Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 26, 1910, Page 1

| eT TTD te BR EDO AME RNP BHT MINKE SOT. HISTORIC a Suciely. Vor. XXI.—No., 18 Granpv Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, tgIo. Two Dollars a Year HAS IT OCCURED TO YOU” Should Stone be elected it is very evident that kangaroo courtism will reached a more flourishing condition than heretofore. all cases brought before his notice and who would defend the persons a@rraigned? Spear, of course. Spear would hang jon to them like a leech wnotil he had their money and ‘then Stone will prosecute they would be turned over to Stone | to let the law take its ‘course. In this manner, many, igornant of the wily ways of unscrupulous attorneys would spend their allandin the end would be thrown aside like a dis- of no further value, In this immune carded coat, hence of no further use. way, no citizen wouid be from prosecution and kangaroo court- ism would flourish to an alarming The voters who are demand; administration of degree. ing a clean the county atto: bear this in mind when casting their vote and mark an X opposite the bame of R. A. McOuat, the demo- cratic nominee for county attorney. Where ever he has beem he has been respected by all who have had dealings with him and recommendations he carries from the ong attorney general’s office, where he was employed prior to locating at Coleraine. He is endorsed and sup- leading men all over the ownty and all indications point that he will be the next county at- ported by torney. Unassuming {2 manner, he makes no claim to being a soned | sed yer, but he does promise, if} elected, to keep the affairs of the | office free from petty spites ar prejudices and to vigorously pro ‘eute all offenders of the law. He is hampered by no promises or pled- ges and if the voters of Itasca coun- ty wish to have justice impartially administered they Me- and fairly will cast their ballot for R. A. Ouat gh November 8. —___—_— Clean politics should be the slo- gan of every man who runs for of- fice and every favorite candidate. is a thing to be abhored would a pestilence, About ber 7, when it is too late to refute false statements, the ‘‘roorbacks’” will appear,besmirching the private ¢ official acts of some candidate who who boosts his Dirty politics man as one Novem- camnot be downed by clean politics, Remember this, Mr. Voter, when you see one of these roorbacks. He who refuses his signature to whieh he has written shows that he eannot prove the statements made, amd therefore the roorbacks should receive no attention other than every man who wishes to see poli- tics on a cleaner and higher plan should seek to correct the impress-|¢verywhere and there is no doubt | ot George Ruby’s honesty or integ- | that | sioner CLARENCE B. WEBSTER Attormey at law Bovey : : - Minnesota rney’s office should Democratic Nonfinee for the office of Probate Judge of Itasca County. CLARENCE B. WEBSTER. ‘In the fight for the office of pro- bate judge in Itasca county, Clarence B. Webster, the democratic candidate is making votes where ever he goes and indications are that he will win out by a good majority at the No- As has been said beflore, the office of judge of pro- bate the hands of men ignorant of the tech- vember election. has too long been in nicalities of the law and consequent- ly the probate judge has been, in compelled to take the advice of some attorney who is many instances, interested in the estate being probat- ed, which has given many opportunit- Should the Republican nominee be elected, there is no doubt ies for fraud. this order of things would continue, but if the voters decide to elect C. B. Webster judge of probate, they will see the office revolutionized. He is a practicing attorney at Bo- | vey and a graduate of the law de- partment of the University of Min- nesota. If elected, no estate-grabbing attoyney could pull the wool over his eyes and the estates of the de would be saved thousands of He is fitted for in every way, while exactly many dollars, the office the op- | posite can be sald of his opponent. Help put the office out of the hands | of the attorneys by voting for Clar- ence B, Webster. pe a eS GEORGE RUBY. George Ruby, Republican candid-| ate for county commis- from the Ist district is making a clean campaign for the of- | fice and 1s not attempting to deceive the voters by promising a new road j each one he meets. He is thoroughly qualified in every way to advance the bests interests of his district. Honest men are needed jons given. rity of purpose. M. A. Our Present Efficient County |net stoop to do a dishonorable act. _|cord made since he took the oath of | Office, cock, the president commissioner and { : | Review has no quarrel with Mr. Nel- AN EFFICIENT OFFICER. Such has M. A, Spang, county aud- itor and candidate for re-election proven himself to be. As is matural he has made some enemies in the discharge of his official duties. Had he not been an efficient officer he COUNTY SUPERINTENDENCY. The contest for county superintend- ent of schools has finally resolved itself into an overwhelming victory for Mrs, Katherine H. Murchie who filed as an independent candidate. The office of county superintendent of schools is one that demamds a/| would not have made these ememies. thorough knowledge of the condi-|The argument has been advanced tions that exist and the difficulties |thmt, having held the office for that beset the teachers of the average | three terms, he is Mot entitled to it rural school. Mrs. Murchie has been/again, but all who pause to think a resident of the county for the past) will laugh at this statement. Im a eighteen years and no woman Js mor¢/county with as many diversified in acquainted with condi-|terests as Itasca, where so many big In addition, she 1s a | industries are represented, it is and has highly important that the county au- ditor shall be ant with thoroughly tions than she. school graduate had twelve years experlence as @ Her opponent has shown | no credentials and, it is reported, | even finished eighth grade | aminers' In a county with as |to make an examination of the books which are normal teacher. By the testimony of the public ex- never and the accounants here work at school. large a coumtry school system as Itasca, it is highly !mportant that the schools be placed in capable hands, in charge of one who will ad- vanee their interests and for this one reason, if for no other, Mrs. Murchie should be elected. ——— A SURE THING. of the county treasurer, j;checked up by the records in the au- ditor's office, it is very plain that | there is not a better set of books kept in the state nor an auditor who is more painstaking in his work. The contends that when a man has made good he should be j retained qgnd who cam say that M. A. not made good? The have attempted to down T. T. Riley, | charges brought against him have | Herald-Review Despite the efforts of those wh0}Spang has ublican nominee for sheriff he still) peen proven to be without foundation pursues the even tenor of his ways,|and he will poll so large ‘ vote on | attending to his official duties and! Novemper Sth that his opponent will | dischargng them tm a manner above | not know he has been in the race. | sm. In fact, since he was elect | critic <—————— ed sheriff, he has discharged his OUR OPPORTUNITY. duties so well that his enemies can} Mr. A. B. Clair, more intimately find nothing to say against him, so!known to his friends here as just | in the remote districts they resort to | plain “Andy” was over from Grand falsehoods in order to capture votes | Rapids Tuesday and mingled with oui for John Hepfel, who, himself, would | citizens. Mr. Clair is the Democrat- |ic nominee for the legislature from , this district and naturally wanted to R. A. McOUAT | Of Coleraine. Democratic Ne T. T. RILEY i for County Attorney, Itasca County. Republican Nominee for Sheriff of ~ a County. It ge a line on his standing in this community which, we know always has been, and still is, ace high. We {are glad of the opportunity to put in a good word for Apdy, if it will help any, and wamt to say right here that we would like to see him elect- ed. Being an old time resident of this section of the state, he surely understands our needs better than the fellows in the southern end of the district. He is. a man.among men and one with all kinds of push behind him, and generally gets what he poes after. This is the kind of a fe ee ate man we need to represent us in the JOHN P. TREBILCOCK. j legislature. Like the other aspirants for the place, he stands for reappor- tionment, good roads and other is-| sues of general interest to this dis- | trict, but has a better knowledge of | the conditions here and knows ex It is a well knowm fact, however, that Hepfel was brought out, not be- cause his sponsers thought he had a ch@nce of winning, but to cause T. T. Riley, who had just passed | through a costly legal battle for the } office, the added expenses of a cam- paign fight. No squarer, no more honest man has held office in Itasca county than T. T. Riley and he is en- titled to succeed himself on the re- In the Third Commissioner district the fight is between John P. Trebil- Andy Nelson, of Bovey. The Herald-!} son, in fact, he {s known as one of eee. - te ~ sa $ if sent t ogislature. Ve shou Bovey’s best boosters, but it will} '* Sent Bie roti gee Meri rg rty li terfere i is be a decided loss to the entire | haan nang ens Nee fight for our rights; it’s the man we know will do us the most good that we are after. We are entitled to a representative from this end of the district and this is our chance. A selid vote for Mr. Clair in the morth- ern counties of the district will tur: the trick. Andy is not only well suit- ed for the place, but has the repu- tation of being a whirlwind campaign er, and there ts every reason to be- if Mr. The fact that contractors eounty Trebilcock is not re- elected. have been made to live up to their contracts is due largely to Mr. Trebilcock amd many other methods of saving the county’s money been due to his efforts. A good business man and a hustler, he is a valuable man mM any office and the veters of the Third district are have SPANG Auditor, Who Is a Candidate For Re-eleclion to be congratulated on having so able a man to represent and work for } them in county affairs, ie ee ——_—_—_____—— “On November 8 comes the big If it takes Itasca county political killing and on November 10|one thousand years to build all the the season for killing big game opens|roads promised by Commissioner The question naturally arises what|King in distret No. 3, how long will will the people do for excitement |it take Waiter Wellmam to cross the after November 30? Atlantic. lieve he will be a winner.—Northome Record. thoroughly convers- | the affairs of his office. | KATHERINE H. MURCHIE Superintendent of Schvol o, Itasca County. HON. C. W. STANTON, From all parties for years has come the cry that the office of judge should be kept out of politics and for that reason, if for no other. Hon. C. W. Stanton, non-partisan judic- judge of this, the 15th judicial dis- |trict. Since beng appointed by Gov. Johnson,he has enjoyed a.reputation the bench that have earned for him the respect and admiration of near- ly every lawyer in the district. In torneys im the district he is also an with discriminating experienced the mind of a trained journalist and a newspaper man, impartial and judge on the bench must be able to sift the evidence given in a logical way and the Herald-Review contends that the judicial bench of northern Minnesota contains no more able jurist than Hon. C. W. Stanton, As is natural and right, he has made decisions some that have not met with the approval of interested parties and it is for this reason he is being vigorously opposed in cer- tain quarters. Pay no attention to their mutterings, but bear in mind |the old saying that ‘it is the hit dog that always yelps.” — A.B. Clair of Grand Rapids was a genial visitor to our village last Mon- He is seeking election to the Andy is well known and lfaows well what we need in this county, good friend for Koochiching county. His day. legislature. He will make a sure candidacy is being well received.— Big Fork Compass, oo Fine feathers may not make fine birds, republican colors can but a socialist sailing under be nominated for judge of probate. A. B. Candidate for the office of County | ary candidate, should be elected as} for fairness and impartial rulings on | addition to being one of the best at- | GOV. ADOLPH O. EBERHART. In making a selection of the man who will be at the head of the great state of Minnesoa for the next two years, the voters of the state should |Pcfnder well before casting their | votes. On one hand there is James Gray, the Democratic candidate, who iwas not nominated, but was selected after John Lind had the nomination, and who does not stamd refused japon the platform of the party from whom he seeks support; who stands | for county option, while his party repudiates it and who was selected |to head the ticket, so it is said, not jon his qualifications as a statesman }but on account of his resemblance to the late Governor Johnson, On the jother hand there is Adolph O. j hart, who was nominated by acclama- Eber- tion &t the republican state conven- tion; who stamds squarely on the platform adopted by his party; who states that if the legislature sees fit to pass a county option bil he will sign it amd who asks the support of the voters on the strength of the re- cord made since he took the place left vacant by the death of Governor Johnson. Since September, 1909, he has not only discharged the duties promptness, of his office with | thoroughness and fairness to all in- \terests, but has also lost no op {portunity to advance the best in- jterests of the state, both at home and abroad, through his speaking en- |gagements and the National Conser- vation congress, of which he is ad- Still young, educated in hard jand exacting school of experience; he has mingled with all classes of men, which has developed a broad understanding of the needs and hopes He has done more mittedly the father. jhe has been the of the people. ‘simce his short tenure of the of- | tice than any other governor to ldirect attention to the many op- iportunities in Minmesota and has Proused the citizens of the state to a full | both actual and potential. realization of her greatness, Governor | Pberhart has given particular. atten- tion to. agricultural experiment work more than any one which is doing thing else to develop this section land he has shown in countless ways | that he realizes the Immense possi- bilities of northern Minnesota and |also her many needs. He has thrown | political considerations aside in secur jing the best results in the many he state which {has charge and {no one can say departments over | has not made good in every instance | where he bas been caNed upon to | make a decision, affecting the peo ple and interests of this section of | | the state. CLAIR Democratic nominee for representative from the 52nd legislative district of Minnesota. ' ; i | sass