The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-07-24
\ DINO Graf 8 SELECTED.


A 5DNMO GRAFT Selected. III
Consistent with the call, ths pre
sidents Of the villay, councils AMI
the charm 3n OF the boards Of super
visitors of the villages and town.
ships comprising the Fourth County
Commissioners district Of this county,
met at the County, Auditors OH So,
July 18th, for the purpose Of select
ing q county commissioner to fill
the uuexplrsd term of Mr.. Pratt,
who had resigned. @.'+ ,E' {
VIM. Bofsnkamo, president of
Ellsworth, J. A. Fialka. president
Of Bigelow village, o. D. Bryan,
from Grand Prairie, Julius Pieper
from Little Rock, August Klessig
from Ransom, and Victor Anderson
from Bigelow township, wsre pre-
sent. 49,. -.
There were two names presented,
viz: 0. d. Bryan of Grand Prairie.
and W.-C. Wyatt of Bigelow.
The ballots disclosed three votes
for each.
Bofenkamp, Bryan and Pepper
voted for Bryan, and Klessig, An
derson and Fialka for Wyatt.
Several ballots were taken with the
same result and tho selection was
finally made by lot Mr.. Bryan BE-
ing selected. -
OF Mr.: Bryan, personally, we have
nothing to say, for he is man we'll
qualified to fill the Office, but We do
not believe that he would have been
as valuable a member on the board
as Mr.. Wyatt would have been. by
reason of the fact that Mr.. Wyatt
is an exceptionally well qualified
man for such a position. Mr.. Bryan
is a democrat and Mr.. WYATT is a
republican.
1t does seem very strange, chat
after the election that: took .place
last fall, which resulted in The cleo
ton of Mr.. Pratt, a republican, that
his successor should have been a
democrat, for that matter was fought
out at the polls with the result that
Henry Roll of Ellsworth, the demo-
cratic nominee, was defeated.
Aagin, it is truly surprising and
regretfu! that q democrat should
have been chosen by a: republican
vote, for four Of the six that made
the selection profess and claim to be
republicans. These--four are Pieper,
Klessig, Fialka and :: Anderson.
Bofenkamp and Bryan both being
democrats. All OF the republicans
but Mr.. Pieper voted for Mr.: Wyatt,
Pieper voting for Bryan:
j Otcourse, Mr.. Pieper.. was priv
legged to vote for whoever he chose
to, but it was; to he expected that he
would vote for republican as he
has always professed to be- con-
sistent supporter to the republi can
party. There was no obligation i'm
posed upon him but one of honor,
and it is the same that is imposed
upon Senator She'll and Represent
tive Wilson in voting for United
States Senator, and no one would
hesitate to say, that should either of
then. vote for a democart for senator
in the place of a republican. that he
was political traitor aud unworthy
Of being classed with honorable
political members and workers Of
the republican party, and I'VE are,
thereto ore, compelled to condemn Mr..
Pieper for his disregard of party
fealty and his political treason, and
E specially so, when the member to
have been elected was to fill and un-
expired term of q member who had
been elected as a republican.
AS we have before stated, we feel
confident that Mr.. Bryan will make
A GOOD membe but we regret very
much that Mr.. Wyatt was not elect
ed instead, as he should hav Q under
the Giro umstancee.
NEW. HOTEL ORLEANS.
Correspondence to the Minnea-
polls Journal from Spirit Lake con-
%o;ns tha following: II is lumOrod