Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-12
t there were several candidates

it is the majority that names the
candidate and nota plurality, and
it is the rule without an exception
that the candidate who has not the
support of a majority of his town.,
ship delegates fails Of securing the
nomination.
In making nomination the
democrats being in the minority
and owing TO partizan prejudice
know that it is useless to place in
nomination incompetent persons
their only hope of securing an cleo,
ton of their candidates is In select
ing men thoroughly qualified and
in every way competent There
is no scramble for the nomination,
and the office seeks the man, not the
man the Office
The democratic nominees in this
county were selected this year as
heretofore because of their known
fitness to perform their duties
should they be elected.
|. nj. Gibson, would make an
ideal Clerk of the Courts and
should he be elected would not
have to depend upon an assistant
to perform his duties. He would
be clerk in fact and not in name.
Frank N. Beacon, candidate for
county auditor is SO well and favor
ably known throughout the length
and breadth of this county as to
need no special introduction. He
has been for a number of years
one of the leading business men
here, and there is not nook or
corner of the county that he has
not friends among all parties that
are hoping for his election. For
the next two years the Office of
county auditor will be one of the
most important and its duties the
hardest to fill of any Office in the
county. The drainage law passed
by the last general assembly of
this state, will devolve much labor
upon him not heretofore required
of an auditor. There are thous-
ands of acres of land in this county
that will be drained under this
law within the next two years and
every person who will be affected
thereby, is financially interested in
having an experienced and
thoroughly qualified business man
| for auditor, and such one is f
/ N. Beacon.
Prof. Henry G. Kramer was born
in Bremen township and has re-
sided there ever since his birth.
He is a young man, intelligent, has
an excellent education, and is a
graduate of the Cedar Rapids
Business College. He is fine
penman, and in every way qualified
to perform the duties of the office.
He is now and has been for the
past two or three years principal
of a school in Bremen township,
and if elected willmake courteous
obliging and competent official.
The county attorney is the legal
adviser ofsthe county officers and
has charge Of all criminal matters
| and all Eases in which the
county is a party. Good Judgment
dictates that the best talent that
can be obtained should be sought
4 to fill this, responsible Office
Hubert Carr, the democratic can.
didate, has an excellent education,
is graduate of the Iowa College
of Law, has had several years Of
successful practice at the bar Of
| this and adjoining counties and
should he be elected will serve the
county well and faithfully. That
j Mr.. Cloud the republican nominee
has not during his first term OF
Office proved himself popular
official is evidenced by the fact
that without an opposing candi-
date, Of the 1474 votes cast at the
/, primaries he received only 1852
His nomination was given to hin
without opposition under the rule
adopted by the republican leaders
of this county, to give county
official two terms of Office regard
less Of whether during his first
term he has shown himself quail.
| fed or otherwise.
Those of the readers of this
paper for the last five or six years
will remember the efforts made by
the Democrat for two years or more
to induce the board of supervisors
to comply with the law requiring
its members to report to the audi
tor all the items expended on the
county bridges. Although the
members Of the board nearly every
day, by their failure to comply
with that law, rendered themselves
criminally liable, yet no steps were
taken by the republican county at
torney to enforce the law against
them, because, presumably to dc
SO, would injure his party. The
efforts made by the Democrat tc
induce the board were unavailing
but enough republicans came to its
aid and voted for James Lagassick
the then democratic candidate for
supervisor, whereby he was elected
and at the first meeting of the
board after he became member OF
| it, elfectual steps were taken by
him SO that since then thatlaw has
been complied with. This Incl
dent shows the wisdom of not Sc