Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

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M. A. Kubish and the entire Democratic
portion of the Board Of Supervisors of
Winneshiek county, regarding their ac-
ton In appointing the Ossia an Bee an
the year 1906.
The Enterprise stated that evidently
MI; kubish was ashamed OF his action;
Supervisors, with the aid Of two other
members of the Board. Here we wish to
say, thai, that the facts s;sn,se embraced In the
| grounds on which the Enterprise was
ruled out; but as fact, one member of
journed. brought the matter of letting
| and deciding the question, under mo-
ton, and thus forced the vote without
settling and bringing forth the facts in
f; Kubish moved for reconsideration of
the facts, and the same passed without
dissenting vote, and after due delibera-
resolution and offered 1t. which was
passed without dissenting vote:
| Owing to the irregular manner of
| The Ossian Enterprise presenting it's
claim to be entered into competition as
an official paper of Winneshiek county
at the final day and the hour set aside
| the paper having it's existence less than
one year, and having many subscribers
for and 6 months on the list so pre-
sented, could not be considered bona
| fide yearly subscribers"
In view of the fact that the Enter
prise list was not worthy OF the con-
sideration it received, according to law.
| it should have been thrown out entire
ly, because of it's failure to file it's APP
| plication, as provided by law in Sec
| that in case of contest, the applicants
shall each deposit with the County
Auditor. on or before day named by
ments subscribed and sworn to before
some competent officer, giving the
names of several post offices and the
yearly subscribers, living within the
county And the following is true
copy Of Jurat attached to the list of
tor by the Ossian Enterprise
STATE OF IOWA,
winneshiek County,
J. ]. McManus, being duly sworn, says
| that he has compared the attached list
of subscribers Of the Enterprise. a week
ly paper, published at o ssda in o the
with the original list kept in the Office
of the Ossian Printing company, at Os-
sian. Iowa, publishers of said paper;
that the same is true copy of bona fide
subscribers, whose residence is in said
county of Winneshiek and that the
number of said subscribers is GAS as he
FRED J. FIGGE.
Subscribed and sworn to by the said
J. ]. McManus this 3rd day of January,
A. ID. 1906.
Notary Public in and for said Winnie
| shiek County, Iowa.
notice that the Jurat attached to the
! Enterprise list was made in the name of
J. ]. McManus. and Fred J. Figge, au-
signed it. Evidently they did not want
to swear to the list, and If they did it
is nothing less than perjury; as the
which Fred J. Figge reduced the num-
Der from GAS to 633, which was the work
of Fred ]. Figge and which he did OF his
ment before the Board of Supervisors
that he had just heard the County At
torney read the law, and in order to
take off about IL names, which. fact he
admitted before the Board Of Supervis-
ors. that he, having some on the list
tS9s the o9 nnmb e Part Of
| these were taken off the Fort Atkinson
list, admitting that they were three and
six months subscribers, and calling the
dates on his list. After looking the list
| all over we found the same contained
many other such names expiring within
two and three months. What other evil
dence Is necessary than the evidence
filed by Mr. Figge and their: own list?
AS to the legal advice sought sSIght # from n,
the article, We wish to state that the
only legal point sought was. II the list
after being filed and and opensd ty the
amended While there is no decision
touching this very particular point, yet
| the 66th Iowa Supreme Court held that
no amendment can be made in an appeal
from the Board Of Supervisors to the
District Court Thus the majority Of
the County Attorney: Further, the reso-
luton states that the paper having it's
existence less than one year. we wish to
call the attention to the III Iowa, Page
2o3 Young VS.. RAM where Ram had
| only 400 bona fide yearly subscribers
while Young had 1900 bona hde yearly
paper having it's existence only nine
months, thus it could not be determined
that any of such subscribers are bona
principal reason for not appointing the
Enterprise an OFFICIAL paper is because
the list contained the names of 33 stock
o' Tigge ma aa saw e1's. Row do we know
| there was no evidence taken" Yet such
questions were asked Of Mr.. Figge, and
the names of Heck and schmits, nor did
the DEBORAH Republican contain the
names of the entire family, nor did
contain the names of it's owners, it is
the opinion of part of this Board that
the owners, of the paper are not bona
fide subscribers, thus SS Of such names nans
ers. 1t would look very bad and incon-
sistent with common sense and law to
permit men Dy their own votes OF names
| to vote themselves into an Office or pos
session of this kind
Mr.. F. j. Figge, or the author Of the
article, tries to abuse part or this Board
| by stating that they are unsafe to han
die the funds of the county, to which
we will only say that our early training
and present gray hair has landed us be-
You'd the bridges of abuse.
In the issue Of the 9Th Of January,
| (the day after the naming OF the official
papers,) the Enterprise contained an
| article in which 1t stated that 1T did not
make an application for it: Mark well.
this article appeared the day following
| the naming Of the Official papers; the
management knew that the printing had
been let, and yet that article was pub
lished. Did the Enterprise tell the truth
week later. in which 1t took to task. un-
Justly, Mr.. Kubish and two other men,
bers of the Board? The truth is evil
IDENTIFY a misnomer with the Enterprise.
1t is hard matter to contend with
Enterprise, for whose existence no one
dares to assume fatherhood. 1t is like
fighting foe in the dark. We presume.
however, that Freddie Figge Will stand
sponsor for the article In the Enter
Prise ne doing mo most p OF the talking ansy, at
We will ask Freddie few questions.
which we would be pleased to have him
answer:
Mr.: Freddie Eigge. 4 your list Of sub.
mutilate II after it has been sworn to
and filed in the Office of the County
Auditor. and reduced the same from 645
MI Freddie Fisge. II you did not like