Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-03-02
THE MAYORS LETTER



Remarks.
announces Himself an n Cans
didate for Reelection aa
Mayor or Little Falls.
TO THE EDIToR OF THE TRANSCRIPTS:
! noticed in your issue of Nov. 20,
1888. an extract from sermon deliv-l
cred by Rev. William NJ bore, in which
he, as I think unjustly critized my ac-
ton as mayor. He seems to think
that I sympathized with gamblers.
/ then wrote up quite q lengthy
answer to his criticisms, but failed
to hand it in to be published. The
subject on which he was most inter-
ested in then was gambling. Men
that are SO disposed can console
themselves and carry on quite an ex-
tensive business in the way of gam
bling and the city officers kno " moth
ing OF it. Gambling is very illegit-
innate business. 7 don't propose
that it shall be carried on in the city
in any place over which / have any
control. b
In his sermon on last Sunday even
ing he resumes his attack. Ifthe at
tack was actuated FROM a sense of
duty as a Christian, Icould not blame
him, hut there were some things that
showed ME that he was actuated to
a great extent by anilnosity. Start
ing out he declares that he has moth
ing personal to say, but goes on in a
sarcastic and slurring way to COM
pare my action with that of u for
mer mayor OF Boston, who made a
public address Of welcome to the pu-.
gilist, John l.. Sullivan. He SAYS
that I stood on a platform and ex-
pressed deep regret that prize fight
did not take place. That is untrue.
Some one may have told Mr.. Moore
| what he asserted for the truth. A
great fault with Moore is that what
some unscrupulous person may tell
him, he gets up in his pulpit and
asserts it for the truth. Again he
says wrote from Chicago at the
! time of the Worlds Fair with much
gusto that l was in a brewery down
there and sampled several kinds OF
| free beer. I have no recollection. OF
being in a brewery at Chicago. The
letter would be the best evidence as
to what it contained. A printed
copy could be got and Mr.. Moore
should of read it if he considered it of
Importance or that it would assist
him in his attempt to smirch my
character as mayor.
| I was laboring under the impress
sion that his remarks upon the SAM
tary condition of the city referred es-
pecially to me. Many Others who
heard him got the same idea, but a
person that L. deem reliable assures
me that l mistOok his meaning. I
agree with him in his notion that
mayor should be a good ora tor, but
law requiring such a qualificat ton
fear would be disastrous to both
his and my asperatio in that Iii.
rection.
Mr.. MOGre's sermon was largely
| made up of rather broad assertions
without Forthcoming proof to de-
monstrate that they were true.
He has considerable to say about
law, but think he has not studied
it very much. In law a person is
presumed to be innocent until proven
to be guilty, and our constitution
says that no one shall be deprived of
his life or liberty without due process
of law. Mr.. Moore has never come
to me personally and said a word
about things going wrong and the
laws being disregarded in ourcity. Ii
he should come would say to him
that was sorry to hear it and thatif
he had sufficient knowledge
or thought he had, to convict
the guilty parties we would
at once proceed in legal
way to have the offenders prosecuted
and punished as the law directs. In
Minneapolis the preachers secured
the conviction Of some of the law
breakers, by doing some missionary
work among some of the saloons on
Sundays, and obtaining the neces-
sary proof to secure conviction. Mr..
Moore ought to know that in order
to convict any person OF a crime,
someone that knows the facts in the
the case must testify to them in court.
According to his statements he is in
I possession of more facts with regard
! to the laws being broken and dis
regarded in this city, than in any
| other man that>I know of, so I call
on him to come forward and assist
! in prosecuting those he knows to be
law breakers. If T fail to stand by
and support him properly, then it
| will be legitimate and proper for him
i to proclaim to the public that am
in sympathy with law breakers and
am neglectful Of my duty. But if he
shall neglect to come forward and
assist in putting down the crying
evils that he says exists in the city,
i see no way for him to .shirk
being personally responsible for
their existence
Mr.. Moore in speaking Of the old
& settlers who have, i'll times gone by,
4 at a consid erable cost to themselves
/ put things in good order SO that it
is now possible for Little Falls to
I become the metrop OF the north
west, intimates that the time. has
q come when they should turn the con-
4 troll OF the city over to new men.
I There may be some point in that
sugges ton, il SO, it would seems to
i me that the old settlers are entitled
1 to it.
4. During the past year have had
!, occasion to be away from home
q some and met quite q large number
1 OF people. have yet to hear any
one speak Of Little Falls in a dis
paraging way. Wherever you go
Il yf)I, will hear tssSspokans f,f4sas fho