The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-11-02
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The Currie A;innesotian, which OPP
poses Mr.. johnson, makes the follow.
ing honorable retract ion, exlonorating
Mr.. johnson from any fraud in secur-.
ing the nomination. Tile truth IS, this.
charge Of fraud is too thin 20 tick
ut all. The facts are that Murray
county is il Il quarrel over local affairs
Hatl the local tight is being carried into
the Representative campaign. How.
foolisl, it would b., in Mobiles county to
join Murray in lighting Mr.. johnson
when the only thing against him is
some local political feeling. They have
no business to carry their little ''fani-
~ jar"' into the whole district.
The Minnesoti,n says:
In an article that we published last
week, which was headed The Repre-
sentative Question: we made use Of
the words fraud and c. ime' in re.
latiOn 10 the nomination Of the Repre-
sentative and county officers in the Re-
publican convention. and as we have
hcen fully convinced since that time
that we did not only innocent parties
an Injustice. but that we had been
misinfOrmed, and as we desire to deal
justly and honOrably with all, we take
this opportunity to inform the pubic
Of our error and wish to be fully under
stood that SO far rs we are concerned,
that in all Ut said articles which cllarg.
es any aud all parties with fraud and
crime we hereby retract. This we are
convinced. IS the only true and homer
able way to undo i wrong on our part.
THE SENA TORSHIp ss5 u
EDITOR ADVANCE: III the Pine
stone Star of Oct. Goth, 1882, appears
an article written by some chronic
et1ice-seeker and sore-head Of Worth
ington, attempting to show why A.
NJ. Crosby. the regular Republican
nominee. should not he elected to the
office of Senator, and tries to show
that while on the Board of County
Commissioners lie introduced a reso'u.
ton detrimental to the tax payers of this
Senatorial district and in favor of
the railroad company. AS all election
eerin2 document the said article will do
very well. It will take but Il few
words to empty that bag OF wind, hsw-
ever. 1t is we'll known that we have
had litigation after litigation ehtleav-
oring to collect taxes of lands in No.
bles county which, had been contracted
for Of the s. T.. Il st. Paul Railroad
company, and that such cases have
gone to the highest tribunal known to
the State, the Supreme Court, and that
in every instance the court held that
railroad lands held by contract were
not taxable, but that the purchasers
sonot property. TO bring this con-
tracted railroad land matter to Il ter
animation, tie Beard OF County Com
n';ssio'rrS, of which Mr.. Crosby WIS
then Il member, referred il petition to
said board asking the abatement Of Il
tax assessed against Il piece Of con-
tracted railroad land to the County
Attor' ey and through him to the At
t"rney General Of the State OF Minne-
sofa. The Said Attorney General act
Ell upon said petition SO referred to
him by the County Commissioners. Of
whicn body Mr.. Crosby WAS member,
and reported thereon through County
Attorney. Geo. W. Wilson, to the
Board Of County Commissioners. IL
said report he said: Roiirood lands
he'd By contract cannot he taGed; that
the Supreme Couut had 50 decree,l; that
the purchasers interest therein should
he taxed us personal property; that the
Applicant II OF Vim. Brown. ibeiag the
one in question: should lie granted by
the Beard OF Commissioners. This
was one Of the many pieces Of land
which the writer OF said article SAYS
was denied by the State Auditor tn be
entered upon the tax list. Now what
would amy county board OF ordinary
intelligence have done in such Il case?
Here was emphatic proof that no tax
could be collected of any contracted
railroad lands nor from the improve
ments thereon SO long as it was assess
ed as real estate. Tile direction 8 OF the
State Auditor in snch cases made and
provided had been superseded by Il
higher tribunal and were therefore null
and void and Of 10 effect. In fact here
Was direct official report to the Com.
misslohe;s Of MOBILES county from the
Attorney General that the Supreme
Court Of the State OF Minnesota had
decided that all laws governing the as
seSs,nent and taxation as real estate of
these railroad lands, and all rulings,
definitions and constructions thereof
by the State Auditor were void and
tinat only the purchasers interest
therein could he taxed as per: on i
property. And yet the writer of the
article IL question d%rts assert that the
B;ald OF Commissioners had no right
or authority to strike sucl, contract ed
railroad !aI"lS from the tax list, which
could 1T most only answer the purpose
1T swelling the aggregate amount of
the assessed valuation upon which the
salary of the county officers is based
aud consequently increase the salary Of
such ci!ice,s and consequently increase
taxation, and II consequent loss Of tax
es that could be collected if stricken
from the real estate list aud the i'm
pruvements thereon and the pl,rchas-
er's interest therein listed us personal
property, rs Indicated by the Supreme
Court, and directed by the Attorney
General. The Board "f County Com
missiorers, OF which. MIR. Crosby was IL
men'ber, simply did til: il dnty in pass
ing that famous resolution. a duty they
uwt,l every tax payerof Mobiles county.
The assertion that n. NJ. Crosby or any
member OF that BOARD had the interests
OF the railroad in view. or the passage
of the law referred to by the writer Of
the article. il, question. when they pass.
I'd that resolution, is II downright, viii
Isin',s iaistiIn'd. which will sooner or
later bring to the sla,:derUus l,er,etrat.
or the deserved rrproacl'.
Mr.. Crosby is further denounced as a
sinner because he supported Mr.. Kniss
COR Representative two years ago aud
is therefore directly to blanae for every
"ct "f the LEGISLATURE during his term
1T office. Right here let me state that
mir. kniss WAS presented to the notni-
rating convention 10y tie delegation
rom E"ck county as Il true Republic
Cali. u gentl+mlp of integrity and
worth. II ils;.n WHO WOULD represent the