Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-03-16
LETS GO ANOTHER Wall.
Octopus, Frog Pond, Any-Thing-to Catch
Votes Arguments Made by vasaly
Wednesday Night.
HIS CHARGES AIRS ABLY REFUrkD.
Candidate Nichols Clearly Defines His
Position to the Voters Of tho
s,coud Precinct.


cause l represent" IL the absurd
claim and plaintive wall of Mayor
Vasaly in his efforts on the stump to
convince the voters Of this city that
another administration OF city a.
fair. by him is necessary. The alb
surdity of this claim can readily he
seen by those who are familiar with
the contest between the city and the
Electric & Water company.
The litigation for which Vasaly
now claims all responsibility was
started years before he was a candi-
date for any city office, and the
city's side was ia thoroughly pro-
tected before Mr.. Vasaly was ln.of-
flee as 1t has been since, and no one
honestly questions but the next
council and mayor will do all they
can to win the sutts-whether Mich
OILS or Vasaly il chosen as head OF the
city government. Men who were
leaders in starting the suits years
ago are now denounced by Vasely
as public enemies. And sh .uld death
or defeat Overtake Mr.. Vasaly, no
one doubts for a minute but that
the same persons who started these
suits will continue them to their
conclusions.
Such ia the character of the argu.
ments made by Mr.. Vasnly at the
meeting held in the engine house in
the second precinct Of the Second
ward Wednesday evening. and that
it was discredited by much the larg-
err portion of his audience was evil
dent from the way his audience re-
ceived his statements. All his flow
of oratory failed to elicit on word
Of appreciation from his listeners or
one sign to indicate that is speech
was considered anything but a
clever dodge of the real issues and a
strong play to the galleries.
OF course he abused LaFond and
the Transcript; even went 80 far as
to mention the word robber in con
,nection with his abuse # Mr.. La
Fond, but his charges in that line
were ably and clearly refuted by
MIR. LaFond later
He claimed that the possibility of
Mr.. Nichols being absent from the
city part, OF the time made him in
eligible for that office for all kinds
of bad things might happen during
his absence.
How does he treat that question
OF an increased floating indebted
ness? Not with argument. oh, no,
he laughs at it, and tells you that u
floating Indebtedness OF $2o.OOO or
$50. 900 increasing at the rate of over
$3.N|O a year is no cause for alarm.
Mr.. Nichols followed Vasaly. and
his address was short and to the
point. He said that Mr.. Vasaly
claimed to want to know what his
candle acy stood for and he was
willing a, d glad to tell him.
The charge that the Electric &
Water company had an, influence
in his candidacy was clearly shown
to be false and without foundation
Mr.. Nichols also pointed out that
the men who Vasaly now claimed
that Nichols should he ashamed OF
their support. were last year sup
portil & Vasslly, and he then on thu
stump lauded them to the skies.
His nosition on the Electric Il Wa
ter cases were sound as Mr.. Vasa.
,y's and he promised that if elected,
no individual who believed in
the justice Of the city's cause in this
matter would have any reason to
regret his election through any act
OF his.
He made an excellent impression.
and at the conclusion of his remarks
was greeted with applause.
George LaFond again appeared on
the scene much to, the discomfort
OF Mr.. Vasaly, 9and some others,
Judging from the attempt OF Chair
man E. w. Collins to prevent him
from speaking. But George had his
say, and some very hot shots were
given to MIR. Vasaly in answer to the
abuse which Mr.. Vasaly had heaped
upon him during his remarks. Mr..
Lafond was not abusive and gave
statistics showing the increase in
the city's Indebtedness. He also
took up the tax question. and