Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-10-19
Political Points.

I The court house gang feel the need
OF Ripley and Belle Prairie a good
deal more just now than they did at
the time of the Democratic county
convention, and SO a dozen or more
Of the candidates Of the Democratic
county ticket went> up to Ripley on
Saturday evening to convince the
voters of that town that they must
get right into line. They met with
very poor success, but had red hot
meeting. The court house fellows
presented their side OF the case, and
got the worst of the general discus
sion they got into. Henry Rasicot,
George LaFOnd and other leading
French citizens. showed plainly how
the desires of those towns had been
ignored, by the men who were now
appealing to them for help. The
gang cannot be blamed for begging
for the votes from Belle Prairie and
Ripley, for they never before needed
votes SO badly as they do this year.
We trust the Brainerd Democrats
have finally been able to fix up a leg
islative ticket that will entirely suit
Mr.. Donnelly. The party in this
district has apparently lost all cour-
age to call it's principles it's own.
The defeat they will get may teach
them something.
Six weeks ago the county gang
was declaring it could win without
the Belle Prairie and Ripley votes,
and now they begin to see that even
with those towns the fight would be
hard one. They have come off
their high horse with ranicitv.
The $50, 900 beauties We're on grand
para de in Ripley Saturday evening,
and they explained how the county
runs itself in debt without any help
or knowledge of the county officers.
Some of those fellows must think the
voters are the biggest chumps ON
earth to swallow such trash. The
county officers manage county ar
fairs, and ii the present ones can't
keep the county from increasing the
debt at the rate of $4,000 a year,
why not try Il change?
None of the county gang have any
plausible explanation of why the
county revenue expenses should be
$1D, 900 a year greater than the in
come, but they do try to stuff some
OF the rural taxpayers with funny
talks. They avoid responsibility.
Ii the county affairs were run eco
nomically the officers would parade
tine record as one rejecting credit on
them. but now that the manage
ncnt ia entirely bad they deny all
responsibility, and Offer silly excuses
that disgust every sensible hearer.
y At the last term OF court one of the
citizens from country town who
Ia Il lost his home by forest fires was
on the Jury, and was mighty glad
to get the few dollars in fees that
those services would bring him.
When he got his order for apout 1913
for fees and mileage one OF the court
house gang kindly gave him $11 In
real money for his order. What DO
you suppose the public will do to
that kind of n gang? The fact fs, II
the gang keep iE control many years
more they will be able to buy the
county orders for so cents on the
dollar. They can be turned in for
taxes by the cunning ones In place OF
money. On, it is a great thing to
own a county II you work 1t hard
enough at both ends.
Can YOU figure out how much q
year the county gang makes by buy
ing orders at Il big discount and
then paying taxes with them as
cash? There is money in it. ii you
stand in.