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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-09
AUGUST It. KOERNER.
Republican Candidate for State
Treasurer

August Koerner, the Republican can
didate for state treasurer, was born in
Germany July Z, 1913, and emigrated
to this country when fourteen years
of age. He lived with his sister in
Missouri until 1860, when he went to
Vernon, Ind, to learn the milling BUSH
ness. The war of the rebellion fired
the ardor of the eighteen-year-old Ger
man lad, resulting in his enlistment in
the Sixth Indiana and re-enlisted in the
Twenty-siXth Indiana volunteer i'll
fantry. His service for the stars and
stripes covered a period of four years
and three months, during which he was
in seventeen battles, including the
siege Of Vicksburg, and received Il
wound in the left arm from a minnie
ball at the battle of Prairie Grove.
After the close of the war he went
to Troy, ILL.,, and engaged in book
keeping. In 1865 he made 4 trip to
Minnesota, where he was married to
Miss Katie McGannon; in 1867 he
moved to Minnesota, and settled on q
farm in Meeker county, but after los
ing three successive crops by hail and
graSShOpperS he abandoned farming
and engaged in clerical work in Itch
field. In 1877 he was elected register
of deeds, a position which he occupied
for three successive terms, each time
by an increased majority. In 1890 he
was appointed postmaster at Litchfield,
which position he resigned to accept
a seat in the 1893 legislature, to which
he was elected by handsome plural
ity, in one of the most determined polit-
ical contests ever known in the cOun-
ty. He was a member of the Repub-
lican state central committee for a
number of years, from which he re-
signed when he became candidate
for state treasurer. His faithful and
efficient service in these various posi-
tons, and his recognized integrity and
ability resulted in the warm support
which made him the nominee for state
treasurer; in 1894, securing his election
by the largest vote, with one exception,
given any state officer.
Mr.. KOerners administration of the
treasurer's office during the past two
years has been such as to win the
hearty appreciation Of all classes Of
business men, without distinction of
party. He has faithfully and intelii-
gently served the best interests Of the
state and people, with partiality to
none, allowing no personal friendships
or prejudices to swerve him from a
thorough administration of the states
finances upon the strictest business
principles. Though his first term of
office has included the financial strin-
gency that caused several banking in
situations to close their doors, the
states interests therein have been
managed with such ability as to in
sure it's treasury against loss, and all
investments have been made with the
ccution and prudence that can only
be achieved by close personal attention.
Mr.. Koerner was nominated by the
Republican convention for reelection
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-09
JOHN L. GIBBS,
Republican Candidate for Lieutcn-
ant Governor


John L. Gibbs was born in Bradford
county, Pa, May 3, 1888. He received
an academic education; graduated
from Ann ArbOr law school in 1861.
and admitted to the bar; was elected
county attorney of Freedom county in
1862. His occupation outside of his
state duties is that of a farmer. He
served five terms in the legislature of
Minnesota, beginning with the session
of 1864. He was speaker of the house
of representatives in 1877 and also in
1885. Jan. 10, 1881 he was appointed
by Gov. A. r. McGilI railroad and
warehouse commissioner, and was re-
appointed by Gov. Merriam. He is
married and his present residence is in
FreebOrn county. He was prominent
member for speakership honors before
the last session of the legislature.
Like Gov. Clough, John l.. Gibbs is q
Self-made man; from bOyhOod working
his way on a farm, earning money to
pay for an education, and ever since q
toiler with hands and brain. Mr. Gibbs
is practical farmer, not of the prOliX
or fancy sort, but one who to-day holds
the plow and milks the cows of his
famous herd. When a mere lad he
a Woodworking farmer boy. He paid
his way through the common schools
and SusQuehanna college, and gradu-
ated from Ann ArbOr law school. He
came West upon Greeley's famous adj
vice, in 1860, leaving the railroad in
Illinois, where his money gave out,
and then, by force of circumstances, he
walked through Iowa and into Mime
sofa as far as Albert Lea. There he
taught school for one year, and then
settled in Geneva, Freeborn county,
where he has been engaged in practi-
cal, everyday farm labor to the pres
ent time, a period of thirty-four years.
Few men in the Northwest have done
more for the agricultural interests of
Minnesota than John l.. Gibbs. He
has conducted his agricultural efforts
in a progressive and successful man.
ner. With the welfare of his farmer
friends at heart, he has ever been at
the front in giving them the benefit of
his own study. With voice and pen he
has done more for the farmers of Min
nesota than any other man in the state,
and his work in this line has been en-
tirely unselfish, and solely to improve
wrists. Twice he has been put forward
by the farming interests as a guberna-
torial candidate, and as the coming
lieutenant governor and presiding Off
Ger of the senate, he will have rare
opportunity, that he will not be slow to
embrace, in the appointment of COM
mittees in the interests of public and
private agricultural welfare.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-09
HENRY w. CHILDS.
Republican Candidate for Attorney
General


The Republican candidate for attor-
ney general was born in Onandaga
county, New York, in 1913, was educat-
ed primarily in the public schools of
that county and finished his education
in 4 course at the seminary of the
central conference of New York, sub
sequently taking up the study of law
while engaged in educational work as
q teacher in one of the high schools
Of that section. He opened an office
and practiced law in the city of SYRIA
cllse until 1888, when he removed to
Minnesota and here resumed his pro-
fessional work in Fergus Falls, Otter
Tail county. In 1887 he was chosen
as the assistant of Attorney General
Clapp, and held that position during
the six years of his ncumbency of the
office In 1892 and 1894 Mr.. Childs
ran rs the Republican candidate for
attorney general, and in each case was
elected by a majority which was a
fiattering testimonial to the esteem in
which he was held by the party and the
people of the state at large.
While acting as the assistant of Gen.
Clapp Mr.. Childs displayed great abil-
ity in the handling of the difficult cases
which were intrusted to him, and some
of the hardest fought cases which ever
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-09

Meanwhile, at the age of twenty-five,
Gov. CIough had chosen from among
the fair maidens of the neighbOrhood
one whom he admired above all others,
and it is still his boast that the best
deal he ever cOnSummated was when
he led gentle Addie Barton to the altar
and made her his wife, to share his
successes and enjoy the prosperity
which he has won at such cost of bodily
toll and mental eXertiOn. The simple
happiness and congeniality of their
lives has passed into Il proverb among
their friends, and in all his busy life
of commercial care and political veXa-
ton there is one thing the governor
always has time to do, and that is to
contribute an hour, or day, if need
be, to the pleasure Of his wife.s 70
them have been born three children,
only one of whom lived to the age of
maturity, the others dying in infancy.
The governors only child, Nina, is
the wife of Roland H. Hartley, prom
inent Minneapolis business man, and
a brother of the well known GIL"
Hartley of Duluth. Gov. Clough is
also grandfather, for Mrs. Hartley
is the mother of handsome boy, who
bears the name of Edward, and whose
portrait is comprised in the family
group herewith presented.
Drifted Into Politics.
The question has often been asked,
how did Dave Clough, a hard-headed
practical man of business, come to
drift into politics? The true answer
has never, to the knowledge of the
writer, been given. About ten years
ago, that is to say in 1880, there was
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-09
indiscriminately in the path Of the

indiscriminately in the path Of the
current pressing above; lines fitted to
block and tackle, with a wicked-lOOking
swamp hook to catch the key log of
the rOllway are worked by horses on
the shore and a start is thus made
toward moving the great body of logs
from its bearings. But it is essential
that n few men, ready with cant-hook
or peavey, should be out upon the
logs in order to operate the lines so
that the key logs may be set in motion.
All this tine the volume of water above
is swelling in volume and pressing
against the obstruction to force its
way into the natural channel. After
great eXertion of man and beast, an
an opening is finally effected, and the
stream of water begins to Seethe and
boil and roar like Il tempest 1t is no
uncommon occurrence to see logs two
or three feet in diameter broken and
Shivered by the pressure above, and as
the great mass begins to tOtter and
move, the driver realizes that he has
no time to wait for an invitation, but
must pull for the shore" in veritable
prose fact, if he ever escapes with his
life There are probably no statistics
in existence to show the number of
men who have lost their lives in the
course of such work as that above out
lined, but a hundred would certainly
not go above the mark for the upper
Mississippi alone.
1t not infrequently happens that when
the break occurs the men are not all
able to reach the shore, and when this
occurs, the man who is left on the logs
has to take his chances of life in bat
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-09
HON. ALBERT BERG.
Candidate for Secretary of State,
Republican Ticket.

Candidate for Secretary of State.
Republican Ticket.
The portrait Of Secretary of State
Albert Berg is an excellent likeness,
and bespeaks the vigorous young man
hood and genial and jovial disposition
so well known to all his acquaint-
ances. Secretary Berg has performed
his official duties during the present
term. in an able manner, and Will be
reelected by rousing majority. In
the election of 1894 he erceived 4,l5S
votes more than Nelson for governor.
and ran ahead of the highest vote fol
any state officer by 1,721. while his
majority was 1,720 more than that Of
any other state officer.
Albert came from hardy and patri-
otto stock. his father. Jonas Berg, Etv-
ing laid down his life for his newly
adopted country, as n Union soldier in
Company d of the Third Minnesota
regiment On Oct. 2, 1861, he left his
young wife.with their only child. Al
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-09

bert, then but three months old, a1C
went to the war. He died at Jeffer3
s0n Barracks, where he is buried. Az
JemberOOviSiOnrtiaE hhht
he last reunion of the Third regiment
n 1879, Albert Berg was made an hon.
Orary member of the association, an
hCnor he eSteemS greater than that of
membership III any of the other nu-
merous societies to which he belongs.
Secretary Berg was born of Swedish
parents, June %, 1861. at Center City,
MINI, and is now t1irty-five years old.
Ills parents were among the early
SWeuiSn settlers, coming here in 1852.
leaving the common schools, he spent
the years 1867 at Carleton college,
Northheld, and then studied for three
years at the GuStavuS AdOlphuS col
lege at ST. Peter. During the next
Tour years he was employed by Maj.
Edwards on the Fargo Argus, doing
political work in the Northwestern
states. In 1886 he was elected regis
ter OF deeds for Chisa go county, and
was reelected in 1SSS-S9, serving for
eight years. An expert in official work,
ana possessing remarkably retentive
memory, he could give without refer
ence to the records an abstract Of
nearly all the land titles in his county.
Ihis experience ripened him for the
duties of secretary of state, which he
has so ably perform ed.
In 1892 he was Il delegate from this
state to the national Republican con-
ventlon, and the same year he was q
formidable candidate for the position
which came to him two years later.
The best work of Mr.. Berg during his
present term of office was the state
census of June 1, 1895. With an appror
priation far too limited, he succeeded
in giving the state the best, most COM
plete and comprehensive census yet
produced, and which has attracted
favorable comment at home and
abroad. Mr.. Eerg is a member Of the
Lutheran church, belongs to the fra
ternity Of Masons, Elks. knights Of
Pythias, and other societies; and not
the least of his talents is comprised In
vocal music, for which he has a mag
nltlcent voice, highly cultured, and no
religious, social or political gathering
at which Albert Berg is present is
complete in entertainment until his
mastery vocaliZation has been heard.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-09
Farmer Is All Right

There is no need to worry about the
American farmers vote. 1t will be-
east on the right side of the great aues-
-tions that are to be settled in this cam
paign, and the huwling of the free
coinage demagogGss, who are trying 10
legislate millions of dollars of extra
profit into the pockets of the silver
mine owners, will have no effect upon
the result.-Cleyelap Leader. :
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-09

be recognized in that way. The firm
of Clou@h Brothers. of which he was
the senior member. transacted an
enormous business, employing thou
sands of men in the woods, On the riv-
er and at the mills, until the death of
Gilbert ClOugh, in 1889, since which
time the entire management of the
immense estate has devolved upon the
governor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-09

by unanimous vote, and his support
ers at it's forthcoming election will
number thousands of appreciative vot-
ers from all political parties.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-09
SUPPLEME
A FITTING TRIBUTE.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBES GRACEFUL
COMPLIMENT TO GOV. CLOUGH.

THE Paper Which, as the Organ of
Democracy, Opposed Governor
ClOuSh's Election, Pays That Gen
tIemnn n High and Unusual Com
,pIiment-A Deserving Tribute to
n Man Who Has Won His Way by
His own Personal EXertiOns and
Sterling Merit.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-11
THE RAILWAY CONDITION.

The interstate railway commissioners
report for 1895 is but just out. /;
shows the railroad mileage of the Unit.
ed States and territories on June. 1885,
TO have been $50. 657 miles, the increase
for the year having been i ,9iS miles, or
100 per cent The growth was con-
fined chiefly to Arizona, New Mexico,
Texas. Pennsylvania, Montana Mis-
souri, and Maine. The south has ceased
to be the principal field of Investment
in railroad property. The capital stock
of all roads aggregated $4,S61 Us, SO,
or SIS, 1902 per mile; the funded debt
S5,3S5, 495, 513, or S31 04S per mile. But
81. 1901 IFS of stock and S431 .50S, S41
of bonds were owned by the railroads.
No dividend was paid on IS, 415,64O. BOB
of stock: no interest was paid on $780,
SCI. 400 Of railroad bonds. There was
a decided decrease of the passenger
traffic and an increase of freight traffic
The gross earnings from operation was
81 ,015.311 49,; the net income, S4S2,-
0S3, $50; the payments of interest, etc,
S425. 966.921. Two and half pages i'll
small type are given TO the names of
railroads. in the hands of receivers in
June 1895.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-11

What is not only rising in price, but
the foreigners are buying more of il
than they did when it was cheapest
Last week more than 4,215, 900 bushels
of that grain were shipped to other
countries from the ports OF the United
States. Il movement which is at the
rate of over 210.OOOOo0 bushels year.
This is only one of the many instances
of disgusting disregard in business cir
cles for the interests of the Pop0crats
and the Populists, who are trying 10
make a sane and shrewd nation be-
lieve that everything goes up or fails
in unison with the silver market
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-11
REVENUE AND THE GOLD RESERVE

1t is often asserted that there was
never any trouble in maintaining the
gold reserve until we had a lack OF
money TO meet the demands of appro-
priation bills. but this is untrue. The
gold reserve, since the passage of the
Sherman act of 1890, has been depleted
in years when revenue exceeded ex-
penditures as well as in lean years. In
the fiscal year 1891, for example, dur
ing the Harrison administration, the
gold reserve lost S2,564, $50, and yet
there was in that year a surplus reve-
rue of S3372339. 1872 In 1892 the gold
reserve lost over S3,O00.000, while the
surplus revenue was nearly Sf0,000.000
In 1885,; the loss of gold was $4,000, 900,
there was surplus revenue of over 81,
Ooo.coo. 1t was in the fiscal year 1929,
the last of President HarrisOn's admin
istrajion, that the gold reserve for the
first time fell below S1o0.0o0,000. In
the three years under review there
were SURPRISES aggregating S4a.495.SS9
yet the gold reserve lost S94.I46.391.
The tariff had not been changed in the
fiscal year 1894, Yet in that year the
deficit was was S43,O00,000 and in 1896
but S26. 100000. In view of these facts
there as no disputing the statement of
the New York Journal of Commerce
that 1.-THE depletion OF the reserve oc
Cured earlier than the deficiency" For
the past six years the balance Of trade
has been in our favor to the extent OF
S640,000,OGo. vet gold has been leaving
us. The reason why people used the
Sherman notes and greenbacks 10 get
gold out of the treasury for export and
for boarding Is found in the silver asi-
tation, which makes people fear tnat
gold payments nay not be maintained.
The Journal clinches the argument by
asking: Would a surplus revenue in
silver or paper OF any Imaginable ex
tent prevent raids on the gold reserve:
Il Is the quality. not the quantity, OF
money taat is in question
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-11
A D1sGRAcEFUL pEBAUcH.

Indecency ran riot, in the name OF
fun, at the Kansas City carnival The
bawdiem on the streets of Denver dur
ing the carnival Of Mountain and
Plain" the past week, was a disgrace
to civilization. Following the closing
days Of the Topeka fr0lic occurred a
punch-bowl drunk in high life. Whisper
ed intimationS of sdisgraceful liasons
and scandals connecting the youths of
both sexes. The most of these carni-
walls are simply a license for the vulgar
minded. Their open debaucheries and
all-concealed suggestions faint the
mind of innocence, lower the standard
Of purity and wreck the exalted ideals
of youth. The Kansas City carousal
cost the state of Kansas, OF the states
communities, many thousands of dol
lalrs. 1t cost its virtue and decency
more than money. As that town has
not only grown rich and powerful
through its control of the material and
commercial interests of Kansas, and is
still wholly living off Of our resources,
it might spare the morals of our peo-
pie. Our money comes hard but we
can better afford being robbed of that
than of our manhood and womauhood.
The Kansas City papers have little to
say except of the glamor and extrava-
gancies of the disgraceful saturnalia
and indecent brawl, but their chief of
police has announced that never again
while he holds his present position can
there be a repetition of the street vul-
garities and outdoor outrages INDUCED
in and openly perpetrated in the name
of Carnival" What in the way of +
croekednesS and excuses occurred in /
the hotels, boarding houses, restaur |
ants and apartment buildings will /
never be known. But rOwdieS took |
possession of the streets, says the editor
of the Atchison Globe, and held women !
while they smeared their faces and /
dresses with red paint and black grease 4
They stole girls from their escorts, and
carried off babies from the arms of
their mothers who held them. More
than one hundred people were arrested
between Z O'Clock and midnight, charg
ed with indecent behavior, and scores
Of women called at the police station
to exhibit dresses that were ruined by
paint, grease and -four. King HI Ri
has been dethroned; there will never
be a REPETITION in Kansas City of last
nights rowdiness, tilthinesS and drum
kenneSs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-11

| Would any one say that, by mere ediei
of legislation, our silver would be
taken outside of the United States at
any ratio above that Of its commercial
value: What we want is entire free
dom in our commerce. This we cannot
have without circulating medium I'M
restricted by unnatural conditions.
Money represents everything. 1t buys
staples as well as luxuries, and CON-
merce would be completely blocked if
market values were always dependent
upon the value of money paid for
goods. The price Of staples may 1uc-
tuate, but the exchange value Of money
must be fixed, otherwise all calculation
IF future values would be useless.
Here then is the issue: Mr.. Mckinley
represents that element which would
maintain sound currency. Mr.. Bry-
an openly declares in favor of policy
which would. at once, send gold to a
premium. and. at best, flood the coun-
try with silver coins of an uncertain
value. A vote for either candidate is
the deliberate choice between good and
bad money. 1t is not the man, but the
principal, and every ballot contributes
its part toward the decision of this
vital question.
Leaving out the tariff and the more
important One Of obedience to constitu
ted authorities, there is enough in this
question of currency to cause every
voter to weigh the responsibility of
casting his ballot in support of sys-
tenn which can only exaggerate the ills
we now suffer,
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ISSUES, NOT MEN.

The tendency 10 give undue pmomin-
ence TO candidates, and disregard the
issues, is quite apparent in this cam
paign. We talk of Mckinley and Rry-
an Is though little was involved. more
than their personal merits. Preiudices
are formed for and against the respec-
tive candidates. often through reports
from unreliable soul eeS. and more fire.
quently through the individual esti-
mate we place upon the men. This is
4 common error and as such should be
corrected in all elections. 1t is especial
" SO in this. involving as ii does the
vital iSsue of every mans fortune. not
only the accumulation OF fortunes.
great and small. but il has everything
10 do with daily supplies. good money
or bad money performs IT'S office Is
much at the poor mans breakfast table
as in the. counting room or brokers' Of
fee. Whatever the respective quail
iicstions OF candidates in this cam
paigB. they should be made subservIent
10 the main question whether or not
we shall have "a currency stable. sound
and uniform or a monsrel standard
which nobody believes can be main
tained
1t figures itself down &c TIE plain pro
position: Would the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver Oh basis OF IL 10 1
supply 2 currency which would remain
good in the markets OF the world:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-11
That REPuBrICaN RALLY.

The Republican demonstration of Fri
day afternoon in honor OF Governor
Foraker and the torch light and iam-
beau parade in the evening indicated
stronger than any oral o. printed de-
claration that the Republicans of this
cry and county have lost none Of their
old time faith or enthusiasm. The
evening demonstration was impressive
PROCESSION OF the state every eQGaled
IL The din OF bells and horns added
TO the hurTahs and music Of the bands
on the streets below together with the