The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-20
REPUBLICAN NOMINEES.

In the second district tile republi.
cans have nominated u strong ticket.
Each nominee being personally popu.
lar and having excellent records.
Mr.. w. NJ. IIolbrook who is nomi.
mated for senator, is one of the pioneer
merchants of the county. who has, by
fair dealing with the men whose votes
will elect him, built up one of the
most extensive businesses in the county
III the memorable campaign of 1885.
when the cold wave struck the repub.
lican party in this county, Mr.. IIol.
brook proved to be the strongest man
OIL the ticket, winning q victory over
Mr.. Appleton, his present opponent,
and Mr.. Twecdlie, for the office of
register of deeds, when almost every
other candidate on his side was snow.
cd under by big majorities. Mr.. Hol.
brook has shown his independence by
his well known fight against the Mani.
tOba railroad in the matter of trans.
portation Of grain, ETC., taking chanc.
es Of retaliation by the CO mpany.
which, in his immense yearly ship.
ments of goods might amount to
enough topractically ruin his business.
A man $" Thoroughly identified with
the interests of Pembina county, whose
business abilities are a matter of pub.
lie notice, is surely a safe and able
man, and u man whom Pembina coun.
ty wants to see in this first legislature
where so many questions of import.
ance are to be decided upon.
Mr.. Bergman, one of the nominees
for the lower house, is well known to
the public as Il good and faithful ser.
want, having served two terms rs
county commissioner and as u mem.
Der Of the territorial legislature. lie
is an Icelander by birth and is the
leading man Of his nationality in this
county. While always all earnest rep.
resentative of his conntrymen and
their good, yet he is thoroughly
Amoricanized and takes great interest
i'll the general affairs of this country.
He is we'll educated and intelligent, u
man whose thoughts are mature and
whose judgment is clear and excellent.
He is a member of the Alliance and
will make an excellent representative
for the second district.
John Stadelman is the choice of the
convention for the other representa-.
tive to the lower house and IL better
man could not have been selected.
He comes from the Dutch stock,
which settled in New York. New Jer.
'ey and Pennsylvania. in the days
when the English settled AIassachu.
'etts and Virginia, and whose personal
were so strong that
hey have impressed them upon their
defendants in all the generations that
have passed for two hundred and fifty
years. \ sturdy, cool, honest. indus.
,rious, frugal race, who have been
we'll represented at the front in every
war OH this continent, from the time
If Six Nations to the war of the re.
Dellion, race whose patriotism IS
proven and whose citizenship is a
bride of the country. Mr.. Stadelman
$ good representative of the blood
he inherits, and is blessed with cool
Judgment and good sense which comes
With that blood. lie has always been
IN earnest worker in the ranks of the
epGblican party and has never held
'ther than township Offices before.
lie is thoroughly posted in political
county and state matters and being a
PRACTICAL farmer will he particularly
he farmers's candidate.