Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-05

4 Z
lslons" occurred. On Trott. Avenue
the work was ordered early and Mr..
Nasset recommended the work and
then the next minute turned around
and voted against it. This work was
the most urgent of any done in years,
and saves large tracts of Third ward
from being flooded every spring and
whenever heavy rain falls. The M.
E. church building had it's foundation
soaked from the accumulated water in
the sinkhole in the street. The Third
ward members not only voted to abate
the nuisance but contributed PERSONAL
~ to assist in saving the church prop
erty from destruction caused by this
village nuisance. If this self-styled
republican contingent" had had it's
way, these people would have begged
and petitioned in vain for the relief
which it was the plain duty of the vii
lage to give. On the school-house
hill the REPUBLICAN contingent" it is
claimed, agreed to vote for the work
when requested and then went to the
council room ard voted it. down. At
ter it was defeated, Mr.. Void moved
to refer it back to the street committee.
( See proceedings of Aug. o. If he
did not want this work done after the
money was spent, this being the last
work ordered, why then did he move
to have it brought up again. On Aug.
23rd the matter came up again, and at
this meeting, after a vote was taken to
change the grade, Mr.. Tallman made
the motion to empower the street COM
mittee to let the contract for the grad
ing of schoolhouse hill, and voted for
his motion. The record does not show
a negative vote on that motion. Any,
one if he had been opposed to this
could have had the record show it.
There was some division on the ques-
ton of grade but none as to the neces-
sity OF the work. The "opposition"
developed later. Except as here men,
toned no opposition was made by the
Republican contingent or otherwise
to any street work. AL was done in
harmony and all were glad to see the
good work go on. Why could not this
"contingent'' be men enough to step
up and say when this work is criti-
cised that they helped to do it, instead
of as now make believe that they ac-
ted as Obstructionists and now them
selves criticise the work of which they
ought to receive part of the credit.
They ought not now come forward
and go on record as favoring the put
ting of thousand after thousand in the
dump from ''Thorpe's Landlug'' to
IN assets point,' and at the same
time object to any improvements else
where no matter how badly they light
beneeded.
AS to the pump house, very little
need be said, as people generally
know how matters stand. The Gre
publican contingent'' got into a fury
because the council refused to put Mr..
Bishman out and Mr.. Markhus in SIM
ply because they asked for the change.
Charges were presented, but no one
ever offered to prove these charges,
and thus matter stood for many weeks,
until finally Mr.. Bishman, recognize
ing that he had no personal friends
to back him up and also the power pit
ted against himself, meekly resigned
and assumed other duties. The party
who had been the loudest in abuse up
to that time, now changed and gave
Mr.. Bishman a very high recommend
alton. The question is, which was the
fraud, the charges or the recommen-
dation? The real trouble however
came when Mr.. Markhus was installed.
He refused to work nights as Mr..
Bishman had done, and insisted in
working from 10 a. m. to 10 p. M, or
about that. In this there was 'divi-
sion' and the REPUBLICAN contin-
gent'' (self-sty led) insisted upon such
a ''snap' for his friend, and it went
that way. This put too long hours
upon the assistant and an additional
man was needed. Two men did the
work that fourmen do now, and this
is doubtless carrying out the original
plan of the contingent. - This ICON.
tingent" has now called upon the par
| tv of which it claims to be a 'tcOntin.
gent to help it in maintaining its
supremacy. 1t was not sufficient tC
only have the support of a young
man who claims to be able to ''dupli.
cate.'' He must also have party
with allits duplicates ifpossible. Too
much duplicity cannot be employed IL
a case of this kind.
The present council was chosen from
among the people entirely without re
gard to politics, and their every &C