Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-03-16
CHNDIDH u IL ES
Names OF Those VINO IRE in
the Field for City
OFFICES.
Hll IRE Well known Citizens,
and No Great Disaster
~. Can Occur. @

All FIRE Well Known Citizens,
and No Great Disaster
Can Occur. e.
For Mayor--1saac e. Staples, Dem
ocrat; N. Richardson, Republican.
For City Clerk-Simon P. Brick,
Democrat; Ethan s. Brown, Demo-
crat. ~-~
For Assessor-Jos. H. Foisy, DEM
ocrat: John Mcdonald, Democrat;
w. A. Bushey, Republican,.
Constable-James German, Demo-
crat; Frank Heroux, Democrat.
| Alderman at Large-Charles Gra-
vel, Democrat; H. N. Harding, Re-
publican.
Alderman LIST ward-Fred Hoff-
man, Democrat.
Alderman End ward-Ed. McDon-
aid, Democrat; Lewis j. Wright. Re-
publican.
| Alderman 9rd ward-F. F. Turner,
Republican,; Thos. Marriott, Repub-
lican.
Those are the names that will ap-
pear on the official ballot, and voters
will place an x in the space opposite
the name of the candidate they vote
for.
Hon. N. Richardson, who has been
mayor of the city since it's Organiza-
ton, has a contestant this year
whose election can in no way dam
age any Of the city's interests. In
former city campaigns Mr.. Richard
son has sometimes had u clear field,
and occasionally Il contest. Hereto
fore he has been successful, but we
believe that Mr.. Staples has a larger
following than any formercandidate
against Mr.. Richardson had. Mr..
Staples is an active and energetic
promoter Of moves for the public
+good. and would fill the position of
mayor with credit to the city. No
known public interests will suffer by
Mr.. Staples election, and we think
that in several respects his admins
tratiOn would I've an improvement
over the present one. Considering
the repeated success of Mr.. Richard
son his defeat would, in one sense,
he a surprise: but it now looks as
though Mr.. Staples would win on
Tuesday next.
CITY CLERK.
! For city clerk there are two
candidates, and Mr.. Brick (whO now
holds the offices of deputy county
auditor and city clerk has a strong
candidate against him in Ethan
s. Brown. Mr.. Brick received last
year, as is shown by the county fl
nancial statement, nearly $500 as sal
airy as deputy auditor and for other
services, and many believe that a
man who has that income in times
like these has as much as the public
is called to pay him for work OF Or
binary responsibility. The city
clerkship.has salary OF $500 and
various fees and perquisites. The
last city statement published showed
he received $19 as a member of the
board OF equalization. In 1898 about
800 documents were filed in his office
for which he receives a fee oOf 10
cents each, making about $50; such
documents. including chattel mort
cages, bills of sale, agreements, filing
| wits of attachment, etc. In addi-
ton fee is charged for making GER
tilted copies of mortgages and as
signments, and in some cases the fee
for making the certified copy of chat
! tel mortgage and assignment
| amounts to as high as SO. Taking
the salary of $500, the pay for serv-
ing on the board of equalization Of
$18, the fees for filing documents OF
about $50, we find his city income is
about $44S without reference to the
fees for certified copies of any doeu-
ments. A total income of over 81 200
a year makes a rather good snap
for Mr.. Brick, and many people in
the city are of the opinion that his
office Of deputy auditor brings him
enough pay from the public without
adding to it the good sized plum OF
city clerk. No other salaried officer
of the city or county receives as
much pay through his Office or Of
fees. Mr.. Brown, who is the candi-
date against him, is a native Little
Falls boy, and has always conducted
himself in such q manner us to win
the respect OF the community. No
one can honestly oppose him on the
ground that he is not fully compe-
tent to do all work that is to he per-
formed by the city clerk.
1t is a poor public policy and I'm.
fair to>the taxpayers and voters of a
community to give to one man two
salaried Offices, when one il fully
ample to maintain him in much bet
ter condition than the average mem.
Der of the community enjoys. When
this community pays Simon P
Brick nearly $500 a year for services
to the county, lie exhibits what III
some would be called greed when he
asks for $500 or $500 more from the
city. MIR. Brown now asks that the
voters give to him the poorer of the
two Offices now held by Mr.. Brick.
ASSESSOR.
|. Three candidates are in the fielC
for assessor, Messrs. Foisy and Nc.
Donald, have before held the posi-
tioa. Mr.. Bushey. the third aspir
ant, is q man who is fully qualified
for the work, and the assessorshil
is an Office in which occasional
changes will do no harm. Mr.. Bush
ey's friends are making an activ'
Icampaign in his interests, and j
, elected he will certainly perform hi
2 duties with good Judgment, independ
ence, honesty and accuracy.
CONSTABLE.
The candidates for constable ar
James German and Frank HerOux
: The community will not get excited
(, over the matter, and either gentle
e man is certainly competent to per
! form the duties.
It. ALDERMAN AT LARGE.