Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-31
OUR TICKET.
OUR SENATOR, w. II. OFFICER.

10 mature life in that state. He early &C
quired the art of cabinet making, and
worked at his trade until he came west
about twenty five years ago. Settling al
Viroqua, Wisconsin, he formed a co-part
nershlp for carrying on the milling bust
ness, with General Jerry Rusk, late mem
Der of congress, from the La Crosse dis.
trict. For many years he was member
of the county board, being kept in his po.
sition on account of his eminent fitness
to manage the complicated affairs of the
public. In 1864, he was elected to the
lower house of the state legislature, and
was returned the next year. Later he de-
clined protfered nomination for senator,
and shortly afterwards removed to his
present place of residence at the Oak
Grove Mills, four miles south of this city,
whe re he has devoted himself to the work
of building up business as manutac.
turer of -four, and of establishing the
products Of his mill IN the great markets
Of the country. ALL WHO KNOW HIM
CALL HIM AN HONEST NAN. Unostenta.
tious, he has attracted the attention of no
one except by the integrity Of his charac
ter, and the faithfulness and ability with
which he has conducted his own business
and the public duties which devolvcd up.
on him. Mr.. Officer is emphatically a
man of the masses-always laborer him
self-he knows the privileges, the respon-
sibillties and the duties of those who
wo:k, and he has the honesty to defend
and the sagacity to promote their interests
at all times and under any circumstances
1t should be said of him, what cannot be
said truthfully of but very few candidates
for public office, he did not seek the pu-
sition to which he has been promoted by
the representatives Of his party. He has
that modest distrust of his own abilities
which is characteristic Of honest and
capable men, and he shuns responsibility,
but if elected, as no doubt he will be, his
best efforts will be given to the advance
ment of all worthy objects, because he
will feel that he cannot do all that he
ought to, unless he does all that he can.
1t is not always that candidates for this
highly important Office combine virtue
and temperance, and integrity of charac
ter, with peculiar fitness aud devotion to
humanitarian principles and superior
ability to win the aid of others to the
support of his convictions, and when, as
III the present case, they find all these
qualities combined in their candidate, the
party should do itself the credit of giving
to him its undivided strength. We expect t
therefore that Mr.. Officer will receive a
larger number of votes than Mower county
ever before gave to any one Of the many
good men whom she has honored with
her suffrages.
REPRESENTATIVES,.
or the two men whom we ope 10 elect
to the lower house, as they are untried in
politics, little can be said. John D. AL
len came to the county in '66, and made
his first political appearance as candidate
for Register of Deeds. The duplcity
then showed by Page completely con-
vertcd Mr.. Allen from Page man to an
anti, and though he could have held his
position, yet believing that he had not
been lawfully elected, his scrupulous
honesty compelled him to disolaim all
right to the office; he has since refused
all preferment, and only after earnest en-.
treaty would he allow his name on the
ticket as Representative.
Jas. F. Goodscll is a young mau, en-
tirely new in politics. The wonderful
unanimity of his nomination is proc
that he IS an honest sou Of honest parents.
Nothing can be said against him,
and very much in favor of him, and as
he is evidently popular, and the office be.
longs this year by right to his town, he
will undoubtedly be elected. Both are
honest, true men.
THE OFFICE OF AUDITOR
IN Oscar N. Olberg's hands will not suf-
fer from inefficiency or lack of business
ability. Mr.. Olberg is an accomplished
accountant, and can ski;liully second the
labor of the Treasurer in all the we,ghty
money matters which are so important.
He is financial genius, and Will brln q
to the discharge of his duties irst-class
ability. Speaking, as he does, Ger.
man, Norwegian and English, he
will be the handiest man to have in Of
flee, even tor the other officers, that could
be put there. This single ability to
speak three languages should be
enough to recommend him; and add 20
that his amiable personal character and
obliglng way, and he will be an invalu.
able man for the place.
CAPT. E. P. VAN ANvALKENBuRaH,
the nominee for register of deeds, has
lived in this city eleven years, and much
Of the time has served in some official ca
pacity. At present, he is president OF the
board of education and mayor of the
city. These positions he never sought
they were thrust upon him because of his
known ability and fitness. He enlisted
in the war as a private at $11 per month,
and carried a musket nearly two years
when he was promoted; after four years
of service, during which time he took
part In twenty holly contested battles,
among which were Shiloh, Iuka, Stone
River, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Fred.
ericksburg and Kennesaw, the bloodiest
Of the whole struggle. He was with
Sherman, in the "March to the Sea-" and
never missed chance to fight the enemy
Before his discharge lie had won his way
to the rank of captain, and held it to the
close of the war. Few men in this county
are better qualified for any public posi-.
'ion than is the captain, and none will
more conscientiouslv perform his duty.
In a recent letter congratulating him up.
On his nomination, Brigadier General n.