Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 29, 1904, Page 6

AN EXCELLENT TICKET DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR STATE OFFICES ALL MEN OF KNOWN INTEGRITY. FEARLESS AND INDEPENDENT WITHOUT CORRUPT TIES, BOUND TO NO SPECIAL INTERESTS OR COMBINATIONS. THEIR ELECTION DEMANDED ENTITLED TO VOTES OF LOVERS OF GOOD GOVERNMENT RE- GARDLESS OF PARTY. When a political party places in nomination men of known integrity or important positions it is good judg- on the part of the people to take ance of its action. » Democratic party of Minnesota 1904 convention in Minneapolis in nomination a state ticket which every name is that of a man the voters of Minnesota it pre- sents a ticket composed of clean, hon- . independent men, without corrupt ties and bound to no special interest nation of corporate influence. such a ticket the Democratic Minnesota ai nited Democracy and of intelli- independent voters of all par- P of &E¢ and JOHN A. JOHNSON. John A, Johnson, Democratic candi- 4 for governor, Pet Nicollet county, Minn., July 28, | and as schoolboy, editor and senator has lived son of poverty and hard cir- ices young Johnson was com- elle leave school at an early age to help support the family. He had t a experience in grocery and merchandise business and a in railway construction. To this ous workday activity and to a onstitution inherited from Scan- d in stock Johnson owes his mus- He learned thoroughly ec vigor. i business, following it as man \ine years, being the thir- ered druggist to receive ificate of the state. Not be- ca e considered the number thir- mmiucky, but because he finally 1 saved enough capital to get a start in the newspaper business, ¢ Dec. 17, 1886, at the ag y-four, purchased a half inter. St. Peter Herald, the edi- m being the now long familiar » & Johnson, and joined editorial fraternity, of been one of the leading s one of the most pop- , for eighteen years. compelled at the age of ave public school to work Jolin A. Johnson did not opportunity for study, and age of twenty-four he took | pen on the St. Peter Her- € promptly to front rank in finnesota country journalism. In 1891 JOHN A. JOHNSON. he was elected secretary of the State E ia! association and in 1893 was elected by his contemporaries to the ofice of president. It is significant that among the whole 700 publications of the state there is not one that, moved by professional jealousy or par- s. has yet uttered a word de- tisan b rogat y to John A. Johnson. A. Johnson stands squarely on e Democratic platform of 1904, as on the national platform. in the right of labor to governor would stand attempt to abridge that On the merger question for the strict and impartial enforcement of the law without fear ovitism and will use the whole po’ of the office of governor for the protection of the public interests in this direction. On the tariff he is an earnest exponent of Canadian reci- procity, which he believes will double the commercial territory and develop- ment of Minnesota, and holds that lum- ber and other trust controlled products should go to the free list. The nomination of John A. Johnson for governor was by acclamation of the whole state of Minnesota. At the convention there was no dissenting voice; in the state at large there has been no voice of dissent. He is sup- ported by a united Democracy. More than that he is the choice of thousands of intelligent and independent yoters ip all parties who believe the time has s the suffrages | was born in St.| there ever j come when special interests shall cease to reap privileges and hold power in the executive offices of the state capitol. FENDALL G. WINSTON. One of the most conspicuous exam- ples of patriotism in the interests of good government in Minnesota is the action of Fendall G. Winston, Demo- cratic candidate for lieutenant gov- ernor, in neglecting business interests which in the aggregate distribute nearly $1,000,000 in wages per annum to give his time, name and influence to the cause of the people in this cam- paign as the running mate of John A. Johnson. Coming to the Northwest in 1872, then a young man of only twenty-two years, Fendall G. Winston has been identified with the growth and prog- ress of Minnesota for a generation. He is bone of its bone and sinew of its sinew. The firm of Winston Bros., contractors, formed in 1874, first achieving distinction in the early mu- nicipal construction work of Minneapo- lis, then extending its operations to government and railway survey and construction work throughout the Northwest, has been associated with the engineering development of Minne- sota and the Northwest for thirty years and one of the strong factors in the state’s industrial progress. Fendall G. Winston is today presi- dent of Winston Bros. company, con- tractors; of Winston-Dear company, contractors, and of Winston, Harper, Fisher & Co., wholesale grocers. The high standing of these companies for enterprise integrity and is known FENDALL G. WINSTON. | | throughout the Northwest. The two ‘construction companies last season, a comparatively dull year, distributed di- j rectly to the workingmen employed by | them $750,000 in wages, not including | pay for clerks and teams, and not in- | cluding the sums distributed through sub-coutractors. The wholesale gro- }cery firm, of which Mr. Wiuston has | been head since 1893, has a payroll of upwards of $100,000 per annum. Dur- | ing the fifteen years ending in 1902; | Winston Bros. distributed an average | of $1,000,000 a year in wages to work- ingmen. In thirty vears the firm has | | employed in all not less than a quarter |of a million hands. In addition to be- ing president of the three companies jnamed Mr. Winston is likewise a di- ‘rector of the Security bank of Minne- japolis, of the Minnesota Loan and Trust company and of the Minneapolis | plow works. For a man of such heavy business | responsibilities thé office of lieutenant governor can be accepted only at great | sacrifice. For such a man to lay down | all his multifarious business and per- sonal interests on the altar of good government is a test of patriotism | which but few men of his commercial | standard are willing in this generation | to undergo. The position of lieuten- ant governor is-one which is the least | sought of all the positions om the state | ticket. To hold up the hands of John A. Johnson as the standard bearer of good government in Minnesota, to rid this commonwealth of the stain upon its good name, to help the people of Minnesota to regain the reins of gov- ernment and to uplift Minnesota poli- tics to a standard of purity and honor, Mr, Winston has set aside all business | and personal interests and given the prestige of his name and the force of his influence and energy to advance the flag of Democracy and the people | | in this campaign. | Every Minnesota voter who has re- | gard for patriotism, every friend of {the commonwealth who wants clean | hands and a soul of honor in the office of president of the state senate, every | citizen, regardless of party, who wants | the senate committees of this state ap- pointed by a man whose only interest lis that of the public, every friend of | good state government who wants to ‘hold up the hands of John A, Johnson | governor by giving him an ally and | supporter, and not an enemy and op- ponent, in the person of lieutenant governor and president of the senate, should vote to elect Fendall G. Winston by the side of John A. Johnson and | thereby give the state of Minnesota in 1904 for these two high offices a pair of executive officials who, for brains and backbone, for executive fitness and ability, for public spirit and patri- otic purpose, are not excelled by the standard bearers of any other state in the Union. JOHN &. KING. | John BE. King, Democratic candidate for secretary of state, was born Aug. 27, 1870, at Laketon, Wabash county, Ind., and spent the first twelve years of his life on a farm. In 1881 he was apprenticed in a country printing office and worked in a large number of offices in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. In 1888, when but eighteen years of age, he established the Larchwood Leader at Larchwood, Ia. He went from there to Rock Rapids, Ia., where for two years he was editor of the Review. In 1891 he established the Nobles County Democrat at Adrian, Minn., which pa- per he conducted for ten years. Dur- ing the last Cleveland administration he was postmaster of Adrian and in 1894 was the Democratic candidate for representative in the legislature from the Fifteenth district. In 1901 Mr. King purchased the Red Lake Courier at Red Lake Falls and has since been engaged in the active management of that paper—one of the leading ex- ponents of Democracy in the state. Mr. King was married in 1895 to Miss Georgia Duncan of Laketon, Ind., JOHN E. KING, and two children have been born to them—Homer D., eight years, and Florence H., four years of age. For several years he was president of .the Southwestern Minnesota Edi- torial association and at the present time is first vice president of the state association. THOMAS J. M'DERMOTT. Thomas Jefferson McDermott, Demo- cratic candidate for attorney general, is a product of the state of Minnesota, having been ushered into life Nov. 17, 1861, in Kasota, Le Sueur county, his parents being Paul and Rose (McNa- mee) McDermott. After receiving a good common school education he was given the advantage of a good busi- | ness training in a commercial school | in Minneapolis, supplementing this | with a course in the law school of the | state university, from which he grad- | uated, taking both bachelor and mas- ter degrees. He also had practical training in the office of Eugene M. | Wilson and under the direction of | Judge William Lochren of Minneapo- ! lis and was admitted to practice before | the supreme court of Minnesota in | April, 1892, and the supreme court of | the United States March 4, 1895. Preferring to stand or fall on his own | merits Mr. McDermott opened an office in St. Paul and, more fortunate than | many young professional men, met | with prompt recognition among the fraternity by reason of his vigor and energy and he has been a very success- ful man during the twelve years of his practice. Probably few men are more widely THOMAS J. M’DERMOTT. and pleasantly known throughout Min- nesota than Thomas Jefferson McDer- mott, who is a prominent and influen- tial leader of the Democratic party of the state. He has served on the ex- ecutive committee for four years and has been an important factor in strengthening and harmonizing the party with which he affiliates. His genial and companionable ways have made him a universal favorite among all classes and his influence is potent and farreaching, always exerted in sus- taining the cause of the masses and bettering their condition. Mr. McDer- mott was married in 1887, in Marys- burg, Minn., to Miss Caroline T. Do- ran, by whom he has five children, four sons and one daughter. BYRON J. MOSIER. Byron J. Mosier, Democratic candi- date for state treasurer, has been a resident of Stillwater for the past BYRON J. MOSIER. thirty-three years. His every action has been as an open book to the people of that city. He is known and trust- ed as a man of unimpeachable honor, a man of good moral character and one in every way worthy of any pro- motion the people of this state can bestow upon him, irrespective of party predilections. He was not an aspirant for the office, but accepted the honor as a matter of duty that he feels he owes to his party. Mr. Mosier has led an active and busy life from boyhood. Love of country is responsible for his enlist- ment when a young boy in defense of the Union during the long and bloody War of the Rebellion. Naturally he has a warm place in his heart for all old soldiers, has done much in their behalf and should be remembered. by them when they cast their vote for state treasurer next November. He has established an extensive business in the wholesale and retail cigar and tobacco trade and has a multitude of patrons in Minnesota and Wisconsin. That his neighbors and friends be- lieve him worthy of confidence is evi- denced by the following summary of places of trust imposed upon him: Served the city of Stillwater as member of the city council; appointed surveyor general of logs and lumber for the First district under Governor Lind; treasurer of the Stillwater en- campment, No. 23, I. O. O. F., for thir- teen years; treasurer Stillwater lodge, No. 179, B. P. O. E., for thirteen years, and then elected to the office of exalt- ed ruler. At the present time he holds the office of junior vice commander of Crook post, No. 69, G. A. R. Mr. Mosier was aid on the depart- ment staff under Department Comman- ders Adam Marty, Captain Harries and Captain Mahan CALVIN L. BROWN. Calvin L. Brown, candidate for asso- ciate justice of the supreme court, was born in Sullivan county, N. Y., in CALVIN L. BROWN. 1854 and came to Minnesota with his parents in 1855 and has since contin- uously resided in the state. He was admitted to the bar in 1876 and located in Morris in 1878. He was appointed judge of the Sixteenth judicial district by Governor McGill March 10, 1887, and was elected to that office in 1888 and again in 1894. He was appointed associate justice of the supreme court by Governor Lind to succeed Justice Buck, resigned, and was elected to that office in 1898. Judge Brown is married and resides at Morris, Stearns county. JOHN A. LOVELY. John A. Lovely, candidate for the supreme court, was born at Burling- ton, Vt., Nov. 18, 1843; came West in 1863; was admitted to the bar in Mil- waukee, Wis., in 1864; practiced law at Watertown three years; came to JOHN A, LOVELY. Albert Lea in the fall of 1867, where he has resided ever since. He has held the offices of city attorney of Al- bert Lea, county attorney of Freeborn county, was president of the State Bar association of Minnesota from 1875 to 1878. Mr. Lovely is married and has two children. He was elected to the supreme court as a candidate on the Republican ticket in 1898 by over 30,000 majority, receiving votes of a large number of the opposite party; took his seat Jan. 1, 1900; his term ex- pires Jan. 1, 1906. Before Mr. Lovely went on the su- preme bench he had been engaged very largely in a general practice of his profession, particularly in litiga- tion against railroad companies in be- half of the employes, and has recovy- ered very many verdicts and sustained them in the supreme court of this state and in the federal courts. Mr. Lovely was also engaged in litigation in be- half of farmers against these corpora- tions to compel them to fence their rights of way, in which he was suc- cessful, establishing in the supreme court of the United States principles that were vigorously contested, and since he has been on the bench has maintained his reputation as a lawyer of broad views and good capacity. He was a candidate for endorsement in the late Republican convention and received a majority of the votes, but after they were polled trades were made by which he was deprived of his nomination. The bar of the state uni- versally desires Mr. Lovely’s re-elec- tion and believes that it is con- ducive to the administration of justice. He received the unanimous endorse- ment and nomination of the Demo- cratic convention notwithstanding he was a Republican, but on account of his fitness for the position and a de- sire to lift the judiciary out of politics. 0. M. HALL. Osee Matson Hall, Democratic can- didate for justice of the supreme court, is a man singularly fitted for judi preferment. He has probably prevent- ed more lawsuits than any other man Oo. M. HALL. in Goodhue county, holding that it is the lawyer’s business to protect his clients from litigation. His reputation for probity and knowledge of the law {is so firmly established that an opinion from him is frequently accepted as final judgment, not needing appeal to the courts. * His briefs are notably clear and lucid, his style easy and readable, his logic well considered, holding the mind to the argument. ; As an advocate he tries every ca: |on its mer never descending to s | cial pleading, abhorring the time worn device of abusing the plaintiff’s attor- ney, but preserving at all times the amenities and dignities of the profes- sion. He was born at Conneaut, O., in 1851, now at fifty-three in the prime of his powers. A boy of twelve he seized | a smooth hore io join the home guards in defense against Morgan’s raid and at fifteen he was editor of an abolition weekly. The qualities that made the boy an advocate of emancipation have fixed his party affiliations as a Demo- crat in maturer years. He graduated from Williams college in 1868 and came at once to Red Wing, Minn. In the old fashioned way he read law in the office of Wilder & Wil- liston, the venerable Judge Wilder and Williston for the last fifteen years on the bench for the First district. Judge Wilder retiring Mr. Hall entered part- nership with Judge Williston, which continued to 1880. In formed a partnership with Judge N, O. Werner, now well known to the bar of Minneapolis. Mr. Hall was elected to the state senate from a strong Republican di: trict in 1885. In 1890 he was nom nated by the Democrats of the Third congressional district and led a forlorn hope to victory. He won by a straight, aggressive campaign on the tariff, with no concessions to personal arguments. He was easily re-elected in 1892 and went down with colors flying in 1894. Except to serve on local boards he has held no other public offices. But he is director in a bank, in two manu- facturing companies, and director and counsel for the Minnesota Scandi- navian Relief association. He would bring dignity to the su- preme court and weight to its de- cisions. CHARLES E. OTIS. Hon. Charles E. Otis. Democratic candidate for associate justice of the supreme court, was born and brought up on a farm which his parents lo- cated and opened in the woods of | they were pioneers. He worked his way through college, taking the classi- cal course, and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1869. After | spending two years in La Porte, Ind., |as superintendent of schools he re- moved to St. Paul, Minn., where he has ever since resided. Here he stud- fed law with his brother, the late CHARLES E. OTIS. George L. Otis, one of the most prom- inent lawyers of the state, and with whom, on being admitted to the bar in 1873, he became associated in the that year he| Berry county, Michigan, of which state | oa taken an active interest in all matters affecting the public welfare, accepting and performing to the satisfaction of the people of the city the duties of sundry civic offices to that end. Although a lifelong Democrat he has never been a rank partisan and in 1889 he was appointed by a Republican gov- ernor to the place of district judge of the Second district which office he held by successive elections for four- teen years, declining two years ago a further election. Since his retirement from the bench he has again taken up the practice of law, his son being as- sociated with him. Judge Otis is universally recognized as one of the ablest and most valuable men who has ever occupied the judi- cial office in this state. He has a pro- found knowledge of the law, quickness and precision of perception, an un- usual facility in applying the law to the facts, unremitting industry and per fect integrity of mind and character. These and other qualities make him a most valuable counselor and fit him in a marked degree for the highest judicial position. No man in the state stands higher among his professional associates and he has as well the un- bounded respect of all classes in the community in which he has spent his active life. The people of this state will honor themselves in electing Charles E. Otis a justice of the supreme court. H. E. HOARD. H. E. Hoard, Democratic candidate for railroad and warehouse commis- |Sioner, is publisher of the Montevideo |Leader. Mr. Hoard was born in Stock- bridge, N. Y., in 1843, removed to Wis- jconsin in 1866, was principal of the | Mauston (Wis.) schools several years and was married there to Ella Temple {in 1872. They removed to Tawas City, Mich., in 1873, where Mr. Hoard pub- lished the Iosco County Gazette nearly ten years. During that time he held !several minor offices and was county (clerk for two terms. Mr. and Mrs. |Hoard removed to Montevideo, Minn., jin 1882, since which time Mr. Hoard |has published the Montevideo Leader, {In 1886 he was chosen state senator }and served during two sessions. He ‘was very active in securing the enact- | ment of the first bill for state farmers’ | | | | H. E. HOARD. | institutes and was the first president of the board of mana arm- ers’ institutes. He was also el secretary and superintendent of the Minnesota State Agricultt socie jin January, 1877. He was c of ustoms division in the tre partment at Washington, D. ( | | pointed to that office by Hon. William | Windom, secretary of the treasur He, with many other Republicans that party in the summer of ° | since which time he has been aa ardent supporter of the Democratia | party and its candidates. WILLIAM F. KELSO. William F, Kelso of Hallock, Demo- cratic candidate for railroad and war house commissioner, was born io | | } | W. F. KELSO, County Hastings, Ont., July 17, 3 educated at the Belleville Gram school and Queens university, ston, Ont.; came to the United S in 1869 and to Kittson county Red River valley, in 1879, wh he purchased the farm he now operates. Farming has been his only occupation, in which he is one of the pioneers in the northern part of the state. coming there when it was almost a wilderness and being a prominent factor in its wonderful development. He has been chairman of the board of county commissioners, president of Hallock board of education, was candi- date for presidential elector at larga in 1888 on the Democratic ticket and then nominee for congress in 1892 in the old Seventh district. Mr. Kelso: allied himself with the Democratic party when he came to this country, casting his first vote for Samuel J. Tilden in 1876, and has been prominent in the councils of his party i | practice of the law. He has always! ever since.