St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-02
FOR COUNTY OFFICES.
Men Who Have Been Nomi-
mated by Both Parties in
Old Hennepin.
Weighty Reasons Why There
Should Be Several Changes
Now.
Public Offices Should Not Be
Given to One or Two for
Life.
No One Swell Clique Should
Be Allowed to Dominate
the People.

10 the nelu Oy the TWO dominant partleS.
This bulk of the energey on both sides
| seems to have been directed toward
| furthcring the interests OF the city and
| congressional tickets. Yet the county
offices are every whit as important. 1t
| is necessary to have good men there too.
| What are the claims Of both the
parties? Upon what ground do the
various candidates ask for the support
of the people?
| Take for instance, the first name on
the Republican county ticket, that of
regitser of deeds. John F. Peterson,
| the candidate for that Office, has already
held the place for two terms, four years.
AS is well known the receipts of the
| register of deeds Office in the way of
fees are something enormous. A man
| can mass q competence in one term
| as register of deeds. In two
| terms he can almost become a
| capitalist. Peterson has already
reaped the benefits of the office for
four years. No man should be given a
| quitclaim deed to any office. John F..
| Peterson has no more right to have a
lucrative position conferred upon him
forever than any other man. He seems
/
| county owe him fortune. Does he
| deserve it? Has he any right to expect
| it? Scarcely. Admitting that he has
| conducted the Office of register Of deeds
| in an efficient manner, it is not good
| thing to continue one man in one place,
| and that rich one, for too long time.
| Out of such circumstances corruption
| arises. In no other way do scandals
arise in public places. Even If Mr.:
| Peterson has given, during his official
| life, no cause for adverse comment, it is
not well to open any door through
which abuse might enter. For that
reason John +. Peterson should be de-
feated.
J.F. PetersOn's Opponent.
Especially should Peterson be de-
feated when there is such a good man
against him as Julius Heinrich. Mr..
Heinrich, although a comparatively
young man. Is all old Minneap0litan.
He has lived here all his life. He is a
| man of business. man of energy. The
| man who conducts his own business In
an honest and successful manner can
usually be trusted to attend to the pub
lies business. MIR. Heinrich has been
successful in his own business, and no
man has ever said aught against him.
He would make good register of deeds.
A change in the conduct of any Office is
always desirable thing. Therefore.
Mr.. Heinrich should be elected.
What has been said concerning the
office of register of deeds applies equally
as we'll to that of county treasurer. w.
A. James has been county treasurer for
the past four years. He has no claim
upon the people of Hennepin county
which entities him to perpetual lease
of the office. He has been where he is
long enough.
His opponent is a man for whom to
cast o ballot should be pleasure.
There is no wOrthier candidate upon
any ticket in the state than ii. o. Peter
son. The best part of his life he
has spent in Minneapolis. He has car
ried out his own part and made name
city like Minneapolis total stranger,
without dollar in his pocket. and by
his own unaided efforts build up a
profitable business has the elements Of
American progress in him. This Mr..
Peterson las done. He Is now one of
the best known of Minneapolis business
| men. He has done more than any one
man in the city toward building up
South Minneapolis and advancing the
material interests of the inhabitants Of
that section of the city. More than
that, he is most estimable gentleman
and would bring to the Office of county
treasurer the methods of the careful,
conservative, successful man Of bust
ness.
County Attorneys Not Elected.
For several years now the office Of
county attorney has been looked upon
by the Republican party as an heirloom
| to be handed down from father to son,
inE 20 u
| secured the place four years ago by
sheer force of oratory. He bequeatned
| it to Robert Jamison. Now Jamison
| has turned it over to Frank NJ. Nye, who
seeks to have JamisOn's deed of gift in
| dorsed by the people. Why should they
indorse it? What right has the Repub-
lican party to say that one of the most
| important offices in the county shall be
| at the disposal of the man who happens
to hold it? Is this place. the gift of the
people, to remain the prize, the exclu-
siye property, of a clique of lawyers, to
be passed about among them as they
may see fit? Are the voters Of
Hennepin county satisfied to be
left with nothing to say on this
subject? But there is a reason why the
Office of county attorney is made an Of
flee of succession. In that way the Sc
crets of the office can best be preserved,
| No one who has kept abreast of public
| questions for the past four years doubts
but there has been considerable cover
ing up of deeds of darkness in the coun-
ty attorneys office. When the assistant
county attorney is promised the place as
soon as his chief has done with it, it
serves as Quietus to his scruples and
| conscience. Should this condition of
| affairs be allowed to continue longer?
Louis Than, of the firm of Davenport
& Than, is the Democratic candidate
for county attorney. Than is an able,
energetic lawyer, upright and straight
forward. Since he has been in the city
he has won an enviable reputation as
an attorney, and las taken prominent
place at the bar of Hennepin county.
He will give the county an able admin
istratlon of the Office.
Eye Versus Svvenscn.
| James Ii. Eye has been sheriff OF Hen.
nepin county for two years. While he
has been fairly good sheriff, nothing
can be said which will reflect credit on
the methods which he adopted in order
| to secure the office. He was elected by q
very small vote, the smallest received
by any man on the Republican ticket
which, in itself, is evidence that is
not particularly suggestive of Eyes
| strength. Now how did he secure the
nomination? Swensen was elected
sheriff in 1886. In spite of the advice
of friends to the contrary, he retained
Eye as deputy, looking upon him as "a
good fellow" While SWenson wa:
pursuing his duties as sheriff, Eye spen
his time in UNDERWRITING. Swenson ant
in setting up the pins for his own nom
NATION. There is an illustration O
gratitude. Eye is now pursuing methods
none the less disreputable, an explana
ton of which will be found in anothe,
column.
P. P. Swensen made one of the bes
sheriffs that Hennepin county ever N>d
In every way he is most popular and
, estimable gentleman. He could hav,
been nominated for the Office of reg
lister of deeds, in every way NOR,
lucrative position than the one he nov
seeks. But Swenson said no. lie wanted
| TO administer a rebuke to the method