New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-01
STRIFE IN ALBERT LEA.
THE GREAT CAMPAIGN OF WAXwORTH
AGAINST wAXwORTH.

Dahota n lonc way from New-York, l sdmit-so far
that You will doubtless he inclined to say " f'easc
dont!s When explain that want 10 tell soo
about our local politics here, you think you aoh III
tercsed In the local campaign In Albert Lea oouhes.
hut YOU don't know Of certain feature Of IL. VI
course there are the usual every aspects OF the
Albert Lea campaign. Colonel George, the lawyer, IL
cunning for the Legislature and Judgo hooer" o'e
other lawyer, is opposed TO him. Henry ooyN ~N
H. p Harkctt not having been able 70 take care
Of any Of their own money, are esch running ~"
County Treasurer. There Is considerable bitterness
over the candidates. of Drs starow ana su'la~a, ~
the Office of coroner each claiming that he should be
elected 80 that he can " sit on tie cases
Of sudden death produced by the other In MS reeuN
practice ] grieve to say that these two aoie pfac
titiopcrs have descended to personalities all urous"
the campaign. DR.. starew refers to Dr. buzla""s ~
TINT animated upas tree with his shoulder uhoer VIC
rate Of mortality boosting hard and DIE BusEaWay
said recently In speaking OF DR.. starow'
is not ft my hearers, that the mai
who produces ninetenths OF the sudden deaths IN our
fair county should be I'm a position TO mveSue"'
them officially And my good friend Hoinhocker mere
tells ME that the scoundrel Is about to open an under
takers Ship, too Down With the monopohstF
There are too--bear with me mOment longer ana
will come 10 the really unique feature q or
there arc. slso the usual charges against O""noi
George aid Judge iIobet, the aforementioned oahal
dat-s for the Legislature 1t has been discovered os
the opposition paper "The IrVnclad,' that Coiohci
George changed his name from Virgins wnen ne cao
out here from Pennsylvania five years ago. having
convicted of arson and escaping through "tecnni',s
in the county jail this being "The iroh'i"u
facetiols way of indicating broken par Oh one y,
prison windows. 1t calls him the ahas canu
delivered to us from the county jail by the manu- VI
an unluckv fate The other paper, "The Torpedo,
says this is an unjust e,' and then proceeds 10 .e
what I suppose it would call Just lie, about 'uuse
Hobert. 1t says that he was convicted lii Monis"n "
defraudng O. poor widow with fourteen chiiueh' "
didn't even have the grace TO change Ills hanio "
he came West. People are disposed 10 oee'o Wv
story but think that The Torpedo has put 'ne u.
her of the ladys children unnecessarily high But 's
whole matter OF excayating the States records OF
candidates is think to be deplored. The best PEG
pie have frowned on II since the earliest Ieiri'"'ia
days. Nv experience with 'cm IS that they ha'o OH
done quito enough meanness for all pracucai Poh""A
uurposes since they have been out here. Now, having
kent YOU waiting as long have Will tell you Vi
the feature of our campaign when MAKES IL ""'''"
from, AL other campaigns, ancient or nloueri'
Won know that we have woman suffrage In tni'
Slate 10 a certain extent. Our women are men, rs II
were in regard to school matters. We nave han
number of county superintendent OF sohoois HUN
among the sex In the State since the law was passed.
II is expensive sometimes. too nom the large huocf
OF special elections 1t makes necessary lou may
know about the perfectly bewildering matrimonial ia
cslties which this country affords. The unmarried
woman simplv can't remain in that state here The
f,ct that She is COUNTY superintendent OF public IN
st7qlction doesn't help her any. Down In Bon hohme
County they elected young woman superintendent,
wear ago. She celebrated her victory by marrying ue
comfy auditor and resiHnng Then they eiec"h aho'.
In two months she became the wife OF the shern
and she resigned. The sturdy electors OF bon
Uomme tried It again. No go In March she was
d 10 the altar by the county coroner and OF course
RESIGNED The voters Of Bon Homme were aroused
They elected another lady, this time OF extremely u
certain age but Of highly certain looKs-i mean 'i'i'
though a most estimable woman she WAS 1ar, 'er,
far from being a beauty. Inside OF month a'e
county treasurer and the judge of probate fough'
a. duel about her. The Judge survived-or all OF M"
except two fingers, at least-and married the iadS
She resigned her Office. The proud freemen OK bon
Uomme were crushed at last. They have had no
school superintendent since. NOW hVe ihch arc
running for the Office In Bon Homme' ana IL seenis
reasonable to suppose that one of them VIII get IL
Albert Lea decided TO profit by the experience
NJ Ron Homme "No unmarried superintendent
WINS the cry So whes, the Farmers Alliance party
met In convention they looked around for married
woman. with "A husband in good health, who would
take the Office They finally decided on MIS-
Halsey p waxworth, she Is known pont
cally OF course, Mrs. Cynthia Ann WaXworth'
She is an experienced teacher, ana woman
of great brain power. Her huspahu Is aiso
an old teacher and is called Professor waxworth. He
has always been in politics, more or less, and was
candidate for the independent nomination for the
Ieaislaiure When the Independent convention met
the Professor failed to have enough votes and MAJOR
Potts walked of with the prize. The Professor was
furious and threatened to bolt, which would have meant
the election OF the Farmers Alliance man. the Hon.
Rowland b. Merritt The Independents saw that some
thing must be done they said to the Professor he
Iii pafa far
tendent of schools" But" answered the Professor
nv wife has already been nominated for that Office
nv the Alliance foksp "Trle,' replied the lnde
pendonts @quite true Tell her To withdraw and you
will have clear field" The Professor made no audi
BILE reply but his looks said to have spoken several
large volumes. He sat down and was lost In Thought
hut later he announced In small voice, after look
ing over his shoulder, that he would accept have
decided though lie continued, "nOt to order Mrs.
Waxworh TO withdraw. am convinced that 1t would
not be good-er-polltlcs.'
Now Mr.. Editor. / claim that this is the first In
stance where woman and husband have been opposed
to each other for political office. Albert Lea stands
in the van Of human progress. There have been oil
course strange complications In Kansas since women
were emancpated, as, for instance, the case OF the
woman police justice at Silver Bird, who when she
wants all So bonnet has Ter husband brought before
her and fines him $40 for drunkenness, but RENTS the
fine upon his agreeing get the bonnet. But don't
believe that a married couple for the same
Office even in Kansas. The campaign OF the Wax
wortls has been interesting. Each has 5tumped the
county and "The Ironcad- supports the Professor and
The Torpedo Mrs. WaXworth. The novel encounters
between these two engines OF progress sometimes
wonderful TO witness The Ironclad' is bold and
grcssive and goes seaming abon Albert Lea with Its
big guns constantly laundering. "The Torpedo is
| quieer but it goes still hunts which pretty
nearly sublime, and sometimes. when g The lroncad'
runs on "The Torpedo unknOwingy, there Is sn
poslon that fairly lifts that important craft ont Of the
water The Ironcad" has claimed that Mrs. Wax
worth has not got the executive ability and force Of
character which is needed in the Office Of school super
| ntendent. The Torpedo has challenged the PrO-
| lessor to come out and himself. SO far this
| worthy gentleman has lodged the issue. Mrs. Wax
worth has attacked tho Professors educaton.s lie is
weak she has told The electors Of Albert Lea on vulgar