The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-03-29


a financial standpoint by voting for
South Haven, but much to lose by rea-
son of larger cost of building there and
increased expense of transacting public
business i'm the future.
The people have everything to lose in
voting for South Haven in the way of
convenience and accessibility. The five
townships of territory that are nearer to
South Haven should not outweigh the
l3 townships that are nearer to Paw Paw.
Will the voters remove the county
seatg
We do not believe they will.
Will the voters appropriate 100000 for
new buildings in Paw Paw?
They ought in all fairness to do it, to
to cover Paw Paws $4,000 appropriation.
Misguided and Misconstrued.
| notice in the South Haven Tribune
of March %, an article under the head
line, "Are not Honest" purporting to
have been a conversation between At
torney w. w. Holmes of South Haven
and j. G. Gould of Antwerp and which
Holmes. Now if Mr.. Holmes had been
"honest" and fair, he would have quoted
the whole conversation touching the
county seat question and would have
quoted it correctly, while if he did, the
Tribune is guilty of gross misrepre-
sentation. Let that be as it may, the
fact remains that the conversation was
lo1 hot Of nf
my name was recognizable.
Let us recall the conversation that was
had on the train between Covert and
Hartford: After the usual greeting,
remarked to Mr.. Holmes, IL suppose you
are looking after the county seat remov-
alp" He replied "n-no, | AN in the interest
of the railroad, south via Paw Paw Lake
and Coloma." This is one of South Ha-
ven's roads, on paper, that brings De-
catur, Hamilton and Keller via Coloma
to the metropolis" " $50 pear and yet so
far"
Gould says, If see you are going to
vote the 25th to bond your town for
$4,000 for county buildings?"
Holmes-"And when do you Paw Paw
people vote for the same thing?
Gould 1.-The 9th"
Holmes-"You copied the South Ha-
ven act; will it carry?"
Gould-"Yes, we copied and Paw
Paw township will carry the proposition
to bond, and put up the money. Paw Paw
will meet South Haven in any amount.
If your people will be fair and vote the
100000 bonds, this condition would not
exist: but your canvass showed that
you could not get the county seat then
you changed your tactics and advised
against the 100000 bonds"
Holmes-"We think that the better
method"
Could" You next offered bonus to
the taxpayer to vote for the removal and
proceeded to vote on bonding your town.
You are safe in bonding for any amount
for not dollar will be due till you get
the county seat, so not dollar will be
paid. 1t is bluff to get votes, as l
believe"
Holmes retorted by saying, as Paw
Paws bonding a bluff"
Gould-"Paw Paw will vote the town
ship bonds and pay the $4,000 and the
people in our end of the county will vote
the county bonds as you would do, if you
expected to get the county seat"
No, MIR. Holmes, i did not tell you that
Paw Paw will put up bonds for a bluff.
did tell you that Paw Paw will bond
to meet South Haven, and she will meet
her too also stated that if the remov-
al carries and you pay your offer, it will
take a very large part of it to prepare
site, leaving the erection of the build
ings largely to be met by the taxpayers of
the county, while if the county seat re-
mains at Paw Paw, she has the site, thus
leaving the $4,000 to be donated by Paw
Paw available for county buildings.
i C. GOTTD