St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-02
THE COUNTY TIChET.


have occasion to congratulate them
selves that they have such an excep-
tionaIly strong county ticket. The cam
paign is now drawing to close, and
yet, during the whole of it, not an ac-
cusation has been brought against
single candidate on the county ticket
rejecting either upon his. personal
worth or his fitness for Office. This is
something very remarkable, especially
in time of intense political excitement
such as we have had for the past two
months. The mud singers have been
on deck with malignant disposition to
throw dirt, but with all their reaching
and searching they have been unable
to find the mud. This is flattering to
the personnel of the Democratic ticket.
and the Circumstance justifies full
poll of the Democratic vote of this
county for the exceptionally clean
ticket.
RICHARD Z. O'CONNoR, who heads
the ticket as a candidate for clerk Of the
district court, is the present incumbent
of that office. How we'll he has dis
charged the delicate duties of that Office
can best be learned from the Judges of
our courts and the lawyers at the bar,
every one of whom will cheerfully tes-
tify to Mr.. O'CoNNoR'S ability and Off
cial integrity. He has been found to be
the right man in the right place, and it
is always a good thing to continue that
kind of man in office. The same
can be said of MICHAEL. F. KAN and
A. \. NELSON. who are filling the offices
of county auditor and county treasurer
respectively. and who are candidates
for reelection Oh the Democratic ticket
The office of auditor requires a peculiar
kind Of ability and more or less expert
ence on the part of the incumbent. Mr..
KAHN has both. No one has ever yet
had occasion to find fault with MIKE
KAIN,S management Of the auditor
Office. He has thoroughly mastered the
complicated duties of the Office, and
it is safe to say there is no man
in the county so we'll equipped
TOR a satisfactory performance of
those duties. The Office of county treas
urer is peculiarly responsible one, in
volving the handling of immense sums
of money, ana requiring the utmost ex-
actness in methods and the most scru-
pulous honesty. The office was never
in better shape than it has been under
Mr.. NELSON'S direction. OF the many
millions which have passed through his
hands not one cent has ever stuck to his
fingers, and never will. When the peo-
pie have found public servant so thor
oughly competent and honest as Mr..
NELSON they cannot afford to dispense
with his-serviees. Nor do they intend
to do so.
CHARLES l.. HAAS, the candidate for
register of deeds, needs no introduction
to the people of this county. He was
born in this city, and has grown up to
manhood here. There is no better
known man i'll the city, nor one better
liked. He has not been a political adj
venturer, nor chronic offlceseeker. bat
he is qualified for any office within the
gift of our people. The same is true of
THOMAS d. O'BRIEN, the candidate for
county attorney, and Capt. WILLIAM
HANFT, the candidate for sheriff. Both
of them are st. Paul boys, who were
born here of honorable parentage, and
have grown up to manhood winning
golden opinions for themselves from all
classes of society. Their fathers were
men of the highest character and ap-
proved integrity, and their boys are chips
of the old block. For his age Tom O'BRIEN
is to-day the best lawyer in ST. Paul.
He has had six years experience in the
city attorneys Office, and during that
time was the public prosecutor in the
municipal court. The city never had a
more faithful attorney, nor more sue
cessful prosecutor. So there can be no
question of his qualification for the Of
: flee of county attorney. BILLY HANFT
has been Oh the police force of the city
for seventeen years, and has risen by
merit to one of the foremost positions in
the service. His brass buttons are the
symbol Of honorable service in protect
ing the lives and property of our peo-
pie, and are not worn as ornaments for
a holiday soldier. JOHN 3. OLIVIER,
the candidate for probate judge, is one
of the oldest and most respected citi-
Zens Of this city, and his long service
in the Office of abstract clerk gives him
the peculiar training needed for the of
fee of probate judge.
Taken altogether, it is the best ticket
ever presented to the voters of this
county, and we are safe in saying it will
be elected by the largest majority a
county ticket ever received.