The Redwood gazette., 1901-12-18
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ter were visiting with lends in
Morgan during the latter BART Of
last week
Schools will close for a two weeks
vacation for the holidays next Sat
|urday and the various teachers
having homes Is other cities will
leave for those places on Saturday. s
The winter term will open on Jan
9Th.
D a recent number of the
Pionee Press it was stated that
there was now no valid reason Why
county eonmis ssioners could not p-
propriate money from the road and
bridge fund to carry on road and.
bridge improvements inside Of city
limits. Heretofore it has always
been contended that such action
could not be taken, notWithstand-
ing the fact that cities are gener-
ally taxed for those purposes by the.
county. This city, for number Of
years past. has paid on the average
OF about $3.50 per year into the city
treasury from which it has never
|Peceived a cent of benefit. If the
Pioneer Press is correct it will be
=. T. u y e q
In order for Commissioner Cooper
to demand some of these funds
I for the Improvement of roads and
bridges IN the city limits The city
docs not ask for such funds for it's
streets, ETC., but there are places in
1.-The limits, which are mere roads,
and if after the tax payers Of this
city pay the tax there is no reason
why tsshould not be expended in
| this tying territory. During the
term that w . E. Baker was county
commissioners that official held up
the taxfor the reason that it was
held that the city could not derive
any benefit from it.
The#last regular meeting of the
Forum was very well attended and
! the interest we'll sustained through
out. A. D. Stewart, the affirmative
speaker on the merits of the new
primary election law, surprised the
5audience by stopping his presenta
ton soon after taking the floor, his
memory evidently having played him
false for the time In his extended
experienee as a publicssp speaker. By
/ request Mr.. Schmahl proceeded
with his statement Of the dement's
Eof the law, which may be summar-
lied thus: Capitalization Of politi-
ical power in the cities and towns,
/ by reason of the certainty ofalarger
percentage Of votes at the prinar-
lies. the first election occurring on
1Sept. Ist, when farmers could only
/ vote at great Inconvenience and
j5fnarfcial loss. It was this @consiel-
eration thatzdetermined the legisla-
4 sture IN excepting nominations fol
4 State officers from the operation ol
I the law, but the same objection
must apply to other nominations
4 wherever there are large towns il
ANY county. Another objection was
the expense of two elections under
4 the Australian ballot system, with
Its attendant doubling of expense
1 to candidates as we'll as to the tax.
payer. poor man could iH-aford
to go to the large expense of regis:
tering and making thorough canvass
of a large. county, and hence popular
i |or a wealthy aspirant has an i'm
mense8 advantages. The result was
likely to be the practical disfran:
/ lchisement of farmer candidates, A
tlIrd danger was the. abuse of the
I immense power Of the press, a com
4 bination Of Influential papers in any
district or county, merely from the
stand point of advertising, being
i factor that a worthy candidate
might find impossible to overcome
4 I'm n0r11 ari 8ac tho innliada nnnOci
Ition to the new law was to the audi
.Eence, It was attentively listened to
and greeted with applause. Follow
ing, Mr.. Stewart read his manu-
script speech, which was an argu
Iment in favor Of the Largest indi
Eyidual liberty as opposed to the
! dangers of boss rule and caucus
combinations. Mr.. Stewart did no1
enter into the details.of.the law un.