New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-24
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New Uln1 Review
Wednesday, August 20, 1904.
County Politics.

AS the time approaches for the NOM
ination of the candidates for county
Offices on the two tickets that will be
before the people this fall, it naturally
follows that some interest centers in
who will be the best candidate to sup
port. In this connection it is the pur-
pose of the Review to be plain in the
matter, and this refers to county poll
tics only.
The division of Offices in the politics
of the county has fallen nearly equal
to the two parties that have held the
balance Of power here as far back as
the memory of the writer runs. This
has been tacitly understood by both
of the parties and the consequence is
that at the present time half of the Off
GERS are republicans and the other half
are democrats. AS long as this parity
can be maintained there is no reason
to complain on either side, and in
view of this fact, and the entire salts
faction that the present officials have
given, the Review will advocate the
return of the present officials, namely:
Louis G.. Vogel for auditor, Wesley
c. Miller for register of deeds, John
Schneider for treasurer, S. A. George
for judge of probate, Einar Hoidale
for county attorney, VIM. J. Julius
for sheriff, John Cutting for super
intendent, Geo. Book for surveyor,
L. A. Fritsche for coroner, and for
representative S. D. Peterson.
This may not be good republican
politics but it is good Brown county
politics and we hope that in the inter-
est of the county and in the name of
the harmony that has always charac-
terized the elections that have been
held in this county that the parties in
terested will see that these men are on
the tickets.
There was some talk of Andrew J.
Eckstein being a candidate for repre-
sentative on the democratic ticket, but
we understand that he will not be and
that he will continue to serve as chair
man of the board of county commits
sioners. Republicans and democrats
alike, have found him in this capacity
to be the best man available and the
county would lose one of the best and
strongest workers if he allows himself
to be persuaded to enter the legisla-
tive contest. His Judgment is not
biased by partisan feeling and all he
does is in the interest of the greatest
number of people, and to the advan-
tage of the whole county and no par
ticular section. In case he should
later decide to be candidate he will
give Mr.. Peterson close race.
In assuming this position before the
people the Review does not feel that
it is any the less republican than the
advocates OF the straight ticket idea,
for there are very few straight tickets
voted in this county and the Review is
only doing openly what others are do
ing under the cover of silence. We
want the people to know just where we
stand. Of what real use is a paper
that advocates the election of ticket
and it's editor spends his time going
about neutralizing the effect of the
paper?
We are all neighbors and friends
sort of big family-in the affairs Of
the county, but when it gets beyond
that the affairs of the state and
nation-we separate on party lines
and party politics controls, for then
we base our vote on the principles adj
vocated by the party leaders, and in
this we are not ashamed to say that
the Review is intensely republican.