The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1890-04-17
Wahpeton Rchand Thursday April ~ 1890
Observation-Disclosures.
To the Editor Of The Globe:

ADeceitful Politician.
To the Editor Of The Globe:
Late last week George CARED, the above mer
TONED Times editor, called on me in his usuu
business way, looking up "advs." and gleanin
opinions and news.
While in my store conversation turne to TIL
candidates for members of board of education
After telling him had filled the office for ST:
would have no opposition, John Shippam hav.
ing withdrawn. Anxiety was expressed as t,
my opinion of the action of thS purchasing com
missee hsee essrs Eckes and Gar.sd told hin
purchase Of wood. Ifrightly done at least ont
hundred dollars could have bees saved in fuel
and then work had been let, and contracts made
ssSa the Of tn
which was exceeding their power and illegal.
Cared thought the comtnlttee had done well
acted wisely ana had accomplished. much, ant
I am not Of that Id ke. y"
whether he gave Elton generally, l told
Mr.. Cared Isessids not. Itold him knew
dOW'ed With better government and mental
faculties than Mr.. Fort, and as to his writing
knew boys twelve years old who could discount
| him. However Cared went direct to Eckes
| opened Il yolley Of false and malicious state.
| ments and charged me with going through
Eckes' ward at every house, ignoring Eckes'
capabilities, the Germans in general and the
| Catholics in particular. all of which l pro-
nounce rs false and without the semblance OF
truth.
But it met the occasion. 1t made Eckes.
toward whom always had a kind feeling, mad
at the apparent injustice had done him, and
on election morning the two Wee hosting the
Shlppam banner and worked all day to defeat
ME: The result was that Eckes got beat him
sell in his own ward.
his imported professor renStated so lie can
bridge ovec for another term the member of his
lamlly to hold her position. have the utmost
confidence i'll the new board, and feel they will
and that teachers will be compensated accord.
,ns to their capacity
Respectfully,
CHARLES DAN1EREL.
The above screed was conceived
in reek;ng malice and published in
ragged depravity and is as false
and bald rs the imp of the damned
"In his usual business way look
ing up ads and cleaning opinions
and news" The truth is, we en-
tered Damerel's place to solicit an
"ad," having decided before enter
ing not to talk politics, and having
done the soliciting would have been
out of the store in one minute had
not Damerel launched out into
politics, asking who was Il candl-
date for the board of education in
the Second ward, and we not know
ing for a certainty, said so. And
this was his understanding, Mr..
Eckes not having fully decided to
become candidate. Then the
fussy meddlesome old man wanted
to know about the Third ward, and
we answered at once, Mr.. Stevens
We having understood that he was
to he the man--had heard of no one
else. No, says Damerel, McCum-
ber is the man. 1t has been talked
up the past few weeks, Stevens is
not in the field. Then the virtuous
old man Immediately turned himself
loose on the board, (not a commit
tee) saying it had been extravagant.
We, in astonishment wanted to
know how, and he mentioned the
wood matter and the work on the
school house, saying bids should
have been called for on these mat
ters. We answered that as to the
wood question, the committee fol-
lowed the precedent established by
the board in years past Of look
ing about and buying as cheap
ly as possible, never having
bought for less than $500 per cord
delivered, and this the committee
did in this instance, having paid
Plus Mayer $4.65 for the wood on
the track (splendid. long sawed dry
maple) and 35c per cord to Braun
Bros. & Eckes' drayman for hauling
the same, 33 cords all told. About
this time Il. H. Ferguson sent a
proposition to the board that he
would deliver maple for $3.50 pc,
cord, explaining to members that he
and Mr.. White owned 1000 cords oil
wood which they wanted to clear
up preparatory to quitting the busi
ness and would sell at sacrifice
But it was then too late, the 33 cords
had been delivered and largely used
up and the bill presented.
After this the committee took &c
cords of Mr.. Ferguson at $3.50 de-
livered, which proved to be largely
mixed, and the committee even
docked him some $500 ON the lot
And the truth Of the matter is, thu
first SO cords were as cheap at $500
as Mr.. Ferguson's would have beer
at $4.O0.
And then again as to the work
done at the school house: The com
mittee took the carpenters down to
look over the proposed change ant
finally agreed that they could do il
by the day more satisfactorily to al
concerned than to undertake to bio
on it, patch work largely, and thus
it was done under the almost con
stant supervision of Prof. Fort
who was by no means idle during
the progress Of the work, the latter
rearranging the seats. etc. While
in the matter of putting up the can
vas blackboard and painting, bids
were called for, Clark Comstocl