Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 20, 1900, Page 5

i VOTERS SHOULD SUPPORT ALLIED NOMINEES FOR CONGRESS. Record of the Republican Party on the rust Question Proof That No Relief Can Re Goped For Unlessa Change Is Made in the National House of Repre- sentatives — Minnesota Candidates of the Allied Parties. The Kansas City convention pledged the Democratic party to an increasing warfare in nation, state and city against private monopoly in every form. With control over interstate com- mierce and with the power of national taxation, congressis vested with full power to throttle trusts. The Republi- can national and state platforms are proof that trusts are the product of Re- publican policies. Relief can only be secured through a congress opposed to Republicanism, to secure which all Democratic and Peoples Party voters in Minnesota should work so that this great commonwealth will send .a solid delegation to the next house pledged to reform. L. L. BROWN. % L. Brown, Democratic-Peoples Party nominee for congress in the First district, was born on a farm in Winona county, Minn., 40 years ago. He lived on a farm and at- tended public school until he was about 16 years of age, when he L. L. BROWN. entered Galesville college, Wisconsin, where he prepared for the university. He entered the University of Wiscon- sim at the age of 20 and graduated with the class of ’84, taking the degree of B. A. After graduating, Mr. Brown taught school for one year in Winona county, and afterwards studied law in the office of Hon. T. Simpson in Winona. In 1€87 he was admitted to the bar, and afterwards formed a partnership with the Hon. John A. Keyes, now of Duluth. This partnership continued until Mr. Ki s left Winona, and waiter that Mr. Brown practiced law alone until 1893, when he formed a partnership with W. D. Abbott, which etill continues under the namo of Brown & Abbott. His first political work was at the Uni- versity of Madison, when he stumped the county in the interest of his party before he was 21 years of age. Heisa popular influential man, ond his momination is r ed by those who know him as a very wise one. MARVIN E. MATTHEWS. Marvin E. Matthews of Marshall, Lyon county, the Democratic-Peoples Party nominee for congress in the Sec- MARVIN E. MATTHEWS. ond Minnesota district, was born near Jamestown, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1849, and removed with his parents to this state im the spring of 1855 and settled on a farm near Rochester. After leaving the country school he continued his studies in the high school of Rochester. From 17 years of age he worked asa farm hand by the month, chopped wood in the forest through the coldest winter weather, later taught school, and thus made his way in the world unaided. He studied law in the office of Hon. B. A. Jones at Rochester, and in 1872 he went to New Ulm, Minn., where he ac- cepted the position of teacher in the high school. While thus engaged he also studied law in the office of George W. Kuhlman until the fall of 1873, at which time he opened a law office end ypracticed his profession at that place antil 1876, when he went to Marshall, where he has continued the practice of law ever since. He graduated in the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1881, and has since been one of the foremost prectitioners of the state. Mr. Matthews is a life-long Demo- erat, is a recognized leader in political circles and is now prominently con- -tected with the several Democratic or- @aizations of the state, He has served ALBERT SCHALLER. Albert Schaller, the Democratic- Peoples Party nominee for congress from the Third district, was born in Chicago, Ills, May 20, 1856. When but 6 weeks old he was brought by his parents to Hastings, where they took up their abode, and have since resided continuously. He was educated in the public schools of Hastings. Having completed his com- mon branches his parents sent Albert abroad, where he was tutored by able professors in Germany and France. Returning to his native land the young man was sent to the St. Lonis school of law, from which he graduated with honors. He came directly to Hastings and there hung out his shingle and began the practice of his profes- sion. His first office holding was in 1879, when he was elected to the office of county attorney, which position he held with honor for 11 consecutive ALBERT SCHALLER. years. The next office which Mr. Schaller was elected to was that of state senator from the Thirtieth dis- trict, in 1894. Senator Schaller’s successful fight on the state insane asylum during the last term is common history and needs to be only mentioned asa testimony of his record as a conscientious, able and tire- less representative of the people. DR. A. J. STONE. Dr. Alexander Johnston Stone, the Democratic-Peoples Party candidate for representative in congress from the Fourth congressional district of Minnesota, was born in Maine in 1845. His distinctive life pro- fession has been that of a physician and surgeon. He studied the science of medicine at the Berkshire (Mass.) Medical, Bowdoin and Harvard colleges in this country, and in some of the most renowned universities of Europe. Graduating with the degree of M. D. in 1867, he was for a year or more thereafter associated in practice with Professor H. R. Storer of Boston, but in January, 1869, he came to Minnesota DR. A. J. STONE. and located at Stillwater. In the fall of 1870, he removed to St. Paul, where he has since resided. Upon coming to St. Paul in 1879, Dr. Stone began the publication of The Northwestern Medical and Surgical Journal. In time this journal became The Northwestern Lancet, which is still published with Dr. Stone as editor. In 1871 he organized the St. Paul Pre- paratory School of Medicine, which later became the St. Paul Medical Col- lege. Heis amember of the faculty of this department, as professor of the diseases of women. Dr. Stone will make an ideal repre- sentative in congress from the St. Paul district. No other man better under- stands the needs and interests of the district, and noother man can take bet- ter care of them. S. A. STOCKWELL, Mr. 8. A. Stockwell, the Democratic- Peoples Party candidate for con- 8S, A. STOCKWELL. gress in the Fifth district, was born in Anoka, Minn, in 1857. He attended the public schools of his native town. After graduation he taught school for a number of years. Leaving the profession of teaching, he entered the employ’ of the American Express company, and served them faithfully for 10 years. He is at pres-| ent general agent for tho Penn Mutual Life Insurance company of Philadel- phia. He has beon a resident and tax payer in the Fifth district for 20 years. Mr. Stockwell was elected to the state house of representatives in 1899 and again in 1896. In the session of 1891 he introduced and secured the passage of the Anti-Pinkerton law, and a_ bill for an appropriation of $5,000, which made possible the creation of the sum- mer school, which is so much prized by teachers. He was elected to the state senate in 1898 and took a very active part in all legislation for the good of the people and was a strong supporter of the in- crease in the gross earnings tax on railroads. HENRY TRUELSON. Henry Truelson, Democratic-Peoples Party candidate for congress from the Sixth district, emigrated to the United States from the north- western part of Germany in 1866 and located in the upper peninsula of Michigan. In 1889 he came to Duluth, where he served as al- derman fora term of eight years. In 1881 he was elected sheriff of St. Lonis county for a twoyears’ term. Later on he was appointed as a member of the board of public works and served as its president for a term of three years. In 1896 he was elected mayor of the city of Duluth, was re-elected in ’98, and served until March, 1900. As a public officer Mr. Truelson’s best efforts have always been in behalf of the people at large, to protect them against special privileges and corporate power, and to secure justice for all. This is especially exemplified by his fight against the gas and water com- panies, whereby he saved the people of Duluth upwards of a million dollars. His fight against the encroachments of the Long Distance Telephone company is another instance, as likewise the re- duction of the cost of electric lights from $120-to $85 a piece, which reduc- tion was secured through the efforts of Mr. Truelson, while he was mayor of Duluth. In fact on every question that arose during his two terms as mayor, Henry | Truelson was a power of strength on | the side of good government, as honest, economical and just in public offico as HENRY TRUELSON. in private life, and always and every- | where, the fighting friend of the peo- ple. M. J. DALY. M. J. Daly, the Democratic-Peoples Party candidate for congress in the Seventh district, was born in St. Paul on March 31, 1861. In 1866 the family moved to Carver county. With one or two winters of study away from home, young Daly remained on the farm until he was 21 years of age. Fo went to school winters and during the summers took his full share of the farm work. It was during this formative period of his life that he imbibed those feelings of respect for the farmer’s calling and of sympathy for the hard conditions which surround him and that desire to do all in his power to re- lieve those conditions, which have ever since been such a marked character- istic of Mr. Daly’s career. When he was 15 years old he went to Minneapolis to school, attending the M. J. DALY. Minneapolis high school and the well known Marvin academy. He entered the law department of the state university of Iowa, at Iowa City, worked hard and graduated the follow- ing year. He was admitted to the bar in 1886 with high honors. Immediately aiterwards he opened an oflice at Per- ham, Otter Tail county, and has lived there ever since. In 1898 he was nominated by the re- form forces for state secaator, in the senatorial district of Otter Tail county, and elected in spite of a coalition against him, led by ex-Congressman H. E. Boen, who induced an independent candidate to run in the hope of defeat- ing him. His record in the state senate was a good one. He took high rank from the outset, and was on the side of the people against corporations and rot- tenness from start to finish, © rs THE BRYAN ELECTORS MEN TO BE SUPPORTED BY THE MINNESOTA VOTERS. Questions Before the American People This Year of the Greatest Importance. Right of Self-Government Endangered by the Success of the Republican Na- tional Ticket as Evidenced by Our Record in the Philippines. One great question now before the American people in this campaign is the question of right of seli-govern- ment. President McKinley and his supporters seek to set aside the doc- trine of self-government ard to estab- lish in its stead the ancient heresy of the right of government by brute force. No other interpretation of our attitude toward the Filipinos is possible. In this rerilous hcur who shall an- swer? On whose hands the blood of the century? Voters of Minnesota answer at the polls by voting for Bryan and Stevenson electors. DR. RUDOLPH SCHIFFMAN. Dr. Rudolph Schiffman, one of the Democratic-Peoples Party candidates for elector-at-large, was born in St. Louis 55 years ago. He was taking a medical course at the St. Louis Med- ical college when the war broke out. Located as he was in one of the storm centers of the conflict, he promptly re- sponded to the call for Union troops, en- listing as a private in Company D, Eighth Missouri cavalry. After the war was over he resumed DR. RUDOLPH SCHIFFMAN. his medical studies and graduated from the St. Louis Medical college in 1867. Shortly after he was appointed assist- ant surgeon in the United States army and assigned to General Hancock’s ex- pedition against the Western tribe of Indians. This position he resigned j after a year’s service and removed to St. Paul, where he engaged in the gen- eral practice of medicine, and where he has ever since resided. MICHAEL R. PRENDERGAST. Michael R. Prendergast, the Dem- ocratic-Peopl.s Party candidate for elector-at-large, was born in County Cork, Ireland. His parents, with a large family, settled in Connec- ticut in 1848. In 1855 tho family re- moved to St. Paul. Michael was ap- prenticed to the printing trade in the office of the St. Paul Daily Times. In 1862 he enlisted in what afterwards be- came Company H, Tenth Mianesota Volunteers. In the fall of dergast located in St. 1873 Mr. Paul Pren- and MICHAEL R. PRENDERGAST. for nearly twenty years was associated | with his brother in the business firm of Prendergast Bros. In 1891 the St. Paul stove works was established, largely by the efforts of Mr. Prendergast, who was the first vice president and mana- ger of that great enterprise. Repub- lican ‘‘prosperity’? and trusts were largely the cause of its subseqent fail- ure. 0. W. ANDERSON. Dr. O. W. Anderson, Democratic- Peoples Party nominee for elector from the First congressional district, was porn in Lyster, Norway, and came to America in 1850, settling in Dane county, Wis. In 1852 he moved with his father to Vernon county, Wis., and remained there until 1855 when he removed to Chicago where he studied medicine and pharmacy. Inthe summer of 1861 he went to La Crosse, Wis., where he was em- ployed as a pharmacist until the fall of 1863, when he settled in Rochester, Minn., where he has been engaged in the practice of pharmacy and medicine ever since, together with the establish- ment and manufacture of a line of medicines and pharmaceuticals that have become fayorably known all over the Northwest, and are today staple household articles among the Scandina- vians, making Dr. Anderson’s name popular and well known among his 0. W. ANDERSON. countrymen throughout the Northwest. GEORGE LESTER. Mr. George Lester, the Democratic- Peoples Party ‘candidate for pres- idential elector from the Second dis- trict, was born in Necedah, Wis., in 1857, received a good common school education and then attended the Spencerian college at Milwaukee, Wis. Afterwards he entered the employ of GEORGE LESTER. Bradford & Son of Necedah, Wis., (lumbermen) as bookkeeper. His high character, energy and per- sonal integrity won for him countless friends, and asa result he was elected register of deeds of Juneau county, Wis., on the Democratic ticket, al- though the county is strongly Repub- lican. He then went into the real estate business in landsin San Louis Park, Colo., with offices at Chicago and Denver. After this he entered the em- ploy of C. L. Coleman, lnmberman, at La Crosse, Wis., as traveling agent, and took charge of his business at Fair- mont, Minn., in 1887, and has man- aged the same ever since. O. T. RAMSLAND. O. T. Ramsland of Sacred Heart, Democratic-Peoples Party candidate for elector from the Third congres- sional district, was born in Nor- ©. T. RAMSLAND. way in 1853 and came tothe United States in 1871, engaging in farming, lumbering and other business at vari- ous points in Wisconsin and Minnesota for a number of years. In 1880 he located at Sacred Heart and engagedin general merchandise business, where he has since resided. He has served with ability in several local offices. Mr. Ramsland isa believer in Amer- ica and American institutions to the fullest extent and advocates ‘‘equal privileges to al} and special privileges tonone.”’ DANIEL ABERLE. Daniel Aberle, Democratic- Peoples Party nominee for elector from the Fourth congressional district, was DANIEL ABERLE. born in the city of Mainheim, Germany, in 1848, and graduated from the high school of that city in 1867. He emigrated to the United States and located in Chicago, Ills., where he en- tered upon a commercial life which he has continued to the present time. In 1880 he located in St. Paul, and has ever since been actively and energet+ ically connected with its business, so- cial and political life and growth. Having joined the Democratic party early in life, he has been honored by the national organization by being ap- pointed to its state central committee for five different terms, acting one term as treasurer. He was sentasa dele- gate totwo national Democratic con- ventions, and has also been treasurer of the Democratic state organization during its existence. FRED D. NOERENBERG, Fred D. Noerenberg, the Demo- cratic- Peoples Party candidate for elector for the Fifth congressional dis- trict, resides at Markville, in the western portion of Hennepin county, though doing business at Minneapolis. He was born in 1845 in the northern part of Prussia, and came to this coun- try in 1860, locating at St. Paul. He removed to Minneapolis in 1875, and FRED D. NOERENBERG. ; engaged in the brewing business in } which he has since continued. For ‘ several years he has been at the head ofthe Minneapolis Brewing Company, one of the largest industries of its kind in the Northwest. He has always been a Democrat in politics but never been a candidate for office with the exception of having been poe the legislative ticket at one time, and in 1898 he was a candidate for treasurer of Heunepin county. JOHN JENSWOLD, JR. John Jenswold, Jr., the Democratic- Peoples Party candidate for elector from the Sixth congressional dis- trict, is a practicing attorney at Duluth j where since in 1888 he has had an ex- i tensive and constantly growing prac+ tice. He is of Norwegian parentage, his j Parents coming to Greene county, Wis., ‘when mere children. Here also John was born, but soon after removed ta Zumbrota, Minn., where he lived until JOHN JENSWOLD, JR. 1869. His parents then settled on an Iowa farm, where he grew up to man- hood, receiving his education in the public institutions of that state. He studied law at the state university of Iowa, and soon after his graduation commenced the practice of his profes- sion at Emmettsburg, Ia.. beiug asso- ciated with Hon. T. W. Harrison and the partnership, so formed, continued until his removal to Duluth. THOMAS C. HODGSON. Thomas C. Hodgson, Democratic. Peoples Party nominee for elector from the Seventh congressional dis- trict, was born on the Isle of Man, Jan. 1, 1843. In 1884 he moved with his parents to the lead mining region removed to Dakota county, Minn., in THOMAS ©. HODGSON. 1854, and settled in what is now the town of Greenvale, near Northfield. In 1862 Mr. Hodgson enlisted in Company F, Eighth regiment volun- teers, under Captain Leonard Aldrich, and served with the regiment in almost all of its raids against the Indians in the Northwest and iu the bloody battles of the South until he was mustered out, July 11, 1865. In 1876 Mr. Hodgson removed to Her+ man. Le was appointed chief deputy inspector of grain for St. Paul Governor McGill in 1887, ae held position until he resigned in 1890, is at present living at Elbow Laka, - Northern Illinois, from which they_ ——— ft