The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-10-19

he prefer 10 he brought into criminal
court ia order TO shapen his nici1ory
I'D reminded him 81 crookodncse last
spring when he was filing his illegal bill
other Jobs from Others OF the kind and
reminded him and the board II they were
going TO pefjure themselves la vic ating
their oaths of Office IN allowing such bills,
7 FOR one Mould fight il through the
courts 10 the bitter end. The Law and
the court sustained US, therefore we
must be considered as good law abiding
citizens but II reversed we would then
have nn opportunity 20 step into the
criminal court, which right we still
pOssess II we wish to take advantage Of
il. II the laws arc bad or unsuitable,
the best remedy suggested by Judge
Grant Is 10 lnIorce them. ii have put
my hand into any taxpayers pocket,
surely cannot have stolen any OF
O'Brien's money as l cannot find that
he las ever paid any taxes In the town
ship oi Iron River and II l did, the
amount in my Judgment would hc but as
a drop IN the bucket compared with last
springs illegal bills. We often find the
smallest dogs. barking loudest.
Before the days OF ''crookedncss, job
berry, stealing and scramblne for Office"
there Reyeir a Taxpayer appeared IN the
courts. Finally, ON discovering how the
thieves were gobbling the taxes and
yelling for mora. the taxpayers tried TO
rcmOnstratc, but la vain, as the officials
gave them no satisfaction and steps were
then taken to stop the leak and 1 think
WINS among the first TO step forward
aud with the assistance al friends here
and a corporation commenced the fight.
/ even now see one list before me which
shows that we snvcd $6,526 in one haul
in Iron River township alone, which
would otherwise go into the pockets OF
four or five officials and fully a. much
more WIS saved in an adjoining town
ship. II is u strong point 81 law, that
when forced into it. take advantage uf
every legal technicnlity 10 win yourcase,
when you know you are right.
! IL IL very doubtful II bonding the town
ship will he OF any lasting benefit II the
boards vote To isslie bonds and have il
approved by the electors, no spcculator
will ever invest until he first investigates
our local government system. which
with It's past crookedness would not
stand the test aud he would walk away
in disgust the same AZ many bankers
who have already refused TO invest, al.
though IL Is their chief business.
But snpposing we could sell the bonds.
Is would give us but very temporary
relief, for 70 long as people like Our
great seriptural expounder" ran for
office, only FOR the sake OF the money
they can grab out oi it-erookedness
would again come to the surface and as
long as the money lasted there would he
such scramble for office that some
would not scriple 10 murder their OPP
! pOncnt in rushing for the plum.
Aud besides, n we succeed in bot ing,
/ how can we ever hc able To pay he
! bonds until we first devise some meas,s
| of eleeting honest people who will be Apie
To perform the duties devolving upon
them2 IL would be much the same I'D
rule OF preaching temperance until a few
days before election and go from one
saloon Go the other, wetting the ballots
and asking for votes ms WAS done last
spring by our plOus candidate.
would whisper 10 MIR. O'Brien that
,leiest such methods and that | never
asked u nan for his vote. Can he say the
snmo2 ] believe in "lctting the office
seek the man and not the man 20 seek
office"
think that have already thanked
| the people who elected me und have
faithfully tried TO fulfill my duties ac-
cordinr 10 my oath. / neither gave
liquor nor promised 10 pay taxes Go fill
thieves pockets M n condition and so
FAR as / know the christian editor OF the
Reporter is my only accuser. Remove
the beam from your own eye" Ills
cownrslly, slanderons attacks upon me
with the towards weapon, his own
paper, arc but praises TO my credit !
guess ThOs. Olson was right when he
sud, BE honest and YOU need not lear
the devil nor @ Brien.n
| will charge him with one deliberate
! ialSphOod, when he says ] worked late
and carly to- defeat the tax OF 1898
| had many reasonable causes uf com
plant and seeing how satisfactorily the
township hoard had compromised with
largo taxpayers who had not so much
reason ~ had, asked for a rehateand
wnited patiently til the last day and
not being offered n cent ! remained up
the last night before the ten days would
expire, In order 10 write my answer aud
objections, which filed on the next dny.
Here il where the joke comes in: set a
trap Tor Fat and he jumped into " with
four feet All my objections and the
reasons why should not pay my taxes
were copied from tho columns oil the
Reporter, which Is ~ proof and record.
| never filed one single objection
against the school tax, which any one
can see. Being a member nf the board !
willingly gave NV consent TO engage the
bcHt cOunscl "a dclfnu the TAX nut Dclng
rathcr unwell that day and seeing such
able counsel against me, ] really ielt
shnky and not over five minutes before
the case was called engaged Mr. Shcr-
J wood Co argue my case. lie rover knew
till then that was la H.. and never saw
my objections. nor theirs. He simply
asked me a lew questions. ! still In
tended to pay the school tax but shall
not lust now, az least. 10 give the great
Exponent OF justice cause 90 think
that le has forced me into IL. O'Bren
would have people understand that
have given the "robbers" great assist
nncc through having possession oi the
records, but he should know and under
stand that Lawyer Sherwood Is no
l,,dyH fool. lie ar any one asking
mo for iroopy 81 ANYTHING that the law
places IN my possession will cot u freely
nt any time So long ns they pay Tor my
trouble. That H. covered by my official