The Saint Paul globe., 1898-11-03

Paul Quehl, one Of the Republican
candidates for county commissioners.
is making a strong play to be re-elect"
ed. Mr.. Quehl and his henchmen are
insisting that he be returned as mem
ber of the county board for the reason
that he was instrumental in causing
the valuation of personal property re"
turned by merchants being increased,
and by so doing he protected the small
personal property taxpayers.
This is the burden of the song sung
by Mr.. Quehl and his followers. But
there is another side to the story which
Mr.. Quehl says nothing about. While
he is telling how he has been the friend
of the small taxpayer glance at the
records in the office of the assessor
and county auditor for 1897 and 1898
place Mr.. Quehl in a queer light.
Mr.. Quehl is the administrator of the
estate of Adam Decker and as such
administrator and member of the firm
conducts the hardware business former
ly owned by the late Adam Decker.
SEE THIS PICTURE.
The return filed by Mr.. QuehI with
the county assessor for 1897 shows the
following personal property owned by
the firm:
Five horses valued Observation-Disclosures. $3.50
-Four wagons valued at. Observation-Disclosures. 80
Office furniture valued at............ 175
Goods and merchandise valued at........ 6 000
Manufactured articles and materials val
ued at Observation-Disclosures. 250
Tools and machinery valued at.......... 500
Value of all other articles not included
IN schedule $50
Total valuation of personal property
returned $7,755.
- AND THIS PICTURE.
The valuation as returned was raised
by the state board of equalization to
$3.50, and on this Mr.. Quehl as ad-
ministrator, paid in A pril. 1898. $182.22.
In the return made to the assessor
In 1898, Mr.. Quehl as administrator of
the estate of Adam Decker makes the
following valuation of personal proper
ty owned by the firm:
Three horses valued at............... s175
Four wagons valu d observation-disclosures, at. $50
Goods and merchandise VALUED at 600
Manufactured articles ard materials val
p ueu at ...-.......-....-... ................ 200
Tools and materials valued at . zoo
Value OF all other articles not included
Total valuation of personal property as
returned ......t,.. ..-............. 10 125
AND THEN SEE THIS.
In connection with these statements
made by Mr.. Quehl to the assessor
the following statement made to COM
mercial agency by him Jan. 1. 1898.
make good reading. On that date Mr.
Quehl gives the personal property own,
ed by the firm as follows:
Merchandise cost ................S SS2 900 90
Accouhts receivable .................. y S99 80
Cash on hand and in bank. ........... 2,167 O5
Ot1ce fixtures ard personal property. $500 90
Total .......... ....................$6 Isl 60
From these statements it would ap-
pear as though Mr.. Quehl, while shout
Ing as commissioner for the valua-
ton of personal property to be raised,
desired that the raising should all be
done on some firm with which he was
not connected or had no financial in
terest. 1t is accordingly to the plan
pursued by Mr.. Quehl Of the utmost
Importance to the county and the tax
payers that the valuation of personal
property as returned by merchants be
somewhere near the actual value, and if
not that the county board and other off,
ctals who have the power, raise the
same. This. Of course, does not apply
to himself, and as it appears from the
above statements. he did not intend
that 1T should If it is on the strength
of this action that Mr.. Quehl hopes to
be returned TO the beard Of county COM
missioners the merchants and taxpay-
ers will have something to say, and
they will say it at the polls on Tuesday
In no uncertain manner
See when you mark your ticket that
no x is placed opposite Mr. Quehrs
name.