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Show support H;ich 'Jiensnre. The meet' i ;g held by thee leraperauce posers iou Suuday excluded all whom its leaders supposed were not iu sympathy sym-pathy with I hem. u HCt thflf, tO SUV the leaat , was ceitdiDly in line with that of suppressing their own convictions convic-tions ulteriorly when in open meeting. The names all but, one, at the start of this article tell the tale the same old well water system for Gunnison. And a new waterworks for this city ha.-i all along been the foienjost thought in casting aside of party I views at this election for the securing of a conservative administration which cannot be succ ssfully deuied is found with the Citizens ticket. UNDER TEMPERANCE GUISE Slashing of Citizens' Ticket is Planned From Among Own Supporters. For Mayor William Metcalf, who signed the call for the Citizens' convention who took the initiative at the Citizeus convention conven-tion ; who was among the most active takiusr Dart at the Citizens' couven- tion ; aud who also at the Citizens' oovnention moved the unanimous endorsement en-dorsement of John M. Knighton for Mayor. For Councilor (long term) N. C. Myrup, not committed iu support of Citizens' ticket. For Councilors (longWni) Erick Rosen y all, who read carefully over the Citizens nominating petition, signed it willingly and invited the solicitors ta call upon his wife for her signature. C E. Ferro, who figured among the most enthusiastic at the Citizens' convention aud signed his name under un-der oath endorsing the nominations. With six other days in the week that the formulating of this partial ly filled ticket could have beeu at tended to the Sabbath day wa. chosen as the opportune occasion prominent church goers being amou the number participating. And wha eeems equally absurd is the fact thai the leaders mostly took part at (hi Citizeus convention aud attached under un-der oath their signatures to the list of nominations. A desire to stamp out the saloon is pleaded in justification of the move yet, strange tosay, not the least intimation inti-mation of it was offered at the Citizens meeting which was well attended and seemingly agreeable to all. As to the temperance cause tht writer has no hesitation in leaviug the public among whom he has lived so many years to judge how he stands But however much one dislikes the saloon, tne expeuse of putting an end to such influence should not be and on the writer's part shall not be -that of honor. The movers in this opposition have had a committee wait upon the Citizens' nominees and ascertain their feeliugB upon the question of abolishing abolish-ing the liquor traffic, threatening to slash at the polls any who would not |