The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-02-11
JULIUS A. SCHMAHL.

" O THE many Redwood County friends of
Julius A. Schmahl, (and who in the old home
county is not a friend of "Caesar') it seems
ennently fitting and proper that his long term of
public service should be climaxed by his election
as governor of the good old state of Minnesota
Honor to him who honor has earned" say these
people who have watched the ever-onward march
Of the sturdy Redwood County boy and who agree
that Julius has flinched in the hard work
which has made him a winner.
America is the country of self made men, her
highest monuments have been erected to the men
who have started from humble beginnings, from
homes of poverty and privation men whose edr-
cation, achievement and arrival is due entirely
to their own sincerity of purpose, to their own
proclivity to emulate the pup of root-hangiae
tendencies.
Julius Schmahl is one of these and for that
reason (and Vulnerable others) he has en-
deared himself to thousands of the residents
OF the state. Especially has he endeared himself
to the old-timers who remember him as the
herdsboy of the Redwood County prairies, as the
curleyheaded, barefooted ragged trousered young
ster who went to school when he could and when
he couldn't did number of other things to prepare
HIM for his future career; as the young lad who
made up his mind that the newspaper trade might
help to further his desires, accordingly set about
learning it all the way through from the work
OF the office boy up to that of editor, publisher
and manager. AS one of the old residents of
Redwood Falls remarked upon the day that the
news Of julius recent filing reached town, Julius
saw some awfully hard times, but no body ever
heard him complain nor ever saw him discourag-
ed He just went ahead and fought like the devil
and now us old fellows who watched that fight
are going to put up the same kind for him.
That is the sentiment Redwood County has
about this avorte of hers and this is the spirit
that is going to put him in the governors chair
position which needs man who is unafraid and
willing to fight "like the devil" for the things
which he believes are for the ultimate good of the
commonwealth.
Like all big men, Julius Schmahl has some
faults and many big virtues Among his virtues
and overlapping any faults, is the wonderful and
rare quality of loyalty-of steadfastness to his
friends, to the state of his nativity and to the
country which he loves His ''home folks" are in
a position to know from innumerable object les
son, how he has delighted to be of service to his
friends either individually or in communities the
people of the state who have watched the efficient
handling of the affairs Of the office of Secretary
OF State during its occupancy by Mr.. Schmah, re-
cognize the principle of loyalty as shown in his
craftsmanship there; and the whole Northwest
knows and respects him for his splendid Ameri-
canism shown throughout the war. This loyal
ty, threefold as it is, makes him loved by his
friends and hated by the enemies of the things
which claim his sturdy and outstanding champion
ship. His staunchest adherents love him for the
enemies he has made through this unshrinking
loyalty
It is extremely fitting that to the men who