River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-09-29


most worthily bestowed.
Hon. Nils p. IIaugen, the nominee
for Railroad Commissioner, is person
ally known to most of our readers and
needs no introduction by us. AS the
popular Circuit Court Reporter of the
Eighth Judicial Circuit for number
of years, he became we'll known
| throughout the circuit, and as an ae-
tive member of the Assembly in 1879
and 1880 he became known by many
OF the leading men of the State. lie
is the representative of the Scandina-
Wan nationality upon the ticket, a
practicing attorney and possesses the
ability to ill the position to which he
has been nominated in an acceptable
manner.
Phillip L. Spooner, Jr., the nominee
for Commir Toner Of Insurance, during
the past three and one-half years as
an incumbent of that office, has DEM
onstrated his eminent fitness for the
position. He has for years made the
business { insurance an especial study
and there is probably no man in the
State better qualified for the office
than he.
Upon the ticket both the German
and Scandinavian nationalities are rep
resented i'll the persons of Messrs.
Timme and Haugen respectively, while
the soldiers find recognition in the per-
sons of Messrs. Rusk and Timme. The
distribution by Congressional districts
is as follows: Rusk from the It'll,
Flfield from the Sth, Timme from the
1st, McFetridge from the 9Th, Frisby
from the 4th. Graham from the 9th,
Haugen from the 18th and Spooner
from the ID. It will be seen that the
Sd district gets left while this district
is given two candidates. 1t is under
stood that the Sd district had two cam
didates for Lieutenant Governor and
in trying to kill each other off they
nominated Filield. Then it had can
didate for Railroad Commissioner, but
up to the nomination Of this officer no
Scandinavian had been put on the
ticket and our mutual friend Haugen
knocked the persimmons, thus leaving
that district without candidate. The
legislature is expected to rectify this
matter by putting Vernon county, with
Gen. Rusk, into that district next win
ter.
Hon. R. j. Flint, of Menomonie, the
nominee for State Senator, has already
served the people of Dunn county in
both Senate and Assembly and demon
strated the wisdom of the choice OF
his constituents in electing him to do
so. He will prove an energetic and
efficient representative of the inter-
ests of the people, and his nomination
is one that we cheerfully endorse.
Hon. f. L. Gibson, of this village,
was nominated for a reelection to
the Assembly, and this action on the
part of the county convention is an in
dication that his record in the last
legislature was guncrdify satisfactorily
to his constituents. lie was popular
with his fellow-members and will take
leading rank on the floor of the next
Assembly as well as on the more i'm
portant committees.
For County Superintendent OF
Schools, Mr.. Amos Rosenberger, OF
Maiden Rock, was placed in nominal
tion. Mr.. Rosenberger has for num-
Der of years been a successful teacher
in the public schools of our county,
and as the efficient conductor of the
educational column of the JOURNAL
has become quite generally known to
our readers. lie will bring to the dis
charge of his duties in this important
position practical knowledge of the
needs of our schools, SO essential to
the success of Superintendent, and
we venture to predict that he will
make popular officer.
We have thus sketched the personnel
of our ticket and briefly noted its lead
| ing features, bespeaking for it that
| consideration at the hands of the peo-
pie to which its merits entitle it.
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