The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-10-08
CANDIDATE FOR
ATTORNEY GENERAL
George G. Simpson Is Son OF
Sturdy Pioneers of Mime
sota's Early Days.
He HAS AN ENYIABlE RECORD
Has Been City and County Attorney; Is
Now First Assistant Attorney
General.
HE HAS AN ENY|ABlE RECORD

George T. Simpson, Repub-
lican candidate for attorney gen.
eral, was born at Winona, Mimi,
in 1867, and is the eldest son, of
the late Thomas Simpson. Mar
garet Simpson was his mother.
The older residents of the state
the men and women who came in.
to this state between the late SOS
and the early oo's and were con-
nected with public affairs-will
have no difficulty in placing either
of these pioneers. The one-the
prominent lawyer, member and
president of the state normal
board for a quarter of century,
man of affairs, delegate to the Re-
publican national convention that
nominated Lincoln and the per-
son who seconded his nomination
on behalf of Minnesota, member
of the national committee of the
Republican party, and at all times
a consistent member of that or
ganization from 1861 to the day
of his death. He was of English
descent. The other-the edit
Gated woman, the soldiers or
phans' friend, the organizer Of
charity that during her life knew,
and now knows, neither age, col
or nor faith. She was a descend.
ant from one of the oldest Ger
man families in PENNSYLVANIA.
With such antecedents it is not
surprising that we find the son at
forty the candidate of the Repub-
lican party for attorney general,
and that by unanimous vote. At
tending the normal school at Wi
mona from infancy he graduated
as president of his class in 1885;
entered the collegiate department
of the State University of Wis
consin and graduated therefrom
with honor in 1890; was a stu
dent in the law office of his faith
er for three years; entered the
law department of the same uni
versity; became a student in the
law Office of Hon. John c. Spoon
er of Madison, Wis. took the
state bar examination, and was
admitted to practice in Mime
sofa in 1896; married Elizabeth,
daughter of the late John Lud-
wig of Winona; was city attor-
ney of the city of Winona from
1897 to 1899; was in private
practice, and in 1900 was elected
county attorney of Winona coun-
ty, Republican in a Democratic
county; was president of the
county attorneys association Of
the state, and as such drew and
was instrumental in having enact
ed into law, among others now in
the statutes, the county attor.
| neys' contingent fund bill, provid-
! ing much needed means for the
; state in the preparation and trial
of criminal cases; was reelected
county attorney of Winona coun-
ty, carrying most of the precincts
in the county by handsome ma
jorities; became assistant attor-
ney general under the present at
torney general, Hon. Edward T.
Young, in 1905, and has been con-
nected with all the important liti-
cation and departmental matters
arising in and transmitted to the
attorney generals office during
the past four years, including the
so-called rate cases, and the fa-
nous Young case before the su-
preme court of the United States.
Such in brief is the history of
the man whom the Republican
party offers to the electors of this
state as their next attorney gen.
eral. He is thoroughly equipped
by education, training and expert
ence for the duties of the office.
In the words of the editor of one
of the leading Democratic papers
of the state: George T. Simp-
sons nomination for attorney
general is a reward of merit, and
so long as we are to have Re
publican attorney general it is
well to be assured of having one
that is fair and square as we'll as
able"