Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1886-02-03

| Immigration 10 EmmOnS county, he
would now do as little as possible to repel
Immigrants through an advertisement OF
the commotion which we believed was
unnecessarily raised
And so in this matter we have pursued
policy of "masterly inactivity" But il
seems this was not enough for, as said
| before, you may see in another column
that Mr. Potter informs us that the REconD has
been "resoiuted" against at Winchester, and that
the thing SO dear to the heart of every newspa.
per plblisher-a goodly subscription LISTS la.
| BILE to be made to vanish INTO thin air.
We'll, we would like to ask Mr.. Potter what
me deuce IS the AZ use Of bothering us with this in
shrinkage in our bundle which goes to the banks
| OF the Beaver, of course we would do so. But, il
yon can DO it, we don't for the life of US see how
| is settled. II is true that not year ago. on a
certain election day, several Winchester men saw
| Mt to take us by our "dexter fin and thank us
Tor what they were pleased to term our "good
fight" against the running of line right through,
| the bowels of the Winchester country. But that
was so LONG nc a, AGO that we suppose it has been
As to the resolution Of censure on the Com
mssoners. Mr.: Potter very well knows it was
| uncalled for: Every one present at the meeting
OF the Board knows it. A committee appeared
| and attempted to faslen charges upon MIR. Bum-
stead Coolly and calmly he heard them al ex-
plained them all, and one by one they fell to the
ridiculous position.
The Commissioners were taken to task for
allowing the Assessor at the rate of IS per day
Qn warrants, of course) for his labor of odd
| days; while, as Mr. Parker truly said, there
were not that many days betw the date al
which Mr.. Bumstead began the practical part OF
| Ills mad career as assessor and the time when he
| rounded up his work. Let look ut the law
and the equity in this case. The law says that
s3 per day shall be paid the Assessor Ali right
| But does the law espect man to walk over q
region 4S miles one way and SO the other? If il
does, the law demands an impossibiIity
The lazy simply says that $3 per day shall be
paid. But cannot the Commissioners, if they see
| lt provide the means OF paying for some way OF
transporting the assessor over their bailiwiclx;
They have charge of the county's expenses, and
extra sum for horsetiesh we believe they have Il
! right to do So We don't know what the law OF
| Iowa says regarding such matters but it is the
opinion OF Judge 3treeter, after due deliberatiou
prayertul consideration, and vigorous scratch.
| ing of his head, that the right exists Again, il,
tlle printing business it is usual to pay forever
| work. No practical printer-unle>s he publish !,
| rural world d-shaker-works extra hours ssfret
gratis for nothin'.''' And why should an assessor
| 40 ~. we don't know what Mr. Buns cad did
| IN other parts of the county: but we do know
| THAT the summer days are quite long in Dako,,,
| and that ten Lours constitute legal days la
'or. We do also know (and it could be proven
y atfidavits if necessarily that while in the Will
| an,sport neghborhood the assessor work Ell
| early and late; that on many nights he made OF,
ls,l visits a ana mo LOOK assessments as latea az 10
| hear midnight preparing and arranging his ny.
sessnlent documents. In equity, and we believe
| III law, he was entitled to pay for all necessary
work. And we do also believe that. divide bv
len the number of hours he I4bored, there would
oe shown m more tnan sixty days work.
| remember, S3U5. Provender for man and beas,
| cannot be purchased with warrants on a mar h,
sls let US ascertain the actual money value of the
assessor wages. The price of county orders n,
,ne time Mr.. Bumstead drew his pay WINS IN th..
| neighborhood of rs cents. This would give INN
$3.50 i'll cash for his work. out of which livery
expenses are to be deducted. or Ofcourse while on
me road it costs one more to live than at home.
Nothing but u cayuse tramp printer can ex
| Isl on u given basis OF grub under all conditions
Of the two gentlemen from Winchester who an.
peared before the Board at the January meeting.
Although they paruoed themselves as special
champions OF. economy, yet they saw ct TO
| monopolize three days and half OF the Comms
sioners tme-tor what? That they and tl,er
Holander friends might escape taxation on the
| INTO Dakota short time after April l. All their
business could have been transacted in half 4,
DAY, leaving out repetition OF statement and re-
reading Of extracts from the statutes. The salary
of the Board for the three days wasted was Ssi
And, mind you, this comes out of the pockets OF
the tax,PAYEhs not of the tax-DoD ERs.
SO, taking the whole assessment business int,
| consideration, Isl strange that there arises no
voice OF complaint protest from the heaviest
lax,pAYEns ill the county regarding the method
OF MIR. Bumstead's assessment or the wages pui,
| iiln On the contrary, there has been adverse
,ction i'll but locality, and there il wus moi
spontaneous, but worked up for the occ,sion"
sessor We have made inquiry of many of tile
TAXPAYERS in different parts OF tile county, and
The expression has been that of satisfaction with
the assessment.
Then, should it cause wonder that Knowing
these things to be true, the County Board passeI
Il resolution approving the work OF a man who
mad labored under their instructions and whose
lsures they possessed authority to change? We
think not; and we believe the intelligent ana
demagogue-despising citizens of this county viii
so see it.
The committee at the January meeting nt-
tucked the Commissioners for building a jnii.
When the question of its construction first came
up there Was no secresy connected with it. It.
was talked about, and the facts were pub-
llslcd. 1t was needed-everybody admitted that.
the grand jury had stated, and the county seat
Was the proper place for ills erection. Anybsdy
could probably have prevented its being built,
Wnere, oh, where, We're the members of the com.
ilt.ee then! After remaining passive until il,
ers are within its walls it is rather late in the
day to take uction.
Up to the time of the January meeting no
committees" had put In All appearance But
now there Was u chance to free the pent-up hate
and Jealousy of the Assessors enemies And the
main attack Was on him; the other matters were
And here the RECORD desires to say that it will
not be bulldozed by ntimations or threats. Ii
hntes hypocrtes and demagogues as the devil
nates holy water. When it wants to speak it
viii! speak, and plainly. When it chooses TO re.
main silent it viii do So You certainly have no
gave MIR. parker and yourself permission to use
our files (Which publishers dislike much to lonn)
.ls you said m @ you needed them III your attack on
desired you TO see that the people of Williams
port did not seek to place the least obstacle in the
way Of your investigation. You wanted the files
bail $50 badly that you drove to Buchanan and
back az mies), through a snow storm, to secure
them. We had not attacked YOU until you gaye
the initial stroke. With the first alliance pro-
Send bill" We replied, CAS- the proceedings are
of public nature, there is no Charge" We have
published 1877 lines for you. At the regular price
Of ten cents per line you would owe us sfs.7o
you have? Must we, through threats and fear Of
losing subscribers, toss up our hat and hurrh for
an organization which We believe an injury to
the county's prospects, and to the founders OF
which We can give no credit for purity of mo-
tive? Aside from this matter We have had moth
ing but the most friendly relations with you
For the men who have entered your orgaiiix;,
ton honestly, through the assertions of its, lead
ers that they We're being robbed, We have naqgrlt
but feelings of the utmost respect. For the dsii,
county, to the right and to the left. striving vaiDly
TO create suspicion and i'll will, We have only the
most unmitigated and profound contempt.
As to stopping yo,ir paper, there is nothing to
prevent it. You can do so at any time. To as
sist you in your missionary work of looping off
RECORD subseriptions, olsewhers we print All
guidance. Don't think for a moment that tic
loss of three or four, dozen or ascore of sub
scribers will seriously injure the RECORD, or that
threats and intlmations will change its policy
BY hard work and loyal assistance we have sue
ceedeu in building up a circulation more than
twice as large as we expected TO have by this time
when we came here twenty months ago. and We're
laughed at by many for attempting to establish
paper in a county SO new. = fss
But, above all things, write no more of your