The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-10-31
INDEPENDENTS
HELD A RALLY
GEORGE S. POWER ADDRESSED A
MEETING LAST THURSDAY
OPPOSES NEW CONSTITUTION
Denied That he Criticised Judge Stone
and Complained Because Mining
Companies Rule.

on the county tissues. The meeting
was attended by about eighty persons
who listened attentively to Mr.. Power 6
address. The speaker has very fine
command Of words. a pleasing delivery
snd evidently threw his whole soul
into his theme. whether he honestly
believed what he said or not.
His address contained nothing that
anyone could take exception 10. Mr..
Power 1, candidate for public Office
and every candidate must have cam
paign thunder TO sound at the right
time. The whole thread Of his dis.
course was OF the anti corporation kind
so familiar TO those VINO have a Crouch
because they envy others the soccess
that they are making in life Candidly
we dom believe that Mr. Power, away
down in his heart believes the doc
trine he breaches but it comes handy
to him at this time and he is simply
making use of It,
His greatest complaint Is because the
mining companies are represented on
the board of supervisors the officers
who raise and spend the taxes. Mr..
Power didn't bring out the fact that
S5.per cent OF the taxes OF this county
are paid by non.residents who are rep
resented by these supervisors. Who
has a better tight 10 spend the taxes
than the man who pays it, He didn' {
show in any one instance where those
taxes were spent illigitimately TO
the contrary his silence upon this point
is compliment TO the supervisors for
their careful and consistent handling
OF the county moneys.
Then he passed to the desires Of the
mining companies TO control the offices
and argued that the prosecuting attor-
neys Office is the most important to
them as through il they avoid prose.
cution He failed to show one instance
in which a case against mining COM
pany was ever Thought that WASH {
prosecuted The fact is that the min
ing companies obey the law and such a
plea was never heard OF until Mr.
Power invented 1t.
He figured that the probate judge Is
the next man in Importance and gave
as his reasons that before a suit for
damages can be started the probate
Judge must pass upon 1t. This state
ment is so silly upon the face OF II
that we.pass It without comment ;sthe
idea that the probate judge can STOP
anyone from coming into court any
time that he feels agrieyed.
The coroner is the next man in i'm.
portance because he fixes up the verdict
in the case of accident. We always
supposed that the coroner's jury had
the say in such cases and that the jury
is always made up of residents and
voters OF the community. This point
is likewise too himsy.
In elaborationg upon this point he
cited a case at the Hiawaths mine
where four men had been killed and
in his comments stated that he visited
Mr.. Jobe in regard TO this matter,
Now, Mr.. Jobe has absolutely nothing
TO do with the Haiwatha mine, that
property being under the supervision
uf Geo. L. Woodworth and d. IL.
Campbell
In talking ahont Mr.. Watson's con-
duct in Office he complained because
Mr.. Watson was delegate 10 the con
stitutional convention and that his sal.
ary az prosecuting attorney went on
lust the same. He didn't mention the
fact that Mr.. Watson went 10 Judge
Stone and asked him II IL would be
proper for him TO go 20 Lansing and
that Judge Stone told him IL was not
only proper but that IL was his duty
to 90 that Mr.. Watson at his owl
expense hired Mr.. Wsffen TO take care
of his county work on the west side OF
the county and Mr.. Moriarty 70 take
care Of IL on this side. Neither did
Mr.. Power mention the honor accruine
to Iron county because one Of it's citi'
zens were chosen TO be one Of the max
ers OF the new constitution.
Speaking further upon the constitu'
tion. Mr.. Power maze the statement
that tho revision OF the constitution
was scheme devised by the corpora.
tions to change the old constitution
because they can't get enough under
the It. We believe that Mr.. Power
is better versed in the text ~ the pres.
ent consultation than TO believe what