The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-17


will be found the announcements of
number of well known citizens of the
county who desire to have their
names considered by the Republicans
at the approaching primaries and con-
vention
FOR COUNTY CLERK.
Having served one term as county
Clerk, and made success of it, Mr..
James Wakefield naturally and pro-
perIy desires to succeed himself And
so far as yet appears nobody proposes
to object. Mr.. Wakefield has made q
model officer. He is always at his
post, careful, courteous and attentive,
and doing his work to the entire sat
isfactiOn, so far as we have ever
heard, of all who have business with
the office or who know anything
about its management. So far as ap-
pears now his nomination will be a
mere formality and his reelection a
foregOne conclusion.
FOR SHERIFF.
Substitute Sheriff for County Clerk
and &. G.. Ausherman for James
Wakefield, and what is written above
could be duplicated here and fit the
case as if it. were made to order. AL
len county has rarely made a mistake
in choosing a sheriff, and it certainly
got one of the best when it selected
Charlie Ausherman. His admins
tratiOn of the office has justified all
the promises that were made for him
before his election, and the people
will undoubtedly award him q second
term as the seal of their approval.
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS.
Although serving only his first term
as Register of Deeds, j. G. COffield is
not quite so fortunate as the clerk and
the sheriff, as he will not have a
clear field. He says he is not at all
alarmed, however, and is entirely
willing to submit his chances to the
people. The abstracters and real es-
tate men who are most familiar with
the books in his office say they are in
accurate work. He has given the du-
ties of the office his personal atten-
ton, and indeed has done the greater
part of the work himself ever since he
took charge, and his courteous, unas-
Stunning demeanOr as well as his Off
cial ability have held old friends and
made new ones.
MIR. Homer Fowler, who will con-
test for the office of Register of Deeds
with MIR. Coffield, is one of the prOmi-
nent young farmers of Usage town.
ship. He was born in Ohio in 1860
and came to Kansas in 1881, locating
on the farm where he now lives. He
was active in the work of building
Wesley Chapel, the NJ. +. church
which is near his home and has been
a steward and trustee of the church
ever since it was built. He has held
various school and township offices
but was never before candidate for
a county office. He is member of
the A. o. U. W., and NJ. w. of A.
Mr.. Fowler is an energetic and indus
trious farmer and his neigh bors have
entire confidence in his ability and
integrity as is shown by the fact that
he has been clerk of the school district
for the past seven years. He would
BILE attention to the office should he
receive the nomination and election.
FOR TREASURER.
AS the law limits the number of
consecutive terms during which one
man may hold the office of county
treasurer, Mr.. Nelson is not ain itn
this year, and hence the race is free
for all. And it is being freely engag-
ed in.
Perhaps the best known of all the
competitors for this place is Mr.. Will.
lam Cunningham, of lola. Mr.. Gun
ningham, as every body knows, held
the office for the two terms that eX-
pired when Mr.. Nelson entered the
office, and everybody knows, too, that
he made one of the best treasurers
Allen county ever had. Probably ne
man ever held office in this county
who entered and left it with a greater
degree of personal popularity. Mr..
Cunningham recognizes that there is
a prejudice against third term gen.
orally, but he is sure that he will
make none the worse officer for hav-
ing already learned the business, and
he hopes the people will take the
same view of it.
Robert Warren, of Usage, is one
of the successful farmers of that
splendid township. He was born in
Ireland and like most of the sons of |
that romantic land is a genial, whole |
hearted man whom it is a pleasure to |
meet. He located in Douglass county |
when he first came to Kansas, but in |
1879 he came to this county and |
bought the farm he still owns. He is |
a man of the highest moral character |
and has managed his own affairs with |
prudence and discretion. He has al
ways been an active Republican but |
this is the first time he has ever been
a candidate for any office. He is
an active canvass of the coun-
ty and is making friends wherever he
goes.
J. II. Hamilton is another man who
is well known in the Republican poll
tics of the county, having been an &C
tive working member ever since he
came to the county. His immediate
is largely Populist, but
be never has wavered from mis- allie
glance TO sound Republicanism. Mr.
Hamilton is a Pennsylvania by
birth and lived there until 1879 when
he came to Kansas and settled on a
farm which he still owns and works.
He was trustee of his township for
two consecutive terms, but aside from
that has held no office. He is a
Christian gentleman and would no
doubt fill the office with credit if he
should prove to be be the choice of his
party at the Primaries.
NJ. l.. Decker, of Elsmore, is one ofthe
Did "residenters," having first landed
n Allen county in 1859 and located on
A farm in Usage township which he
still owns although he no longer lives
here. He is an old sold Ier having