Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-01-19
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George LaFond Gentiy Chide 8
the Herald and Refers to ].
7l Medved.

tho Herald and r sfera to
s1s Nedved
a Few Entertaininu Lines to
lid Digestion This
Eve ming.
To the Editor Of the Daily Transcript:
The foHoWii1gs ART lcle appeared in
the. Little Falls I1eralf. dated Friday.
Jan. IL. Isl 944:: eilslal when Geo.
L,aFond became leading Demo
scraf, ora Dem soer;at sof amy kind. AZ
man who shas caused as much dis
cord in the party as he has in past
years shonld i,e classed rs a pretty
good Republican by thiatime. z The
above article. take se,Ise exception.
to and also sf;ak pleasure in show-
up how Nlllell neallslara tic sheet.
this Herald is. III the first place
the "a Ia Geo. La Fond
become ii leading Democrat in an
swer to this ! want to say that ]
have always been a Democrat and /
am a Democrat still, and possibly l
might have proven the title of a
Democrats(not a Heading ,one), when
beat that leading Democrat, Mr..
Medved, for county commissioner a
little over year ago. The result OF
this commissioner affair, was also
very: unsatisfactory to the Herald.
But since the bal! has begun to roll,
| want the public to know why l be-
came a candidate for county com
missioner and also why the Herald is
not a Democrat tie sheet:
Mr.. Medved, in the summer OF 1897
was our commissioner, and he had
the placing of the fire insurance on
the court house and contents. He
came to me and said | could write up
about $4,000 insurance, but wanted
me to divide MY commission with
him, that he wash t in that office for
his health And | know of other
agents in the city OF whom he asked
the same Is this honest? l then
told him 1 would not divide and that
in the fall l would knock him out for
commissioner if / had, friends enough
10 help me, and it seemed as though
l had. for I got eight out OF nine
delegates in the Democratic conyen-
T fnI RI r
claim to be d leading Democrat, and
don't want to be styled as such.
But [ want to ask. els the Herald
Democratic paper?' I say no! In
1892 F. W. Lyon was the Democratic
nominee for county attorney. This
same dear little sheet came out in
an article asking the Democrats to
support Mr. Lyon; that he was com
petent: that he was an able attOr-
ney; that he was 4 Democrat. In the
very next issue they came out in an
article stating that everybody should
vote for j. II. Rhodes, d Republican.
for county attorney, and then in
every issue until election, roasted
Mr.. Lyon to "a brown turn. Why
this sudden change? ! know, for
was there. On the eve OF election
Mr.. Haines, OF the Herald: sent in
bill to the Democratic. nominees for
$275. What for? For publishing up
in the corner Of his paper the color
OF It's politics. There was q charge
of $75 FOR running the words:
GROVER CLEVELAND,
For President.
ADELAI STEVENSON,
For Vice President.
Then he had different charges for
publisllingu the national call. state
convention call, congressional call,
legislative call and the county call,
amounting in all to $275. Who ever
heard Of SUCH a thing? These charges
were never made here oefure, and l
don't think anywhere else in the
state. When we were confronted
| with this bill we Immediately
sent for Mr.. Haines and he SAID he
used to get this same amOut from
the officers running in Wabasha. All
the officers were present that were
running on the Democratic ticket
and they all thought it an outrage
from county auditor down to court
commissioner Right here is
where Mr.. Lyon, who was one ri
the owners Of the Morrison County
Democrat, said If any such charges
| were paid to the Herald that his
were as much entitled to 1t as the
Herald. We decided at that meeting
not to pay Mr.. Haines, OF the Her
aid, for it was something we had
nothing to do with and had never
ordered it done.
/ I have been told since1that t No OF
these offers called on Mr.. Haines the
next day and creased him Il little,
fearing he might do somthing rash,
and in time land not very long
4 eitherl he went back to his first love,
"W abasha. The above facts con
Fcerning the4trouble with the Herald
.Ebill are facts which no county officer
in the court house will deny. Now
as to the s.diseord that / have made
i in the Democratic party" isn't it
i too bad that LaIfond Knocked Med
we'd out Of Office Isn't it disgusting
to see La Fond sit on that hoard?
i Isn't it too bad that Geo. LaFOnd
|:slould be purchasing committee fol
d Morrison county and not give all
I the printing to the Herald? Tie
i Herald got more money out OF The
B Iconnty during 1893 than either OF tht
q tt,t Der p;,pers and still they wanted int
i bounced OF of that committee be
cause was gIving too much worl
81 10 the other papers. am having
all the Werk done at home that car
3 be done here instead t,f sending
to st. Paul and Minneapolis for it
/ !, Now in conclusion. want to sa,
II that he Herald cannot very we'll h,