The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-10-31
THIRD PARTY POLITICS

FeLLOLD POpultSts Our friends and
former allies the democrats are ask
ing us to turn the rascals out" and
vote their straight ticket, legislature,
and county, assuming that they have
swallowed at least from the tail up to
the state ticket all of our party. This
may be true in name, our leaders
having sold out and delivered the
goods to them, but it may not be so
in fact, as will be evidenced at the
coming election by scores of patriotic
Independent voters, who were sup
porting party for principle and not
for hope of political reward, by regis
tering an emphatic denial, even if it
must be done by supporting our old
enemies the hated republicans. Let
US examine for moment the tail of
the ticket as presented in this county.
The Representative, Surveyor and
Supervisor candidates on the Dem"
ticket are unknown and untried men
and hence their support for better
officials than present incumbents does
not appeal to US unless they would
nearer represent our principles, But
gold democrats do not appeal more
strongly to us than would competent
gold republicans, who have served
but one torn. All the other candi-
dates on its ticket have served two
terms each except the candidate for
Treasurer who while having had the
honor of being nominated by our
party refused to be called Pop"
but true to Tammany instincts tried
to hold two offices and draw double
pay, that of Supervisor and Deputy
Treasurer. Failing in this he asks
for the custodianship of the county's
funds and says he will see that the
Districts Courts decision is not car.
ried out but will hold out of county
warrants any taxes due, provided of
course it is against any one but a
democrat. lit seems while he was
Supervisor ne was one of a commit
tee to examine the accounts and
books of the out going republican
Treasurer and signed a statement of
delinquent taxes to be accounted for
by our worthy incoming Treasurer,
but when he publishes in our papers
the startling statement of a SIS, 900
discrepancy the only way he can ac-
count for his name being attached as
a committee certifying it's correct
ness is "he didn't know what he
signed" But he now thinks he
would know how to run the office
better than the present incumbent.
A man who can make both the saloon
keepers and the prohibitionists think
he is their best friend is a good man
to tie to land get left.
The National W. @. T. U. ex-officio
who wants third term also as county
superintendent is another calf and
alf" or true and tried" weighed in
the balance and still wanting" and
we expect to let her keep wanting.
But the "old and only" for which
all the rest if need be shall be sacri-
feed is he of the high sheriff for whom
many brows have sweat out his beer.
He is one of the "onIy" honest men.
You are advised to look over his an.
nual reports and note that during his
first term he absorbed from fees for
salaries and expenses about S9, 900 mot
including dieting prisoners. But his
bills show 80 far during the second
term he charges for the prisoners who
have not got away, at the rate of AZ
cents per day instead of 40 cents which
his "organ" is trying to make out he
was cut down to. We see in April
the Board gave him over $500 for three
months feed however. Then again il
is said some OF the prisoners sen,
fenced ''to do timen return with ths
constahles who served the mittimrseI