The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-10-29
eHvlocK IARRABEE.


not hearsay nor afiidavits procured BY,
questionable methods. but public records
whose authenticity cannot be denied nor
heir testimony weakened BY any cx-
planations.
The records show that Larrabee Is the
most inveterate mortgage in Iowa.
They also show that with stock in eleven
banks, full ownership Of one. ard hum
areds Of Thousands Of dollars worth Of
mortgages, he pays tax on only S. 600 Of
moneys and credits. There is evil
6ent here . violation Of the spirit
u the law. anil Of equal taxation. which
can but condemn its author. Why
should the poor pay the taxes. and rich
men like Mr.. Iarrabee escaped Is . man
who thus lodges his taxes in violation Of
law the kind Of man to be chosen gov
prnor Of Iowa.
The records show that this man VINO
thus evades the payment Of taxes on his
Thousands of dollars worth of mortgag-
% reported in the state senate and
warmly advocated and voted for .
weeping bill to tax church property
bin which would in effect lay heavy
axes on the church buildings Of many
weak churches. Il would also. bear
heavily on the private schools and COL
Deges Of the state. Il il on institutions
Hike these that Mr.. Larrabce, @
HE public records show. tried 70
20 throw the burden Of taxation which
he escapes by false return Of his mon
~ and credits.
! The public records further show that
when thousands of farmers in the north
western part Of the state were suffering
from the ravages VI grasshOppers. and
b bill was introduced TO loan them $50.
200 until they could recover from the
blow, Mr.. Larrabce, who was In the
aoaning business himself and did mot
like competition. used oil his influence
% get the sum reduced to $4,000. and
failing in that voted against the bill.
The records further show that 10
voted to legalizc illegal warrants in
which his numerous banks had
been specializing and thus used HE ON
cial position to take money out u the
pockets Of poor settlers in the new
counties and put it into his own pock-
ets.
The records do not show, but Il II ID
mitted by the Davenport Gazette and
other republican papers that Mr.. Lara
bees numerous banks charge illegal
rates of interest-24 to SO and - high -
q per cent when the law allows only
TO- He is thus . Law breaker. Il
law breaker fit TO execute the lawsi
The records also show that this
man who voted and worked for
church taxes voted in tho senate
against the tax Of - cents
. mile on telegraph companies. The
telegraphs pay him for this work BY al
lowing him to send messages FREQ. He
also voted for the present prohibitory
law, which exempts saloons from taxa
zion. He introduced $50 license bill
Into the senate.
The records show that this Same Mr..
Larabee who lodges his own taxes has
invariably voted against every attempt
% reduce the penalty and interest On
other peoples taxes when they bcaoms
delinquent and against the semi-annuA
tax bill
Such is the character of Mr.. Larrabee,
- betrayed and portrayed on every page
Of his public record. II it were
desired to retaliate for tho
Indecent campaign that he and his en-
ployes have waged against Mr.. Whiting.
afadavits and statements in any num-
Der could be freely and readily obtained
from his neighbors showing tia. his
public record does mot belle his private
character. But in this respect Mr.. Whit
ing has set his competitor worthy ex-
ample which he had much better fol-
lowed. He has sent no spies into Lar
Eabee's home. hired with money swind-
1ed out of the people Of the state. to
silcates and afidavits by false pretenses
or by direct bribery. He has employed
no agents who were known - libel
lers TO do any dirty work. He
has left all such work as this to Mr.. Lar
rabee. and Mr.. Larrabee has done is in .
manner which cannot commend him to
the fair minded. decent people Of Iowa
Deeply should the people ponder over
4his difference between the methods Of
the two men.
And not the methods only. Az the
records show, Mr.. Larrabee stands for
The corporations. the money lenders. the
Shylocks Of society. against the plain
and mple rights Of the common people.
He voted against the Cassatt mining bill
70 protect the rights of miners against
the granger railroad law; in favor Of con-
vict labor; and in fact almost invariably in
favor Of corporate capital against de-
fenseless labor Whiting il the candi-
date Of the latter. and has always
worked and voted in its interests. The
two men are As Numerically opposite in
tho issues and interests which they real
" represent. as in their characters and
their methods of attack In campaign.
Whiting is decent dignifed. generous.
public spirited. careful Of the poor and Of
their rights. What Larrabee ID the REQ
ords and the course of tho campaign
only too plainly show. Let the people
Judge between them.
!" SOUTHERN oUTRAoEs.
The southern outrage mill has begun
- grind, but unfortunately for the 70
publican press Of the north the mill
don't turn out tho right kind Of grain