Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-30
GILMORE AND HALL REFUSE TO
ANSWER.
To A. j. GILMORE:

To A. j. GILMORE:
STA large number OF citizens OF the
county submit to you the following questions
and respectfully ask that you Give direct
answers TO the aame and return them at onco
mat they may be published. that .he people
1naJ Know your exact attitude on such matters
J. rejected Will you vote to cause full ex.
pert examination to be made OF all county
oi'ccs ana have report thereof published. and
nave full report thereof made publicY
! y wv! yov vote 70 reduce the compensation
OF the Auditor aud deputy to the Same com.
pensatlon allowed the other county Offices and
deputiesY
WIN you dismiss the injunction which
you procured against the Treasurer ana allow
MN to pay the warrants which on May 3lst.
| les' you sworc were legal,
4. Win you at the June session .,nr uo,o 20
restore the Supervisor district system ana
establish the districts Us they were before
your action abolishing the same In June. 1902
D. VIII you vote 90 appropriate money to
construct county buildings or to construct
additions TO county buildings without a vote
of the people.
The above II OF questions ex-
tended to Messrs. Gilmore aud Hall
by a resDectable CONSTITUENCIES. are
themselves respectable, pertinent and
material. They constitute the basis
OF the present campaign,- bone
on contention, tine principles and
issues at stake. They are couched In
respectful language. asd the people
nave a right TO know how these tools
OF the Logan gang stand on them.
Yet these gentlemen have refused to
answer.
y. Refusal to answer the first ques-
tlon is paramount to an admission
that the expert examination of the
several Offices will never take place IL
Gilmore and Hall are elected. And
that is why they are being forced on
the people, on both tickets, by the
machine.
2. Nor will the Auditors salary be
eqnalized III HUFF, Hall and Gilmore
are elected. Those gentlemen are
not now spending hundreds of dollars
each week trying to force themselves
back into fat jobs for another two
years just for their health.
8. On this point hangs the whole
issue. Will Mcssrs Gilmore and Hall
remove distractions, allow the law to
take It's course, and restore the coun-
/ ygoveTnmenttoits malfunctions?
4. Now here is where Hall and
Gilmore don't know whether they are
coming or going. They disposed of
tne district system, thereby wiping
cut every chance OF every democrat
In the county, save themselves, from
ever holding office In the county.
though their hent hmen promise as a
vote getting scheme, TO restore the
district system. Will they do it? No
their own organs this week say they
won t.
S. Aye, there is the rub. The law
says not more than S., 600 shall be ap-
propriated for repairs oa county build
ings without a vote OF the people, yet
we know IL to he a fact that move
is on foot NOW to appropriate $780,
$50 just as soon as the election j. over
for additions TO the court house.
Who knows but that is why they we're
so anxious to bond the county last
spring for $4,000 when the deficiency
was less than S54 900. Mr.. Farmer, If
you want the laws observed as to your
public buildings, you will see to it
that Huff, Hall and Gilmore take up
some congenia! private employment
after January /, 1903.
Later Messrs Hall and Gilmore
have ess.yed to answer the first ques-
tion Ia the Affirmative, and the fifth
IN the negative, both 10 round about
we-. ignoring the other three, on
which hang the Issues Of this CAM
peigs,