Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-20

Grand Meadow Record: Austin is again
heard from with new scheme, VIZ to make
such change in the Commissioner DIS
tricts of Mower county as shall give that
enterprislnG City the control of three out
of hve. Austin City wants to be set off
in a district by itself, to have Sergeant
taken from Dist. No. and Joined to No.
3 and Marshall detached from No. 4 and
attached to No. s. The districts would
then be constituted as follows:
No. /, Lansing. Udolpho. Red Rock,
Waltham and Dexter.
No. 2, Sergeant, Grand Meadow, Pleas
ant Valley, frankfort, Racine.
No. 3. LIE Roy, Bennington, Lodi, Clay
ton, Adams. Marshall.
No. 4, Austin town. Nevada, Window,
Lyle.
No. 5, Austin City.
The beauty of this proposition can be
seen at a glance. Austin not only pro-
poses to be set off alone and to join Laus-
ing and Austin town to Dists. No. and
respectively; but to make sure of their
control of Nos. / and they want Sar.
geant detached from and Marshall from
4. Then, if Austin wants more improve
ments at the expense Of the county, what
can the country districts do? Ans Help
pay for them. The east II townships are
to be allowed two commissioners, and the
west nine townships will have three.
We 40 not believe our representatives
would entertain such proposition for a
moment IT it was presented to shem.
When the change of commissioner dis
tricts was first preached, the question was
frequently asked, on what ground can any
one object to the proposed change? The
question remained unanswered until the
Argus eyed Record through the spectacles
of Brother Converse or somebody else cot
at the proposition and then its internal
wlckedness is at once brought to light
1t is to give the City control of three
commissioners the Record says Truly a
nigh compliment to the voters of the west
side towns, and one that the Record would
not pay them if it knew them better. We
fancy if Grand Meadow were in district
casting l., 224 votes while no other district
cast over 700, they would believe in a
change of boundaries. and, talk about
Grand Meadow "control' might sound
a little off to them. We should like to see
some facts or figures presented in oppo-
sition to the plan. but all we get is this
cry against Austin. From the constancy
with which it is repeated it begins to ap-
pear that there is some foundation for the
suggestion that there are people in the
county whose sole idea IS to do what they
can to 1njure Austin, forgetting that e
City has rights as we'll as the balance of
the county, and that there IS such thing
as carrying opposition to her so far as to
injure the entire county. Austin, like
Grand Meadow, IS likely to have a warm
corner in her heart for herself, but she
understands that her prosperity is closely
connected with the prosperity of thewhole
county. Waltham, Udolpho, Lyle, Ne
vada, and even Lansing, Window and
Austin town are not anxious as the Rec
ord seems to think. to build up the City
at the expense of the county. The east
II towns are to be allowed two commits
sioners and the west nine townships viii
have three" Well, why not if the pop
ulatlon is arranged that way and with thu
II towns casting 1851 votes, while thu
nine cast 1872, it seems to be. The cas-
side must grow up and when they are en-
titled to three votes to our two we shall
be ashamed to kick against their having
them