The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-07-30
k ()I II!'ylLE A CANDIDATE
Crawford County Will Present the Brilliant Young Attorney
For Senatorial Honors. His Career one Of iEsGsaTkea
Success, Due to Industry s.ald Ability.

vention will doubtless have brought be-
fore it the matter OF placing before the
people a Crawford county candidate
for state senator. Those republicans
with whom we have talked, not. only
in this county, but il, the other coun-
ties. composing the district admit that
it would be wise politics to select the
nominee from Crawford county and all
see in the mar whose name has been
talked OF in this connection. one who
would add to the fair fame OF the dis
trict and n who would be an active
and efficient force in the senate. Mr..
Carl f. kuehnle is the only Crawford
county man spoken Nof as a candidate
and the Review would herewith make
formal announcement OF a candidacy
which has for some time been dis
cussed informally and which has met
the approval OF all the republicans OF
this county so far as we have been able
to learn. 1t is not the purpose Of this
article simply to praise Mr.. Kuehnle,
but to calmly discuss the man. what
he is and what he could do for the dis
trict were he elected and to present
reasons why we belive it would be the
part of wisdom to select the candidate
from this county. Without disparaging
other candidates now in the field. we
feel it perfectly safe to say that Mr..
kuehnle has the widest and most ex-
tended acquaintance OF any young man
in the state OF Iowa. While we do not
believe in dragging fraterllal orders into
politics, yet it must be admitted that a
man who has for years held a com
handing position in the great Pvthian
order OF Iowa which contains SO many
bralny me, must be a mar oil much
more than ordinary force OF character
and intellect. MIR. Kueh1lle has been
grand chancellor OF the order in Iowa,
he has been chairman OF its law COM
mittee and for eight years he has rep
resented Iowa Pythians in the highest
legislative body OF the order, the SUI
preme lodge. We speak OF these things
first in Mr.. Kuehnle's career not on &C
count OF the influence OF the order, but
because it must be recognized that the
Pythlals OF the state represent a high
order OF intelligence and that the
would not thus entrust their highest
interests to a man year after year I'M
less they had confidence il his ability
and integrity. Let us add to this the
VIDE acquaintance thus given and the
experience in legislative matter for a
supreme lodge OF any order is much
like any legislator and we see that we
nave at the outset a combination which
would at once make MIR. KuehnIe a
power in the senate and that he would
enter that body fully equipped to be
OF the highest service to his district.
While many men succeed without pre-
vlous experience the rule in legisla-
lures, as in all kinds OF business, is that
experience, however gained. is the
greatest teacher.
MT. kuehnle is nj of those whom
we term a self-made man. He was not
born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
What he is he has made himself bv
hard work, interchangeable industry and
close attention to detail and to quick
and comprehensive grasp of situations
large or small. He was born in Du-
buque, Ia, and spent his younger DAYS
in Waterloo. His father was a master
mechanic, earning fair wages, but not
enough SO but that the young Carl had
to work his w way through school
and through the collegiate and law de-
partments of the state university. At
the university he made his mark, but
he graduated with no capital ave a
splendid intellect and an indomitable
VIII. He came to Denison as a law
clerk in the office of Conner & Shaw.
He worked unremittingly, he learned
the details Of the business from the
ground up. His German descent and his
mastery OF that language were great
helps to him, and when Mr.. Conner
was elected to the district bench, it
came almost as a matter OF course that
the young law clerk should be elevated
to a partnership, and in a short time
won recognition as a strong and force
iul lawyer. The partnership with
Governor Shaw has existed to this day
and since the elevation Of Mr.. Shaw
to the g~overnorship, Mr.. Kuehnle has
had aimcs entire, and most successful
control OF the large and varied interests
OF the concern. which developed from
the law business into real estate and
loans also, and thus gradually making
the bank a necessity. A man VINO car
make this kind of a record has good
stuff in him, he would make a success
OF other things. 1t is the successful
man who makes added successes.
Let us consider Mr.. Kuehnle again
as the citizen, in his relation to other
men. Many men make a financial sue
cess not on account OF brains and en-
eergy, but on count OF penury. This
has not beer the case with MI. Kuhnle.
There has not been a public enterprise
! n Crawford county for the past fifteen
years In which Mr.. Kuehnle has not
been an active worker and a strong
financial supporter. Let it be what il
will, the name of Carl F. Kuehnle
stands near the head OF the list with
the other liberal men Of Denison. No,
only that, but he gives something NOR
valuable often than money, he gives
thought to the work in hand he o;ves