New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-25
LABOR MEETING
At TURNER HALL
GATHERING WILL BE HELD TO
ENDORSE TICKET FOR
CITY ELECTION.
ALL WoRKINGMEN AND THEIR
FRIENDS ARE INVITED
TO BE PRESENT.

A big labor meeting is being planned
for next Sunday, Feb. 20, at 2 o'clock,
in the Lecture Room at Turner Hall,
and every Workingman in New Ulm,
together with all friends of labor in the
city, is not only cordially invited to
attend, but urgently requested to do so,
as it is planned to have the meeting en-
dorse candidates for the coming city
election.
Journal Report Erroneous.
The article appearing in the Brown
County Journal, Saturday, was rather
premature and, as usual, incomplete
and incorrect, as far as the statements
relative to the framing up Of ticket
was concerned. 1t created so much
doubt in the minds Of many people as
to its veracity, that large number of
citizens called at the Review office per-
sonally or by telephone, requesting us
to either corroborate or deny certain state
ments in the article in question. The
information upon which the Journal
scribe based his story was not obtained
from anys member Of the executive
committee Of the New Ulm Central
Labor Union, under whose auspices Or
ganized labor will enter city politics at
the coming spring election, but must
have been secured from some irresponsi-
BILE person who imagined he was CONVEX
SAINT with the facts in the case. Ac-
cordingly, number of incorrect state
ments were contained in the article.
Why Committee Acted.
AT a recent meeting Of the Central
Labor Union it was decided to become
active politically, and an executive
committee of three members was ap-
pointed. Later this committee was re-
inforced by the appointment Of one
member from each. local Union. In
view Of the fact that all public gatherings
were temporarily forbidden by reason
Of the influenza epidemic, it was i'm
possible to call a meeting Of the entire
political committee, and as the city
election is but several weeks in the ofing,
the executive committee decided to ten
tatively select candidates for the various
city offices, to be either endorsed or
supplanted by others at meeting to
be held Immediately after the lifting Of
the flu ban. Should this be delayed,
it was proposed to send out circular
letters with nomination ballots enclosed
to the working men Of the city. The
"f1u" ban being raised, it is now per-
Missile to hold public gatherings, and
the entire political committee met at
Turner Hall, Sunday afternoon, to pre-
pare tentative list Of candidates. Bal
lots will be printed and voted on at the
big meeting next Sunday afternoon.
The committee has all along proposed
to put the list Of candidates up for q
referendum vote among organized and
unorganized labor, but their plans had
not fully materialized until Sunday,
so it was impossible to make any kind
of authentic announcement prior to that
time.
The Tentative Candidates.
At the committee meeting, Sunday
afternoon, the following candidates re-
ceived the unanimous endorsement. of
the members present:
For Mayor-Dr. L. A. Fritsche.
For City Clerk Martin Z. F. Eyrich.
For City Treasurer Gottlieb Oswald.
For Councillor, 1st Ward Jerry
Reardon.
For Councillor, End Ward Alois Heck.
For Councillor, 3rd Ward William
Lieb.
For City Justice George Hogen
For Constables Alvin Harmening and
John Herzog.
At the meeting at Turner Hall next
Sunday afternoon, a nomination cleo
ton will be held for the purpose Of
nominating the above or other candidates
for the various city Offices. It will be
a referendum vote and the majority
will prevail.
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