New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-08-03

WIN COUNTY, MINI
tending his influence and usefulness.
The Republicans, it might be added ,have
not yet found man who is anxious to
offer himself as a sacrifice in opposition
to Mr. HeimerdiBger.
The fact that Auditor Vogel and At
torney Steinhauser are at the front IN 1e-
sponse to a call for volunteers, coupled
with the further fact that the attorney
general of the state has decided that by
accepting of commissions they did not
vacate their civil Offices, has created a
sentiment in favor of their reelection
that the county conventions will hardly
dare to overlook. Vogel IS Republi-
can; Steinhauser is Democrat. If the
Republicans therefore endorse Stein
hauser, the Democrats cannot in reason
do otherwise than stand by Vogel. Vice
versa, if the fusionists hold their con-
ventlon first and conclude to offer no op-
position to Vogel, the Republicans will
have to leave the attorneyship blank or
accept overwhelming defeat for their en-
tire ticket. All this is to apply, of
course, only in case the two young Off
GERS do not come home to participate in
the campaign, thing which neither Of
them could do and hold the respect of
the people. The total absence of as,
pirants for either of tie places referred
to is indicative of the strong feeling in
favor of giving the present incumbents
the hearty endorsement of all political
parties. 1t is a sort of patriotic senti-
ment thatnobody cares to buck. sa
The Review does not consider it by
any means the wisest course to be pur-
sued in the interests of the county, but
it is the one most likely to be taken and
there is no desire on our part to stand
in It's way. It may spoil the plans of
Boss Hays of the Sleepy Eye Dispatch
to some extent, but the county is hardly
in humor to shed any tears over that.
Sooner or later Hays must learn that he
IS not the whole thing in Brown county,
and, come tc think of it, this is as good
year as any in which to prove 1t.
Now as long as two of the county Of
fcers are to be endorsed, and that too on
the ground that they have sacrificed
something by going to the front, why
not go little further with the endors-
ing business and extend it, in the inter
ests of the public and especially the tax
payers, so as to include those who have
made good officers at home.
OF course, few politicians might
kick, but they are hardly the ones to be
considered. r~~ -@ss-.% = Ea%a
The men who are now in office are al
most certain of reelection, and what
good is to come to the county from a
long and tedious campaign2
Everybody knows that Fred Pfaender
has made capital register of deeds;
there is not a county in the state that
has a better one. The people OF the
county, knowing this, are not going to
make change merely for the sake Of
politics, and, as was done in Redwood
county two years ago, attempt an exper-
Uncut that may prove unfortunate. Fred
Pfaender will be renominated and he
VIII be elected. Why, then, cause him
the extra expense of a long campaign,
and why compel some faithful Republi-
can to make a hopeless race against him
and sink two or three hundred dollars
in losing investment? Do the interests
OF the county demand that this shall be
done?
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Again, why put up anybody against
John Larson? Mr.. Larson has had but
one term. He has been a faithful and
efficient officer. Now, hasn't it ALWAYS
been the custom in this county to re-
ward such men with a reelection, and
IS anyone foolhardy enough to think that
Mr.. Larson doesn't stand an excellent
chance of winning out in the coming
campaign, even with opposition2 True,
the fusionists are in the majority in the
county, but they do not vote as a unit
on county offices. That's the one great
trouble in the way Of partisan success.
Four years ago Mr.. Larson ran a.
gainst one Of the strongest men that
the opposition could possibly but
forward. He won, and, unless eircum-
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