Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-07-07
POLITICAL POINTERS.

POLITICAL POINTERs.
As yet we hear of no opposition to
Sam sweningsen for Clerk of the Court. |
The veteran soldier, Allan Mollison. |
has no opposition in his own party for
Sheriff. -@- a..
They say Doc HOLSTER is q candidate
for Senator, and that he has large fol-
lowing.
Ed 8. Hoppin. Of Pleasant Valley, 10
the coming representative from the north
district.
1t looks now as though the old officers
would not exactly have walk-awsy in
the convention.
We hear J. J. Furlong's name men
toned as the Alliance Democratic candi-
date for Senator.
IT'S said that J. D. Allen of Leroy is
willing to be either Representative or Sen
ator. However, we doubt his candidacy
for either.
Henry w. Lightly is candidate for
Representative from the North district
and will undoubtedly receive the re-nom-
ination without opposition.
That old veteran. 8. Bostwick of Frank.
ford, is candidate for Register OF Deeds.
We understand Robert Eckford of Grand
Meadow. is also q candidate for Register.
The Republican County Central Com
mittee is as follows: E. C. Dorr. Of Aus
tin. chairman; G. A. Roy of Leroy; H. B.
Sheldon of Grand Meadow; Geo. Rolph
of Brownsdale; Hans G. Anderson of Ne
vada.
Oscar Ayers will be a candidate for
Senator before the coming Republican
convention. Oscar is as industrious as
the 'busy bee" aud if he does not get the
nomination it will not be because he did
not try.
The South Representative District Com
mittee is: w. T. Wilkins. H. w. Elms
aud John Fisher. all of Austin. This is
a one-sidea apportionment. Two Of this
committee ought to have been taken from
outside towns.
The Farmers Alliance Of Grand Mead
ew. at a meeting June 26th, instructed
their Secretary to notify the Austin ALI
snce that they endorsed the movement
for Farmers Convention this fall, and
would CO operate with them.
The Republican Committee for the
North Representative District is: R. Eek
ford of Grand Meadow. chairman; s. ].
Saubern of Racine; Robert johnson Of
Waltham; w. n. Corbitt of Marshall;
Alvah Hunt of Grand Meadow.
They say Prof. Elicit Of Brownsville
is candidate for County Superintendent.
There's no use trying to defeat Mr.. Bel
den. 1t can't be done. He makes the
best Superintendent We have ever had,
and we can't afford to trade him off for
an uncertainty.
w. w. RanneY of Grand Meadow would
like to live in Austin providing he could
get to be Probate Judge. Next to our old
friend. Ormanzo Allen, there Is no man
in Mower county we think better quail
fed to fill that position, and no one
whom we would take more pleasure in
supporting.
For County Auditor. s. J. Sanbsrn Of
Racine. aud Charles H. Wiibour. the pres
ent deputy. are the prominent Republi-
can candidates. Mr.. Sanbsrn is an
old stand by in the party, and has
friends; but there Is no doubt that Mr.
Wilbour is the best qualified, and will
come into the convention with q strong
following.
| The prominent Democrats of Austin
are figuring on grand farmers and la
borer's" boom this fall. They are willing
to divide the nominees with the Alliance.
Every farmer should know that these
movements are generally engineered by
demagogues, and that their interests are
not nearly as safe in their hands as they
would be in the hands of the Republican
party.
We understand Lyman D. Baird has
said recently that he would not be can
didate for County Attorney this fall. Mr..
Baird has been doing we'll the past year
in real estate and collections, and we pre-
sumo he prefers q steady income from an
independent, legitimate business. to an
income from an Office which is trouble
some and expensive to secure, and has
only limited tenure.
The Dexter correspondent of the TRAN
SCRIPT still adheres to the idea that Mr..
Requa should have been 3 candidate for
the legislature. It seems to US that the
main desire of few in Grand Meadow
and Dexter to run Mr.. Requa for repre-
sentive was for the purpose OF beating
nr. Hoppin without any regard to the
prospects of Mr.. ReQua. We may add
that Mr.. Requa was never = Iwllling can
d,dste for the legislature. Another thing
that If Mr.. Case 10 nominated by thu
Republicans, . Democrat will be elect
ed to that office.-Grond Msado,o Record
The next Republican convention o.
Mower county ought to adopt the follow
, ing resolution by unanimous rising
vote:
Resoleed, That the Republican party will
not support for county Office any maj
who is an habitual drinker Of intoxicating
liquors.
We have seen the baneful effects o
whisky drinking upon several Of ou
county officers, and the party canno
longer afferd to take chances. Give any
habitual drlnker time enough. and he viii
surely become drunkard. The Law
ought to 20 farther than the proposed res
olution. aud require every oface-holder ia
be teetotaler.
II 10 Z fact new too generally known t,
require any announcement, that MI. Il. 3
Hoppin 10 . candidate for Representative
from this district. and it is perhaps, .
well understood that he 10 not rsilroa!
official nor an attorney. He is, and q
ways has been farmer, and depends en-
tirelv upon farming for the support Q
himself and family. II the people wan
, TO elect man who will be IN their inter
est, q man who cannot be made tool OF