New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-08-31

expected, came over the senatorship.
Here Prof. Carlson developed surprising
strength, receiving As votes on the first
.ballo: to IS for Moll, II for Davis and
u for Chas. a. johnson. johnson with
drew after the first test Of strength and
the next show of hands resulted ia Carl
sons nomination by an Overwhelming
majority. The vote stood as follows: !:
Carlson, SO; Moll, 80; Davis, II.
The surprising feature was the vote
secured by g. R. DAVIS. In spite Of the
threats made by Amundson and Others
to the effect that Davis could never
again expect any consideration from re-
publican convention in Nicollet county
he comes forward as candidate for the
important Office of senator and secures
more votes than johnson and almost as
many as that popular old-t1mer, Henry
Moll.
Carlson's success was undoubtedly part
OF well-laid plan by the bosses who
control the destinies of the republican
party in Nicollet county. Without such
being the case he never could have Sc
cured the nomination over MolI and
DAVIS and have so large a number of
votes to spare. The personal populari-
ty necessary to the performance of po-
litical feats of this character is altogeth-
er lacking in the man who happened to
be the winner.
The second place on the. ticket called
forth fight almost equally interesting.
Brennesholz of Ridgely withdrew his
name before the balloting commenced,
so that the delegates could not divide
their votes between more than four of
the ambitious sons of Nlco!|~t county.
The first ballot gave 81 to jesse Bean.
% to Ole Peterson, 1S to Severance and
lie to Swenson. The next ballot added
to the chances of Bean by increasing his
vote to Al. Peterson remained at %.
Swenson fell to II and Severance to 13.
AT this juncture, Severance, the....son of
his father, withdrew, and threw his
strength to the leading man, Jesse B.
Bean of Nicollet. The third ballot re-
suited in the latter's nomination by a
vote of 53 to 26 for Peterson. Swenson
received only 10. .a ~ 49,.
Peterson's defeat was disappointing
20 his many friends in the western part
of the county. who confidently expected
that he would carry the convention with
ease.
The rest Of the ticket does not show
much of !. change from that of two years
ago. Hensel for auditor, Webster for
treasurer, Block for sheriff, Blomberg
for clerk, Peterson for Judge Of probate,
Schulz for superintendent, Stone for at
torney and Anderson for surveyor--all
were renominated and that too without
much struggle. Peterson, the man who
has been probate judge in Nicollet coun-
ty for over a quarter of century, was
the only one of the ring to experience
anything like genuine opposition, but
he triumphed nevertheless. S. o. Peter
son Of Bernadotte was pitted against
him, and managed to get Il votes to the
mortgages 4S quite few, to be sure,
but not quite enough.
In return for his efforts to break the
charm that holds John Peterson in office.
s. O.. was nominate for slaughter as
candidate for register of deeds against
that prince of Nicollet county vote-get-
ters, Albert Lindstrom of Oshawa, the.
present capable incumbent.
J. E. Klefer Of Sleepy Eye is talked Of
as the fusion nominee for the shrievaIity.
That the republican bosses realize the
mistake that was made when they turned
down Frank Burg for treasurer, the fol-
lowing from the Dispatch will demon
strate:: !" Ancng republicans the opinion
is unanimous that Capt. Burg of New
'Ulm should be the nominee for treasur.
ar sssyl Rnrr nnnd MT Ia non1;dnt. 49,