Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-26
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.


opportunity to get acquainted with the
gentlemen whose names appear OH the
democratic ticket for reelection to the
county offices, it will not be out of place
for US to say word in their behalf.
That they were all nominated by ac-
clamation at the convention on the 14th
inst. is Indicative of the fact that
they were recognized as being the best
men to be found for the several offices,
and we predict that their election in
November will strongly emphacise the
action of that convention.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER
Leonard NJ. Krause came to Barton
county, from near Elmira, N. Y, in
1873, and located in Walnut township,
where he was careful and industrious
farmer. He was trustee of his town.
sbip.for eleven years, and in that Office
was faithful and earnest in looking
after the interests Of the farmer. Two
years ago he was elected to the office
of county treasurer by good majority,
and he has filled that office with credit
to himself and profit to the people. He
has been careful in his business, and
his books and monies have ever been
found correct by the county examiners
of the office. He has been of valuable
assistance to all Germans having busi-
ness in the court house, and is always
willing to assist where his services are
needed.
COUNTY CLERK.
The democratic nominee for county
clerk, d. r. Jones, is perhaps as widely
known as any man in Barton county,
having lived in the county, as a farmer.
business man and county clerk, for the
past fifteen years. Two years ago he
was elected to the office he now holds,
and though at the time he took posses
sion the books and papers of the Office
were in terrible diSordered con-
dition because of having been moved
and jumbled together while the new
vaults were being put in, he now has
everything in perfect order and
thoroughly systematized, without any
assistance whatever from his predeces
SOr. He has been accommodating at all
times, and has never left the Office
without leaving a competent assistant
in his place. Being careful in figures
and painstaking in all things, his books
do not show an error check mark :
something that cannot be said about
the books of many of his predecessors
in the Office. He has served on the
city council of Great Bend, having been
president of that body. and enjoys
the confidence and respect of all fair
minded people.
REGISTER OF DEEDS.
The office of the reg lister of deeds
has been considered the most difficult
of all the county offices to fill, but our
candidate, Frank G.. Strothman has
fully demonstrated that he is master
of the situation. Mr.. Strothman has
been resident of Barton county most
of the time since 1880. He was a
farmer in Logan and Lakin townships,
and for three years previous to his
election was clerk in Manglesdorf's
store, EllinwOod. He was not a
candidate for the Office he holds until
placed in nomination through the en-
thusiastic and unanimous effort of his
many friends in the east side of the
county. Mr.. Strothman speaks, reads
and writes German huently, and in
that has proven himself a great help to
many of the farmers of Barton county.
1t is a noticeable fact that he has saved
our people many dollars since he went
into Office by reducing the fees to 20 to
80 per cent. less than in any other
county i'll the state. His records are
pronounced, by men who are in a
position to Judge, to be the best kept
set of registers books in the state.
SHERIFF.
Frank D: Wilson, the democratic
nominee for sheriff, like all the other
candidates on our ticket, needs no
introduction to our readers. He is one
OF the best known and most popular
men in the county, and has made one
of the best sheriffs we ever had. For
several years before his election in 1887
he had served as deputy sheriff, and
for the last two years he has fulfilled
the duties of his office to perfection.
He has long been a resident of the
county, and his knowledge of the peo-
pie and their circumstances has en-
abled him to grasp the situation and
do many "a deserving man lasting
benefit through his official capacity.
He is lone of the people" wherever he
is, plain, unostentatious, and uncom-
promising in the performance of his
duties. He asks that the people sup
port him for reelection on the simple
grounds that he has served them well
and faithfully, and will do SO again.
He has made constant study of his
duties and has neglected none of them,
and we believe the verdict of the voters
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