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Victory Comes After
Closest Political Fight
In Many Years
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REPUBLICANS CARRY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
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Make Clean Sweep With
Few Congressional
Contest Excepted
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Polling the largest vote in the
history of the city, New Ulm citizens
went to the polls Tuesday
to cast their choice for the various
county and state offices. It was the
largest vote ever recorded in the
city, 3224 citizens participating. As
a result of the large vote cast in the
city most of the present incumbents
were able to pile up a large enough
majority to carry them through to
victory. The only exception was the
case of County Attorney Streissguth
who ran 75 votes behind his opponent
in this city, but overcame this
handicap and turned out a winner by
close to 500 votes. It was the most
hotly fought contest held in the
county for some time.
"Old Guard" Carries County
The "old guard" of the courthouse
was able to garner enough
votes in New Ulm to retain them
in office. County Auditor Louis G.
Vogel carried the city of New Ulm
by 480 majority but ran a trifle behind
in the balance of the county
and finally won out by a majority of
456 votes.
County Treasurer Berg piled up
the greatest majority of all the candidates
in New Ulm coming out
victorious in this city by 791 votes.
Like the rest of the incumbents he
also fell behind in the other precincts
out of the city his majority
being somewhat cut by the time the
total vote was counted.
Sheriff Wm. J. Julius had the
closest run of all the candidates carrying
New Ulm by a margin of 352
votes. He was able to maintain this
lead by a close run against his opponent
Edward Wagner but this final
majority was also cut somewhat
until it had reached 229.
County Attorney T. O. Streissguth
was the only victorious candidate
who did not carry the city. He
ran 75votes behind in New Ulm but
the voters of the rest of the county
favored him over his opponent Albert
D. Flor and when all the votes
were counted he led by the comfortable
margin of 489 votes.
In the county commissioner districts
all the old incumbents were returned
altho some had a very close
fight. Those returned are Jos. G.
Tauer 1st district, John M. Johnson,
2nd district, and Henry S. Romberg,
fourth district These were the
only offices for which a contest was
waged, the other offices all being
elected without opposition.
Republicans Carry State
As was expected the republican
party carried the state by a large majority.
Had the rest of the counties
in the state gone like Brown County
the vote would have been entirely
different for Magnus Johnson gave
Christianson a hard fight and finally
carried the county by 104 votes. The
rest of the state ticket went the same
way as the governorship.
New Ulm Review
Nov. 3, 1926
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