New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-30
THAT COTTONWOOD

brazen gall forsaken him. More and
more does each issue of his paper de-
monstrate his inability to pursue an
honorable course in his articles on coun-
of misleading his readers, he should
feign a letter from Cottonwood, is no
more to be wondered at than that he
should sign ':Veritas'' to an article
which was in all probability writ
ten by himself. But what is there
in that communication? Fabricated in
the ofice.of the Herald by the editor Or
one of his pals, it naturally summarizes
the arguments used all along by Sleepy
Eye parties to induce people, against
their own interests, to sign pc
tition for removal. In reading it
therefore, one drinks in little of the es-
Sence Of truth. Every statement borders
on lie and hardly a line conveys fair
representation of facts. We would not
say this, werei it not so. To review q
libel on New Ulm and the coanty COM
missioners, suppose this move to get
| the county seat removal does not carry,
what then? Does the Herald s'Veritas"
really think that board of county COM
| missioners will dare to sanction a re-
turn of the $4,000 given by New Ulm?
Does he really mean to infer that the
men who at present constitute that
council are any less honest than the
men who are agitating d removal?
Does he not do Messrs. Gulden, Koch and
Hansing an injustice when he charges
them with taking an interest in New
Ulm that is not to the interest of the
whole comfy as well? Those men are
not working for New Ulm for the sake
of New Ulm, but for the sake of the
county at large. Then how can such
state of affairs, as the Herald pictures,
be brought about? When .sVeritas'
says, and with bold front, that it GER
tainly can, he cannot fail to lower him.
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fairminded friends. It is when like
this he attacks, without reason and
without cause, the integrity of honest
men to assist in a dropping cause, that
he shows himself in his true light and
takes the weight out of all his other
arguments if he has any. ''Veritas'
should change his name or become a
living lie.
And now as to the cost of the build
ing. In summing it up the Cotton
wood CD communicate shows either
his ignorance of building and architec-
ture or his apt willingness to give in
correct information. We are inclined
to think the latter Anyone with a
small fund of knowledge knows that
structure costing but $4,000 cannot
hold a candle to the one at New Ulm.
1t may have the better appearance, but
like some forms of society it is fair to
look upon, while within all is rotten to
the core. And while making compari.
sons, why does he not show the neces-
sity Of their offer of $4,000, if $4,000
will 90, and why does he not mention
the Blue Earth County court house which
has just been completed at cost of
$4,000? It is because he don't want
to be fair. The building at New Ulm is
substantial. It was put up to last and
that is what we need. It hasn't cost the
county too much, and 1t isn't going to.
sExaeggeration is one Of the failings of
the Herald writer and he displays it
clearly when he says that it will still
require $4,000 to finish the new court
house. A complete bid for the work
shows that it can be done for half of
that Another lie nailed, and we are
done. What is the present financial
condition of the county, Are the Her
AIDS figures to be taken? For the pur-
pose of showing that they should not be,
we bring the following, taken from the
county records.
Cash in Interst & Sinking Fund $6,65O
Cash in Court House Fund 1909
Total of $S459
County orders outstanding $6, 595
Revenue fund overdrawn AL
Poor fund overdrawn 497
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