The Dickinson press., 1896-03-28
A. {. McGilIiyrax Renlies.

. sSSlclS III DlCktllSOIl
seem to have been very much cxer.
clsed in the past 2 months for fear l
should he IL candidate for governor.
TO relieve their nightmare, l will
say there is not Il state office that
they could present INC gratutious. |
would rather represent the best pev.
pie on earth. the people of the 3lst
l~esiSlativ" district than bn governor
or congressman.
! notice u communication in the
last isste of the pops paper signed S.
The sorehead $ should sign his name
in full.
When S. states that no man can
hold any mortgage on the Stark
tty delegation, he uttered the truest
thing he ever said in his life. That
has been thoroughly demonstrated by
this Texas crowd and their heelers
for the past eight years.
S. says McGillivray has been your
senator for six years; what has he
done! l will attempt to tell YOU in
my humble way. l have lived in
Dickinson for IL years. 1 have work.
ed for Stark county 365 days in the
year, in season and out of s at
home and abroad. With the assist.
ance of my worthy colleague, l gave
them the Stark county boundary bill,
or Greater Stark. something that will
save TO the taxpayers of Stark, Bill.
ings and Meacer caunties hundi eds of
thousands of dollass in the years to
come, and will make Stark county the
largest county in America and the
richest per capita. This correspond.
ent prevaricates when he states that
l had used my position as state sena.
tor to caerce the railroad company to
reduce the freight rate on coal. He
states that l first secured Il reduction
of l5c. per ton and afterwards an ad.
ditional reduction of l0c. per ton.
Now l will say, this man is dreaming
awful dreams, for as Il matter of fact
the r. r. Co. have not reduced their
rate of freight on Ignite coal one
cent in the past six years. The diff.
erential between Dickinson and Sims
is still Csc. per ton, just what it was
eight years ago. He says "here be.
gan the trouble between our senator
and the Northern Pacific" Now l
was not aware there was any trouble
between myself and the N. p. If
there is 1T is not OH account of coal
rates, but because l would not stand
in with their heelers in the legisla.
ture and allow them to pass a gross
earnings tax bill that would beat the
Taxpayers of Stark county out of over
$4,000 Il year. 1t this is why they
are out with me, l am glad of it; it is
the best Endorsement in the world.
The corporations are against any man
that they can't use to do their dirty
work. This correspondent of the pop
paper places a very low estimate on
the intelligence of the people of
Dickinson when he expects them to
believe the rot he writes in regard to
my being responsible for the reno.
/ val of the headquarters, when every
man, woman, and child in this town
knows that l worked night and day
to retain them here.
All who know anything about this
matter know that A. N. Jefferies and
the men who were back Of him seek.
ing to evade taxes on their immense
herds of cattle, are responsible for
removal of the railroad Headquarters
from Dickinson.
The present management of the
Northern Pacific is increasing the
number of cars hauled in each train
together with the amount of freight
going over the Burlington from Bill.
lings and the balance going over the
Great Northern, finished the work
begun by the Texas cattle barons,
until the number Of railroad en-.
ployes now coming to Dickinson
amounts to only one-third the mum.
Der here when headquarters were
here.
Let me ask what the taxes amount.
ed to on the 100000 worth of cattle
shipped from Dickinson last year,
while the citizens of Dickinson and
vicinity are paying nearly S per cent
tax OH everything they own.
Let me ask further il the fight OIL
McGillivray is not mainly made tc
head off and prevent the taxes that
the big outfits must pay when the
boundary bill becomes effective?
Why are the Texas outfits trying
now to turn the pop paper into a re
it?
Rule or ruin is the policy of JEFF
ferries & Co., who started a Mercan
tile Co. to compete with the othel
merchants; and must have their i'm
mense herds of cattle run on til,
public lands free of taxes, while oul
people L taxed to pay court ex
penses on all criminal prosecution.
In their interests.
No wonder these men have mon ey
to spend in politics while trying t,
down all the men who work for tn,
people.
I stand ready to again fight til,
battle of the people against the mon
ey and influence OF the cattle kings
From now on 1 am ready to I'm
cover the deals and methods of tn
kingly free.booters of the unorgan
lied country.
Let the people decide who is t.
work for them OF against them.
AS to paying taxes, l am willing
that the people should examine tn,
records. They will then know VIII,
has paid and who has not paid, ant
what amount.
A. G. MCGILLIvRAY