The Hiawatha Herald from Hiawatha, Kansas • 3

THURSDAY NOV, 3, 1904 Some Men for Whom You Should Cettainly Vote on Tuesday. THE HIAWATHA HEKALCT his farm in the Willis neighborhood and it is safe to say there is not a man in the county who has the respect of the people more than George Seaman, and of course you will vote for him because you know that he will conduct the office honestly and with good judgment. M. G. Ham.

An old soldier, crippled in the service of his country is asking for the office ofProb ite Judge at the instance of the Republican partv in the person of M. G. Ham. Everybody knows the Major. He has been in the county so long and has met most everyone, and is so pleasant and such.

an agreeable companion that the people just couldn't vote against him because they have always found him careful, competent and well posted and ready to look after their interests. Mr. Ham needs no introduction. He never foiled a friend and business which has been intrusted to his care has always been looked after with promptness and in a satisfactory manner. Vote for Ham for Probate Judge.

Hp will make a good official. C. W. Goon. The Republican nominee for County Superintendent is C.

W. Good, the efficient teacher, who for six years has conducted the city schools at Fair view and who could hold the place as long as he wanted it because knows his business and is a perfect instructor. He has been en He is a successful farmer, a good business man and where he is best known he is most admired for his sterling worth and integrity. In this very important office Mr. Moore will serve the people well and faithfully.

Make it unanimous by voting for Old George Moore. A. F. Bechtel. A.

F. Bechtel is another of the County officers who is making the race for his second term. Mr. Bechtel is one of the most faithful officials the county everhad. Besides this careful, he is one of the things necessary in the office of Register of Deeds.

He will look after the interests of the people of the county for the next two years as he has done in the past to the entire satisfaction of everyone. A. W. Lichty. Allen Lichty, who is a candidate for County commissioner should certainly be elected.

He has been faithful to his trust, he served the county well, and has sive it hundreds of dollars. He has given his part of the county his special attention in the matter of bridges and has never ben found wanting when any matter came up of interest to the county as ti whole. Mr. Lichty is a good business man, a careful, earnest, conscientious man, who does his duty without fear or favor as he knows it. Isn't that sort of man better fitted for the place than a weak, vascil-lating fellow, without experience? Looking after a big county like this demands the attention of a careful man and in Mr.

Lichty the people have one, who has been tired aud found competent. The Registration. The registration books in Horton and Hiawatha have closed and the registration is as follows: Hiawatha. Horton. 1st Ward 147 247 2nd Ward 203 255 3rd Ward.

107 152 4th Ward 130 190 Total 647 853 According to this Horton is much the larger place, and in the future will have a bigger representation in the county conventions than Hiawatha. Central Notes. Sarah Eberly is attending the Worlds Fair. Some of the girls in the 8 class think the women ought to vote, Edy Raymond was absent Wednesday. Miss Hibarger has finished reading Hiawatha.

Mrs. Meyers visited school Tuesday. 7. A had a grammar test which was very hard, Tne boys have a new basket ball. It is much better than the one the girls have.

No damage was done to the school house Halloween. Mr. Burell and wife visited school Monday. Election day is drawing near. Only one more week remains before the voters of this county will decide who shall conduct the affairs of this county for two years, and it is a most important consideration.

Cheap men in public office is not, as a general rule a good thing for county state or nation. The Democratic party of this county has adopted a platform in which they pledge their candidate to accept less for doing the work of their respective offices than the law provides. This is in itself indirect bribery and the Herald believes that if the matter were brought to an issue any court in the country would declare them defeated even if they were elected by an overwhelming vote. But they are not going to be elected. The people of this county are not looking for cheap employees.

This is a rich county and it can well afford to pay for the faithful performance of the duties envolving upon its officers. The platform of the Democratic party was not suggested with a desire to saving the county any money, but the leaders of that party took up a fool measure put forward by a disgruntled newspaper man who wanted to cut everything in sight because he could not have the county printing at a big price. Every Democrat on the ticket now realizes that it was a mistake to take up this pet hobby of a newspaper quack. The Candida tes who are entitled to support on the republican ticket are the men who have proven themselves honest, competent and worthy. The men who have been successful in business affairs, and in whom the people have confidence, not only as to their ability, but their good judgment.as well.

Jno. F. Kerrigan. Mr. Kerrigan is the sort of young man in whom all the people should have confidence, because of his untiring energy, careful, methodical methods, and absolute integrity.

He is a Brown county boy, who worked his was through school, graduated in the law department of the State University and then instead of going away to some foreign clime, came back to his old home town and hung out his shingle. Everybody said that he could not make it here, but he did. That energy told the tale. He went after business and when he got a client he gave his business just the attention that he would have given his own. He was elected city attorney and the old men say in the city say that we never had a better.

This is the sort of man the republicans have named for their candidate for County Attorney, and he will certainly give the office the careful attention it deserves. George Seaman. Everybody knows Uncle George Seaman. He has been a resident oi the county for many years, is well liked by his neighbors and everyone he knows, because he is kind, generous and honest. He has -no hesitancy in saying just what he means, and as a public official lias always conducted himself and that office with care and good judgment.

We do not mean by the above that Uncle George has ever held public office, because he has not in the strict sense of the term, but he has been deputy sheriff of the county and it is to this that we refer. Mr. Seaman is careful unn successful farmer living on gaged in the educational work almost all hie life, and knows the ins and outs of the profession and as County Superintendent in this county he would make an ideal officer. Jessie Campbell. In the person of Miss Jessie Campbell the people of this county will have a most competent official, for she will be elected by an overwhelming majority.

She has been a clerk in this for years, knows all the inns and out of its workings and she will not be like a green hand at the business. She knows it all. She is an expert bookkeeper, a beautiful penman, and is careful and methodical. Give Jessie your vote because she deserves it. R.

W. Hicks. Mr. Ralph Hicks, the republican nominee for District Clerk has held the office for two years and he has proven himself a most competent official, as a good if not the be3t the county ever had. He is a young man, a Brown county boy, who has grown up among us and who has always had the respect and confidence of the people regardless of party affiliations.

Brown county never had a better official than Ralph Hicks. George B. Moore. George Moore, of Powhattan is the republican nominee for County Treasurer, and George Moore will be elected as sure as the sun rises..