The Washburn leader., 1914-01-23
Dogden News Views
Political Situation
Editor Cowell Writes POLITICAL
Story After Visit at the
County Seat .

County Seat
We made a trip to Washburn,
the county seat, this week. We
found the political pot was boil
ing good and plenty. There are
just l6 candidates for county of
flee from the southwest corner Of
the county in Wilton, Washburn
and Turtle Lake. The citizens Of
those towns and especially Wash
burn appear to think they were
born to hold a county office and
with them to aspire for it is to
get it. They seem to think that
the voters Of Mclean county are
E. z. marks.
This hungry horde from the
southern point are unconsciously
creating acondition sure to- bring
about county division in the next
election.
John Satterlund, known as
"King John,'' is far sighted en-
ough to see that this prophesy Of
candidates is sure to divide the
county and he argues that and
Washburn ought to ask for is the
deputies in the various county Of.
fices and let the principals come
from points outside of the cOun-
ty seat.
There appears to be no opposi-
ton to r. G. Stocker, the county
auditor. The state examiner fould
his office in the pink Of condi-
ton. To have an expert in the
office is proving highly satisfac-
tory to the people. His deputy
is also very able man. The
county superintendent of schools
Mr.. j. L. Brekken has proved ef-
ficient. It is claimed that no one
stands a ghost of show of de-
feating him; Prof. McCurdy of
Max may run against him. The
Professor ought to study the con-
struction Of the county superin-
tendent's name and then pass
it up as bad job, for this year
at least. 1t is claimed that if a
man s name terminates with son
he is certain Of political success
in North Dakota, but Brekken
has that skinned a mile. His
name can be either Norwegian
or German It's strong with
them both. Then the county sup
e1intnedent attends to business
all the time. His office appears,
to be his region and that is his
greatest asset. Prof. McCurdy
may make as coed superintend-
ent or even better, but he doesn t
stand any show. \
The sheriffs office has ten as
pirants, at the present writing
and no one knows how many more
will crop out before the primaries
Remember, we are only writ
ing Of republicans aspirants.
Somehow the idea prevails that
the republican party is IT. The
hungry horde Of office seekers
forget that the Bull Moosers, the
Democrats and the Socialists have
all been getting recuits out of the
republican party since the last
election, leaving the G. O. P.
badly disfigured, tho still in the
ring.
The three leading candidates
for sheriff are County Commits:
s,oner Miller of Garrison, A. L..
Maxwell Of Turtle Lake and
Perry Wahl of Washburn, in the
order named. Miller is much the
strongest and would be easily
nominated were no campaining
done but Mawell is the best cam
paigner but tehritorially is not so
well situated as Miller. There Is,
six other candidates for sheriff.
Joe Olson Of Washburn, w. G..
Hendricks Of Wilton, "A. @. Rust,
of Underwood, Carl Okert of
Max, Col. Moe of Ruso and Chas.
Tauer Of Douglas, but formerly o
Underwood. The fight is q
lively one and the Bull Moose
candi dates will reap the benefit i
the fall