Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1884-11-03
Tuner County Herald.
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Parker still continues to exist,

Vote for L. D. F. Poore and j. B.
VanVelsor for the council
A Vote for j. r. Gamble is a vote for
monopolies against the interests of the
people.
a vote for John r. Gamble is vote
% favor of taxing the people but not
the railroads.
Iwenty-two delegates is all the Par
ker faction claim to have had in the
convention. That's why they bolted.
Twenty-three would out-vote them.
Pettigrew is going to his political
grave this fail through favoring legis-
latlon in favor of monopolies. Gamble
trains with the same crowd, and should
meet a like fate.
J.H.Swanton, candidate for the legis-
lature. stated in the presence of several
witnesses that he was in favor of ex-
empting railroads from taxation on
their actual value.
Attorney French, employed by the
Parker ring at the district convention.
argued in favor of disfranchising the
Daneville precinct. There's not Par
ker man in the precinctl
The Marion Sentinel says that the
center of Turner county is six miles
from Parker and two and one-half
miles from Hurley. How does the Era
and its'"man Friday" like disinterestsd
figures on distancesP
The New Era asks the farmers of
Turner county to forget that j. r.
Gamble is in favor taxing them upon
every cents worth of property they own,
and at the same time favors taxing
railroads upon their gross earnings.
Judge Edgerton has given notice that
he will appoint for clerk of court the
men endorsed for the position by the
voters of the respective counties.
Judge Palmer will doubtless do the
same, and Jos. Allen will be the next
clerk for Turner county.
Why not tax the farmer on what his
team earns, or his wagon earns, or on
the gross earnings of his far m, instead
of upon full valuation of his property?
John n. Gamble is opposed to equal
taxation. HIS record proves it, and he
cannot deny it. Vote against him.
Voters should remember that j. r.
Gamble was one of the prime movers
in securing the passage of the law tax
ing railroads on their gross earnings.
A vote for him. therefore, is a vote
against equal taxation. Will the farm
ers and taxpayers vote for aanan who
is thus committed to law discrimina-
ting against them and in favor of rail-
roads :!
Railroads are no better than indiyid-
uals, and their property should be tax
ed just the same. Equal taxation is
what every man wants, but we can
never get it SO long as men are sent to
the legislature who are known to be in
favor of one kind of taxation for the
people, and another kind of taxation
for railroads. And that is the kind of
sman John r. Gamble is.
It is openly boasted by friends of
Parker that now they have their men
who will go to the legislature to do
their bidding, that before the 4th of
March, they will have bill enacted
that will bring the county seat to Par
ker, and that u combination has been
made with other counties, and our
county will be divided and split up.
Voters how do you like thisP
The county teeasurer's Office should
bein the hands of man who is compe-
tent to take charge of the Office. Bro.
Hackett, recently stated that it would
be hard work to defeat Mr.. Beebe this
fall. You are right in your conjectures
Mr.. Hackett, the people of Turner
county are perfectly satisfied with Mr..
Beebe's conduct of affairs and will re-
tain him as custodian of the county's
funds.
John r. Gamble is paid railroad
attorney, and his record in the legis-
lature and in the constitutional conven-
tlon brands him as an enemy to equal
taxation. Hevoted to COMPEL farmers
and the people generally to pay taxes on
fixed valuation of all their property,
and to allow railroads to be taxed only
on their gross earnings. thus discrimi-
mating against the people and in favor
of railroads. Do the people want such
a man to make our laws?
DR.. j. B. Van Velsor. L. ID. F. Poore
and Capt:C. E. Brooks addressed large
audience in Aliens Hall Wednesday
evening. Their speeches were not of
the spread-eagle order, but were COM
posed of solid facts and figures which
/. impressed upon the minds of their
hearers the kind of legislation they
might expect Judging from the past)
if John r. Gamble and his followers
were successful in securing seats in the
legislature this winter. These gentle
men have long been identified with
Dakota and will prove valuable SER
vents to its people at Bismarck next
winter. We bespeak for them rous-
ing majority in Turner county, us the
people are tired of being dictated to by
n few scheming politicians.
at the unconstitutional convention held
in Sioux Falls year ago, those max
Ing speeches favorable to the amend-
mcnt to exempt railroads from paying
taxes upon the cash assessments of
of their property were Messrs. GAM
BEL, Hand, Pettigrew, Tripp. Moody
and Caulfeld. Do tho taxpayers of
Turner county want GAMBLE to rep
resent their interests in the legislature
and use his influence to aid railroad
Il monopolies? Do the taxpayers want a
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