The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03

MADE Little Falls one Of the leading
smaller cities of the state.
Mr.. Meyer was born in the Rhein I
province, Germany, in 1847 He was
the son OF Well-to-do parents and re-
ce1Ved a liberal education. Young
Meyer was imbued with the military
spirit, and at seventeen entered the
Imperial army, not as a conscript, but
as d volunteer. He rose RAPIDLY and H
aIter serving through the war with
austria was we'll up toward the head 4
OF the list of nom ommissioned officers. I
When the Franco-Prussian war broke
out ne was a sergeant major, and serv- ,
Gu through that war the senior nom
commissioned officer of his regiment. 4
Mr.. Meyer came to America in 1871.
ana almost directly to st. Cloud. In
1919 ne purchased half interest in the
Nordstern, German publication of
large circulation, and at once assumed
the position of editor. He removed to
Little Falls in 1887. He had prior to
that time became known throughout
that portion of the state and at once
TOOK prominent part in the building
of the new town.
In 1891 he was appointed county
treasurer, and since the expiration Of
his term by appointment has been re-
erected hVe successive times. His pop
ularity and the appreciation of his ex-
ecut1ve abilities are not confined to his
own immediate section of the state. He
has made himself power throughout
| the state. At the first meeting of the
county treasurers of the state. in 1901.
Mr.. Mayer was elected president Of the
| association, then organized and unanf-
mously reelected in 1902. He was also
member of the commission appointed
by Gov. Lind to draft a bill for the reg
uIation of receipts and disbursements
of county funds.
Stands for Peoples Rights. ~
Frank d. Larrabee, Democratic nom.
inee for attorney general, is a LAWYER
of recognized ability and eecupies a
prominent place at the Hennepin
county bar, where he has practiced for
sixteen years.
Mr.. Larrabee is admirably equipped
for the important office which the
Democracy of the state seeks for him, +
His legal attachments are exceptional
and he is of that peculiar analytical.
judicial temperament invaluable to the
head of the states legal department,
which in cases almost innumerable is
both counsel and court, in that the
people asking the state legal depart
ment for rulings or opinions of con-
struction on involved statute law
take those opinions as final and as the
establishment of precedent.
His long association with the mat
ter of fact essence of the law has not
hardened his touch with humanity. He
is warm hearted gentleman whose
first Impulses are always for the peo-
pie and whose best efforts have unre-
mittingly been devoted to the interests
of society as a whole. He is not an
idealist, but he is reformer and his
eloquent voice and legal services have
ever been at the service of the
masses.
Mr.. Larrabee is a typical American.
His face and figure suggest a parent
age close to the hills and rugged
shores of New England and Puritani-
cal ancestry. His ideas are Americana
his actions American. He is a man of
the people.
Mr.. Larrabee il forty-six years old,
He has been a resident Of Minnesota
twenty years and of Minneapolis six
teen. He is graduate of the law de-
partment of the University of Wiscon-
sin, and was admitted to the bIr in
1882. He has been a Democrat all his
life, but has never sought public of
flee, though he has always been in the
front rank of party workers. The only
Office he ever held was that of county
attorney of Clay county, which he held
one term.
That Office came to him unsought,
as did the nomination for attorney gen.
eral He has always preferred to give
his services as a worker within the
organization rather than as a candi-
date. His standing with the Democra-
cy of Hennepin county was amply
shown at the convention, where the
Hennepin delegation stood as unit for
him as candidate for governor until
he formally withdrew his name and in
the name of the party seconded the
nomination of Mr.. Rosing.
Unique Political Figure.
George Philip Jones, candidate for
clerk of the supreme court enjoys the
distinction of being one of the young
est candidates ever nominated by a
great political party for state office.
He is not yet twenty-five years old.
He was born in a log house on a farm
about mile from Luverne, Rock coun-
ty, Sept. %, 1877.
Mr.. Jones has worked his way to
the front overcoming all the obstacles
that present themselves 10 the sons
OF pioneers and the experiences he
has sought and the successes he has
achieved, all before his twenty fifth
birthday, make him a figure quite
unique in American politics.
He is the son of a Welsh farmer Wiz.
came to America in 1858. His early
boyhood is the story of many another
boy reared on the Minnesota frontier.
He exhibited taste for a broader life
than that offered on the farm and his
remarkable memory attracted atten-
ton. In the winter he went to school
in Luverne and in the summer worked
on the farm. A year before complet-
ing his high school work he engaged
in teaching with remarkable success,
which he continued until the war with
Spain broke out.
Then he was instrumental in raising
company Tor the Fifteenth Mime