The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-05-11
COMING OUT In
THE OPEN
Candidates Announce Them.
selves for Various
County Offices.
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a NUMBER @ NE w ASPIRANFS,
ALREADY=IN THE RACE.
Two Candidates Announced For
Register of Deeds and Two
for County Attorney.

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It is still a long lock ahead te
the holding of the Republican
primaries but candidates for the
various county offices are begin.
ming tozcomezoutin-th the open and
from this time on the campaign
will begin to warm up and there
will be evidences of the fact that
this is a political year.
A long campaign is something
that none Of the candidates are
anxious for but some of the
more eager for Office are begin
ming to get busy already. Ofthe
officers at the court house the
only one who will not have to
make the run this year will be
Clerk of Court Rhoda. Auditor
Sylvester will be a candidate to
succeed himself and John Will
mann will oppose him for the
Republican nomination at the
primaries. Auditor Sylvester is
conceded to be5one of the coun-
TVS most capable officials, has
many friendsWho will lay aside
their linen to make fight for
him and will be hard man to
beat
Register of Deeds Matt Phibbs
will contest for the nomination
with a field Of two candidates. X.
j. McIvor, of Farley and James
Harris, of Tenstrilke, are both
avowed candidates for the office.
Mr.. Phibbs has been registered
deeds for three terms and his OPP
sponents will build the corner
stone Of their campaign on the
argument that he has=had the
Office long enough. Mr.. Phibbs
is an old resident ofthe county,
however, has a wide and intluen-
tial personal acquaintance, is
something OF a gum sheer in a
campaign and will be a hard man
to defeat.
So far the only candidate for
the officeof county treasurer is
the present incumbent, George
French. Mr. French was al,-
pointed to the position by the
board of county commissioners to
fill the vacancy caused by the re
slgnation OF. Treasurer Shinn,
comes from Blackjack, and is
making friends daily and proving
an efficient and very popular
official.
Judge Clark, the present Judge
of probate has no opposition up
to the present time and will be a
candidate to succeed himself. The
Judge makes an excellent official
and a second term is conceded to
him byh friends. He has a large
and influential following atBlack:
duck and is in good shape to make
effective combinations.
County Superintendent of
Schools Dunwoody has not ex=
pressed himself for publication
but will probably be a candidate
to succeed himself Meanwhile
the friends Of Prof. Edmunds,
superindent of schools in this
city are doinga lot OF Talking and
would like to see Mr.. Edmunds
enter the lists. Up to date he
has not committed himself.
The county attorneYship prom.
ises tosbe one of the most inter
esting of all the fights at the
primaries and the political
enemys of County Attorney
Loud have been diligent in hew.
ing out his political sarcophagus
for some time. Mr.. Loud will be
a candidate to succeed himself
and there are many who predict
his nomination by asafe majority
in the event that there are two
candidates against him. John
NJ. Gibbons, Of this city, will be
a candidate for the nomination
will bring to the fight a large
following of warm personal
friends, a genial and a very
active personality and will be a
formidable man in the race from
this time on. Henry Funkley,
the sage of Blackjack, and a very
able attorney has been announced
as a candidate for. some time.
Mr., Funkley will have his section
of the comfy we'll in hand, has
many friends throughout the
county, and is said to have the
backing of certain bell wether
in this city to whom the
choice between County At.
torney Loud and Mr.. Gibbons is
for various reasons distasteful. I
Unless there is a change in the
next few weeks and Mr.. Gibbons
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