Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-10-06
The Democratic County Ticket.
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The Democratic County Ticket.
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Our hopes have been fully real
lied, that the county convention in
their deliberations. would give us
worthy and honorable men as our
candidates for the coming election.
They have done this in an eminent
degree, for which we feel gratified
beyond expression.
They have given us
RICHARD LANE
as a candidate for Sheriff one who
is well known or perhaps better than
any man in the county, who has
never been before the people as
candidate. Mr.. Lane has never asked
for any office through all his long
residence in Dodgeville, but it has
been through his business relations
as an active member of the firm of
F. w. Stratman & Co., that he has
acquired such extensive Scquaint-
ance throughout, not only Iowa
county, but also all the adjoining
counties. He was not candidate
before the convention, but that body
spontaneously and unanimously
nominated him on account of his
modest worth, and well known fidel-
ity to the interests of the people,
having served two terms as one of
the members of the board of trus-
tees of the village of Dodgeville.
BY the unanimous voice of the
convention they have given us
HON. WI. E. ROWE
for county treasurer. gentleman
whose name is familiar to every
person in the county who has at
any time been interested in public
affairs. An old an honored citizen;
one of the oldest settlers; one in
whom the people have contided the
most sacred trusts, and received
them all back again, most faithfully
executed; one who has always been
foremost in all public enterprises
which tended toward the promotion
of the welfare and well being of
society; and whose voice and purse
have ever been on the side OF right
and of the public good; and whose
courage to battle with designing pol
iticians, and to cry out against the
cruel and oppressive taxations OF
the people that have been practiced
for the last fifteen years, has never
failed, nor has his voice faltered; and
against whom no man dare to raise
his voice in reproach, but all must
unite to honor and respect.
The convention has also given to
us as a candidate for county Clerk,
WIN. II. KEANE,
a young man of superior ability and
unblemished character; who, through
his youthful years, served his people
we'll in many local offices with
which they had honored him. At
home among his neighbors he is the
very synonym of honesty and fidel-
ity, and he in every way fills our
ideal of modest worth and honor.
He has served his people as town
treasurer, and represented them
upon the county board of supervis-
ors, and always stood high and re-
spected in that body, and never
failed to receive the applause of his
neighbors for his action on the
board in behalf of their interests.
For the office of register of deeds
they have given us
GEORGE w. STRONG.
who is one of the most careful farm
ers and business men in the town of
Mifflin, ann whose modest and I'M
assuming habits are youched for by
an entire community of as good
people as the county contains, OF all
classes and creeds Of politicians and
christians; a man of great patience
and clerical ability, which are pre-
eminently requisite in the office of
register of deeds.
They have given us candidate
for clerk of the circuit court,
J. L. LEONARD,
of Mineral Point, and he receives the
highest commentator of all parties
among his neighbors, as young
man of superior clerical abilities,
having devoted greater part Of his
life to clerical duties on account of
the misfortune he sustained in being
crippled so as to necessitate the use
of crutches; and withal, young
man of sterling integrity, thoroughly
refined in all his habits.
They have given us again as
candidate for district attorney
THOMAS SCOTT ANsLEY,
who is so well known in Southwest
ern Wisconsin as to need no encom-
ium from our pen. Mr.. Ansley is
esteemed by the bar throughout the
Fifth Circuit as one of the clearest
minded men, the closest reasoner,
and altogether the finest rhetorican
that appears at the bar of the circuit.
His fine literary abilities never fail
to beget a pride in the people of the
county; and beside all that which
recommends him so favorably to the
people he is the embodiment of
honesty.
As candidate for surveyor, they
have given us
HON. ROBERT WILSON,
whose name is familiar to all, both
young and old, practical surveyor,
of the largest experience, and whose
work has come under the scrutiniz-
ing review of the courts in contested
cases, oftener than all the others
combined, and against powerful
assailants in forensic discussions has
remained unchanged.
For coroner they have nominated
PATRICK KING,
one Of the Oldest settlers and demo-
cratic fathers, and who takes IN
speakable delight in gazing upon the
large army of bright and intelligent
young democrats that are growing
up around him, and who will bear
him with songs in triumph to the
coroner's chair.
Among the many good actions
performed by the convention, there
are none better, or that effect the
interests of the people more directly,