Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-10-26
I. No Personal Plea.

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der tie circumsta The charges
against them are that the men who
control county matters have made
much more expense than is necessary
inrunning the county. The records
Tor 1898 show that the expenses
were $50, 1000 more than the receipts,
and it has been reluctantly conceded
by those who are supporting the
court house crowd. At first there
was furious denial OF the facts,
but now the facts are admitted to be
as they have been represented in the
Transcript.
The explanations made by the
candidates are brief, and not such as
commend themselves to the minds
OF thinking voters. The county
auditor, in his personal explain
ations, gives a lot of figures showing
certain increases in county revenue
expenses for 1893 over the sums
needed the year before for similar
purposes. He has assumed these
comparisons, when as Il matter OF
fact they have no connection with
the issue, and only show that the
county is becoming more extrava-
CANT. If he wishes to discuss the
receipts and expenses for 1892, he can
do so. The officers were not the
same as those in 1898, and II the Re-
publicans had made the year 1892
the feature of the issue the Demo-
Gratis would quickly pointed out the
absurdity of it. In 1892 ali election
was held, and the local Democratic
ticket was entirely successful. What
more natural, then, than for the
voters to review the work O1 the
succeeding year when the Democrats
had all their own way? That has
been the point the Republicans in
sist on discussing, and that is the
point the Democratic candidates
insist on avoiding. When those OPP
posed to the court house crowd de-
clare that he expenses were $4,000
great ter in 1893 than the receipts, and
consequently the debt was increased
that amount, the Democratic can
didate, through their leader, Mr..
Ellenbecker, proceed to show what
the increase of expenses in 1898 was
over the expenses OF 1892. And he
will proceed to carefully discuss that
point, and show conclusively that
the revenue expenses were not in
creased $4,000 during 1893. He has
as yet refused to abandon these COM
PARSONS, about which there is no
dispute and no issue. The plain
point is the increase in debt during
1893, and the excess Of expenses over
income during that year. The
amount is $4,000. We submit it all
seriousness to any taxpayer who
has listened to that gentleman, if
the above statement is not fair one
Another complaint of the court
house crowd is that the taxes were
not we'll paid in 1893. That official
statement must cause any Demo-
crat to stop and consider tho start
ling fact that during the first year OF
National Democratic control the
of this prosperous county
were unable to generally pay their
taxes. But accepting that position
for what it is worth, we wish to call
the careful attention of the tax
payers to these facts:
The county had valuation of
SO 100000.
The law limits the county revenue
tax levy to mills.
When this highest levy was made
ior 1893, the total possible receipts
from taxes for the year could have
been but $4,000.
The expenses Of that fund for 1893
were over $4,000.
Considering those things is it not
Jolly to attempt to defend the man.
agement OF county affairs?
These facts alone show how un-
fortunate has been the rule OF the
court house crowd. There were no
conditions in 1893 that rem
Tered large expenses for Morrison
county necessary. On the contrary,
very private citiZen-labOrer, farm I
n or business man-was obliged that
ear to exercise greater economy {
han had been necessary for years.
every possible extravaganza or lux {
Try was cut off, and all men learned
20 reduce expenses. Yet, during this
rear of depression to every taxpayer
Who was paying his hard earned
dollars to the county treasury, the .
nen who controlled Morrison county
made it by far the most expensive
year ever known-made an expense
list that overshadowed the receipts
~ $4,000, and now calmly pose as
officials worthy of renewed conf
lence of the people. r. B.. >:
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