The Virginia enterprise., 1898-08-19

that 1.-THE ranges Wo uid go Dem
ocratic and Populistic this fall,
Mr.. Austin's idea is not confined
to Duluth for confirmation,
either.
The denial Of the county divi
sion petition is a direct sacrifice
Of range interests to Duluth pol
iticians, aided and abetted by
state officials who will not be for
gotten in the coming campaign.
The Duluth Herald asserts
that it was the Morris managers
who enlisted the political good
will of the state board to defeat
the ends of justice. Perhaps.
Anyway it will be definitely as
certained.
e The first train to run over the
Fosston branch of the Great
Northern between Boylston, on
the main line of the eastern. and
Cloquet, was last Tuesday. The
tracklaying on the Fosston
branch will completed in abont
10 or IL days.
Contractors Campbell & Will
Hanson have finished their work
of construction on the extension
of the Duluth, Mississippi e.
Northern road. The extension
is in a northerly direction from
Hibbing, and will enable the
road to get out for delivery to
the Miss:s lopi river 25. 900, 900
feet of logs that are already cut
The hallasting of the road is in
progress,
The question now before range
voters is whether or not the Du-
luth News-Tribune was made a
a catspaw by Duluth republican
politicians, and whether or not
both the catspaw and the ele-
ment backing it should not both
be bOycotted. And the usual
answer to the mental query, as
expressed, ard in the case of the
News Tribune already carried IN
to execution, is in the affirma-
tive.
Victor Dash is reported in this
mornings Duluth blank as say
ing that he supposes the Virgin
ia people will be mad about the
county division matter, but that
he does not believe the rest of
the range people care a contin
entail. Should Mr.. Dash visit
the ranges today his idea would
be greatly changed-not only
relative to public sentiment on
the county division matter but
on matters pertaining more
pointedly to Mr.. Dash in his
official position.
Delinquent personal property
owners are being served with
citations to appear before the
district court at the September
term. to defend or allow judg-
ments for non payments of such
taxes to be entered. The claim
is made, and truly, that the
i county board has struck from
the delinquent list many names,
and the question of the right to
allow certain people to 90 tax
free and compelling others to
pay is promised to become a con
sideration in the cases.
We note the Vermilion papers
accuse US of mallgning Capt.
Morcom in a recent article. We
are not looking for news paper
comment on the matter. If Capt.
Morcom is not guilty as charged
let him reply above his own sig
nature. It will then be time to
consider further action. The
Enterprise has respect for it's
fraternal b:ethern, but would
state that a decoction of sauer-
kraut and sweitzer- mixed with
the gleanings from a polysylIa
bic dictionary do not stand as
argument. At least, the articles
are not thus accepted.
The Duluth News Tribune
cries itself horse by a continual
repetition of the statement that
the silver issue is not a factor in
the coming campaign. After
noting it's oft repeated: denial of
such issue, and failing to note
any other alleged issue or issues
in it's columns, we would timid-
ly ask the N. r. to tell us on
what grounds, IN it's presumably
or assumedly Intelligent estima.
ton, the fall campaign is to be
fought. A concise, direct ans :
wer, is desired; an answer the
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