Bismarck daily tribune., 1902-04-04
10 THE VOTERS OF THE FIRST

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AS independent candidate for alder 8
man in the First ward of the city Of
wish to state to the cid
zens Of said ward, and to the entire !
city, that I am going to run in the :
First ward on the 18th day Of April 9
for Alderman, irrespective of what 1
those opposed may say regarding my J
as a candidate. What |
mean by Independent candidate is that
am no faction man. When was in
the city council was not owned by
either what was then called the old {
gang" faction, or the Baker" faction,
nor by the Allen-Patterson influence.
The record will show that I voted
against the Grambs brothers for NOV
ing buildings within the fire limits.
Mr.. Patterson, as mayor of the city
did advise the council for Mr.. Grambs
to have the privilege of moving the
building on Main street. which was
against the fire ordinance. l also voted
against Mr. Patterson for the same
thing for his own building, known
as the Ostlund building. Also against
Mr.. Weeks from whom I rent lots,
being the place known as the White
livery stable. l also voted against Mr.. t
l.. P. Baker, when the city council
wanted to give Mr.. Baker $500 for a
sewer from his own block. At the
time Mr.. Baker came to me and also
sent his clerk and asked me to vote
for it, and Mr. Patterson said it was all
right and to vote~for it, and on which
question voted, no. Does this look
as if ! was controlled by any faction,
Or by Mr.. Patterson. But have been
told by some prominent republicans
that 1 could not receive their votes
because l was running in the interest
1 of Mr.. Patterson, a statement here
deny What the citizens of Bismarck
want are men in this council who will
stand up for the good of the city and
cast their vote for what will be to the
benefit Of the people of Bismarck and
not a few politicians. Last spring they
started a pound for cattle running at
large, which under certain restric-
tions, I am in favor OF, but I am not in
favor Of robbing a poor man of his
bread and butter from his family and
make an exorbitant price of So a
head. One dollar is plenty for a
pound master. They started to collect
dog tax, about half of them paid and
the balance did not. I suppose that is
what they call justice. I believe in
making every man pay a tax on dog
if he is rich or poor, but now and will
always object to taxing the poor man
and allowing the rich to escape. That
is where stand. am not one Of the
kind that come around about week
before election and try and shake
your hand off and tell you how glad
: am to see you and how is your wife
and your family" and so and so. But
you will find me 365 days the same.
know the poor man as well as the
rich. While I do not want to run
down the present administration and
do not intend to wish to tell the
the entire city of Bismarck that when
the present administration claims, or
any one claims, that the present fnan-
4 cial condition of the city, or being un-
der the debt limit, is due to what
the present administration has done,
that such claims are to put it mild
a mistake. The present administration
has not reduced the debt any, but taxes
are almost double If it had not been
for the policy pursued since ex-Mayo1
Aliens first administration until the
, present one, the city would have been
thousands of dollars above the debi
limit at this time. It is not neces-
sary to juggle with figures to show this
fact. For several years every cent o1
revenue raised from taxation, every
;, cent was taken ITO pay off the ole
debt and all current expenses was pai6
from revenue raised from othel
sources. These revenues have been now
g cut off and the money raised by taxa
tion of property taken to pay the cur
rent expenses, etc. l am proud to sa!
that was factor in the former polio!
and did what I could to- get the deb
below the debt limit. I do not nov
l. say that we should at this time 20 bacl
s to the former policy, but / want to cal
d the attention of the voters of the cit.
to the fact that it was not the &C
Il tions Of this city council that ha
u brought lis below the debt limit but tn
former administrations. of which wa
a part. -