The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-09-15
THE COUNTY DEMOCRACY

The COUNIY Y.
The Young Democrats in Charge of the
Machine
The County Democracy is prepar-
ing to play ball. The old ringsters,
whe have SO long allowed the machine
of the unterrifed faith to sink into
comparative wantonness, have been
shelved,. and younger generation,
Democrats by descent, have assumed
charge of the rickety old machine,
cleaned it up and oiled the same as
best they know how. Fred Gley and
Frank Birkenmeyer, two local spirits
of Democracy, together with Edward
Lewis, the practical and theoretical,
progressive by protection, Democratic
farmers of Sherman, have temporarily
been transmigrated into valves, pis-
tons, and exhaust pipes, and are going
to coerce the followers of Grover to
make all the noise they can for the
next two or three months.
AS will be seen, by a glance at an
other column of the GAZETTE, the call
for the Democratic convention has
been made public. The convention
will be held in Lamberton, Oct. 4
that village having the only hall in the
county large enough to stand the yell
ing of the sachems. Prof. Hammond,
the Democratic candidate for con-
gress, will be there, and will spread
the eagles wings-providing the
eagle is feeling we'll that day. Kim
Glasscoe will see that no one escapes,
and Aid. Bager will repair all injured
feelings.
But to depart from sarcasm, few
candidates have already appeared in
the arena. candidates, not in the
strict sense Of the word, Or that thay
are seeking Slice, but gentleman
brought out by Democratic leaders
who, those leaders declare, should be
willing to sacrifice themselves for the
good of the party.
Frank Schandera, a Democrat of
good standing, at present county COM
missioner from the Lamberton dis
trict, is spoken of as candidate for
representative. This may be sur
prise to some, who have supposed that
the Democracy would indorse Andrew
Stewart, the Peoples Party favorite,
for that Office, but pure party senti-
ment, running in the veins of Red
wood County Democrats, declares
that they will win or die under a
straight Democratic flag. No one
knows whether Mr.. Schandera will ac-
cept or not, but Chairman Gley is con-
fident that he will.
The county authorship candidacy
is an uncertain quantity as yet, no
names having been mentioned, and
no announcements made. A small
hint has it that Clark Shaver would
make good auditor, but as the nom
ination is not equivalent to an election,
by long ways, Mr.. Lewis may also
decline to enter the contest.
Willow Lake township has always
been the hot bed of Democracy. Re
publicanism has been treated cold dly-
ice cold, as it were, and not even the
beaming rays of a sun glass appeared
to affect the true of the township
Consequently, as reward, for this
undying love, Willow Lake is to be
offered a place on the ticket, and
Matt Jenninges, at present town clerk,
is scheduled to go on as candidate
for county treasurer.
Frank Birkenmeyer, young in years,
but old in Democracy, time tried and
fire tested, and never found lacking
the required weight to make good
Democrat, will be "in it, - if the wheels
go around properly. He is in the
race for the nomination of clerk of
court,a ,and promises, in case he receives
the nomination, to make things lively
for month or so-in other words to
go at it on true Andrew jackson
principles.
For register of deeds no one has
put in an appearance, and George
Evans may have the pleasant oppor-
tunity Of knocking down that plum
without the use of footstool, box
or ovon q sheet Of nanar