Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1892-08-19

DAY, AUG. 10, 1892.
else to move out; then build q fence
around the county, lock the gate, and
give him the key.
That it was against public policy to
have the two principal Offices Of the
county--in the matter of finances-con-
Quoted by members of the same family.
That it was not right to humbug the
taxpayers by the publication of o single
notice of sale of personal property for
taxes, when such sale was intended only
to quiet the title 10 some horses in posses.
sion of member of the gang.
That no flre-warden business should be
placed in the hands of man who had
taken fifteen hundred dollars from the
people of his school. district and given
them in return schoolheuse worth 000
That justice demanded that the interests
of farmers IN farmer commissioner dis.
trict should have consideration in the
making of flre-guards and in settling
upon the number of burrows to be
plowed in different parts of the district.
That no partiallty should be shown in
the payment of those who made fire.
guards or fought FIRE.
That no one able to work should be
cared for by the county, and that in case
there were needy poor to be supported,
section 2146 of the Political Code (as fol-
lows) should be compiled with. Section
2141 makes county commissioners the
overseers of the poor:
Sec. 2l48. 1t shall be the duty of the
overseers of the poor, in counties wherein
no common poor-house is established, two
weeks next preceding the first Monday of
April in each year, to give public notice,
newspapers in their respective counties,
or in case no such newspaper is published
in the county, by posting upon three pub
lie places in the county, an advertisement
certifying the poor that are to be provided
for, and asking for sealed proposals for
their maintenance during the coming
year, which scaled proposals shall be
opened and acted on by said overseers of
the poor at their regular meeting begin
ming on said first Monday In April but
nothing herein contained shall prohibit
any overseers of thepoor from receiving
and accepting propositions at any time
for the keeping Of such poor persons az
may In the interim become county
charge, or of rejecting the propositions
| Of such persons as they know to be un.
poor"
Has this law been obeyedi And l.
the money now being expended tor the
care Of the needy poor expended in ac'
c0rdance with the 'Mtstute' M
As said before, the editor sometimes
| talked to bis neighbors regarding these
things, and such talk 1t was that 80 Sud
denly brought Upon him the opposition
of the county board and Its admirers ant
defenders. BY ''couhty board" the ma
jorlty -- Commissioners Van Beck ant
Campbell=-is meant. Commissioner Nc
Lean-good-natured and easy.going=-in
tends to do exactly right and, if b,
would put his official brogan down hare
occasionally, the taxpayers of the county
would rise up and call him blessed.
=.
And now, In conclusion, word witt
Commissioner Van Beck. Not as to hi
| personality. for Van is very pleasant
man, socially, and hospitable in the ex
treme. But in politics he Is deceivel
from way back and wholly unreliable
He claims to be able to swing the vote o.
the Hollanders as he pleases. We sa.
"Hollanders," although large majorit!
of the settlers down that way ore Ameri
cans in thought, feeling, and language
and many by birth. With them he strive
10 create the impression that person op
posing him and his schemes IN poIltica
way is opposing the Hollanders, although
he knows that any One who has read his
tory cannot say word against HOLLAND
or its people. His desire since he begar
to take part IN the politics of the county
has been to convince outsiders that he
is king or dictator in the settlement
He holds mortgages against large mum
Der of his neighbors, and the writer ha
been informed by residents in Bake
school district that these mortgages an
his chief influence on distrlctcaucus day
If any man down there wants to run 70
Office he must consult Van, for Van has ha,
the calling of the catcuses, and has callet
them when and where he pleased, an.
posted notices thereof at snch places al
best suited his purpose. At convention
he has always appeared either with bag
full Of proxies or leading delegation TO
whom he wrote tickets. At the conven
ton two years ago he wanted Ed Val
Diest for sheriff. Then he Joined witt
the combine which nominated Waldrofi
Armstrong. Cell and streeter. Then b
went over to Winona and tried to trad
the vote Of the settlement to Mcdee for
deputy sheriFs position for Van Dies,
He had pledged hihiself to MCGEE only
day or two before the election as th
writer has since been reliably informed
He had appeared at the convention advo
eating Rowetdlnk for county Judge, bu
when the latter was tied for the plac
with Mr.. Patterson, Van sat still wh1l
north.end men rustled the necessary vote
to break the tie in Rowerdink's favor
and keep faith with the combination
All through the campaign he veered llk
a weethet.cock. He had demanded, as
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