Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-22
JOSEPH BOOK FOR STATE TREASURER.

Grant county is waking up in the
interest Of that sturdy patriot, Joe
Book, and will beyond doubt send TO
the State Convention a solid delega-
ton in his favor. Iowa county can
do herself no greater honor than to
do likewise, as we hope she will.
The Lancaster Herald presents Mr..
Book to the public as follows:
Some weeks ago several Republican papers
in the eastern part of the Slate mentioned DO
scph Book, of this county, as a suitable candi-
dale for the Office of State Treasurer, on the
Republican ticket. We hearth, endorse the
suggestion. Among the many good men who
have been suggested as worthy of nomination
for the various places on the ticket no one more
suitable or available for any position has been
named than Joseph Book Tor the office of State
Treasurer. The people of this county know
that he has the requisite qualifications and that
during twenty-oue years Of residence in this
county he has been unfaltcringiy true to the
principles Of the Republican party that he l.,
not and never was an office seeker that he was
nominated for the Office Of Register of Deeds
without his knowledge or consent that he was
n)I1lIltttd III ttt n SSsl1Dif uSIIilSL IilS thl IltSl
protest, and that he discharged the duties de-
volving upon him in so satisfactory a manner
that hc was to each Office re nominated and
reelected.
Joseph Book is a German. He came to this
country a young mana youth. lie had been
here and engaged in active and honorable pur-
suits long enough TO become master of our
language and familiar with American institu-
tions and manners when the war against the
integrity OF the Union wos inaugurated. lie
embraced the first opportunity to enlist Ill that
war, having been a soldier in Company &c" of
the I'd Wisconsin, the first company that went
from this county. He participated in the bat
ties and shared the hardships and dangers III
which the Iron Brigade acted so conspicuously.
He was severely wounded at the battle of
GAINESVILLE, and though he was afterwards per
mittcd to return to the army his physical in
juries are permanent. He cannot engage in
hard labor.
Looking to the requirements which writers
who are working faithfully for The interests of
party and State have classified as necessary or
proper in a candidate, it seems TO us the nom
nation of Mr.. Book for the office named would
be peculiarly a fitting one, They say a soldier
should have II good place on the ticket that
the candidates should be well qualified that
they should be men of tried and proved hon,
csty, and some say that this year the Germans
should have the Trcasurer's office. No man
has been or will be presented who will I'll the
bill OF these requirements better than Mr., Book.
Because of these facts, which make his nomin-
alton eminently a fitting one because he is
incapable of either trickcry or deina.ognery I;
because he is not a professional office seeker
because his name will command more votes in
this District than that of any other man, and
because this part of the State should at this
time have this nomination, we ask for the nom-
nation of Joseph Book. and we ask Rcpubli-
nAnE Ilp,Dphnnt tI,n Stnta I'm rive INN tia
consideration he deserves and the ticket the
help which his name will bring It.