they refused to go to Denver
with their hand tied for Hetherington.
At this point was precipitated the
long expected clash between the nom
| partisan leaguers and the old line DEM
ocrats. The pent up feelings Of the
convention We're relieved first by Judge
C. II. Stone who sharply challenged
the right of C. T. Rawalt, editor of the
Gunnison Empire, to place upon the
state delegation.
Judge Stone declared that he was q
democrat with no AK to grind, and that
he was prompted in his remarks by a
desire to have the party avoid danger
which was nationwide, but which he
saw clearly reflected in the county con-
vention, a matter of deep concern ia
Americans, in this ascendency Of Q
radical and class movement which
threatens to engulf the party. Mr.
Rawalt was sent to Gunnison county
he asserted by the non-partisan
to disrupt the democratic party
y promote radical ideas and put its men
in office as part of the nation wide-con-
i spiracy to do this very thing, in all
states. He had read Mr.. Rawalt's ed
itorials and expressions of opinion, and
while he conceded every mans right
to speak as he pleased and claim party
allegiance, he was of the opinion that
the articles over Rawalt's signature
proved that he was no democrat as the
rest of US understood democracy, that
he was using the party for his OWL
ends, and not the party using Rawalt
as some thought they were doing.
He abhored class movement, and
while he would yield to no man in
support or admiration of the farming
, element, or in advocacy of reforms an6
relief for the laboring man, he denied
that such as class had a right tt
ask control of this government; rather
that in democracy all classes should
, unite in mutual concensus of opinion
He denied that the non-partisan lea.
que or the radical laborites allied witf
them represented any large class Of
farmers or laboring men, but rather
| were organizations promoted for per.
sonal ends to capitalize certain rea
{ grievances into dollars for the pro
moters.
/. He read extracts from the Empire
showing that Mr.. Rawalt's paper an
= nounced it was Independent not dem
/, ocratic, and that the editors, while for
merly voting different tickets, woult
{ no longer be bound by party ties, .bu,
intended to support candidates ana
: parties as they pleased and conse
: cuently could not consistently claim
+ membership on delegation to q dem
iocratic state convention. ~.
al Judge Stone declared that b,
. spoke his honest convictions, that hl
life and public service were guarante,
~ Of his good intentions and that he wa!