The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-05-08
A BLACK EYE.
THAT Is WHAT THE BOND PRoPo-
SITION RECEIVED ON TUESDAY
Defeated by about 100 Majority out OF
A Total Vote Of over 3.7oo.

A Total Vote of over 3.7oo.
The proposition submitted to the Vo'-
ers of Blue Earth county last Tuesday,
relative to the issuance of bonds 10 the
amount of $4,000 for the erection oil
new county buildings, was defeated U!
a very small majority. After the result
in the city had become known, II was
generally thought that the !, 46l MAORI
ty here, with what aid the country
would afford, insured the success oil inc
measure, but the "rurai deestricHs
knocked our estimates into smithereens
by rolling mp an unlocked for vote-and
that. too, practically solid against inc
nroposition. For instance, no one sus-
pected that Shelby would cast twenty
odd votes more than she did mt the
Presidential election, and III all thls
number only seven votes were recoroeu
afIirmatively. Then see Vernon Ieh'er
with l27 votes, which said We are OPP
posed 70 building new court house ana
iail, while only one man Is louhd WIZ"
declared himself upon the other size.
Medic. next in line gave l27 against ana
not one IN favor ofthe proposition. Dan
VILE scored 100 against and for. Beau
ford recorded 80 against and goose egg
ON the other side, and Ceresco followed
spit with 60. Lake Crystals 1903 majori-
~ ooainst the bonds il easily understood.
Her people have an insane idea that the
county seat may be located there The
localities that were favorable To the pro-
position. namely, Mankato township,
Lime and South Bend, did not cast hall
of their respective votes, and there we're
fully hundred qualified voters in the
cltv who did not get to the polls. IT Il
T very PLAIN to see how easy II would have
been To carry the question, had the
voters in these localities eNerted Them
selves. -
The fact of the business is, some ter,
rible big black lies were circulated
through the county in regard 10 Wha'
the extra tax would be 10 support the
question. We will simply cite one IN
stance: 4 gentleman residing in Lake
CRYSTAL and who owns 800 acres oil lano
in hudson. informed us "Wednesday thai
ne had been told il would cost him III
additional tax of so on each quarter sec
ton of land he owned, should the bono
{ question carry. He was already paying
a hundred dollars i'll taxes, and oil rourst
did not want to double this amount 10
the sake of new county buildings, al
though ne acknowledged the need o
: new structures. When we inquired l
ont and showed him that 1t would cos
II ii. ~
. total tax had the bonds carried, he VA
converted TO the affirmative SIDE, an,
said had he known the true facts before
3 would have supported the measure
The trouble was, farmers did motor Il
least many of them did not-stop u
, figure what additional tax the lntcreS
upon these bonds would subject them
selves 10. but per contra, seemed Willie
to take for granted just such erroncou
statements H. We have cited above. lia'
a dozen good, reliable men from Man
kato started out through the county an'
laid these matters open 10 the FARMERS
and AT the same time nailed these III
fcrnal falsehoOds that were doubles
, started by Jealous, narrOw-mlnded souls
: the result would have been five hundred
ON the other side of the sla,c from VIVA
il is.
1t has been said that Mankato wante.
thus structure to beau:ify her, and that
was IL scheme on the part of citizens Il
= make the country pay for II. No on'
will DENY that Mankato wants couF
house. and wants il badly. The vote
! show THIS fact And if you please he
people have right 10 demand 1t toi th'
protection it will aford valuable records
The city pays One-iourth of the cniIr'
taxes, and her pcOpie pay Rr0ril
or quite OHc-HaLJOT all tie rep
i eHIiC dcTiLeH II an t0.r0ti0H, u
V BiHe EuPth cOiLHtv. The Boart "
Commissioners this yc.r levied a W
mill road tax, which Will raise Nl5,E :!
TIE lifm, 1T N"mt'NtO WiU -
.i"ieS MT Get GmC ctnt ~ u ~.
iDcHdcd. withiH her limits. 1t ni
= goes outside. The city Of Mankatn hl
paid nearly onc-fOurth of what all the
bridges in the county have cost lharriug
State add and yet she is cursed for pre-
Stunning 10 ask aid in behalf Of IN impcr
: alive necessity that is alike beneficial Il
every taxpayer III the county.
There is no use in minCing matters
The farmers of the county generally have
, got wrong idea of the kind of mer
Mankato is made up of. For years they
have been paying out money that goes
strictly for the benefit of the country
without protest, and We may say with
ont thanks.
| If the vote were to be taken again to-
morrow, there is no doubt il would car
~ by good majority. In fact there is
no question but Il ma urity of the tax
PAYERS of the county were favorable To
the proposition before the vote of Tues
day, but they did not exert themselves
to the extent that the opposition did,
| hence he defeat