The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-11-01
AN ANS WEIR.

To the open letter addressed to Hon.
Alexander Moore no reply has been made
and his constituents are forced to one of
two conclusions either he is unable to
give an answer that shall be at all salts
factory, and therefore stands self-con-
fessed as having voted as intimated in
that letter-or else he does not consider
the questions worthy of answer, ignoring
the fact that every taxpayer and voter
is directly interested in the issues in
Yolyed.
But the HERALD has been placed in
possession of the official records-the
house journals of 1881 and 1883, when
Mr.. Moore was a member from this dis
trict, and finds:
FIRST, that during the session Of 1881
Mr.. Moore did vote for the so-called tenn
perace bill. He says, in defense, he so
voted to save his railroad bill.
SECOND, On page 40 of the Journal of
the House, Mr.. Moore is recorded in the
negative-against granting power to ar
rest ]. B. Tarbox, who declined to an
swer questions in the matter of the pris-
on contract frauds. His vote was prac-
tically to check further investigation into
this unsavory matter.
THIRD, Relative to the methods of pass
ing the Little Falls and Dakota bill, Mr..
Moore has told it repeatedly to num-
Der of citizens Of Sank Centre, that he en-
tered into an agreement with Mr.. Hill
which he violated for the purpose of Sc
curing the passage of his bill.
FOURTH, On page 435 of the same vol
ume will be found the action of the house
relative to senate file 251, bill to regu-
late interest and punish usury-an eight
per cent. bill.
SIXTH, Mr.. Moore's pledge to vote for
Mr.. Window was given to a score of his
constituents among whom was the wri-
ter, and the Journal of the House on
pages 3S to 156 gives the vote in detail.
And Mr.. Moore is recorded as being one
of six who voted nineteen times for c. F.
Kindred for United States senator, then
changing his vote to D. M. Sabin, for
whom he voted ten times, and until Mr..
Sabin was elected. He never cast single
vote for Mr.. Window.
SEVENTH, On page 346 Mr.. Moore is
recorded against House File No. 8, which
was bill to tax certain railroad lands.
EIGHTH, On page 354 the record shows
hat Mr.. Moore voted against bill re-
ducing interest and imposing penalties
for usury-known as house file No. 16.
NINTH, On page 27s, a joint resolution
declaring the forfeiture to the state of
certain swamp lands-House FileN 80,
of the seven votes cast against it Mr..
Moore was fourth in the list.
TENrH.-On page PAT it is recorded
that relative to House File No. 126, a
bill relating to constitutional prohibition
on motion TO kill the bill by indefinite
postponement Mr.. Moore voted NO.
Nhis is another vote he now attempts to
explain away on the ground that he was
forced to so vote in order to save his Lit
tie Falls and Dakota bill which had
passed in 1SS1-whereas this vote was
given on February 18th, 1888.
ELEvENTH.-On page 453 the entire
batch of bills for reducing rates and pas
senger fares on railroads, and against
railroad determinations, were taken up
and all were indefinitely postponed in
lump excepting files Nos. % and Alb,
which were to be made the tests. On
these two bills Mr. Moore is recorded as
voting against further consideration of
either of them, and so they were killed.
Such is the official record, which any
one is at liberty to inspect ty calling at
this office.
1t will be seen that on every measure
calculated to give relief to the farmer, la
boring man or merchant relative to rail-
road rates, determinations and taxation;
relative to interest reduction and punish
ment of usury, Mr.. Moore was found
voting with the corporations and usur-
ers against the people and their interests.
In ace of these facts the HERALD fails to
understand how any taxpayer or voter
can consent to again place in power one
who has betrayed his official trusts.
Vote for E. Bridgman.