The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-08-11

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one, and that all three 60 together ID
making canvass, Mr.. Tennoy carry
ing violin with him, Mr.. Lankard q
hymnal, and while the former played
and latter sung Mr.. Alexander might
be induced to make good campaign
speech, or jolly up the family.
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The contest for auditor goes merrily
on. with W. S. Mckay doing about the
only work at the present time The
gentleman has been spending the last
three or four weeks making q careful
canvass of the county, and in some
sections he has already been mentioned
as having "coopered" the delegation.
G. V. Everett, one of the other candi-
dates, does not expect to make can
vass before the middle or latter part
of this month, which will probably be
about the time that I. N. Tompkins
of Morgan, the other candidate, will
appear in the arena. The latter, of
course, comes from a section of the
county that has not been represented
in the court house for some time, and
he expects to come up with several
precinct delegations that will be for
Tompkins and Tompkins alone-mak-
ing an exceptionally strong factor in a
county convention.
A rather amusing article appeared
in one of the machine organs recently.
1t was an endorsement of Sheriff
Pease's course in the White case,
wherein the sheriff is lauded for CIV
ing a man his liberty until he has
worked several months to pay his fine.
A simple calling attention to this
fragrant breach of the law is probably
enough to satisfy most of the people,
but to have this course openly en-
dorsed by the press, is one of the Incl
dents that the people seldom have to
pass on. This article, appearing in
machine papers, at the instigation of
the sheriff himself, is some evidence
that some one don't know the rules of
law pertaining to bis Office. As we'll
might the sheriff have allowed Gus
tav Metag to work on his farm during
the remainder of his life, and turn the
proceeds of his labor oyer to the
county as q vindication of the course
of the sheriff in violating the law per-
tanning to his Office.
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But Mr.. Pease will probably be
nominated again. Blethen received a
second nomination. And the prece-
dent is firmly set in the minds of the
people generally. Delegates will come
up to the convention with that princi-
pie in their minds, and Mr.. Pease will
be nominated. The same precedent
will probably result in his election,
and the machine papers will consider
themselves endorsed.
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So far Mr.. Jas. A. Larson is the on
ly candidate for representative, al
though the machine papers have been
working hard to induce A. H. Ander-
son to become a candidate. While
they have remained silent for the past
two or three weeks, and one of them
has even gone so far as to switch off
and suggest Mr.. John Street of Lam
berton, an excellent gentleman and
strong G. K. Davis supporter, it is re-
ported that this is being done with
the view of springing Mr.. Anderson or
some other candidate all of q sudden,
and walk off with the prize, while Mr..
Larson is mapping. The latter gen.
tleman was nominated two years ago
as farmer candidate. He has had
but one term. He is outspoken for
the return of e. X. Davis to the United
States Senate, and like George w.
Someryille will make his canvass on
that issue.
The Senatorial convention from the
Republican side will be held after the
Redwood and Brown county Repub-
lican conventions, at which time dele
gates to the Senatorial convention will
be selected. Redwood county has the
whole Senatorial committee, by reason
of G.. L. Roos leaving Brown county
and Oscar Erickson of Springfield
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