The Irish standard., 1888-06-16
\. CONVENTION NOTES.
Pen Sketches of the State Officers
Who Have Been Elected For
the Next Two Years.
IMPRESSIONS OF ST. CLOUD,
Did the Times Err 7-Some Names that
have a Strong Tendency Towards
Other Nationalities.
MARTIN NJ. SHIELDS.

| MARTIN NJ. SHIELDS,
State Delegate, was born in the city of
Whitewater, Wisconsin, December 10Th
1874, and consequently is in his thirty
fourth year. In the year 1855 he re-
moved with his parents to Richland
County, Wis, and there among it's ro.
mantle hills and crystal springs he
grew 20 manhood. He received his ed
ucation at the common school in the
district in which his father lived and
afterward at the High school at Rich
land Center. At the age of eighteen he
commenced his career as teacher, and
taught several terms in the public
schools Of Richland and Vernon coun-
ties and always with success, and had
the honor of subjugating some of the
most turbulent and beligerent youths in
that section Of the country. He was
unanimously nominated by the Demo-
cratic and Greenback conventions Of
Richland county in 1878 for the Office
of Clerk Of the court, but shared che
fate of the entire ticket which was de-
feated by small majority. He came
to Shieldsville, Mimi, in April, 1879,
and remained With his uncle until the
autumn Of that year, when he took
charge of the public school at st. Pat
rick, Scott County. La the spring and
summer of 1850 he attended Grove
Lake Academy, completing a course in
higher mathematics. latin and logic
under the direction Of the Principal of
that Institution, the Rey. D. J. Cogan.
Returned to Scott county in the SUM
mer of 1880 and taught the Belle Plaine
school during the school year Of 1880
and '81. Secured the principalship Of
the Jordan public school in September,
1881, which position he continued to
hold until December. 1882, when he re-
signed to assume the duties of the
Office Of County superintendent of
Schools. having been unanimously
elected at the election in the preceding
November, on the Democratic ticket.
He is now serving his third term as
County Superintendent, having been
reelected twice without opposition at
the polls. Mr.. Shields is a member of
the Scott county bar, having studied
law during his leisure hours, and was
| admitted to practice in June, 1885, and
! now holds the Office Of village attorney
Of Jordan. In politics he is a democrat,
believing that none but clean men
should be chosen as Representatives of
that party.
GEO. ~. GILTINAN,
who will serve the Order as State Secre.
tary for the ensuing two years, is a
resident Of Morris and is the present
county auditor Of Stevens county. He
was born in Philadelphia in 1853 and
came to Morris in 1876, where he began
farming quite extensively in the spring
of 1877. Mr.. (1iltinan graduated at the
Polytechnic College Of Pennsylvania as
civil engineer in 1873, his last engage
ment before coming west being that of
assistant engineer with the Centennial
Board Of Finance foi nearly two years
before and during the great exhibition.
In politics he is al answering Dem
ocrat; dis popularity was shown in De-
cember 1885 by an appointment as
County Auditor. which he received at
the hands OF a Republican board. In
the following year he became candi-
date for the same position and was the
only Democrat elected on the ticket in
that canvass. He has had some ex-
perience in The editorial profession,
having, in 1884, been editor of the Nor
ris Sun, then, as now, the only Dem
ocrat1c paper published in the AID legis-
latiye district. He is president Of Di-
vision l, A. o. H. of Stevens county
and secretary of the Stevens County Re-
form Club. Mr.. Giltinan is son-in-law
of Hon. Ignatius Donnelly, and is
gentleman highly respected wherever
known.
WIN. J. MURPHY
is one of the sterling young men of st.
Cloud. By action of the late A. 0. FL.
convention in that city he was chosen
by an unanimous vote to serve as State
Treasurer of the Order for two years,
deserved compliment. He was bora in
Dover, N. H., in 1857. While yet
child he, with his parents, removed to
r q urnnca Mass wI,ara tho c1hioof 0f
our sketch resided for about twenty
years. In 1881 he came to St. Cloud.
where he has since resided. He is one
of the sons of toll and for the past five.
years his time has almost wholly been
engaged as contractor and builder.
He is both honest and energetic, and