The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-11-09
BLUE EARTH COUNTY
Makes the CleaneSt Sweep in
Its History.
Eve ything Elected From Au-
ditor to Coroner
The Demo=POp Combine Given a
Merited Rebuke by the intel
ligent Voters.
This Has Indeed Been Campaign of
Education
From Wednesdays Daily.

Blue Earth county has done nobly
The entire Republican ticket is elect
ed by safe majorities, and the legisla
tive ticket has come under the wire
with a handsome margin. Never was
the county before swept SO clean by
any party. There are several reasons
for this great victory. In the first
place the Republicans placed in the
field a ticket of clean, able capable
men. Men, who by their straight
forward, business-lke ways and shigh
character, secured the confidence of
the people and retained it.
In the second place, the people were
thoroughly disguised by the Demo
Pop deal, by which it was sought to
trade and barter in offices as though
the people had not word to say in
the matter. But it was tried once too
often, and very properly resented on the
part of the voters of the county. The
people have declared that the desertion
OF all principle in mad rush for Office
will not be longer tolerated, and the
hopes of the gang were blighted as by
an October frost. Much praise is due
to those men who rose above all party
feeling and voted to rebuke the fusion
deal.
Again the Republicans made most
thorough canvass, and clean one in
every respect. There has been on
their part no mud-slinging nor person
alities either on the stump or through
the press, and because of this they
won the respect OF the people.
The senatorial contest has been a
hard fought one, but Mr.. Geo. T. Barr
has again shown his popularity as
vote getter and will walk away with
plurality of over 1900 and majority
of at least 400 over the three opposing
candidates. The legislative candidates
made good run and diStanced their
fusionists opponents by ashealthy mar
gain. From the incomplete semi
official returns which we have at hand
and which embraces all the towns and
wards in the county with the eXcep-
tion of four or five their vote was
AS follows:
Gilbert GutterSOn, 2499.
d. e. Cross, 2l79.
Nicholas Juliar, 2l5O.
Fl. c.. Howard, 1866.
Martin M. Pratt, 1921.
ThOS. O'COnnOr, 1888.
The towns of Beauford, Garden
City, Mankato, Pleasant Mound, Yer
non Center and the first ward OF this
city, from which we have not received
returns, two years ago gave the Re
publican legislative ticket an average
of $50 votes, and the Democratic
ticket an average of $50. So it will
be seen that if the Republicans keep
I'D their ratio of gains, the Republic
cans will have an average majority of
some 500 or more.
On the county ticket, the vote is as
follows;
County Auditor = P. A. Gunders,
1854: L. O. Randall, 2233.
Treasurer-Peter Lloyd, 3179; Mic.
bTuleS, LlLZ.
Sheriff-D T. Bowen, 2977; VIM. J..
Glynn, 2l93.
Register of Deeds-Oscar Bierbauer,
27S5; A. A. Buck, 2166.
Judge of Probate-G. w. Mead,
1892; VIM. B. Tory, 2O34.
County Attorney-C. L. Benedict,
1920: A. r.. Pau, 2007.
Surveyor-A. M. Haynes, 2773: J..
r ThOmnSOn 22lS
Coroner-Z Paddock, 1927; James
Shoemaker, 1896.
Clerk of Court = Stephen Thorne
23OO.
Supt. of Schools-Geo. w. Scherer
1862: W. r. Thompson, 1923; Mrs. S.
G.. Stevens, 1866.
Com I'd district = Robt. Roberts,
S67: John Mahowald, 633.
Com. 4th diStrict-A. M. Hannay,
355; w. w. Mobiles, 296.
On the congressional vote the Re-
publicans have made splendid gain
and give Mr. McCleary 27S9 against
1874 for Gen. Baker and 592 for L. c..
Long. The vote of the three or four
towns yet to hear from will bring Mr..
McCleary's vote up to fully 5000. He
will have plurality in the district of
at least 10000.
On the governorship, Nelson's vote,
with the Fifth ward, Beauford, Dan
vile, LIE Ray, MankatO town yet tC
hear from, is 252l Becker 1914, :and
Owen $50, Gov Nelson will have a
plurality of 1,500.
This is splendid showing for Blue
Earth county.