Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-06

especially one with pronounced tenn
perance proclivities.
1t was under these conditions tha
my name was proposed as a candi
date for Representative. l was great
ly surprised when the matter wa
ne Nroeched by some of my James
vilNc ena1s, and could hardly tax.
it sekN W. That preacher, ant
especiaA Methodist preacher, wht
had beeh resident of the count.
but shoA a. could be elected IL
a democratic 'ti-amendment dis
trict was posA Y absurd, so il
seemed to me, A fact to a good
many others also, out there were 6
few people who thought differently
and they insisted on my becoming 9
candidate. At the primaries to my
surprise received the nomination
and became the candidate of the Re
publican party.
The Waverly Republican in its &C
count Of the convention said:
The delegates to the Republican
County Convention met at the court
house yesterday morning and nom.
mated q ticket that we trust, after
the disappointments and vexations
incident to the necessary defeat OF
some Of the aspirants, will be admit.
ted to be satisfactory to all parts o1
the county. The convention was COM
posed of men who generally seemed
to be filled with the desire to serve
the best interests of the party. The
result at the Primaries proved that
Capt. II. H. Green was the strongest
candidate for Representative and
that gentleman was therefore given
the nomination. Capt. Green has not
general personal acquaintance with
many of the delegates, but after his
happy little speech in accepting the
nomination his remarks were ap-
plauded as though the gentlemen Oi
the convention recognized the fact
that their candidate had struck the
keynote of the campaign.
Per contra. the Democrat had this
to say:
| THE issue in this campaign is now
fully made up. each party has put in
fRomiuotioI, candidates who stand
tsQuarely on their platform. The
Democrats nominating for the Legis-
lature a gentleman whose interests
are identified with the people of the
county, who has resided in the coun-
fV fnR pc DO ~ a
The Pr0hibiti0nists have nominated
gentleman who perhaps has been
successful in his calling, that OF
preaching the Methodist doctrine. He
is a comparative stranger to the peo-
pie. except his congregation. He came
here by the appointment of his
church, has not invested in anything
permanent in the county, has no ties
to hold him here, has contributed
nothing to the material wealth of
the county and is in the position to
say, give me an Office and I will stay,
If not, l will go somewhere else, II
my church so orders. Which will
you have to represent you, gentle
men, in the next Legislature?
And so the campaign opened. Hap
PLY for me there were also two in.
dependent candidates, both of them
old residents of the county. and also
old campaigners. To this fact
owed my election. 1t would have
been impossible to have succeeded
had there been only one candidate
against me. My friends did every
thing in their power to encourage
those two Independent gentlemen t.
"also rum" and the result of the
election proved the wisdom Of theil
action. Moreover, / was told tha
the regular nominee of the Demo
Gratis, who was by no means an advo
cate of the saloon, preferred me t.
either of the other gentlemen, u
that all in all 1t was probably one o
the most complicated situations o
that campaign, and ! believe was 9,
regarded in the state. was fOrtun
ate in my friends, to whose effort
l was indebted for my election. an,
to no one more 90 than to Mr.. Ed
ward Knott Of Waverly. who rem
dered the Republican party great ser
vice that fall. When the votes wer
counted 1t appeared that l had re
ceived q plurality of nearly 500 owe
my opponents, which was very graft
flying to the Republicans Of tn
county.
Among the many references t
I that contest. ! select one which ma
be taken as sample of all. l d
, this because there are not a fe,
we'll meaning people who hold tha
, ministers should take no public par
!, in the affairs of the state or nation
at least in any partisan sense:
II To-day is Sunday, and as the cleo
, tiOn is now over 1t is to be hope
the preachers will come back fror
politics to resume the preaching o
the gospel. dubuque Herald.
ii We know of one who will unit
the meeting of the Legislature i
January. when he will take his sea
in that body as the member fror