The Republican journal., 1910-06-16

from reports OIL Our friends through
out the county l am confident that if
again nominated for sheriff l would be
elected, and the leading members of the
Democratic party say they believe this
to be true. They have waited upon me
ination without the asking" That all
need to do is to say that I will accept it,
etc.
This statement is from Mayor Hanson S
personal organ, issue of June 9th, and he
says further that he "must most posi-
lively decline accepting any nomination
for any Office outside of our local city
affairs, by this l include nomination as
Representative to the Legislature-that
has been suggested by my friends -
Two years ago E. F. Hanson was the
Democratic candidate for sheriff of Wal
do county and ran far behind his ticket
in this city and in the county, and it was
the freely expressed opinion of many
Democrats that he carried others on the
ticket down with him to defeat. 1t will
be great relief to many of that party
to know that he is not to be candidate
this year, and what he says as to being
assured of an election if nominated, like
much else from the same source, is to be
taken with many grains of salt. He in
tends, however, to name the Democratic
candidate for sheriff, and if the man of
his choice should be elected he would be
the sheriff in fact if not in name. As to
his -partisanship it was only the other
day that he questioned the party fealty
of an active and lifelong Democrat of
this county because he had not seen fit to
patronize the mayors so-called non-par-
tisan paper, and was told in unmistak-
able terms what was thought of his per-
formances on the stump two years ago.
1t is safe to say that if nominated for
sheriff this year Mr.. Hanson would meet
with worse defeat than in 1908, and
the level headed men of his party know
it, and he has probably been advised tc
take himself out of the way. They know
him, mot wisely but too WE'LL" in the
county, and the city patronage cannot be
extended into the towns. In certain
places there are memories, not over fra.
grant, of his hay press days, and Of his
preaching as an Elder of the Church Of
God. If you look into book, published
in Belfast in 1884, entitled 'Demonology
or Spiritualism Ancient and Modern, >
by ED. E. F. Hanson of the Maine Ell
dership of the Church of God, you will
see how the author looked in the charac
ter of preacher. A full beard covers the
greater part of his face and reaches
nearly to his waist The nature of the
contents of the book may be inferred
from this one brief quotation: Spiritual.
list Circles are "gates to He'll" There
will also be recalled his brief reign as a
Carriage King reign that did not
end in blaze Of glory, or otherwise, as
fire in his carriage repository was dis
covered in time to save the building.
Possibly there are reminders of this era
in dilapidated vehicles back of barns or
in outbuildings, where they serve as
roosts for barn yard fowl. They were
not built like "the deacon's one-horse
shay" but were made to sell. Then
pephance you may see the empty hutch
es from which the Belgian hares have de-
parted. They vanished in night, like the
dreams Of wealth which prompted their
purchase. Other mementoes, represent
ing thousands of dollars, are certificates
of stock in bubble schemes from which
their holders have received no returns
and which long since became permanent
investments. These are some of the
reasons why it would not be wise for
Hanson to again face the voters of