Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-09-20
TIE COUNTY CANDIDATES.
Ssmething About the Men Who Are The
Democratic Champions This Year.


and men whom we do not hesitate to
recommend to the voters as being
worthy of your votes. They are not in
this fight for fun nor for any ulterior
motive; none of them solicited Il nomi-
nation at the hands of the convention,
but they are loyal to democracy and
will make an aggressive fight to uphold
the party principles and carry the
democratic banner honorably to victory
or defeat.
They will not descend to abuse or
vilification of their opponents, but will
use all honorable means to win, trust
ing to your good sense and judgement
and to the undying principles they
maintain.
We have endeavored to ascertain
something of their antecedentS, their
past life, their ability, and taking them
in the order in which they appear on
the ticket we will tell the readers of the
DEMOCRAT what We know OF them:
JAMES W. CLARKE,
The candidate for county attorney,
was born Dec. %, 1852, on d farm IN
upper DE Kalb county, Tennessee. He
was reared as farmer boy, getting his
earlier education by attending the
academy in the fall and winter and
working on the farm in>the spring and
summer. In January, 1879, he gradu-
ated from the law University at Leba-
non, Tenn, having ranked first in all
his studies, and gaining thereby the
lifelong friendship and appreciation of
his fellow students and the University
faculty. In November 1854 be came to
Great Bend and opened an Office for
the practice of law, and has made his
home here since that time. AS an
attorney he has been reasonably sue
cessful in all his undertakings. and in
ability and integrity ranks far above
his competitors in the present race for
the county attorneyship. If elected he
will use the same care and earneStnesS
in looking after the interests of the
taxpayers of the county that he has
used in dealing with the many clients
who trusted their business to him, and
we feel that the good sense, the good
judgement of the voters of Barton
county will cause chem to place him in
charge of the legal affairs of the county
for the next two years.
JOHN H. BEMENT,
Candidate for probate judge, was
born in Gerard county, Kentucky, in
1916. From there he removed with his
parents, in 1856, to northern Missouri,
and remained there until the spring of
1878, when he located on a farm in
Clarence township, on April 2Sth OF
that year. He has been resident of
Clarence township continuously since
then, except for short time that he
was in business in Great Bend. He has
coed, commercial education, studied
law for two years with Sam Maher,
passed an examination and was adj
mitted to the Barton County Bar in
1881, and while in Great Bend
| lin 1867 we believe) was one of the
! firm of Day & Bement, attorneys and
real estate and collection agents. He
is good penman, accurate mathema-
tician and in every way well qualified
to perform the duties of probate judge.
He was the democratic candidate for
district clerk in 18-, being defeated
| by A. G. SchermerhOrn, the republican
nominee. Mi. Bement has, for the
| past few years, maintained an Office in
! Pawnee Rock, where he is looked upon
! by all the country round as a safe and
careful man 10 whom they entTust their
! legal business, and every voter in the
county who desires the Office Of probate
! iudge-an Office of so mach Importance
to the widows and orphans-to be
| placed in competent and trustw orthy
| hands should not hesitate to cast their
votes for John FL. Bement.
WILLIAM STECKEL,
The candidate for clerk of the district
court. was born at Fon du Lac, Wis
consin, in 1868, being now in his 31st
year. He is the second son of Hon. F.
A. Steckel, deceased, well known and
respected in this county, and the dem
ocratic candidate for representative,
against D. n. HeiZer, in 1878. Will
liam removed with his parents to st.
Charles, Minnesota, where they resided
until 1874, when they came to Kansas
and located at Ellinwood, his present
home. MIR. Steckel is a courteous. affa-
BILE gentleman; besides good common
school education, he has a
thorough commercial training
| that fits him for any posi-
tion of public trust, and especially is
he well qualified TO take charge of the
! legal office Of clerk of the court He is
a Barton county boy having spent
almost his entire life here. and holds
the confidence aud esteem of all with
whom he has come in contact. No
possible mistake can be made by elect