Little Falls herald., 1914-02-27
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BRAINERD DISPATCH WRITES ON
PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES
IN THIS DISTRICT
Il Brainerd Dispatch: The election Of a
Legislative ticket in this district, com
posed Of Crow Wing and Morrison
counties, is being discussed quite free
" by the public as the time nears
| when filings will necessarily have to
be made by: those who desire to serve
t the people in the capacity Of law
makers. At the last session the law
governing the number Of representa-
.tives from this district was changed
and at the coming election three mem.
bers of the house and one nember Of
the senate will have to be chosen.
Each county will have representative
who will be voted for in the respective
county only, one representative at:
large who will be voted for in both
counties, and the senator will also be.
voted on by the two counties. Under
the law as it now stands party desig-
nation is eliminated, and filings are
made simply as individuals and not as
the representative of any party and
the names will so 60 on the ballot, and
anyone who has the price and is a citi-
zen can come before the people as a
supplicant for votes for these posi-
tions. Under the old caucus system
the representatives of the different
political parties called the people to-
gether and determined who should rep
resent them as a party candidate at
the election, this law being succeeded
bv that which provided for the fling
Of candidates designating their politi-
cal faith, and in both cases the poll
tical affiliation was made known to-
the voters on the ballots. Today the
non-partisan ballot is provided and
the voters are asked to nominate and
elect men whom they think will make
the best servants Of the people regard
less Of their political affiliation, and it
is the first trial of the law for men,
bers of the legislature. The two candi-
dates having the highest number Of
votes in each instance, that is the
candidates for representative in each
county, the representative at large and
the senator, in the case Of this dis
trict, will be the nominees of the pri-
mary election and their names will be
placed on the general election ballot
for the voters to- select from when
casting their vote. ~ -. -. III ! :
The only filing up to the present
time is that of Geo. Fl. Gardner for the
senate, but there are other gentlemen
who are looking the field over with
an idea of obtaining public sentiment
to guide them in their actions. Judge
W. A. Fleming will probably file as a
candidate for the house from Crow
Wing county, although he has not fully
made up his mind excepting that he
will be a candidate for one Of the
I ii=e ,es.:tts Dpsahl
Has been active, at least by repfesen
tatives, in feeling the public pulse on
the senatorial question. Ole Erickson
is said also to have aspirations in the
senatorial matter and is looking the
field over. CIV. Bouck, tne Of the
present representatives and who halls
from Morrison county, will be a candi-
date again and it is said @he will file
for senator when the time arr; ives. Mr..
Bouck has looked the situation over in
this county. Senator c.. D. johnson,
will. not be adverse to another term
at the state capitol, according to close
friends. L. d. Brown Of Little Falls,
also has his ear to the ground and it
is generally understood that he will file
for one Of the legislative positions:
Representative Vasaly will probably
become a candidate for reelection, it
the pressure Of his home county is suf-
iciently strong, and in that event he
will probably be "a candidate for Nor
rison county representative. It is. quite
likely that there are other gentlemen
who are waiting the filing Of other
candidates to determine. their action
along this line, and it may develop
some changes in the line up as to which
position those mentioned above may
finally file for, as Q promising field for
county position on the legislative
ticket would be more enticing than
an over crowded field for a senatorial
or g at largev candidate for the house.
In anv( event the contest will be an
interesting one, judging from the !. in
terest being taken and the number
who have announced their determine
tion to get into the light. .-.:..z# : Il
..: ST. aABRIEL,s Hosr1TAL
Master Peter Wielinski of Pike
Greek, who has been at the hospital
FOR treatment for ruptured appen-
dix, was discharged Friday. IT. .:
Adolph Nordolph Of this city was
admitted Friday for treatment for an
attack Of pneumonia. He is doing
nicely. ....$: sss..*:s.# 3
Mrs. j. Rolf of Ft. Ripley was dis
charged Saturday, after receiving
medical treatment. e. !, /. :s. s
Ralph Schneider of Little Falls